Moanalua, Pearl City open OIA bowling with wins

Defending state champion Pearl City didn’t lose much over the summer, winning its OIA opener at Schofield Lanes on Thursday night.

Bradley Nakamura paced the Chargers with a 255 game and 669 series as the Chargers knocked down 3,122 pins. Aiea was a distant second with 2,745.

Brendyn Nayal of Leilehua was the only boy to outscore Nakamura in a single game, rolling a 257 but coming up 60 pins short of Nakamura’s series.

Pearl City’s girls were just as dominant, accumulating a total team pinfall of 2,689 to beat second-place Mililani by more than 100 pins.

Kristin Frost paced the Chargers as the only girl to exceed a 600 series, downing 633 pins over the three games. Danielle August of Mililani had the high game with a 258, beating Nayal by a pin.

Moanalua’s boys and girls ruled the East at K-Bay Lanes, with the girls outpacing Kailua 2,170-1,200 and the boys narrowly beating Castle 2,373-2,342.

The East scores were far behind the West’s on the girls side, with Kasey Ige of Kaimuki rolling a 215 to nip Kalaheo’s Kristi Sakaguchi’s 210 for high game. Hilary Martin led the winners with a top score of 190.

Sakaguchi beat Ige for high series with a 3-game total of 558. Ige’s 535 was the only other score over 500.

Cody Arquero of Castle rolled a 257 game to pace the East boys, but Jaren Apana was more consistent for Na Menehune. Apana put up a 599 series to Arquero’s 588, but his high game was only 216.

Both leagues resume competition at the same sites next Thursday, the ILH season doesn’t begin until Sept. 6 for the boys and Sept. 10 for the girls.

OIA Bowling results