Ka Leo o Nä Koa - Sports
Volume IV
Issue 2
December 11th, 2008
C5
Hoe, hoe, hoe, ka wa’a By KYMEE BURK & HOLDEN TAKAHASHI
Photo by ASHLEY SHAFFER
ABOVE: Varsity freshmen Kara Frampton and Kalei Guth. The Kamehameha Schools Maui varsity paddling team is training hard in preparation for their first regatta on January 3. Due to a smaller than normal turnout of girls, a few freshmen and sophomores have been pulled up, training with the varsity, and are likely to be a part of their crews for the season. Varsity girls paddler senior Ashley Shaffer says, “Its not like paddling with underclassmen, they know what they’re doing and how to paddle, so age isn’t a factor in our crews.” Although the number of girls is a worry, Coach Robert Brede is confident that his crews will do well with bringing up the underclassmen. Last year, all Kamehameha varsity crews made it to States at Ke’ehi Lagoon on O’ahu, and that is their goal for the teams this year, too. Sophomore Kalei Guth, in her first year of paddling, is one of the JV paddlers that Coach Robert Brede is looking at for a varsity spot. Guth said that as a sophomore, she looks on the opportunity to be on the varsity squad as “cool, challenging and serious.” Among other things, Guth loves the water and is planning on also playing water polo in the spring,
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Howard’s unique nickname, “Frosty,” was given to him when he was little because the roots of his hair would grow in brown, but as his hair got longer, it would fade to white. People thought it was bleached, but it was natural. Howard got his lifeguard certification at 15, started lifeguarding during the summer, and he’s been doing it since. Howard is also a family man, with two children, a boy and a girl. Hana, his daughter, is 2 years old, and his son Jack, is 6 months old. Not only is he a parent, but he’s a “regular guy,” too. He likes to fish, dive, and tow-in surf with diving partner and fellow lifeguard Aaron Souza, who has been a lifeguard at KSM since 2005. He said that he’s “stoked to work here and help kids in water to be better water men and women.” He also said that he supports and loves all sports.
Soccer teams kicking it off right By DYLAN ANDRION, staff writer
The long practice hours since November, conditioning, strengthening, and team unity have set the girls soccer team up for competition and a good chance at states in February. Varsity girls coach David Ching says, “Winning MIL and getting to states has been our main goal for the past years. We’ve been to states before and now our goal has changed to winning states.” Confident mid-fielder Kylie Watson made a pre-season prediction, “We’ll win MIL, it’s just a step we have to take before we face our real challenge to win the state title.” The team showed potential in the November pre-season tournament at Keöpuolani and Kahului Community Center Park, but fell short placing fourth after missing two shootouts and losing to Baldwin 1-1. Pearl City won the tournament, and King Kekaulike came in second. Varsity player Leinaÿala Song said, “This tournament was somewhat disappointing, but now we know what we have to work on, and it has only made us stronger for the season.” This year’s varsity team is made up of eight seniors, five juniors, three sophomores, and 4 freshmen. The soccer boys have about 20 team members on varsity. “We wanna keep our streak going—we’ve won MIL for the past three years, and we wanna go all the way,” says senior Kody Ganiko, center half. Though losing 5 starters with the graduating class of 2008, Ganiko says the team will find a way to succeed.
Photos by Kyle Deeley
TOP: Freshmen Erika Kekiwi practices for the ’08-09 JV soccer season. Other freshmen and sophomores are working just as hard as part of the varsity team including Makana Pundyke, Kalena Kaeo, Piÿikea Karlen, Kylie Yamada, Chastyne Cabanas, Liz Higashino, and Kayla Kahalewai. ABOVE: Senior Kody Ganiko has his sights set on the ball...and hopefully a return trip to states with the varsity boys soccer team as MIL champs.