Waiakea senior Shon Katahira tied for the low round with a 3-under 69 on Tuesday, leading team Hawaii at the Junior America’s Cup in Guadalajara, Mexico. ADVERTISING Waiakea senior Shon Katahira tied for the low round with a 3-under 69
Waiakea senior Shon Katahira tied for the low round with a 3-under 69 on Tuesday, leading team Hawaii at the Junior America’s Cup in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Katahira made eight birdies and got as low as 5-under until a double-bogey on the par-4 14th hole at Guadalajara Country Club.
Hawaii was eighth in the 18-team field. Evan Kawai shot 73 and Jun Ho Won came in at 75 as Hawaii carded a 1-over. A third Oahu golfer, Remington Hirano, shot 79, but only the top three golfers counted toward the team scores.
Southern California was in first at 4-under.
In addition to Katahira, four other golfers were at 69.
The final round is Wednesday.
Volleyball meeting on tap
Waiakea girls volleyball will hold a preregistration meeting at 5 p.m. Wednesday at the school gym.
The meeting will provide information for parents and girls in grades 9-12 who are interested in trying out for team.
Tryouts are mandatory and will be held from 3-6 p.m. Aug. 1-4. Check-in is 2:45 p.m. Aug.1.
To tryout, all interested participants must have a current sports physical, be enrolled at Waiakea and be cleared by the athletic trainers. Participants are required to be at tryouts each day.
For more information, call Coach Rachelle Hanohano at 896-5051.
Hilo bowling meeting Aug. 3
Hilo High bowling will hold a mandatory meeting for athletes and parents at 5 p.m. Aug. 3 in Room C-125 at the school.
No bowling experience is necessary.
For more information, call coach Damien Chow after 4:30 p.m. on weekdays at 936-8278 (text during the day).
PCA workshops at Waiakea High
The Positive Coaching Alliance will present an “Elevating your game” workshop for athletes at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Waiakea High cafe.
All Waiakea athletes are invited.
For parents of athletes attending Waiakea and St. Joseph, the Positive Coaching Alliance will present “The High School Parent: Developing Triple Impact Competitors” workshop at the Waiakea cafeteria at 5 p.m. Aug. 2.
Both workshop will last approximately 90 minutes, and then Waiakea will run a 40-minute presentation on National Federation of State High School Associations Concussion Awareness.
For more information, call Waiakea athletic director Tom Correa at 974-4830.
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