Bowling

With three of the top nine female bowlers in Friday’s Billy Tees/HHSAA State Championships, the Kapolei Hurricanes captured the girls team championship on Friday at Leeward Bowl. The ‘Canes’ fourth state title is also their first since 2010. Kapolei won its first title in 2003, when Angel Legaspi was in his first stint as head coach. Six years passed by until Kapolei won its second title, in ’09, again under Legaspi. A year later, Brandon Abe was head coach when […]

Michael Weyl of Mililani rallied past Shaine Fujii of Pearl City to capture the boys individual bowling title at the Billy Tees/HHSAA Bowling State Championships on Friday at Leeward Bowl. Freshman Samantha Kanehailua of Pearl City led from the first game on Thursday and captured the girls individual crown with a total pin count of 1,504 (188 per game). Weyl finished with an eight-game, two-day total of 1,612 pins (201 average), 101 ahead of runner-up Noah Akiona of Kamehameha. Fujii, […]

The discipline of timing. The mindfulness of consistency. The ridonkulous collection of elite bowling balls and shoes that go with a two-time, sanctioned-300 score kingpin. Michael Weyl has all of the above, but his mind is on two goals, plus one. 1. Mililani defending its boys bowling state championship. 2. Winning the boys individual state title. There’s the dream, of course. Weyl hopes to be accepted to Webber International University in Florida, where all the cool bowling technology is. With […]