Monday, February 25, 2008

POPE, MATTHEWS WIN TWIN SWIM GOLDS

(Feb. 23): This is how totally Punahou dominated the past weekend's state high school swimming championships at the Kihei Aquatic Center:

The girls amassed 93 points, more than the next four teams combined.

The boys were only slightly less impressive, finishing with 73 points, more than its next two closest pursuers combined.

But a pair of MIL standouts also came up huge as Lahainaluna's Jack Pope and Seabury Hall's Libby Matthews each won a pair of gold medals.

Pope three-peated in both the 200- and 500-yard freestyle events, tying the MIL mark for indivudal state titles set by former Baldwin star Cheyne Bloch.

Matthews won in the 200 individual medley and 100 breastroke.

One state mark was set, as double-winner Rachel Cole of Punahou broke her own record in the 100 back.

Among those securing silver medals were: Maui High diver Sheyenne Machida, Baldwin's Jennifer Cahill in the 500 free, Baldwin's Kevin Kim in the 50 free, and King Kekaulike's Jasmeet Jaimel in the 100 fly,

HOOPS: This is how badly things went for MIL teams in the state boy's basketball tournament on Oahu: The league's four representatives went a combined 0-8.

Punahou beat Kamehameha-Hawaii 41-38 to capture the boys D-I title. In the D-II final, Farrington edged top-seeded Aiea 70-68 in overtime. What are two schools the size of those two doing playing in D-II against the likes of Molokai and Lanai?

Speaking of Molokai, the Lady Farmers advanced to the third-place game of the D-II tourney on Friday, suffering a 49-48 loss to Kailua despite Kalei Adolpho's 23 points, 13 rebounds and five blocks. Adolpho was named to the D-II all-tourney team.

Kalani defeated Lahainaluna 59-42 in the sixth-place game.

The MIL girls went a combined 4-8.


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