Waiakea High’s boys and girls tennis squads took home the Big Island Interscholastic Federation (BIIF) team titles Saturday morning at the Warriors’ home court — officially capping off an island season of dominance.
Waiakea High’s boys and girls tennis squads took home the Big Island Interscholastic Federation (BIIF) team titles Saturday morning at the Warriors’ home court — officially capping off an island season of dominance.
In the boys competition, Waiakea beat Kealakehe 3-2. In the first singles competition, Iori Furuhata swept Hunter Felte by scores of 6-0 and 6-0 to get the Warriors on the board first. Dayne Kunimoto and Kaiden Kunimoto beat Parker Felte and Keoni Roth in three sets for the Waiakea’s second team point – 1-6, 6-3 and 10-5. To officially clinch the win, the Warriors won the final doubles match in a sweep, as Daniel Nucci and Ezra Weiss beat Evan Lam and Toby Aspirin (6-0, 6-0).
Over in the girls field, Waiakea swept HPA 5-0. Lanie Takahashi beat Arabella Asuncion in the opening singles match (6-1, 6-4), Kiara Kunimoto beat Tata Seward in the second singles match (6-0, 6-0), Chloe Takahashi and Jada Igawa beat Savannah Hulugalle and Catherine Hulugalle in the opening doubles match (6-0, 6-0), Mari Iwata and Jessie Higa beat Danica Didonato and Leia Beniaff (6-4, 7-6) in the next doubles and Annika Nishida and Kaiya Ideta beat Tiffany Golden and Kela Quayle in the final event (6-0, 6-0).
Next up in prep tennis will be the Hawaii High School Athletic Association’s (HHSAA) 2024 Island Insurance Tennis Championships on May 9-11 in Central Oahu Regional Park.
