With some of the players from Lahainaluna eliminated on
Day 1, there was still a lot of players to shoot, especially those who had byes
on Day 1. So it was another full day of shooting. Another full day of getting
blacker. Yay.
In boys singles,#1 seed Alec Wagner advanced to the
championship on Saturday after defeating Will Summers of Baldwin 6-1, 6-0 in
the quarterfinal and Steven Narasaki of Baldwin, 6-1, 6-1 in the semifinal. #4
seed Jordan Baclay defeated Bud Kaiwi of Baldwin 6-3, 6-3 in the quarterfinal
but lost to his cousin, #2 seed Jhun Gumboc of Maui High 4-6, 2-6 in the
semifinal. Alec will play Gumboc for the title on Saturday. Jordan will face
Narasaki for 3rd place.
In girls singles, #4 seed Melissa Taketa got past Joudan Duarte of Baldwin 6-2, 7-5 in the quarterfinal and upset #2 seed Marissa Williams of Seabury Hall 6-3, 6-1 in the semifinal. Melissa is reaching her peak at the right time. Paige Pasion lost to friend and training partner Jaye Orikasa of Kamehameha Maui 2-6, 3-6 in the quarterfinals. Melissa will face Alicia Ballesteros of St. Anthony for the title on Saturday. Paige will try to qualify for states via a round-robin on Saturday. She needs to win 3 matches to go to States.
In boys doubles, #4 seed McNeil Magdaong and Max Linder defeated Caldwell/Ooka of Baldwin 6-2, 6-4 in the quarterfinals but were stopped by Kog and Tengan of King Kekaulike 0-6, 1-6 in the semifinals. They will have to qualify for states via a round-robin on Saturday.
In girls doubles, Maile Amine and Lakeisha Ching’s
magical run through the tournament came to a stop at the hands of the #1 seeds
Rachel Pascual and Taylor Duarte of Baldwin, 1-6, 0-6 in the second round. The senior-freshman tandem of Jasmine Garde
and Valerie Duque got past the second round with a default win over
Kaaikala/Lorenzo of Kamehameha Schools Maui, but were defeated by the #3 seed
team of L.J. Gabiana and Steffi Molina of Maui High 2-6, 2-6 in the
quarterfinals. The #4 seeded team of Ezra Baccar and Charvie Anne Duque
defeated Bisquera/Hasegawa of Baldwin 6-2, 6-1 in the second round and won a
gritty, hard-fought three setter against Batungbacal/Okazaki of Kamehameha Schools
6-3, 4-6, 7-6(3) in the quarterfinals. The #2 seeded team of Nicole Aceret and
Chantelle Baclay got past athletic seniors Gaddis/Goings of Baldwin 6-4, 6-2 in
the second round and defeated Calvan/Giebink of King Kekaluike 6-0, 7-5 in the
quarterfinals. Unfortunately, two Lahainaluna teams will be facing each other
in the semifinals on Saturday for a shot at the title. On the bright side, a
Lahainaluna team is guaranteed a shot for the title. Jasmine and Valerie will
try to qualify for states via round-robin.
Good luck to all Lahainaluna players and to my niece
Rachel.
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