Menehune girls upset Raiders; Kaua‘i boys win

Waimea’s Jayna Shaffer rolled her season best in Game 2, Tiffany Lum had her second best season game in Game 3, and the Menehune got help from Kapa‘a to edge past the Kaua‘i High School girls team.

“We always knew we were in it, but everything came together Saturday, and we got the win by a point over Kaua‘i,” said Paulette Lum, Tiffany’s mom, who is a regular at the Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation bowling matches.

The swing for Waimea came in Game 3 when Mindi Agena rolled her second best season score 182 to lead Kapa‘a to a second place finish over Kaua‘i, Waimea getting first place led by Lum’s 186.

Kapa‘a finished second with a 668 total, a pin short of Waimea’s 669 and Kaua‘i settled in third at 643, led by Kelsey Cadiente’s 141.

That gave Waimea two first places and a second while Kaua‘i girls, opening with a 791 first game behind Jessica Iwata’s 168, finished with one first, a second and third place finish.

According to Kaua‘i High School athletic director Ross Shimabukuro, Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation team scoring format has a team earning 4 points for a first place, 3 points for a second, 2 points for third and a point for fourth.

Waimea finished Game 1 at 721 behind Tiffany’s 143. In Game 2, Shaffer paced the field with a 172 to lead Waimea to a first finish setting the stage for Game 3 where Tiffany paced the field with a 186 to lead the Menehune to its second first finish.

Kapa‘a girls finished with two third place finishes and a second with Agena setting the Warrior pace with games of 159, 157 and 182, her season-best score of 195 coming last week when she led Kapa‘a to a second finish behind Waimea in Game 2.

With nine games completed in the season, Tiffany takes the lead with a 1,475 pinfall and a 163.89 average challenged by Agena with a 1,462 pinfall and 162.44 average.

Boys

Kaua‘i High School boys finished with two first finishes and a second to take the Saturday matches.

Kelii Gonnsalves set the pace in the first two games, rolling a 172 to lead Kaua‘i to a 799 first and followed that with a 204 in Game 2 for a 788 Kaua‘i first finish.

But Gonsalves dropped in Game 3, relinquishing the lead to Russell Cubangbang who finished with a 171 to Gonnsalves’ 162, and the Raiders dropped to second 733 to Waimea’s 767 led by Harold Shimono Jr.’s 188.

Waimea’s Matthew Haack continues to lead the boys’ averages with nine games rolled for a 1,593 pinfall and a 177 average.

Gonnsalves and William Balbin of Kaua‘i follow in the second and third places with averages of 171.11 (1,540) and 168.56 (1,517), respectively.

KIF bowling resumes Oct. 18 with the first ball rolling at 2 p.m. at the Lihu‘e Bowling Center.

There are no matches scheduled this week due to the inter-session break.

KIF Bowling

Oct. 4, 2008

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Girls

Island School    206    242    202

Angela Choy    99    113    95

Megan Perius    107    129    107

Kapa‘a HS    636    521    668

Ciana Abalos-Okamoto    –    89    –

Mindi Agena    159    157    182

Joanna Chang    119    –    145

Mikala Johnson    105    (90)    102

Jamilyn Kelekoma    (103)    91    102

Kira Nakamura    150    94    115

Kaua‘i HS    791    640    643

Skye Aoki    –    (109)    –

Wailana Borrero    149    (98)    107

Kathleen Cadiente    163    –    –

Kelsey Cadiente    –    167    141

Sherri Cubangbang    144    166    –

Jessica Iwata    168    –    (127)

Aimee Palaroan    167    –    (133)

Alexis Peterson    –    100    135

Waimea     HS721    649    669

Bronte Acosta    143    123    123

Kristen Garma    141    (121)

Tiffany Lum    169    127    186

Kasey Nonaka    –    –    (103)

Jayna Shaffer    143    172    141

Arlene Valmoja    125    106

Boys

Island School    538    457    569

Edwin Choy    –    91    113

Kyle Lee    98    93    –

Jayson Manzano    82    –    72

Daniel Miller    114    72    167

Larry Miller    97    90    87

Jesse Vorlhies    147    111    130

Kapa‘a     HS693    776    703

Louren Agno    –    157    124

Chad Akina    (95)    –    –

Florendo Melchor    142    134    144

Rydge Nuesca    166    181    154

Troy Wong    144    146    134

Kaua‘i     HS799    788    733

William Balbin    173    160    –

Benjie Bersamira    –    138    –

Russell Cubangbang    (149)    –    171

Kelii Gonnsalves    172    204    162

Joey Higashi    –    –    137

Ammon Hoopii    (138)    –    122

John Quisel    –    –    141

Brad Russell    167    140    –

Michael Tabata    –    146    –

Waimea     HS719    698    767

Nelson Acosta    121    (102)    139

Matthew Haack    140    155    138

Darrel Nonaka    155    –    –

Dominic Palabay    –    137    –

James Paleracio    153    138    159

Harold Shimono Jr.    150    166    143

Brandon Simpliciano    –    –    188