Sunday, May 13, 2001

[ PREP GOLF ]

FL MORRIS / STAR-BULLETIN
Waiakea's Jarett Hamamoto drove off the 9th tee yesterday on
his way to victory in the David S. Ishii Foundation Boys State
Golf Championship at Kapalua Village on Maui.

Waiakea, Kauai
win golf titles

The Warrior boys become
the first team to win
four straight

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By Paul Arnett
Star-Bulletin

KAANAPALI >> The first win was as sweet as the fourth.

Rookie Kauai High girls golf coach Kellie Pleas was all smiles after leading her team to its first title in yesterday's 2001 David S. Ishii/HHSAA State Golf Championship played at the Kaanapali South Course.

So was Waiakea boys head coach Lee Hardy after his team won an unprecedented fourth straight state title. Both coaches claimed it was a team effort, but they had help from two key individuals.

Kauai's Rachel Kyono -- who is bound for Pepperdine in the fall on a golf scholarship -- won the individual championship in a walk. Her 36-hole total of 143 (1 over par) was eight shots better than Waiakea's Leah Whiting, who helped her team finish second overall.

Jarett Hamamoto had to work a little harder to win the individual boys title. He fired a 36-hole total of 141 (1 over par) on the Kapalua Village course to edge teammate Gabriel Wilson by two shots. It was the second consecutive runner-up finish for Wilson, who is only a sophomore.

"How many times do you successfully defend a runnerup title?" Hardy asked. "But that's what you need to win a championship. This is a team win. We had the bull's-eye on our backs. We knew it was going to be difficult to win four in a row. It's much harder to defend when you know everybody's gunning for you. I'm proud of these guys for the way they played under extreme pressure."

The Big Island boys finished with a solid team score of 598. Leilehua was second at 615 to ease past Lahainaluna, which finished third at 617. Leilehua golf coach Hubert Minn was happy with the finish, even though the Mules were 17 shots off the pace.

"When we won the OIA title, hardly anybody mentioned it," Minn said. "It upset my kids a little. It also motivated them to come over here and play as well as they did. Finishing second was very big for our school, because Waiakea is clearly the best in the state."

Leilehua's Nick Mason finished third in the individual championship with a 145. After opening with a so-so 76 in the morning, Mason came back with a 69 in the afternoon to tie Hamamoto for the best round. Hamamoto shot his 69 in the morning to lead the field after 18 holes.

"I knew I was the leader, but I didn't put any extra pressure on myself," Hamamoto said. "I just didn't want to go out and post a big number in the afternoon. First of all, I wanted to win as a team. We all did. Taking the individual title makes it even better."

Kyono felt the same way. She opened with a 72 to tie with Waiakea's Kira-Ann Murishige, who struggled to an 80 in the windy afternoon round. In Kyono's mind, if she stayed as focused in the afternoon as in the morning, she would be fine.

FL MORRIS / STAR-BULLETIN
Rachel Kyono lined up and made a birdie putt on the 14th hole
during the David S. Ishii Foundation Girls State Golf Championship
at Maui's Kaanapali South Course yesterday. Kyono went
on to win the girls individual title.

"This is a great way for me to go out," the Kauai senior said. "For us to also take the team championship is great. I came out and hit the ball well on the driving range. I also putted well, so I felt good. I never imagined winning by eight strokes."

Her stellar performance helped Kauai overcome the two-three individual finish by Waiakea. Kauai came in with a 457. Waiakea was second at 468 and Punahou was third at 495.

"This is a wonderful experience for all of us," Pleas said. "I helped the team last year as an assistant. This is my first year as the head coach and I can't imagine anything better than this.

"Rachel played well for us. I had a talk with some of our other girls after the morning round. We worked on the range to straighten some things out. And that made a difference in the afternoon. This is a team game. But thank goodness for Rachel, she was special today."

So were the Waiakea boys. Other coaches were coming up and congratulating Hardy long before the final scores were tallied. Everyone knew Waiakea had done something special.

"We left two of our seniors (Laine Malson and Chase Augustin) off because some of our underclassmen were playing better," Hardy said. "One was our captain, who was willing to sacrifice for the good of our team.

Without these gentlemen's kindness, we might not be standing here right now.

"I'm really moved. Of all the tournaments, this is the hardest one to give an interview. We're going to go home and feel good about this for a long time. I know some coaches think we have a golf factory, but you still have to go out and perform on the course."

David S. Ishii Foundation
State Championship

BOYS

At Kapalua Village Course

Team Scores

1. Waiakea, 598; 2. Leilehua, 615; 3. Lahainaluna 617; 4. Kamehameha 626; 5. Iolani 634; 6. Kauai 637; 7. Pearl City 638; 8. Kaiser 654; 9. Mid-Pacific 654; 10. Hilo 663; 11. McKinley 670; 12. Baldwin 670; 13. Moanalua 686; 14. Aiea 690; 15. St. Joseph's 697.

Individual Scores

Jarett Hamamoto, Waiakea -- 69-72--141
Gabriel Wilson, Waiakea -- 72-71--143
Nick Mason, Leilehua -- 76-69--145
Grant Yasui, Pearl City -- 72-74--146
Chaz Inouye, St. Anthony -- 76-71--147
Shaun Felechner, Lahainaluna -- 71-77--148
Ryan Michimoto, Lahainaluna -- 79-69--148
Casey Watabu, Kauai -- 76-73--149
Landon Mizuguchi, Kaiser -- 74-76--150
Drew Russ, Seabury Hall -- 74-78--152
Kellan Anderson, Leilehua -- 77-76--153
Troy Higashiyama, Mid-Pacific -- 79-74--153
Matthew Ma, Iolani -- 78-75--153
Koa Furtado, Kalaheo -- 79-75--154
Brandon Abreu, Pearl City -- 80-74--154
Andrew Ching, Kahuku -- 75-79--154
Chase Chulakote, Kailua -- 80-74--154
Chris Caycayon, Kamehameha -- 72-82--154
Arnold Sano, Moanalua -- 76-78--154
Travis Toyama, University -- 77-78--155
Christian Akau, Kamehameha -- 76-80--156
Kala'e Leong, Kamehameha -- 78-78--156
Adam Dornbush, Punahou -- 80-76--156
Steven Nguyen, Iolani -- 78-79--157
Jared Apilando, Kahuku -- 81-76--157
Martin Cameron, Aiea -- 81-77--158
Michael Goto, Kaiser -- 82-76--158
Kurt Inouye, Kauai -- 80-78--158
Brent Davan, Leilehua -- 80-78--158
Derek Takahashi, Maui -- 76-82--158
Seril Shimizu, Waiakea -- 78-80--158
Kevin Shimomura, Lahainaluna -- 82-77--159
Jared Yamane, Mililani -- 79-80--159
Moses Kahalekulu, Seabury Hall -- 80-79--159
Dan Ciez, St. Joseph's -- 74-85--159
Brett Furutani, Waiakea -- 81-78--159
Chase Augustin, Waiakea -- 79-81--160
Chace Noguchi, Hilo -- 82-79--161
Pomaikai Shishido, Iolani -- 79-82--161
Andrew Llarenas, Iolani -- 83-78--161
Eric Fong, Kamehameha -- 81-80--161
Grant Murai, Kohala -- 85-76--161
Ricky Kimi, Waiakea -- 84-77--161
Dylan Nakano, Hilo -- 85-77--162
Chris Souza, Kamehameha -- 81-81--162
Chris Westrum, Kohala -- 77-85--162
Etan Krupnick, Lahainaluna -- 79-83--162
Chris Kobayashi, McKinley -- 78-84--162
Dennis Lao, Damien -- 85-78--163
Jordan Abe, HBA -- 81-82--163
Kellen-Floyd Asao, HBA -- 81-82--163
Casey Kobashigawa, Iolani -- 81-82--163
Juston Thomas, Kapaa -- 82-81--163
Wes Kurata, McKinley -- 82-81--163
Todd Kimura, Mid-Pacific -- 81-82--163
Trumaine Oto, Kahuku -- 84-80--164
Sam Rodrigues, Kalaheo -- 82-82--164
Erick Wong, Kauai -- 85-79--164
Richard Smith, Leilehua -- 77-87--164
Brandon Phillips, Baldwin -- 81-84--165
Bronson Kalilikane, Kapolei -- 88-77--165
Morgan McCurdy, St. Anthony -- 86-79--165
Earl Medeiros, Waianae -- 85-80--165
Nicholas Heyd, Baldwin -- 84-82--166
Jason Cabebe, Leilehua -- 84-82--166
Reyn Tanaka, Mid-Pacific -- 82-84--166
Trent Kyono, Baldwin -- 87-80--167
Clinton Zane, Baldwin -- 92-75--167
Matt Okuno, Hilo -- 92-75--167
Nathan Itoga, Iolani -- 81-86--167
Brian Culbertson, Kealakehe -- 82-85--167
Laine Malson, Waiakea -- 84-83--167
Adam Duggan, Baldwin -- 84-85--169
Kalani Delima, Kealakehe -- 77-92--169
Barry Amorin, Pearl City -- 83-86--169
Stewart Lee, Pearl City -- 87-82--169
Kalani Kahalekulu, St. Anthony -- 81-88--169
Sean Hamada, Aiea -- 88-82--170
Allan Baab, Kauai -- 88-82--170
Ashford Rita, Waimea -- 84-86--170
Nate Ushio, Kaiser -- 87-84--171
Sang Yoo, McKinley -- 89-82--171
Joshua Suyat, Baldwin -- 88-84--172
Jon Ozaki, Mid-Pacific -- 89-83--172
Gavin Leeloy, St. Joseph's -- 93-79--172
Blaine Jasmin, Pearl City -- 87-86--173
Ryan Campos, Radford -- 86-87--173
Bryan Archpru, HBA -- 91-83--174
Brad Ching, McKinley -- 88-86--174
James Kuniyoshi, Moanalua -- 95-79--174
Nathan Yamamoto, Punahou -- 94-80--174
Landon Beers, Kaiser -- 86-89--175
Jon French, Parker -- 81-94--175
Josh Chin, Aiea -- 91-85--176
Preston Myers, HPA -- 87-89--176
Kevin Atebara, Hilo -- 87-89--176
Darrin Furusho, Kauai -- 84-92--176
Kyle Hirayama, Waiakea -- 89-87--176
Chad Kajiwara, Mid-Pacific -- 91-86--177
Ryan Perez, Moanalua -- 91-86--177
Kyle Yamamoto, Lahainaluna -- 91-88--179
Kalama Hines, Kalaheo -- 93-88--181
Jake Westrum, Kohala -- 83-98--181
Neal Manutai, Moanalua -- 88-93--181
Steve Fujimori, St. Joseph's -- 94-87--181
Phillip Rathbun, Pearl City -- 96-86--182
Gary Ramirez, Campbell -- 93-90--183
Ryan Wong, Moanalua -- 91-92--183
Kyle Higuchi, Waiakea -- 89-94--183
Kekoa Michelman, Castle -- 97-87--184
Kainoa Nakazawa, Kapaa -- 94-90--184
Bart Mack, Konawaena -- 89-96--185
Alan Ohara, St. Joseph's -- 90-95--185
Shane Fuentes, Aiea -- 103-83--186
Ronald Rohr, Farrington -- 98-92--190
Chais Paiva, Hilo -- 89-103--192
Jason Teves, Kealakehe -- 101-95--196
Peter Carlson, St. Joseph's -- 101-104--205
Jared Keanaaina, Konawaena -- 128-100--228

GIRLS

At Ka'anapali South Course

Team Scores

1. Kauai 457; 2. Waiakea 468; 3. Punahou 495; 4. Hilo 517; 5. Radford 526; 6. Maui 542; 7. Kamehameha 550; 8. Moanalua 586; 9. Kapaa 612.

Individual Scores

Rachel Kyono, Kauai -- 72-71--143
Leah Whiting, Waiakea -- 78-73--151
Kira-Ann Murishige, Waiakea -- 72-80--152
Joan Shimozaki, Seabury Hall -- 76-76--152
Lindsay Hong, Punahou -- 78-76--154
Rie Ganir, Maui -- 75-79--154
Merynn Ito, Aiea -- 75-79--154
Lehua Wise, Kauai -- 77-77--154
Dale Gammie, St. Anthony -- 77-82--159
Kristen Higa, Hilo -- 81-79--160
Keanu Kikuchi, Waiakea -- 82-79--161
Kiilani Matsuyoshi, Kauai -- 83-79--162
Ayumi Hori, Moanalua -- 79-83--162
Tristi Tomono, Waiakea -- 84-81--165
Sheena Higa, Mililani -- 84-82--166
Lisa Kajihara, King Kekaulike -- 84-83--167
Katie Atebara, Waiakea -- 86-81--167
Jenna Fujimoto, Waiakea -- 82-85--167
Dayna Park, Waiakea -- 83-84--167
Mariel Kotake, Punahou -- 89-80--169
Angela Apelu, Radford -- 83-86--169
Megan Sakamoto, Aiea -- 84-86--170
Puamana Tacgere, Kamehameha -- 79-91--170
Ale Chung, Punahou -- 87-83--170
Xyra Suyetsugu, Roosevelt -- 84-87--171
Kari Sur, Iolani -- 81-91--172
Jenna Seki, Punahou -- 84-88--172
Eleanor Apelu, Radford -- 85-87--172
Kellie Kawahara, Waiakea -- 84-88--172
Eriko Sato, Kaiser -- 92-82--174
MacKenzie Ajimura, Kauai -- 86-88--174
Julia Au, Kealakehe -- 87-87--174
Kimberly Tom, Punahou -- 94-80--174
Lauren Tachibana, Hilo -- 84-91--175
Jasmine Ornellas, Kapaa -- 89-86--175
Jennie Pleas, Kauai -- 81-94--175
Kyra Sumida, Kamehameha -- 90-91--181
Leona Kunitake, Maui -- 88-93--181
Erica Chong, Hilo -- 92-90--182
Jennifer Tokin, Punahou -- 88-95--183
Janelle Higashi, Leilehua -- 85-99--184
Tiffany Takao, McKinley -- 90-95--185
Laura Sinacori, Radford -- 94-91--185
Robyn Cacayon, Kauai -- 86-100--186
Keri Haraga, Hilo -- 95-92--187
Diana Kusunoki, Kealakehe -- 90-97--187
Emily Lau, Iolani -- 85-103--188
Allison Andrade, Punahou -- 93-96--189
Mika Okatomi, HBA -- 94-98--192
Lea Young, Maryknoll -- 93-99--192
Marisa Yamamoto, Kapaa -- 103-95--198
Christine Carvalho, Kamehameha -- 94-105--199
Amanda Aurilio, Sacred Hearts -- 106-97--203
Kristi Ota, Maui -- 101-106--207
Sarah Sheffield, Kea'au -- 108-103--211
Shelby Hoota, Hawaii Prep -- 100-113--213
Kimberlee Chong, Moanalua -- 107-111--218
Elyse Sugimoto, Moanalua -- 104-118--222
Ashlie Moriguchi, Waimea -- 126-109--235
Virginia Farjardo, Kapaa -- 123-116--239
Tracy Tamashiro, Roosevelt -- 132-115--247

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