Bowling

Between a potential team title and a personal quest to reach the top, Kai Yamada just wanted to do more. The Mid-Pacific junior was steady through the Billy Tees/HHSAA Bowling State Championships at Hickam Bowling Center. Then his team rallied. Down nearly 300 points entering Friday’s last three games, the Owls made a mad run, amassing a whopping 951 pins to give eventual champion Mililani a bit of a scare. Yamada wound up with his first individual state championship, finishing […]

‘Iolani leads a tight race for the girls team title after bowling deep into the night at the Billy Tee’s/HHSAA State Bowling Championships at Hickam Bowling Center on Thursday. The Raiders knocked down 4,504 pins over six games to lead Campbell by 42 pins and Hawaii Baptist by 198. The Raiders have never won a state championship in bowling after missing out by 37 pins and finishing third last year. Mililani’s Jana Fukushima is in line for a gender sweep […]

Two time defending state champion Gwen Maeha of Leilehua put up a 519 series to pace the girls in the opener of OIA West bowling at Schofield Lanes on Thursday. Maeha’s effort was highlighted by a high game of 189. Campbell’s Kourtney Adams was right behind her with a 506 series but beat Maeha with a high game of 192. Maeda beat Adams by 14 pins in last year’s state championship. She is trying to become the state’s first three-time […]

(Here is more about Kamalanimaile Manner, the first-year varsity bowler from Hanalani who won the Interscholastic League of Honolulu championship last week as a sophomore. The feature story was published in Tuesday’s Honolulu Star-Advertiser.) It’s not often that a first-year high school bowler wins the ILH title, especially after not qualifying for states all season. Kamalanimaile Manner rolled 189-189-202 for a 580 total last week, easily besting competition among the girls and boys. The most unusual thing is this: she […]

2015 girls bowling state champion Gwen Maeha is busy with school — she has a 3.81 grade-point average — and also plays softball year-round. She made some time, though, to share her favorites with Hawaii Prep World. Oh, and she’s the featured student-athlete of today’s prep page in the Star-Advertiser. Q & A Gwen Maeha’s Favorites Leilehua High School Bowling, softball Class of 2018 Bowling balls DV8 Thug Unruly 14lbs color: purple, blue, yellow  Storm Crux 14 lbs. color: purple, […]