The Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation will be sending its representatives to three Hawai‘i High School Athletic Association state tournaments this week. Waimea High School girls volleyball will open the New City Nissan Girls Volleyball State Division II Championships tomorrow starting at
The Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation will be sending its representatives to three Hawai‘i High School Athletic Association state tournaments this week.
Waimea High School girls volleyball will open the New City Nissan Girls Volleyball State Division II Championships tomorrow starting at 6 p.m. against Hawai‘i Prep.
Unranked, the KIF champions open play at the Radford High School gym followed by Molokai going up against Honoka‘a.
At the McKinley High School gym, University opens against Castle starting at 6 p.m. followed by Word of Life going up against McKinley at 7:30 p.m.
Hawai‘i Baptist received the top seed in Division II followed by Seabury Hall, Hilo and Farrington.
If Waimea gets past Hawai‘i Prep, the Menehune meet top-seeded Hawai‘i Baptist Thursday night at 7:30 p.m. at Radford.
Kamehameha Schools-Kapalama holds the top seed for the Division I bracket followed by Moanalua, Kamehameha Schools-Maui and Kamehameha Schools-Big Island.
The state volleyball tournament is scheduled for tomorrow through Saturday.
Later in the week, the Kaua‘i High School girls and boys bowling team will lead the KIF at the 2007 Billy Tees Bowling Championships which will take place at the Hilo Lanes on the Big Island.
Joining the Red Raider teams, Mindi Agena of Kapa‘a and Tiffany Lum of Waimea will be bowling for the girls while Harold Shimono Jr. of Waimea and Aaron Belmonte of Kapa‘a will be bowling for the boys.
The state bowling tournament is scheduled for Thursday and Friday.
Kaua‘i’s cross country contingent also takes part in the 2007 Honolulu Marathon Cross Country Championships scheduled for Friday at the Kapalua Village Golf Course on Maui.
Waimea High School boys and girls captured those titles after holding off strong challenges, but the ones who will be the focus of the state competition are the frontrunners like Pierce Murphy, the freshman phenom from Kula Intermediate and High, and Kaimana Girod, the two-time KIF champion runner for the boys.
Basil Scott, one of the Waimea coaches, said after the KIF championship, he feels that both have a good chance of medaling at the state meet.
Caralyn Broyles and Gillian Picket, the 1-2 finishers for the girls, and Menehune runner Natasha Abadila are also in the limelight. Scott said their finish times in the low 20s are worthy of state attention.
Broyles and Abadila are from Waimea High School and Picket was the consistent top finisher for Kula Intermediate and High.
