WAILUA — Two strokes was the magic number, Saturday. Kaua‘i’s Levi Miyashiro finished the second round of state qualifying with a 4-over par 76 to Pono Tokioka’s 2-over par 74, a difference of two strokes. But during last week’s round,
WAILUA — Two strokes was the magic number, Saturday.
Kaua‘i’s Levi Miyashiro finished the second round of state qualifying with a 4-over par 76 to Pono Tokioka’s 2-over par 74, a difference of two strokes.
But during last week’s round, Miyashiro blasted a 1-under par 71 to Tokioka’s 3-over par 75.
That resulted in Miyashiro taking the Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation boys individualist title with a two-round total 147, two strokes ahead of Tokioka who finished with a 149.
On the girls side, Kelli Oride, coming through with strong results throughout the season, picked up her third consecutive girls individualist title, finishing the second qualifying round with a 2-over par 74 for a 147 two-round title.
The other big battle was to settle the open individualist spot for the boys state tournament.
Following last week’s opening round, the battle was between Kaua‘i’s Mitch Keep and Kapa‘a’s Sean Mamaclay, both golfers ending the round with a 3-over par 75.
“It could’ve gone either way,” said Fred Levinthol, former Kapa‘a golf coach. “It was really exciting because it went to a par and a double on the 17th before being settled. Up until then, both boys exchanged the lead several times.”
Mamaclay parred the hole and Keep double-bogeyed to give the open spot to Mamaclay, who finished the day with a 79 to Keep’s 81. That resulted in Mamaclay locking up the open spot with a two-round 154 to Keep’s 156, just two strokes off.
Mamaclay will join the top four Kaua‘i golfers and the three Kaua‘i girl golfers at the David S. Ishii/Hawai‘i High School Athletic Association Boys and Girls state golf championships, May 4-5 at the Turtle Bay on O‘ahu.
Representing the Kaua‘i team will be Miyashiro, Tokioka, Reyn Morioka and Kai Adachi. Oride will lead the girls team along with Taylor Viquelia, finishing with a two-round total of 155 in the qualifying, and Daezsa Tomas, who closed with an 84 for a two-round total of 158.
Melissa Kagawa was the only other girl who went out on the final qualifying round, and after being squeezed in with one of the boys’ pairings, finished the day with her season-best 83.
Top finisher for the Waimea boys was Marius Foudila who carded a second-round 83 toward his 169. Joshua Matsusaka and Tresten Nakashima followed, tied at 90 each.
