NAWILIWILI — Kapa‘a’s Sean Mamaclay birdied the No. 18 hole at Kaua‘i Lagoons to finish with an even-par 72, Saturday. That was the best round in the Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation golf match and pulled Kapa‘a into the mix when the
NAWILIWILI — Kapa‘a’s Sean Mamaclay birdied the No. 18 hole at Kaua‘i Lagoons to finish with an even-par 72, Saturday.
That was the best round in the Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation golf match and pulled Kapa‘a into the mix when the top four boy golfers from Kaua‘i High School and Kapa‘a High School ended in a tie at 326.
The tie gave each school 2.5 points, and following five rounds, Kaua‘i High School boys clinched the KIF golf championship with a 319.20 team stroke average and 13.5 points over Kapa‘a’s 330.60 team stroke average and 11.5 points.
The Raider girls had clinched their division title earlier in the season.
This Saturday, starting at 11:30 a.m., the KIF golf field tees off at Wailua for the first of two qualifying rounds for participation in the Hawai‘i High School Athletic Association state golf championships.
Mamaclay, after struggling through three rounds in the KIF season, jumped out of the doldrums to bang a 73 last week and repeated as the best of the boys with his even-par 72.
But even with the back-to-back top scores, Mamaclay ends the regular season in third overall with a 78.75 stroke average over four matches.
Top overall golfer goes to Pono Tokioka of Kaua‘i who was in Arizona, where he finished second in the Wigwam Resort tournament for his age group.
Tokioka finishes the KIF with a 76.25 stroke average over four matches for the top spot in the boys KIF.
Levi Miyashiro of Kaua‘i finishes in second with a 77.50 stroke average over four matches and Kapa‘a’s Weston Moniz, carrying the Warrior team with his strong showing, fills the fourth overall spot on a 79.25 stroke average.
Kapa‘a’s Kenji Miyata, finishing the Saturday round with an 83, is in the fifth position with an 80.25 stroke average.
Following Mamaclay (38-34-72), Moniz (37-44-81), Miyata (40-43-83) and Jordon Guerrero (43-47-90) made the top four Warrior showing.
Miyashiro (36-38-74) topped the Raider men at two-over par, followed by Braeden Robley (40-42-82), Reyn Morioka (44-39-83), and Kai Adachi (40-47-87).
Waimea’s Marius Foudila shot his season-best 87 to lead the Menehune, followed by Tresten Nakashima, also carding his season-best score at 91, a stroke better than Dylan Santos-Balisacan (92) and Ka‘imi Miyashiro (93).
Daniel Miller of Island School noted how windy the course was, but despite the challenge, carded his season-best score of 94 over the 18 holes at Kaua‘i Lagoons.
Kyle Groves of ‘Olelo Christian Academy finished the round at 90, dropping three strokes off his season-best 87 from last week.
Kaua‘i’s Daezsa Tomas and Taylor Viquelia finished with identical 83s to lead the girls field in the abcense of Kaua‘i’s No. 1 golfer, Kelli Oride.
Melissa Kagawa, with her father in attendance after returning from an overseas deployment, carded her season-best score of 89 to lead the Waimea girls.
She was followed by Mariah Paiste (98), Quincee Parongao (127) and Hamiha Arquette (135).
Oride finishes the season with a 72.50 stroke average for the top spot in the girls field followed by Viquelia at 79.50, Tomas at 84.50 and Waimea’s No. 1 golfer Kagawa at 96.25, just .25 stroke better than Paiste who fills the No. 5 spot with a 96.50 stroke average.
