By Tony Madrona, Head Coach, Pearl City Chargers Boys Bowling Team
Aloha,
Bowlers from across our Hawaiian islands came to battle out on the lane for two day of competition for the 2024 HHSAA State Bowling Championship trophy! at Schofield Lanes.
100 Boys and Girls from OIA , ILH , BIIF ,MIL and KIF made up this championship,
Day 1 Thursday
after 5 games PCHS girls lead KS Kapalama by 604 pins and Mid Pacific by 912 pins.
Now Friday with 3 games to go, PCHS girls continued to increase their lead over the competition and 2nd KS Kapalama by 973 pins. Here are the final team results.
HHSAA Girls State Championship Team winners
1st PCHS – 6858
2nd KS Kapalama – 5885
3rd Mid Pacific 5538
HHSAA girls Individual title on the line, with Samantha ” Sami” Kanehilua trying to defend her 2023 Individual State title, not without a valiant effort in her senior year, here are the final results totals.
HHSAA State Individual winners:
1st Jayna Yockman Kapolei HS 1642
2nd Sami Kanehilua (Sr) PCHS 1617
3rd Alicen Ichimura (Jr) PCHS 1532
PCHS team placing:
11th Kaila Kamahiai (Jr)
20th Jayda Kanakaole (Sr)
23rd Journey Abadilla (Fr)
36th Haylie Ideue (Jr)
HHSAA Boys State team championship had all the excitement you would want for two days.
The first 4 games PCHS had a 138 pin lead, but into the 5th game somehow our team got disconnected and lost 100 pins. with only a 38 pin lead going into the last day to second place Mililani.
Here’s where the fireworks lit up! Coach Tony texted his team to let them know what his plan will be. all the boys agreed to the coach’s plan. and with 3 games to go they performed and executed like a winning team is supposed to. They communicated , lifted and helped each other through those open frames, never getting down on themselves. kept the energy high!
rolling 3 team scores of 994, 994 ,1015 on the last day of competition and increasing their lead by 498 pins over second place Mililani HS and 555 pins over HBA, earning them the 2024 HHSAA State Championship title.
1st PCHS – 7572
2nd Mililani HS – 7074
3rd HBA – 7014
Let’s not forget there was still the Boys State individual title on the line too. After the first day, the top three individuals were PCHS (Fr) Ryder Baisac PCHS defending champion Jayden Kadooka and KS Kapalama Shane DeRego.
The last day the lead changed hands a few times with Shane DeRego rolling a 244 first game, Jayden Kadooka was steady but not enough to overtake his team mate Ryder Baisac who rolled 213,214 & 224 for 651 series earning him his first HHSAA Individual title. Congratulations Ryder!
HHSAA Individual winners
1st PCHS Ryder Baisac (Fr) 1668
2nd PCHS Jayden Kadooka (Sr) 1634
3rd KS Kapalama Shane DeRego (Sr) 1630
PCHS team placing:
7th Trent Ichimura (Fr)
21st Titan Vickery (Sr)
27th Maddox Cayetano
The HHSAA State Title cant be earned without Coaches , Parents and PC Boosters! putting in their time during season practices , supporting matches and feeding our kids.
PCHS Girls legendary coach Millie Gomes just earned her 8th State title, tying her with the winningest PCHS bowling coach Jimmy Hiyashi. WOW !
Coach Millie is already a well respected bowling coach in Hawaii, but getting to watch her coach season after season by her side for the last 10 years, it’s amazing how she wins championship after championship. some would say her teams through the years are stacked with good players. but so far from the truth.
She takes non bowlers to become decent bowlers, combining them with season bowlers that win Championships year after year. Coach Millie gives everything she has to her girls and the PCHS program. She has the recipe to win State titles and if you get a chance ask her. CONGRATULATION Coach Millie!
PCHS Boys Coach Tony Madrona earned his second HHSAA State Boys title. With this title it completes the season Triple crown or Trifecta for the second time since taking over the Head coach duties. He continues to learn more about bowlings, ever changing technology with bowling balls and Sport patterns.
Coach Tony is always up to challenge our kids on and off the lanes. He feels his winning success is the success of our kids in the classroom. Thank you PCHS boys bowling team for trusting and believing in me as your coach.
Thank you Asst Coach Trent Ichimura for your awesome help with the girls during this championship. and Jimbo Pirtle for helping both sides with your knowledge and expert opinions on bowling.
Lastly, thank you Principal Halfmann, AD Reid Shigemasa, Asst AD Mike Pang and the Pearl City community for supporting and believing in your PCHS Coaches.
” ONE HEART ONE BEAT”
” To me, teamwork is the beauty of our sport, where you have five acting as one. you become selfless,”
Photos courtesy of Head Coach Tony Madrona
