The HHSAA State Tennis Championships concluded Saturday at Central Oahu Regional Park. In the end, most of the seeds held to form as a number of the pre-tournament favorites came away with first place finishes. In boys singles, Kalani’s Jared
The HHSAA State Tennis Championships concluded Saturday at Central Oahu Regional Park.
In the end, most of the seeds held to form as a number of the pre-tournament favorites came away with first place finishes.
In boys singles, Kalani’s Jared Spiker (no. 2 seed) bested Kevin Caulfield (4) of Punahou, 7-6 (3), 6-3. Caulfield had reached the finals by knocking off the bracket’s top seed, Matthew Westmoreland of Island Pacific Academy in the semifinals.
Westmoreland took third place by beating Hilo’s Josh Wong (7) by a 6-4, 6-1 score.
In the girls singles Championship, top-seed Kristin
Lim of Punahou won a back-and-forth match against Jackie Owens (2) of Lahainaluna, 6-1, 6-7 (6), 6-1.
Perhaps the day’s most competitive match was the girls third-place contest that pitted Sayo Tsukamoto (3) of Kealakehe against Mari Tadaki (4) of Hawai‘i Baptist. Tsukamoto fell 7-5 in the first set, then came back to win the second set, 6-4. The third and decisive set went to a tiebreaker where Tsukamoto came away with a 7-3 victory.
In the boys doubles Championship, Iolani’s Kyle Shiroma and Brent Hashiba (2) came from behind to take down the top-seeded duo of Erik Pang and Hiroshi Hikida of Punahou, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Punahou’s Brandon Lee and William Chen (4) fini-
shed third by knocking
off their teammates, third-seeded Shaun Chow and Paul Okuda, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4.
In girls doubles, Punahou’s Ashley Nakaoka and Jennifer Laws (1) took the crown by making quick work of Nikki Castel and Bobbi Oshiro (2) of Iolani, 6-1, 6-3.
Sacred Hearts’ Kelly
Domingo and Kelsey Daguio (3) beat Adrienne Hamada and Kimberly Takara of Mililani (4) for third place, 6-4, 7-5.
In the team competition, the Punahou boys took first place by compiling 16 points. Iolani finished second with 12.
The Punahou girls also took first, dominating the field with 13 points. Hawai‘i Baptist, Kealakehe and Mililani finished tied for second with five points apiece.
