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Girls Basketball Closes Season

Friday, February 9th, 2018

The Lady Farmers fell short in the semi-finals of the Maui Interscholastic League Division II Girls Basketball tournament two weeks ago on Maui. They lost to the Lanai Pine Lasses (4-6) 49-36 and finished the season at 2-7. It was the fifth meeting of the season between the two teams. Junior Kaitlin DeRouin led Molokai with 20 points. Lanai ultimately fell to champion Seabury (8-1) Friday night 49-41. The Trojans are the lone representative to this year state tournament from the MIL DII league.

Head Coach Shane Mokiao said his girls gave it their all in the semifinal game.

“It was a great game but unfortunately we came out short,” he said.…

Wrestling Sends 9 to States

Thursday, February 8th, 2018

After expectation-exceeding results for the Molokai Wrestling team at the Maui Interscholastic League Championships last weekend, nine wrestlers will compete at states Feb. 14-15. As a team, the girls finished third, and the boys took fourth place at the Lahaina Civic Center.

Head Coach Randy Manley was extremely proud of his wrestlers.

“Overall our guys and girls did well and some did better than anticipated,” he said. “Kamahina Kaiama-Kanuha (128 pounds) and Martika English (184) both beat opponents in the semi-final round that they had previously lost to. Caele Manley (154) and Diego DePonte (162) were our stand out first place winners for the boys and both secured nail biting one point victories over their opponents in the finals.…

2 Home Wins for Boys Basketball

Thursday, February 8th, 2018

The Boys Basketball team hosted the Hana Dragons last weekend at The Barn, where the Farmers won both games. They finished their regular season at 6-4 and will play Haleakala Waldorf Wednesday night on Lanai in the MIL DII Boys Basketball Tournament quarter-finals. You can also check out Mega Slam Store and install a wall mount basketball system. By Going Here to this site, you can buy quality products and horn your basketball skills.

Friday was senior night and the Farmers got the win of over the Dragons (2-6) 58-37. Molokai was led by senior Kaina Adolpho with 16 points.…

Paddling Still in Running for Title

Thursday, January 25th, 2018

The Molokai High School Girls Paddling team finished fourth in last week’s regatta at Hanakao`o Beach in Lahaina but is still in contention for the Maui Interscholastic League Girls Paddling Championship. Head Coach Stef Hubbard is looking forward after a subpar performance last week.

“This definitely wasn’t our best showing but thankfully we’ve got one more race next week Saturday in Kahului,” she said. “We’ve just got some work to do before then.”

The Molokai Girls crew is Talia Nakayama, Hulilau Albino, Kaydence Oswald, Ashawna Davis, Cahl Horner and Sherie Kaili.

Going into the final race of the season this Saturday at Kahului Harbor, the Lady Farmers are still in the running for the title, said Hubbard, as they are currently second place behind Kamehameha.…

Girls Basketball Loses Two at Home

Thursday, January 25th, 2018

After two hard fought games against the Lanai Pine Lasses at the Barn, the Lady Farmers Girls Basketball team closed last weekend’s home games with two losses.

Friday night was senior night for the Molokai seniors, Shaelyn McCutcheon, Paula Maroto, Camille Ledesma, Sydney Rawlins, Tai Li Tangatailoa and Nairene Bishaw-Mokiao. It was a close game but the Pine Lasses (3-5) won by six points 43-37. The Lady Farmers (2-6) were led by Camille Ledesma with 10 points. Sydney Rawlins and Kaitlin DeRouin added nine points each.

On Saturday, it was another close game with Lanai coming out on top 43-36.…

2 Wins for Boys Basketball

Wednesday, January 24th, 2018

The first two wins of the season were claimed by the Boys Basketball team last weekend, when they traveled to Maui to face Haleakala Waldorf. The Farmers (2-4) won on Friday night 57-44 at Eddie Tam Gym in Makawao, with senior Kaina Adolpho leading Molokai with 23 points. Saturday’s game was played at Seabury Hall, where Molokai defeated Haleakala Waldorf (1-5) 45-33. Senior Shraedon Naeole-Starkey and Adolpho had 12 points each to help the Farmers complete the weekend sweep of the Hawks.

Head Coach Nohea Pangkee says his team is doing well and hopes it continues into the playoffs.

“It was nice to get our first win and we are improving every day and are working to bring it all together,” he said.…