Kade Kikuchi of Lihue fired a 6-under par 134 to claim the Boys 7-10 division of the Hawaii State Junior Golf Association 2016 Kiahuna Junior Classic that wrapped up Sunday at the Kiahuna Golf Club in Poipu. Kikuchi got off
Kade Kikuchi of Lihue fired a 6-under par 134 to claim the Boys 7-10 division of the Hawaii State Junior Golf Association 2016 Kiahuna Junior Classic that wrapped up Sunday at the Kiahuna Golf Club in Poipu.
Kikuchi got off to a good start Saturday, firing an even-par 70 to take the lead over Tristan Moriguchi Bayot of Waipahu, Oahu, and Ryan Chang Jr. of Lihue. He surged to his 6-under 64 on Sunday to claim the division over Moriguchi Bayot (72-75-147) and Chang Jr. (72-88-160).
Rianna Chang of Lihue finished with a 180 (92-88) to claim runner-up honors in the Girls 7-10 division under Teal Matsuda (70-72-142) of Honolulu, who finished the 36-hole tournament at 2-over. Heiley Kikuchi of Lihue rounded out the division at 199 (105-94).
No Kauai golfers were in the girls 11-12 division, which was taken by Ferrari Dudoit (82-80) of Waikele, Hawaii, on a tie-breaker with Kellie Yamane (81-81) of Aiea. Both girls finished at 162.
Niki Slater Upson of Princeville ended the two days with a 199 (100-99) to claim the No. 3 spot in the Boys 13-14 division over Kadden Kobayashi of Lihue, who carded a two-day 292 (150-142). Jake David Sequin of Honolulu (80-77-157) claimed the top spot six strokes ahead of Noah Koshi (79-84-163) of Pearl City, Oahu.
Rilen Loo (84-78) of Lihue tied for seventh place with Robert Choi (78-84) of Honolulu after both golfers finished at 162 in the Boys 15-18 division that was claimed by Trevor Arashiro (76-72-148) of Honolulu who finished two strokes ahead of Zachary Kaneshiro (74-76-150) of Aiea, Oahu. Braden Yokoyama of Lawai fired an opening day 112 before withdrawing.
Kiri Naomi Oshiro of Lawai ended with an even 200 (103-97) in the Girls 13-18 division that was claimed by Alanis Sakuma (73-74-147) of Waikele, Hawaii. Taryn Taguma of Hanapepe finished the tournament with a 187 (93-94).
All golfers played to par 70 with the Girls 7-10 firing through 2,633 yards, the Boys 7-10 at 2,633 yards, the Girls 11-12 at 4,887 yards, the Boys 13-14 firing at 6,214 yards, the Girls 15-18 at 5,560 yards, and the Boys 15-18 playing through 6,925 yards.
