By The Molokai Dispatch Staff
Two Molokai runners were named among the The Maui News MIL Boys and Girls Cross Country All-Stars. Molokai’s Namaka Ross and Kailani Bicoy made the cut to the All-Stars list, which is comprised of the top 10 finishers for the boys and girls Maui Interscholastic League Championship races. Ross is a senior and Bicoy is a junior at MHS, where they competed in the 2021 cross country season.…
By The Molokai Dispatch Staff
The Molokai High Girls Basketball team got their season off to a strong start with two wins in Hana last weekend. Friday’s score was 47-14, and Saturday’s was 42-16, with high scorers including Lia-Chey Meyer, Leila Hooper-Phifer, Sally Andallo-Merkel, Kailana McGuire-Guerrero, Kaia Yamashita and Kaualea Helm.
“Overall a great weekend of competition against Hana,” said first year Head Coach Kaimana Kahale. “Girls finally had an opportunity to play amidst this tough and challenging season so that was the biggest positive. Coaching wise we can establish a good foundation and had a chance to see what else we need to improve on.…
Swimming at Kihei Aquatic Center 1/14, 1/15
50 freestyle
Kama Ward – 1st overall (21:36, broke school record)
Mauli Pupuhi – 2nd overall
100 freestyle
Kama Ward – 1st overall (59:20, broke school record)
Mauli Pupuhi – 2nd overall
100 backstroke
Kama Ward – 1st overall (59:03, broke school record)…
By Rick Schonely, Sports Reporter
Zachary Helm is the January Ace winner for the Hui O Kukui Golf Club. Helm shot 41-43 for a gross score of 84. His 16 handicap gave him a net score of 68 and secured the win.…
By The Molokai Dispatch Staff
Molokai Boys Basketball hosted Lanai for the first game of the season last weekend – with a last minute rule change that excluded spectators. Though Molokai lost both games, players and coaches were happy to be on the court.
“COVID has been hard for everyone but I believe especially tough on the youth,” said Kalae Adolpho, in her first year as head coach for Molokai High’s boys basketball team. “We are so grateful and excited to have a game in The Barn after almost two years of no sports. With maybe five total practices with everyone due to COVID, we are stoked just to be out there competing!” …
By The Molokai Dispatch Staff
In its first season in 10 years as an official Molokai High sport, the Girls Soccer team played its first and only games of the season against Seabury on Maui last weekend. The junior varsity Lady Farmers ended up playing Seabury’s varsity team. Though they lost both games — 8-0 on Friday and 4-0 on Saturday, Head Coach Matt Yamashita said they gave it their all.
“[On Friday] players learned a lot of lessons that they carried into Saturday’s game,” said Yamashita. “Saturday the Farmers defense got more physical and only allowed the Spartans four goals.…
By The Molokai Dispatch Staff
The girls of the Molokai High Volleyball team are walking away from the season with their heads held high. They made it to the state level and won two games, bringing them the title of Consolation Champs and seventh in the state.
“We worked hard day in and day out in hopes of making a name for ourselves,” said senior player Lia-Chae Meyer. “Our hard work paid off and we made it to states, now it was time for us to step up our game and give it all we had. As a senior, this is an unexplainable feeling, being a kid from a small island making it to the big dance was amazing.…
By Catherine Cluett Pactol
After 10 years, Girls Soccer is back as an official sport at Molokai High School, and the team has their first and only games of the season against Seabury Hall on Maui Dec. 17-18. Head Coach Matt Yamashita said bringing back the program has been a goal years in the making.
This year’s team has 18 players who will be competing at the junior varsity level, with the plan to play as varsity next year, according to Yamashita.
“It took many years of building up the program from AYSO [American Youth Soccer Organization], to Molokai Middle School after school programs, to hybrid MHS programs and summer workshops,” said Yamashita.…
By Rick Schonely, Sports Reporter
The Hui O Kukui Golf Club held their annual Ace of Aces tournament on Saturday, Dec. 4 at iconic Ironwood Hills golf course. All the monthly winners took to the course to try to win the tournament and be President of the club for 2022.
When all the scores were tallied, the winner and new President is Steve Garnin. Garnin shot 43-49 for a gross total of 92 and with his 24 handicap his net score of 68 secured the win. Garnin will now get his name on the “Carl Puhi” Perpetual Award plaque, and he will be club president for the next year replacing 2020 President Rick Schonely. …
By Rick Schonely, Sports Reporter
After playing four matches in four days on Maui last weekend at the Maui Interscholastic League Division II Championships, the Molokai High Girls Volleyball team earned their place at the State Championships this week.
The third-seeded Lady Farmers started the MIL tournament with a three-set win over number six St. Anthony, winning 25-20, 25-7 and 25-6. They then had to face the number two seed Hana Dragons in the semi-finals and won in four sets 25-15, 25-21, 20-25 and 25-7. That set up a chance to win the tournament on Friday night against MIL DII GVB powerhouse and number one seed, Seabury Hall.…
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