LIHU’E — Eastside teams won six out of the seven American Youth Soccer Organization Will Veeck Tournament championships last weekend at Hanapepe and Vidinha Stadiums. Wailua won the Girls Under-12, Boys Under-12 and Under-16 titles, while Kilauea captured the Boys
LIHU’E — Eastside teams won six out of the seven American Youth Soccer
Organization Will Veeck Tournament championships last weekend at Hanapepe and
Vidinha Stadiums.
Wailua won the Girls Under-12, Boys Under-12 and Under-16
titles, while Kilauea captured the Boys Under-14 championship.
Kapa’a was
the tourney champion in the Girls Under-14 and Girls Under-19
Divisions.
Kalaheo in the Boys Under-19 Division was the only Westside
team to earn a Will Veeck championship.
The Will Veeck Tournament is the
island-wide championship. Four teams qualify in each division — the champions
and runner-ups from the Eastside Region 941 and Westside Region 940.
The
Eastside’s Will Veeck championship team rosters are listed below.
The
Westside’s Will Veeck championship team roster wasn’t available.
Girls
Under-14
Kapa’a Snap, Crackle, Pop!
Jackie Alapai, Elizabeth Kain,
Liula Kanoho, Teri Konishi, Nichol Kunioka-Volz, Nicole Lingaton, Mika Nuivo,
Madison Perry, Whitney Planas, Shelsy Sasaki, Fiona Salusa, Jamie Sibayan,
Mariko Strickland, Lea Williams, coach Sue Strickland.
Girls
Under-19
Kapa’a
Mytra DiLeonardo, Kanoe Arinaga, Jessica Huttger,
Rebecca David, Ingrid Nakamura, Nicole Choy, Moku Kaneakua, Michelle Rosa,
Tanya Gordon, Sanoe Soares, Tehani Dabin, Kelly Devitt, head coach Clayton
Arinaga, assistant coaches Althea Arinaga and Kevin Devitt.
Boys
Under-14
Kilauea
Waika Oliver, Christian Marston, Randall Haraguchi,
Whitney Haraguchi, Kaikona Ornellas, Jacob Bond, Randy Rundgren, Logan Miles,
Mitchell Alapa, Robert Farley, Makana Spencer, Jolan Jones, Kevin McGuire, Nick
Myers, Copeland Snyder, coach Pete Oliver, assistant coach Christian
Marston.
Boys Under-12
Wailua
Bret Netzer, Chris Almadova,
Reyn Mossman, Gabriel Roessler, Nathaniel Berales, Justin Farias, James
Hashimoto-McCreery, Shawn Morimoto, Daniel Rodrick, Akira Nordmeier, Travis
Wakayama, Maikai Laureta, Kawai Watanabe, coach Roger Netzer.
Girls
Under-12
Wailua
Julie Arii, Ashley Green, Camden Lorenz, Morgau Lorenz,
Kailey Pestka, Amniesty Ragsac, Cherisse Rapozo, Rosalyn Rapozo, Rancee Wilson,
Sheryl Yotsuda, Terada Fisher, Amanda Adams, Nalinee Pickop, coach Rosie
Rapozo.
Boys Under-16
Wailua
Colby Ayonon, Bennett Medeiros,
Jonathan Luttrell, Randy Gaoiran, Graham Kovarik, Keoni Leota, Jon Chung,
Brendan Duarte, Kimo Nardin, Jared Towler, Paul Quereto, Kainoa Nakazawa, Tyson
Summers, Robin Lore, Danny Reitmeister, Levi McFarland, Joey Corbett, coach
Bobby Ayonon.
Region Champions
Of the six Will Veeck championship
teams, four also won Region 941 championships in a tournament held prior to the
Will Veeck tourney — Wailua in Girls Under-12, Kapa’a in Girls Under-14,
Kilauea in Boys Under-14, and Wailua in Boys Under-16.
Hanalei was the
Region 941 champion in Boys Under-12 Boys, while Kilauea was the Region 941
champion in Girls Under-19.
Region 940 championship teams are: Lihu’e in
Girls Under-12, Girls Under-14, Boys Under-16, and Girls Under-19; Koloa in
Boys Under-14 and Boys Under-19; and Waimea in Boys Under-12.
