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“The Voice of the Warriors”

KS Maui evolution to start next yearBy FAITH OWAN

news editor

The KS Maui graduation require-ments are in the process of chang-ing to include new classes and credit adjustments. The credit changes will apply to the class of 2020 and beyond. The changes are steps that KS Maui is taking to sync up its total credit requirements with the other two Kamehameha Schools campuses. “Institutionally, the idea is that a Kamehameha Schools diploma is a Kamehameha Schools diploma no matter what campus you graduate from,” 9-10 principal Mr. Lance Cagasan said. “The other factor was to give students more options in regards to selection of classes.” Currently the three Kamehemeha Schools campuses have different credit requirements to graduate. The Hawaiʻi and Maui campuses require 28 credits, and the Kapāla-ma campus requires 24. Although the final requirements haven’t been officially decided upon or approved, right now it looks as if the system is moving toward 24 credits tri-campus. Dis-cussions are continuing over the summer. Next school year, the required speech class for freshmen will go from a semester class to a yearlong

class, switching from a half credit to one credit. The freshman Ha-waiian Culture class will continue to be a semester course, but it will meet every other day, and will be reduced from one credit to a half credit.

Kamehameha Schools princi-pals are deciding on these chang-es during a series of tri-campus discussions. After next year, Ms. Jay-R Kaawa, academies principal, said that there will continue to be improvements in Kamehameha ac-

ademics. “As we move forward we will continue to discuss campus offer-ings, expected learning outcomes and programs that best reflect world class education at all Kame-hameha campuses,” Ms. Kaawa said. Some of the new classes that will be offered during the next school year are AP Physics, Explorations in Sustainability, Moʻokalaleo Hawaiʻi I (Hawaiian Literature), and Haʻi Moʻolelo (Storytelling). The new Hawaiian classes will be taught by Kumu Lōkahi Antonio. Kumu Lōkahi said that the Moʻokalaleo Hawaiʻi I class will incorporate Hawaiian literature in forms of ʻōlelo noʻeau, songs, chants, and more. He said that the Haʻi Moʻolelo class will teach the art of traditional and modern Ha-waiian storytelling. There will also be both a fresh-man and sophomore strand of En-glish Honors that will be offered daily on a semester basis. Up to 24 slots are open in each of these advanced English classes. CORRECTION on 5/18: Admis-sion is earned by a writing sample, grade point average, English grade, and NWEA or CTP4 test grades. Teacher recommendation is not a component for enrollment.

Photo by FAITH OWAN A student tests out his robot in Ms. Sone’s Robotics class. KS Maui will be opening the Computer Programming and Game Design class up to all high school grade levels in the upcoming 2016-2017 school year.

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By ALYSSA URAYANZAfeatures co-editor

Junior Hanalei Alapai is the second student from the Kamehameha School’s Maui Campus to be accepted into the In-spire pre-college program over summer vacation. He will be flying to Washington D.C. to attend the program being held at George Washington University. The 20-day, all-expenses-paid trip will start on July 3 and end on July 23. Alapai saw the post about the Inspire program while scrolling through the Dai-ly Bulletin, and it caught his eye. He said that he likes to stay busy during the sum-mer, and this was a great opportunity for him to do so. According to Alapai, the application process was “quite easy” with only a few forms to be filled out. “I feel priviledged because I...was in-formed by Ms. [Priscilla] Mikell that there was only one other student from our school that was accepted [ever], so this is, like, a big privilege for me.” The first person to be accepted into the program during her senior year was Kaylee Thompson (’15). Alapai feels that this program will give him a better understanding of “the inter-play between travel interest and politics” and encourages others to apply. “I feel like our generation is not really privy of politics and, you know, things at a national level, especially in the United States, so I feel that everyone has a space for learning about politics because it’s important,” Alapai said. According to the their website, the Ispire Pre-College Program is a full scholarship open to Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian rising junior and se-nior high school students who are chosen based on the level of their academic abil-ity, leadership potential, and interest in public service. Their website also states

Summer fun with the juniors

Surveys taken by Alyssa Urayanza and Quinn Williams, May 2016, 50 students per grade level

There are tons of things to do when you’re on summer break, but what are most of the Kamehameha Maui students going to do over those hot months?

What are you doing this summer?

“I feel that everyone has a space for learn-ing about politics be-cause it’s important”-Hanalei Alapai

that during the program, students will learn about “intergovernmental relations between tribal governments and the fed-eral government.” The website states that students will be taught by the staff at George Washing-ton University and offered oportunities to meet and interview influencial Native advocates who work in Washington, D.C. For more information on the Inspire Pre-College Program visit inspire.naplp.gwe.edu Apart from Alapai, there are other ju-niors doing some cool things this sum-mer. Cameron Herrick and Daryn Nakaga-wa will be doing their internship with the local fire department. Herrick’s father is also a firefighter, and she hopes that this internship will make it clear to her whether or not she truly wants to pursue the same career. According to Ms. Mikell, there are also alumni who are willing to take students for their internships. Ian Aquino (’09) is providing an intern-ship at his company, Enehana. They spe-cialize in computer consulting and tech-nologies; however, the student interns are yet to be decided. Sayble Bisen (’07) who works at Aka-kū: Maui Community TV Inc., has of-fered an internship opportunity to junior Shaylee Yamashita. Dylan Andrion (ʻ10) will also provide mentoring in media as part of the First Assembly of God. The interns assigned to Andrion are Kaimana Idica, Emily Kane, and Mariana Kaniho. From advocacy to on-the-job training, these juniors are making the most of their summer.

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Class of 2016 wins ʻAha Mele

By ALYSSA URAYANZAfeatures co-editor

The class of 2016 won Ka Maka O Ka Ihe for the second straight year at ʻAha Mele on April 23, 2016, in Kaʻulaheanuiokamoku Gym. “Going into ‘Aha Mele I had a lot of concerns,” senior song leader Harley Gonsalves said. “I thought we did really well, and afterwards I was in tears, so I took that as a good sign.” The seniors won with a score of 120 points, while the juniors came in second with 115.5 points. The sophomore class came in third with 110.5 points, and the freshman class placed fourth with 101 points. “E nā wahine ʻo ka papa ʻumikū-makahi...your faces were alit with a genuine sensitivity to the content of poetry,” presentation judge Kau-makaʻiwa Kanakaʻole said in com-ments on the judging sheet. “Kāne, your ability to engage the wahineʻs vocal performance and your matu-rity is appreciated deeply.” Apart from the overall award, the senior class also won the two other awards given. Senior Aeris Joseph won Ka Lei A Pauahi. This award is given to an outstanding song leader. Joseph won this award for her committ-ment and dedication to leading the girls song Pihanakalani. A third award given was Ka Hulu Kupuna, or the language award. This award was also given to the senior class who had 45 points. The junior class was a close second with 44 points. The sophomore class scored 38.5 points, and the freshmen received 35 points. “The experience and committ-ment were vibrant throughout the performance,” Kanakaʻole said of the senior class.

Photo courtesy of KAHU WONG Mauliola “Harley” Gonsalves prompts her classmates to cheer.

Photo by KA LEO O NĀ KOA Sarah Catugal and Ashlyn-Jade “Hiʻilei” Aniban cheer for their win after the 2016 ʻAha Mele song contest.

Photo courtesy of KAHU WONG Senior Kiana Carroll dances her solo hula routine before the winners are announced. Her class of 2016 won in overall, language, and conductor.

Photo courtesy of KAHU WONG Sophomore Talia Leauanae sings.

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we meet again.

By QUINN WILLIAMSfeatures co-editor

Maikaʻike English was crowned chess tournament winner on May 2 at the Charles Reed Bishop Learning Center. English, who was the spring chess tournament winner, played the fall chess tour-nament winner, freshman Zack Murayama. The two played a short game where English checkmat-ed Murayama in 18 moves. English took home a brand new Kindle Fire. English is the first overall chess tournament champion as Mr. Rickard instituted the chess tournament for the first time this year.

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Our StaffNews Editor:Faith OwanFeatures Editors: Alyssa UrayanzaQuinn WilliamsSports Editor:Kainoa Deguilmo

Faculty Adviser:Ms. Kye Haina9-10 Principal:Mr. Lance CagasanAcademies Principal:Ms. Jay-R KaʻawaHeadmaster:Mr. Kaleo Pahukula

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Disclaimer:Ka Leo o Nā Koa is a student publication of the journalism class of Kamehameha Schools Maui. The views expressed rep-resent the views of the individual tudent writer and editors and does not reflect the views of KSM, KSBE, or its affiliations.

English crowned chess champion


Photo by FAITH OWANFreshman Jaimelee Felipe talks about Kumu Hina’s impact on Hawaiʻi in Ms. Camille Romero’s speech class.

There will also be two freshman seminar classes available, one taught by Ms. Laepaʻa, and one taught by Ms. Kaʻaʻa. Even though these classes will continue to incor-porate the Christian Education and guidance counseling elements, the class itself will be ungraded and fo-cused on independent study. Whether the Christian Education and guidance counseling elements will be graded is still undecided. Another change for the upcom-ing school year, is that Ms. Sone’s Computer Programming and Game Design class will be offered to all four grade levels, instead of just to upperclassmen. Ms. Sone said that this is important for all grade lev-els because technology fluency is criticial. She said that being able to work

with computers is “a new literacy that students in the 21st century will need” and that the Computer Programming and Game Design class gives students skills like an-alytical thinking and problem-solv-ing abilities. “[These are] skills that are funda-mental to the way people think and understand the world, and comput-er programming and coding is one of the best ways to teach students those kinds of skills,” Ms. Sone said. Overall, Kamehameha Maui is bringing in new opportunities for students in terms of academic opportunity, and the three cam-pus principals will discuss further changes over this summer that will make the entire Kamehameha Schools system the same in their core requirements.

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College is scary!

By FAITH OWANnews editor

The idea of going to college can be exciting, but it can also be nerve-wracking. There are a lot of unknown aspects of college that can lead to worry for those about to take the plunge into higher edu-cation. I can probably find doubts about almost any part of the col-lege experience, but there are a few that stick out more than others. For example, the whole residence issue can be a little terrifying. That might seem a bit weird, but think about it. You’re about to move into a room with someone you’ve prob-ably never met! Sure, you might have filled out a questionnaire about cleaning habits and who stays awake at night, but you don’t really know who this person is.

What if this person is rude? Or just a psycho? Let’s be honest, that questionnaire doesn’t reveal any real personality traits, so you’ll just have to find out when you get there. A lot of people might say that a roommate can become your best friend, but what if that roommate is really just a nightmare? Picture

it: you walk in on the first day, bags in hand, ready to introduce yourself, to start your new col-lege life with a fellow freshman. You’re expecting a warm greet-ing, maybe some laughs, and all you get is a cold stare and a grunt. Where do you go from there? Here’s another terrifying thought: what if the food is horrible? Yeah, yeah, you’ve looked up the din-ing options at the college of your choice. They’ve got options for everyone at that cafeteria, but have you actually tried any of it? What if that vegan option is real-ly just a stale veggie patty? What if that salad using local crops is really just a collection of limp lettuce and unripe tomatoes? Another possibility for college mishap is pretty obvious: academ-ics. How will you maintain your grades? Yeah, you might be the star student now, but once those 10-page essays, big projects, and heavy test loads start to accumulate, the pressure’s really going to be on. How will you maintain a fun col-lege social life if you’re trying to

keep up with your grades, possibly a job, club obligations, and sports? Sure, there are tutors who will probably be available. There are late-night library sessions to come to the rescue, but what if you just don’t have the time or the energy? It’s all a bit terrifying, but some-thing to remember is that college isn’t going to be a life-changing experience if it’s not challenging. Sure, there are going to obstacles. There will be some weird people and some great people, some re-ally difficult classes and some su-per fun classes, bad food and good food. No matter how brutal the classes are, or how nasty the cam-pus food options, there will always be both pros and cons to the col-lege experience. It’ll all be there, and it’ll all be what you make of it. As for me, I’m going to for-get my fears and prepare to have both a difficult and amazing time in college, for better or for worse. I say that college is going to be what you make of it, and I for one am up for the challenge.

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Editorial Cartoons by FAITH OWAN

Photo by ALYSSA URAYANZANews editor Faith Owan thinks about college, scared of the possi-bility of bad food, creepy campus walkers, rude roommates, and big projects.

by QUINN WILLIAMS

Photo courtesy of TEA KAUHAAPOSeniors Tea Kauhaa-Po and Ayla Forsythe pose for a picture with the Grand Canyon University mascot “Thun-der the Antelope” and other student visitors after a Senior Night volleyball game.

College visits: make or breakBy FAITH OWAN

news editor

Choosing a college is big, and most of the time it’s a difficult de-cision to make. For most seniors, their final year of high school is packed with college preparation. A lot of students prepare for this choice with visits to their potential colleges, which can change a stu-dent’s mind about whether or not to attend. One of those students is senior Tea Kauhaa-Po. She took a trip to Arizona to visit Grand Canyon University, which quickly led her to choose it. Kauhaa-Po said that a big reason why she chose Grand Canyon, was because it reminded her of home. She also said that visiting the college allowed her to talk with both professors and students about what to major in. She learned that in order to be a school counselor, she would need to enter the School

of Theory and become a psychol-ogy major with an emphasis on education psychology, instead of going into the School of Education like she’d been planning. Kauhaa-Po said that visiting a college can help them learn more about the field of study they want to go into within that college. Another aspect of Grand Can-yon that Kauhaa-Po liked was how small it was compared to her ex-pectations. She said that she had thought the campus would be huge and easy to get lost in, but after her

visit, she became familiar with the campus. “Seeing how easy it is [to nav-igate] and accessible all of my classes are, it kind of gave me that confidence,” she said. Kauhaa-Po said that her visit to Grand Canyon cemented her deci-sion to go there, because she knew it was the right place for her. “By the end of the trip, I knew,” she said. Not all college visits end up in a student deciding to attend the school.

Senior Kaira Davis took a trip to California to visit one of her top choice schools, Azusa Pacific University. Even though Davis said that she really wanted to go to Azu-sa, she said that her experience at the campus changed her mind. “I really wanted to go to Azu-sa from, like, online views,” Da-vis said. “But then when I went there…I wasn’t expecting what I saw, and it was good for me be-cause it made up the decision for me really fast.” Even though Davis said that she already knew that Azusa was a Christian university, during her vis-it she discovered that Christianity was a bigger part of the experience than she had anticipated. She learned that Azusa’s students are required to attend church at least three days a week, and Da-vis said that the learning is “God-based,” which means that all the lessons are taught from a Christian perspective--even science classes, which Davis said she wasn’t inter-ested in. Another unexpected aspect of Azusa was the campus’ appear-ance, which Davis said was “bare.” “When you look online, it’s like, ‘Oh my gosh, it’s so pretty,’ and all the pictures are so nice, and then you go there and it’s like ‘whoa,’” Davis said. Overall, after visiting Azusa Pa-cific University, Davis said that she decided to attend Hawaiʻi Pacific University in Honlulu instead. She said that she chose HPU because of its close proximity to home and its volleyball team. Overall, whether the experience is positive or negative, the college visit process can be be the key fac-tor in a student’s decision to attend or not. A college visit can open the eyes of students to either the harsh realities or great possibilites of a college, and from there a student can make an informed decision and increase the chances of success.

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“Meeting all the people and seeing how similar we are to them, it kind of gave me a sense of home and real comfort knowing that I’ll be safe over there.”

-Tea Kauhaa-Po

College visits give you a better look at the college you’re thinking about, and sometimes that look can be surprising, fun, or just plain cool. Here are some things that students learned about when they visited prospective colleges.

“If you’re from Hawaiʻi, random students will ask you a lot of ques-tions,” Nainoa Silva, Colorado State University, Pueblo

“UH Hilo is the only place in the nation where students can earn a masterʻs degree in indigenous lan-guage studies,” Kahaiā Morishita, University of Hawaiʻi, Hilo

“I found out that an Insta famous exotic animal veterinarian [@dr.evanantin] graduated from CSU, and he’s famous on Instagram be-cause he’s very good looking,” Keely Lindsey, Colorado State University

“In the indoor pool center, they show the film Jaws, and you can swim in the pool and watch while the scuba team comes in and act as sharks to make the movie more enticing,” Faith Kekahuna-Santos, Northern Arizona University

“There are three things that are really big at my college: hockey, choir, and Dungeons and Drag-ons,” Danann Mitchell, Gustavus Adolphus College

“The day I visited UC Irvine just so happened to be their club sign-up day. One of the clubs gave me Chipotle coupons, which made me very happy, so I decided to go there,” Lia Ikeda, University of California, Irvine

“At UC Santa Barbara football games, every time they make a touchdown, fans throw tortillas all over the field,” Hannah Patrick, University of California, Santa Barbara

“My college is the most diverse college in the nation,” Chantell Sakamoto, University of Hawaiʻi, Mānoa

“There are hardly any locals that attend this college,” Leimana Puu, Trinity College

“There are literally only a handful of Republicans on campus; the rest are liberal feminists,” Sanoelani Lanias, University of Rochester

"The sidewalks are heated!" Rus-sell Nagamine, Eastern Washing-ton University

"When you drive up, there is a gi-ant statue of praying hands right there," Micah Sagabaen, Oral Rob-erts University

"...the main building...is a castle! It's called the Reid Castle..and it's used as the Admissions building," Aeris Joseph-Takeshita, Manhattanville College

What I learned on my college visit

Junior Prom

Photo by ALYSSA URAYANZA

Kupono Aguirre and Kortney Russell are crowned king and queen at the junior prom on April 30 in the King Kamehameha Golf Course Clubhouse. The theme for the night was “cherished moments.” Students and their guests watched a slideshow of the juniors’ time together throughout their school years. The night ended with music and fun as students let loose on the dance floor. Students also had the opportunity to take profes-sional photos or simply have fun taking funny pictures at a photo booth.

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Kamehameha Maui's Hawaiian Ensemble was treated to a surprise finish to their three-day perfor-mances at the The Best of IBM rec-ognition event at the Grand Wailea, May 1-8 – singing with award-win-ning performer Idina Menzel. The choral group was there as an opening act for the event, at which the best employees of IBM were being honored. On the first night, the ensemble members had finished their perfor-mance when an IBM representative invited them to watch the rest of the entertainment. To everyone's surprise, the final singer was Menzel, who wrapped-up by singing “Let It Go.” When she heard the ensemble singing along in the audience, she invited them on stage to sing the final cho-rus with her. “I couldn’t even wrap my head around it because it was just that big of a shock. The second and third nights, it was just fun, like she was just a regular person. She was super down to earth,” senior en-semble member Mahiē Kama said. Over the next two nights, students repeated their performances in-cluding a duet and tercet with Men-zel and freshmen Brennan Mendez and Sariah Mossman. They sang "Take Me or Leave Me" from the musical Rent. Kama said that afterwards, Men-zel told them, “It was good to sing with you. You guys sound great."

Ensemble hits the big time

Photo courtesy of MS. ASHMANFreshman Brennan Mendez sings "Take Me or Leave Me" with Idina Menzel at the Grand Wailea. Men-dez was there as part of a Hawai-ian Ensemble gig.

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Ke Ali’i Pauahi’s birthday is De-cember 19, 1831. Sound familiar?

KS Maui was originally sup-posed to be only K-8.

KS Maui is the only campus that has Red Fridays.

KS Maui is on 180-acres.

Every year the seniors and kinder-garteners plant a koa tree in the Ulu Koa ceremony. The grove is next to the Charles Reed Bishop Center.

ʻAha Mele is specific to KS Maui.

Kamehame-ha Schools is the largest independent school system in the U.S.

KS Kapālama was opened in 1887, KS Maui in July 1996, KS Keaʻau in August 2001.

Feature, graphic by QUINN WILLIAMS

#KSM20 on IGThroughout this school year, Kamehameha Maui has celebrated its twentieth anniversary with observances that ranged from a special look-back calendar to an all-school lūʻau, and it was all captured on Instagram with the special hashtag #KSM20. Here are some of the photos that were tagged, along with a little bit of KS trivia.

The Kapālama high school band came to the campus for one of the first as-semblies in 1996. They marched and played in front of 80 students and staff, including the first class of 2006.

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In college it’s important to take care of your car because there’s no more mom or dad to do it for you. Demonstrated by sophomore Kaleo-David Deguilmo, here are a few car basics to know now that you’ll be on your own.

Need-to-know Car BasicsFeature, photos by KAINOA DEGUILMO

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ÖPull all the way off the road. Try to get off a freeway via an off-ramp if it’s possible.

ÖFlip on the hazard lights.

Checking your car fluids is im-portant because they lubricate the engine. Without lubrication, major friction can damage the engine and transmission. This could add seri-ous wear and either cost you a lot in repairs or total your engine or transmission completely.

To check the motor oil:

ÖPark the car on a flat level surface.

�Pop the hood.

�Check the motor oil by pulling the dipstick straight out.

�Hold a clean paper towel un-derneath to catch oil and check oil color.

�A gold clear color is a good sign, but a dark color is a bad sign.

ÖIf the oil level is consistent-ly low on the dipstick, add more to the level indicated on the dipstick, and have you car checked for oil leaks.

To check transmission fluid:

ÖPark the car on a flat, level surface.

�Pop the hood. Leave the car in neutral or park and let the engine run.

�Pull out the dipstick.

ÖCheck the fluid by rubbing the fluid with your index finger and your thumb. The color should be almost pink and clear. If it’s not, then it’s time to change your trans-mission fluid.

ÖIf the oil level is consistently low on the dipstick, add more, and have a mechanic check it out.

To check windshield wiper fluid:

ÖPark your car on a flat, level surface.

�Pop the hood.

ÖFind the washer fluid reser-voir. It’s typically by the base of the windshield.

ÖCheck your levels by the marks on the reservoir. If it’s un-der half full, refill water or window cleaner or a mixture of both.


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It’s important to maintain your tires because if they are underin-flated they can be dangerous. Un-derinflated tires can become flat and build up heat inside, and that causes tire failure. Lack of main-tenance on underinflated tires can cause you to lose control of your vehicle and lead to an accident

To check a tire’s pressure:

ÖLook at the pressure rec-ommended for your car, which can be located on a sticker on the driver’s door or in the car’s manual. Observe the maximum psi pressure embossed right on your tire’s sidewall.

ÖPressures are for cold tires only, so the best time to do this is in the morning, or after the car has been parked for a couple of hours.

ÖPress the head of the tire gauge to your car’s valve stem.Press down quickly with enough force to stop the hissing sound, and your gauge will record the pressure.

ÖIf you hear hissing, that means air is coming out of the tire, push harder or re-align the head.

To fill a tire with air:

�Park your car next to an air dispenser. Take the valve stem cover off.

�Use the hose to fill the tire by putting the nozzle onto the receptacle at the top of the valve stem. You should be able to hear the air filling the tire.

�Fill in short bursts. Stop to check the pressure intermittently to make sure you fill to the right PSI. If you overfill, just press into the top of the valve stem with the pressure gauge head or the air chuck (head) on the air hose to release air until you reach the proper pressure.


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Adulting by ALYSSA URAYANZA Picture That Song:Summer Edition

STUDENT SURVEY: What’s your favorite memory here at KSM?Feature, photos by ALYSSA URAYANZA

Ofahelotu Koka“My favorite KS memory was when [our class] went on the Molokaʻi trip.”

Maika'ike English“Probably when we won the ihe. Both times.”

Casey Neizman“In eigth grade when I tried to do a scorpion pose and ripped my pants.”

Noa Auweloa“My favorite KS memory is when we turned in a whole bush as ‘detention weeds.’”

Summer is a mere two weeks away, and it’s time to get your beach playlists ready! The name of the game is “Picture that Song.” Use the pictures below to make out the title of a popular song. Good luck!

By QUINN WILLIAMS


ANSWERS: 1. Dangerous Woman 2. Cake by the Ocean 3. Work from Home 4. One Dance 5. Me, Myself and I

Source: Twitter [CC BY 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

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To Chyna, I leave you my stress-free attitude because although school gets hard, remember to smile ;) Have fun throughout high school and don’t stress the little things. Love Catz <3 -Sarah Catugal

To Kaitlyn, I leave you my passion for marine life. To this school, I leave a piece of my heart.-Chrystal Cardoza

To the classes before me, I give the luck I had for my senior project, hope it helps.-James Awai

To the cheerleaders, I leave you the gum on our cheer mats.-Chaston Abut

To Kamehameha, I leave the school.-Makana Rivera

To my ensemble lovers: I leave you the stress of Kumu’s planning. To the tennis girls: I leave you the strength for a 5th MIL championship.-Sarah Ikioka

To underclassmen, I leave you traffic cones so you can stay in your lane.-Tea Kauhaapo

To my brother Michael I leave the RAV-4 and the perpetual question: “Are you related to Avi?”-Jula Singh

To my freshman sibling and my Kane-mitsu twins, I leave you my number so you can text me if you need anything ❦-Lauren “Kahea” Andrade

To all my underclassmen, I leave my caring advice on how to make it through high school, so you can have it easy all the rest of the way.-Lydia Yarofaichib

I, Bryson Keoki Funai, leave Zack Fasi a focused board with countless memo-ries, Kai Paredes, fuel because you spit straight fire, and my parking stall to Daryn Nakagawa because blood’s thick-er than water.-Bryson Funai

To Queen Lele, I leave you my positive attitude because you need it. To To-night, I leave you brooms for spiders and soap for the trampoline. Maks, my training kit ❦-Kailey Kilborn

To all my swimmer peeps, swim your butts off and break records.-Erin Lim

To the worst Kubo of them all, I give you a gift card to Supercuts. To Cy, I give you my jersey, and I hope you kill it next year.-Kaisyn Lee

To my friend, Kepa Horton, I leave my CS:GO inventory after graduation, so don’t sell or bet them. Make good choices.-Zane Nagata

To any incoming transfer seniors, I leave you the tenacity and anxiety in-volved in meeting all of the Kamehame-ha Schools Maui grad requirements in one short and busy year.-Kehaulani Youn

To the remainder of the “oatz” clan, Bai-ley, I leave the legacy of the Ota’s to you. To the tennis girls, take the 5th MIL ti-tle! You can do it!-Kandace Ota

To my brothers Lanakila and Dylan, I leave my patience for you because you’re gonna need it when Ka’ililau be-comes a freshman. Good luck with that! Love you guys!-Leimana Puu

Dear underclassmen, I give you my looks so you can pick up all the chicks.-Keaghan Gomes

Senior WillsClass of 2016


AS SENIORS, WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH MANY UPS AND DOWNS, LEFTS AND RIGHTS, BUT WHAT REALLY MATTERS IS THAT WE GOT THROUGH THEM TOGETHER. AS A CLASS, WE’VE LOST MANY CLASSMATES, BUT NEVER ANY FRIENDS. WE’VE EVEN GAINED A FEW MORE ALONG THE WAY. OUR TIME TOGETHER HAS BEEN FUN AND MEMORABLE. EVEN IF WE ARE NO LONGER CLASSMATES, WE WILL FOREVER BE

THE CLASS OF 2016.

“To the soon-to-be seniors of

Hawaiian Ensemble, I leave you with the bass,

guitar, and 'ukulele to give to

whoever your new

musicians will be.

Good luck ;p -Lukela Kanae

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To Cayla, Leanna, and Kaelyn, enjoy high school, and to Kleven, I give you my awesome music taste and stress. Have fun!-Kia Takamori-Tihada

To the volleyball team, I leave my undy-ing will to win. Love you guys!-Danielle Brown

To my friends, I leave you with the im-age of me (the greatest boxer to ever come out of Hawai’i).-Kawai Duldulao Kahoohanohano

I give Kahaka my T-zone and my title of team captain.-Russell Nagamine

To underclassmen, I leave this quote with you, “Do what you have to do to do what you want to do.” Every homework, test, and quiz count.-Anela Severson

To braddah Rojac and Ha’a, I leave be-hind my hops and straight tens so next year you can be like me.-Craden Kailiehu

To Kyana I leave my love. To the boys I leave the cherreh nights going to Zip-py’s and cruising ‘til the sun comes up.-Kulana-Alika Wilhelm

To my gorilas, I leave behind coach Ty-son’s lies and all my mana. Light it up! “When you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all.”-Kylie-Anne Pastor

To my friend Zach: I leave you Mr. Iwamura’s class.-Jonathon Alakai

To my paddling buddy Kepa I leave be-hind my smile and funny personality so you, too, can be Mr. Aloha.-Justin Delos Santos

EKK, I leave you the responsibility of finding your own rides after school and the Alboro family crown. You’re up next! Make it count.-Kawai Devault

To all the people I have met, I leave my Aloha.-Covy Cremer

To Pahe Akoi, I forget…-Kamu Kaniaupio

To my gorillas, go eat an apple, then run six miles! Hiroshi, make these last two years count! It’s gonna fly by. Lana, just remember, you’re 12.-Shayna Tamanaha

To my friend Kainoa, I leave my captain position to you. Lead with pride and with dignity. Most importantly, lead the team to victory. IMUA.-Dawson Kainalu Taniguchi

I leave nothing. OK, bye.-Karley Keanini

To my Eggs and Aaron, I leave you all my love, sass, and senioritis. Have fun kids!-Lia Ikeda

To WUW12, I pass the baton of hard work, stress, and possible mental break-downs to you. It may not be an easy task, but it’s one that is most rewarding. XO!-Hi’ilei Aniban

To the class of 2017, senioritis is real. Ask Kobe.-Casey Neizman

To the next NHS president: Have fun while governing the members and make sure to take time to sit back and enjoy senior year.-Kiana Kanoa

To the future KSM cheer team, I leave you to defend our titles. To underclass-men, I leave you the bench under the tree.-Ashlee Sawai

To my ‘ōlelo Hawai’i Hui, I leave you my mino’aka so you may stay ‘oia’i’o.-Kainalu Steward

To my favorite VP Mr. Del, I leave my dress code violations and my little sis-ter to carry on the Calibuso legacy in a couple of years.-Daevry Calibuso

To my wahine warriors, stay blessed and beautiful! Also, mahalo nui e Pauahi.-Ofahelotu Koka

To the sudent body of Kamehameha schools, I leave some advice: Question Everything.-Kobe Ana-Farrior

Quinn, I leave you Puke Corner. Cy, I leave you with my 800 time to beat. Ha-waiian Ensemble, I leave you with the stres of finding new musicians.-Richard Ikaika Renaud III

I leave #9 to Dayne Kubo, and I leave all the four corner runs to the baseball boys.-Kekoa Ostermiller

Yeah cuz, to all you that no tink, good luck. To Keahi Rojac, I leave you all my goodness. You so good! Haha! Cough, triangle, jelly, shark. Shoots!-Chyalis Min

To all my friends, I leave Mrs. Sone to whomever she may choose.-Tyler Lum

To Zach, I leave you my golf prowess even though we know you are better than me anyway.-Jordan Marciel

To my brother Kai, I leave the won-derful Paredes reputation with every teacher.-Keola Paredes

To Kaho, I leave nothing. To Gideon, I leave the jersey #5.-Jake Mateaki

To my Music Tech II kids, I leave you the studio. To the next drummer, devel-op your own style and ham out. Just say “no” and stay in school.-Micah Sagabaen

To the judo team, I leave my laziness so that you work harder than me. To my pakana ‘ola, I leave you my laughs and my leg sweeps.-Mckenna Chaney

To my little sister, I leave my love and support. You will do great things.-Sanoe Lanias

To my little brother, Henry, I leave you the key to getting through sleepless nights and stressful mornings. I also leave you my awesome procrastination skills.-Megan Miguel

To my best friend, Taylor, I leave you with our lunch table. To my hula sisters, I leave you with letters being written for admin to get excused from school.-Pohaikealoha Artates

To my freshman sibling Mallorie Vaught, I leave you my abundance of sass and procrastination. Have an amazing high school career! To every-one else, kick senior project’s butt.-Kaala Corpuz

To the boys, I leave all the good times we had. To Kai Segundo, I leave my hands, and to my many ‘ohana, I leave my aloha. AJ gets #13.-Maikaike English

To Kevin, I leave the throne, to Anela, my jokes, to Cameron, the manager’s position, and the judo team, my lazi-ness. To the breakfast club, don’t you forget about me.-Alyssa Urayanza

To “Taylerrr” and Kiana I leave my love. To my water lolos “play with pas-sion” and always goal side and to Kiare, Ka’iulani, and Koko I leave my kū’ē.-Rachel Hillen

To future paddlers, I leave that perfect, short paddle. To my little sister, Ariana, I leave my late nights of studying. Don’t worry, you’ll get through it!-Rebekah Hurdle

To the Drama Club, I leave my really bad puns and collection of names to get all of you through the next school year. Aloha, brah!-Makayla Imaoka

To my boyz and Kai, I leave you tha hamma duties and the wai side crew. Represent my Haynz!-Michael Kahula

To the ballers this year, I leave my ath-letic stuff. And for everyone, do the right thing, and you will succeed in life.-Sage Kamaka

To my LVA babies, have a very interest-ing year. Selai, make many music videos in Utah and Lana, I leave you nothing because I’m taking you with me to col-lege.-Kayana Kamoku

To Queen Lele I leave you my stress and sweetness to be more nice to people. To my softball girls I leave you sparkly bows and untied shoelaces.-Kaui Longzaga

To the upcoming juniors I leave you all of Mr. Iwamura’s jokes and lectures.-Kori Matsumura

To Blayde I leave you two more years of suffering and two more years of youth.-Justin Kelekoma


To the cheerleaders, I leave our championship titles

To ChloeLawrence, my good grades and

good looks, and to my mom,

all the memories we’ve made.

I’ll miss you!-Hannah Patrick

To my beloved sisters, keep the name strong. To my legacy, be the man I raised you to be. To my Egyptian War rival, I leave you my skill.-Rayne Poepoe

To Riannie I leave you my love, to No-ahane I leave you coin and I leave you all my stress to the students that have Haina and during senior project.-Chantell Sakamoto

To the Drama Club, I leave you the ev-erlasting image of me in your minds.-Kainoa Shimizu

To Tehani, I leave you a singular potato chip.-Jevan Lee Tengan Buchwald

To any who dare to take up the task of claiming the lunch table I sat on, I leave you it’s entirety including the hole in it that we put trash.-Jai Wilhelm

To Taylor and Tati, I leave my short skirts wear them well and to under-classmen I leave my lunch table.-Malia Yonemura

To the Hammah I leave yourselves be-cause you guys is all hammahs already.-Keiran Kauka

To Tay-Tay, I leave my amazingly horri-ble art skills that somehow always seem to fascinate you. Sorry I couldn’t bless you with them sooner!-Kiana Nemoto-Oshita

To the class of 2018, I leave the class of 2016’s manhood.-Ikaika Chong-Kee

To my little brother Raige, I leave you all the teachers that are going to call you Rylie.-Rylie Velez

To my soccer team, I leave you permis-sion to skip/hide from as many suicides and ladders as you can, good luck. #hoodyhu-Quinn Williams

To Noa Helm and Zach Murayama I leave you my wrestling skills so you guys can win next year. Oh and my good looks too for the ladies.-Shandon Johnson-Eugenio

To Pahe…I leave you my Visine for those pre-school surf sessions. Don’t get surfer’s eye!-Noa Auweloa

To my little brother Cullen, I leave my pretentious music taste, Steven Uni-verse theories, and love. To the Drama Club, thank you for four magical years. I love you all!-Danaan Mitchell

Hawaiian Ensemble, I leave you my stress from Kumu Kalei. Tennis team, I leave my “braids.” Raf, I leave you the duty of uncovering the canoes early ev-ery day. Good luck underclassmen!-Quincee Taguchi

To my mini Tysons, I leave the duty of putting paddles away after practice and to Raf I leave you in charge of leading stretches before practice.-Ashley-Anne “Kahaiā” Morishita

To all my Keiki ‘O Ka ‘Āina, I leave my crackahz-ness. To youngnoa, keep La-haina bus regulated and never forget our huaka’i’s. To Pahe, keep it green up mauka. Love always, Ayla Ray.-Ayla Ray Forsythe

To Samuel, you better stay in high school so me and Ayray can come back and see you graduate. To youngnoa, I’ll never forget our MBC memories!-Mahea Beesing

To Timmy, I leave you a magical boy to protect you from your haters.-DeShawn Carillo

To my sister Majeka, I leave my happy, unsarcastic attitude. To KPHOA, mi-no’aka because NZ is next year.-Kiana Carroll

To Timmy, I leave to you all the respon-sibilities and math homework that I have not completed (it’s a lot).-Kamuela Daunhauer

Remember this, a minute of anger and bitterness is a minute of happiness you will never get back.-Prince Kekona

To everyone at this school, I leave noth-ing for you because everything you get at this school is given to you, y’all better start working. Always treat yo’ self.-Preston Watanabe

Gideon, I leave you my uniforms that fit you better. Raf gets my tractor-pull time. Hawaiian Ensemble boys, hold it down! My voie goes to the next Na Kolokolo Ālaka’i.-Mahonri Aiwohi

To Lexi, always remember who you are and where you came from. To my LVA chikahs grip it and rip it, stay humble and stay golden. Love you all! -Kaira Lee Davis

Go-To’s: It’s your job to babysit now! I’ll miss you guys. Love you lots! Kiera: You’re the oldest Viela here now, make us proud! I love you!-Jrae Viela

To my friends, don’t lose touch, call me whenever you want. I’ll miss you all, don’t forget me!-Kekai Aquino

To Kaelyn, I leave my old uniforms and my clothes you use anyway. To Quinn Hottendorf, I leave you my parking stall, <3 and to the tennis team, you just one!-Kylee Kato

To future AP Bio students, I leave you my amazing procrastination skills and late night mastering sessions.-Kaitlyn Castillo

To DM, I leave you my uniform shirts since you think they’re all yours anyway.-Ilena Burk

Little Red, I leave you my lack of run-ning skills so you don’t chase boys, but they run miles for you. Shaybae, I leave all my sass for Mrs. Pang.-Kasey Redman

To my brother Kaleo I will my amaz-ing parking stall. Don’t park crooked. To the boys swimming relay I leave my joyful enthusiasm and spirit. You guys better qualify.-Kainoa Deguilmo

To my “Ngalu Tribe,” I leave you the amazing reputation I made for us at Kamehameha and all my assignments to copy, nah jk, I leave you my stress too .-Mele Ngalu

To Sariah, I leave you my number to give to guys that are interested in talking to you, so I can evaluate them, have fun in school, Goofy.-Noah Monte

To my HE babies, work hard and have fun in Aotearoa! To my softball girls, I leave my loudness so you don’t get in trouble in the dugout. Much love!-Māhie Kama

To every KS student, I challenge you to beat my record of 1,031 CS-HRS. To my twins and Miss Kapua, you’re destined for greatness, don’t let yourselves be held back!-Faith Kekahuna-Santos

For future journalism students, I leave you my editing duties. Have fun!-Faith Owan

To my drama club babies, I leave you the sick blanket, cough drops, and tea. May you survive the infamous tech week! With all my love, Mom.-Aeris Joseph-Takeshita

To the next CDM, Bailey Ota, I leave my pace and goal scoring ability. To Zach I leave nothing. To Cy, I leave a dirty tennis ball.-Kona Dancil

To my judo team, I leave my awesome captain skills. To Ha’e, I leave you the judo kid. To Kukui, good luck with the rest of high school.-Keely Lindsey

To my drama club peeps, I leave you the burden of seniority. Enjoy it while it lasts.-Cole Schafer

To Kiha, I leave you my secrets, my sup-plements, my skill, and maybe my body size.-Aaron Murray

To Zack Fasi I leave all the good times we've had and more to come. Cherreh! Keep It real.-Ka'upena Morando

To Alexis, I leave my uniforms. To the fam, bless up and kill it next year. To Lele, you better be at this school next year.-Mauiliola Gonsalves


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To my kids, MIL Champs next year! To Kepa, keep jamming. To anyone else,work hard for what you want because

nothing in this life comes easy if it’s

worth it.-Beka Revelle

...and so ends the last will and testament of the class of 2016. May they not rest in peace. May they go forth into the world, shouting and railing and gen-erally raising a ruckus until the world sits up, takes note, and rings with the refrain, #'Oia'i'o.

Girls place at state tourney

By ALYSSA URAYANZAfeatures editor

The girl’s 4x100 relay team: se-niors Hannah Patrick and Quinn Williams, sophomore Analis Nitta, and freshman Kayla Tuitele, placed 6th and Nitta, in the 200-meter dash, placed 7th overall at the HH-SAA state championships on Sat-urday, May 7. Nitta said she didn’t think that she was going to make it into the finals for the 200-meter dash because there were a lot of fast competitors at the 2016 Island Movers Track and Field State Championships. Nitta competed on Friday and qualified as an alternate for the 200-meter dash. “I think I did good, but I could have done better,” Nitta said, “but finals were kind of hard to run be-cause...the wind was really bad. Everyone's time was junk.” In total, there were 15 athletes who qualified for the state champi-onships. The athletes who qualified in-clude seniors Jake Mateaki, Rich-ard Renaud, Williams, and Patrick, juniors Quinn Hottendorf and Hunter Logan, sophomores Tyrelle Baldonado-Kaleiopu, Daniel Kapua, Lily Gavagan, Shaina Uye-chi, Hunter Worth, Nitta, Micah Au-Haupu, and Tuitele and fresh-men Keely Logan. Micah Au-Haupu was the only KSM thrower that qualified. “Varsity actually did pretty good...” head coach Rudy Huber said. “We had a lot of personal re-cords.”

He also said that there was a good group of underclassmen that he be-lieves will do well next season. According to Coach Rudy, there were three girls for the long jump including Williams, Hunter Logan, and Keely Logan, two for the triple jump, Williams and Keely Logan, and all four relay teams that qual-ified for the state meet. Among these athletes were Renaud and Nitta, who Coach Rudy felt did ex-ceptionally well this season. In the Maui Interscholastic League championships, Renaud won the boys 800-meter dash and set a new personal record of 2:03. He also participated in the boys 4x100 and 4x400 relay. “He’s an excellent athlete, and he is what we call a ‘gamer.’ He al-ways comes, he’s ready to go, and he takes the workout with whatev-er he needs to do to make it work, so he’ll be sorely missed,” Coach Rudy said. Nitta participated in both the girls 100-meter, 200-meter, and 4x1 relay in the MIL championships. Coach Rudy said that Nitta had set a personal record in both the 100- and 200-meter races. “She really had an incredible per-formance,” Coach Rudy said. “She kept on getting better and better and really came into her own the week before the MIL meet.” Next season, he hopes that the team will keep on improving and getting better and wants to start the season sooner so that the team can develop a good base early on. As for the seniors, he said they will be “sorely missed,” but that their lives are only now beginning.

SportsKa Leo O Nā Koa Volume XI Issue 2 May 13, 2016 D1

Photo by ALYSSA URAYANZASenior Richard Ikaika Renaud III races to the finish during his 800-meter race. He placed second in the 800-meter race at the Maui Interscholatic League championships.

Photo by ALYSSA URAYANZASenior Quinn Williams and Hannah Patrick were two members of the 4x100 meter relay team, who placed 6th at the 2016 Island Movers Track and Field Championships.

Photo by QUINN WILLIAMSSophomore Austin Peters and Junior Hanalei Hoʻopai-Sylva block Nā Aliʻiʻs Nakuluai Morando during their game against King Kekaulike at Kaʻulahe-anuiokamoku Gymnasium on Wednesday, March 30.

Boys volleyball places thirdBy QUINN WILLIAMS

features editor

Kamehameha Maui’s boys vol-leyball team placed third overall in the Maui Interscholastic League with five wins and seven losses, not including the team’s first-round loss against Lahainaluna in the MIL Divison 1 Boys Volleyball Championships. Coach Robert Brede described the season as one of “highs and lows.” “When teams go through three different coaches every season, we have to start all over again,” coach Brede said. “You have to see what you got.” Two starters will be leaving the team, seniors Chyalis Min and Craden Kailiehu, who Brede also coached as freshmen before he left for two years. The team of 16 play-ers is half juniors with six sopho-

mores and the two seniors. Besides seniors Min and Kailiehu, Coach Brede said that one standout was sophomore setter Austin Peters, who thought the season went well since the boys placed third. “This year, in the beginning we

had a hard time coming together as a team, but lately we’ve been gelling and we’ve been playing our best of the season,” Peters said. Coach Brede looks forward to having Peters for two more years. “He’s the biggest core of this

team,” Brede said. Coach Brede is expecting many “good JV players” next year to take the place of the seniors. He said that this year’s team was bigger than what he usually coach-es, a team of 14, and he’ll have to make some difficult decisions on who he’s going to bring up next year.Coach Brede said he plans to return next year.

JV boys volleyball has near-perfect seasonBy QUINN WILLIAMS

features editor

Kamehameha Maui’s junior varsi-ty boys volleyball team ended their season victoriously with only one loss. The boys played nine games, with eight of them wins. Of the eight wins, the three games against Bald-win were won by forfeit.

“It’s been pretty good,” coach Bala Spencer said. “I think they grew a lot, and I’m happy and proud of where they started to where they finished.” Coach Bala said the team of four freshmen and seven sophomores has a lot of potential and will help the varsity team next year. Some standouts that coach Bala said would help feed into the var-

sity are Brennan Urayanza, Keoni Rosete, Kea Aguirre, and Kahai Bustillos. “Those guys will make a big im-pact at the varsity level,” he said. While a lot of the boys were new to the game, coach Bala said that they were always willing to learn. “They wanted to play every day. They came to work every day,” Coach Bala said.

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JV Boys Volleyball Scoreboard

Boys Volleyball Scoreboard

Photo by QUINN WILLIAMSJunior Hanalei Sylva and sophomore Hinano Long block King Kekaulike’s Hunter Mars.

03/02 LLHS 1-3 L03/05 BHS 3-0 W03/09 KKHS 0-3 L03/12 MHS 3-0 W03/19 LLHS 0-3 L03/22 BHS 3-2 W3/30 KKHS 0-3 L04/01 MHS 3-0 W04/09 LLHS 1-3 L04/13 BHS 2-3 L04/16 KKHS 0-3 L04/20 MHS 3-2 W04/28 Semi 0-3 L

03/02 LLHS 1-2 L03/05 BHS For. W03/12 MHS 2-1 W03/19 LLHS 3-0 W03/22 BHS For. W04/01 MHS 2-1 W04/09 LLHS 2-1 W04/13 BHS For. W04/20 MHS 2-1 W

Kato, Ikioka are state tennis champions


The boys tennis team was one match away at the Wailea tennis courts from taking a doubles team to the state championships. Doubles pair Konapiliahi Dan-cil and Zachary Luis lost to Maui High’s Anthony Buduan and Eric Lazo in the last round of the quar-terfinals at the Maui Interscholastic League championship tournament, knocking out their chance of mak-ing it to the state championships. “I feel we did good. We were up going into it, [but] they made a good comeback,” Dancil said.Before their match, Dancil and Luis had played against KSM teammates Jake Mateaki and Maikaike English and won.

The quarterfinals on April 22 de-cided who would fill the fifth seat at the state championships. Overall, the boys tennis team placed tenth in the tournament. “We have boys that don’t have any experience, but they have a lot of energy and a lot of determi-nation,” Coach Kathy Kanemitsu said. In past years, Coach Kathy re-members the Alo brothers, Chan-dler (’14) and Micah (’15), as be-ing a dynamic duo, but this year the two outstanding pairs were Matea-ki and English, and Dancil and Luis. She feels that the team got “stronger as the season went on.” She was impressed with Mateaki who had never played tennis before this season and said he demon-strated the right attitude and court

knowledge that comes with being a competitor. “For my first year, I think I did pretty good, but I kind of wanted to go to states,” Mateaki said. Mateaki feels that the team could have done better if they were more experienced. He also said that this season was fun, but at the same time, a lot different from his other sport, soccer, because in soccer he can be loud, but in tennis you have to be quiet. Coach Kathy recalls that before she was hired, there was no boys team and only a girls team, so she made it her personal goal to create one. “When I came onboard, I was hoping to make one that was fun and get...whoever [wanted] to play,” she said.

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Seniors Kylee Kato and Sarah Ikioka are the 2016 girls double HHSAA tennis champions. Kato and Ikioka, as well as fresh-man Kayleen Lau, competed in the Carlsmith Ball Tennis Champion-ships May 5-7 at the Mauna Lani Sports and Fitness Club on the Big Island. Kato and Ikioka competed in the doubles division and Lau in the singles division. “It’s an honor [to be state cham-pions] because me and Sarah, we both worked really hard on getting here, especially coming so close every year,” Kato said. “It’s a re-ally rewarding experience. It’s just something that we’ve always want-ed to accomplish, and it’s been our main goal, since freshman year, to win states.” Having placed second last year, Kato said that this year, she and Ikioka were “a lot more hungry” and determined to win. She said that they had prepared a lot more than in previous years including playing in several matches against men. Kato said that men have a different style compared to women and are usually a lot stronger and more aggressive.

According to Coach Kathy Kane-mitsu, Lau had a rough start to the season but ended it with “deter-mination and fierce competition.” Lau took the Maui Interscholastic League state qualifying tourna-ment and beat out the third and second seed opponents. At the state tournament, she went out in

the first round to Kalaheo’s Liliya Malakhova. As for Kato and Ikioka, this is their fourth year in a row winning the Maui Interscholastic League championship in the doubles divi-sion. They have been partners since their freshman year. “Of course, our seniors [are]

just consistent. I can always count on them to bring in points that we need and to always be stellar in their performance,” coach Kathy Kanemitsu said. According to coach Kathy, the team tended to rely on the senior duo to bring in their points, and they always managed to do it; however, the third point would fall on the “bottom half of the line up.” She said that this was a struggle for the team because they would have to shift around players and even move some players from the dou-bles to the singles division. Coach Kathy said she has known Ikioka for a long time. She said that she first met Ikioka before she was in high school, when coach Kathy briefly coached at the Wailuku Ju-niors Tennis Club, and she got to know Kato over the three years she spent coaching high school. “Those two, they are so differ-ent, yet so similar. I just learned so much just by being around them, the way they approached certain things. They have totally different ways of doing things and totally different views,” coach Kathy said. “I’ve learned a lot from them. I’ve always enjoyed being around them. They rejuvenate me. They give me inspiration as to how I want to con-tinue my program after they leave.”

Boys tennis was one away

Courtesy of KYLEE KATOTennis champs Kylee Kato and Sarah Ikioka, here with their coaches Ms. Nalani Cagasan and Ms. Kathy Kane-mitsu at the HHSAA state championships, have played tennis together in all four years of high school.


The baseball season came to a close with a record of five wins and six losses for the Warriors. Their final game was against Maui High in the Division I tournament on Wednesday, April 27. They lost 16-1. Despite this loss, the KS Maui baseball boys improved throughout the season, and the team finished much closer than they started. Senior Kulana Wilhelm said that the team’s dynamic transformed during a preseason tournament in Hilo, leading to their improvement throughout the season. “In the beginning of the season,

we all couldn’t play as one,” Wil-helm said. “We weren’t really a team.” Senior Rylie Velez said that the reason for the team not doing well was that the players were trying to not make mistakes and “trying to look good.” Velez said that once the team re-laxed, they bonded and began to improve their playing. “In the beginning it was all busi-ness--we were there to play base-ball. But then in Hilo we were just having fun,” Velez said. “I think that’s why…we could have won a lot of games ‘cause we were hav-ing fun.” After the baseball team’s trip to Hilo, the boys improved during another preseason tournament; however, the official season start-ed off rocky. The first four games were losses, but after that the team pulled out three consecutive wins against Lahainaluna.

“As soon as we went into the sea-son, the first series was terrible,” Velez said. After that one series we checked ourselves and we did more, like, bonding things. Before every single game we would go eat with everyone to get a feel before the game.” Despite the end-of-season loss, Velez said that the team still worked together in their last game. “The team was still working as one. We played our best that game, it’s just [Maui High] played better baseball than us,” Velez said. The KS Maui baseball team cam in third after Maui High in sec-ond and Baldwin in first, and even though the team didn’t make it to the baseball state championships, Velez said that they still came out strong. “Slowly but surely we came to-gether as a team and pulled through the hard times,” Velez said.

Baseball bonds

Girls judo, Lindsey excel


Senior Keely Lindsey was the high-est achieving judoka this season. She placed fourth at the Hawaiʻi Judo 2016 State Championships on Saturday, May 7. “I feel really good about it be-cause placing at states has been my goal since freshman year,” she said. The girls judo team came in sec-ond overall at the Maui Interscho-lastic League Championships on Saturday, April 30, at King Kekau-like High School. The boys team came in fifth. “I think it was a great season. We got a lot of new underclassmen that did really good this year,” team captain Lindsey said. Lindsey continued her undefeat-ed streak that started in her sopho-more year and got her third Maui Interscholastic League title. Fresh-man Jillian Ikehara also remained undefeated throughout the season, and won first in her 98-lb weight class. “I’m really happy that I was able

to win MIL’s three times because every year I try to do better than I did the previous year, and I felt physically really good and pre-pared this year,” Lindsey said. Despite these accomplishments, the team suffered from injuries. Lindsey said that a lot of team members got hurt, mostly with concussions. Among them was boys captain Dawson Taniguchi. “It’s really hard when someone can’t participate due to a head in-jury because those take a while to

heal, and that causes some people to have to sit out for the rest of the season,” Lindsey said. Lindsey said that other injuries included shoulder and knee pains, in which case students have to “rest for a couple days,” and don’t get to practice. Lindsey said that the boys were “doing good individually,” but that few of them showed up consistent-ly to meets, explaining the boys’ fifth place finish. Three other judo members head-

ed to the state competition, where their runs ended in the consola-tion rounds: Emily Kane (172-lb), Healani Tolentino (154-lb), and Malie Nahoolewa (129-lb). Lindsey said that she thinks that the main reason for the girls team success is that its members are committed. “Most of the girls kept trying to improve and learn from their mis-takes, so they could win at the next meet,” she said.


Photo by FAITH OWANSenior Rylie Velez throws the ball to the pitcher during a Division One Tournament against Maui High on Friday, April 22 at Maehara Stadium.

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Freshman Jillian Ikehara holds her opponent in place at the opening Round Robin Judo Tournament at Kaʻulaheanuiokamoku Gymnasium on Saturday, April 2. Ikehara placed first in her 98-lb weight class.


6 steps to get into college for athletes

1. Make a plan.

2. Research your school options.

3. Research camps, camps, camps

4. Reach out to coaches before, during, and after camps.

5. Stay on top of grades and schoolwork

6. Make timely decisions.

For example, “I want to be committed to a college before the end of my junior year.” But, Kamehameha Maui athletic counsel-or, Mr. Ulima Afoa, said to also be flexible. Offers could come in during your senior year too, so don’t commit yourself too early.

Decide what sport you want to play, what division you want to play in, where in the world you want to be, and what you’re interested in studying. “When looking at the school, ask yourself if you would enjoy going there if you didn’t play [sports],” said Kenya Sherman King Kekaulike alumna. Sherman attends Idaho State University playing soccer.

Plan financially to try to attend camps that produce the best exposure for you. For example, the largest soccer event is Players Showcase, which takes place every summer in Las Vegas. Coaches come from all over the country to watch players play and recruit them. Sherman was recruited through a Maui camp, the Valley Isle Soccer Academy summer camp, but she agrees that the Las Vegas showcase is the “most efficient.”

Send out as many emails to try to meet as many coaches as you can. “Try to get a real feel for the coach,” Sherman said. Mr. Afoa said that since not every athlete is in the “blue chip” category, reaching out is definitely a good idea.

A better GPA and test scores will always get you more scholarships and more money.

If you feel like the school is what you want, don’t wait to commit. Good scholarship offers only last so long.

“When looking at the school, ask yourself if you would enjoy going there if you didn’t play [sports],” -Kenya Sherman

Girls Judo MIL Meet Scoreboard

Baseball Scoreboard

Waterpolo Scoreboard

Softball Scoreboard

Scoreboards03/04 BHS 2-10 L03/12 LLHS 0-16 L03/19 MHS 2-16 L03/26 MHS 4-17 L04/06 LLHS 0-16 L04/13 MHS 1-9 L04/16 KKHS 5-8 L04/20 BHS 6-19 L04/28 MIL D1 0-3 L

03/03 KKHS 13-5 W03/05 LLHS 6-19 L03/08 SBH 9-12 L03/12 BHS 11-16 L03/19 MHS 16-7 W03/29 KKHS 10-6 W04/02 LLHS 3-19 L04/05 SBH 8-10 L04/09 BHS 12-19 L04/21 MHS 8-4 W04/26 MIL D1 4-3 W04/27 MIL D1 5-13 L

04/30 Ikehara 1st04/30 Lindsey 1st04/30 Nahoolewa 2nd04/30 Kane 2nd04/30 Tolentino 2nd04/30 Urayanza 3rd04/30 Chaney 3rd

03/17 MHS 0-1 L03/18 MHS n.a. n.a.03/19 MHS 1-11 L03/24 BHS 1-2 L03/25 BHS n.a. n.a.03/26 BHS 2-3 L03/29 LLHS 4-3 W04/01 LLHS 8-2 W04/02 LLHS 11-1 W04/06 KKHS n.a. n.a.04/08 KKHS 3-4 L04/11 KKHS 4-1 W04/20 MIL D1 n.a. n.a.04/21 MIL D1 n.a. n.a.04/22 MIL D1 3-2 W

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The water polo team finished their season with a 13-5 loss to Baldwin in the second round of the MIL wa-ter polo tournament. Senior captain Mele Ngalu reflected on the team’s season. She acknowleged the pos-itive and negative things that the team experienced. “Over the course of the season, our team grew a lot,” Ngalu said. “We were passing better, swim-ming faster and communicating more.” Ngalu said there were ups and downs throughout the season. “One major ‘up’ was that we had a lot of experienced players from last season, and we all played with each other for a while,” she said. “We also had awesome coaches that conditioned us well for the season.” However, injury took its toll on the team. “The ‘downs’ were that we had a lot of players that got injured throughout the season, so our num-bers got smaller towards the end,” Ngalu said. Being a goalie for three years

straight, Ngalu said the position has taught her much. “Goalies have a lot more pressure on them because they are the last sort of defense,” Ngalu explained. “A lot of times there are fast swim-mers that outswim ours, and it’s just their team and me so they team up, and I just always need to be ready. The goalie also needs to be aware of who’s open to pass to when we get the ball back because the clock is always running.” Ngalu made the transition from being a field player in her frehsman year, to goalie for the next three. “The transition from field posi-tion to goalie is really different. I definitely do a lot more swimming and sprinting when I play field and do more ‘egg beating’ in the goal,” she said. “The defense is also more tough in field because you’re al-ways trying to not let your person pass you.” The eggbeater kick is when the swimmer is in a sitting position in the water with their knees at 90 de-grees. Then they rotate their legs so one leg is going clockwise and the other going counterclockwise. Since the transition, she has been more comfortable in the goal. “I enjoy being able to go after

players to steal the ball away from them,” Ngalu said. “I also enjoy being able to throw the ball far to make fast breaks.” Warrior head coach Allyn Kalai-waʻa said she is proud of her team. “This season has definitely had it’s ups and downs,” she said. “We’ve won some, and we’ve lost some, but what I’m proud of most is how far our team has come.” Over half the team was new to the sport at the beginning of the sea-son, but they were still able to get some wins under their belts. “I’m proud of how the team

showed ha’aha’a and ho’omau during practice as well as games,” Coach Kalaiwaʻa said. “The ath-letes pushed through all different kinds of adversity this season, and it shows me how strong they are mentally and physically.” Although the season has come to end, Coach Kalaiwaʻa already has her eye on the next one. “Our biggest obstacles this sea-son were movement and safe pass-es. We’ll focus more on those next season,” she said. “We’ve definite-ly gotten better throughout the sea-son.”

Water Polo ends at 5-7

The Warriors softball team strug-gled this season due to injuries and inexperience. Key players had to miss games due to injuries, which greatly affected the team overall. Senior Captain Ka’ala Corpuz said that two of their strong upperclass-man players, Māhie Kama and Kierra Viela, were out for three weeks due to injuries. Kama was hurt after the second game. She rolled her ankle during practice. Viela sustained a head in-jury that required medical attention. “We needed a catcher and an out-fielder,” Corpuz said. “The only other catcher beside Māhie was Montana [Vaught], but she was also a pitcher.” Corpuz explained that young, in-experienced players had to play dif-ferent positions to fill in for the ab-sence of injured players. Players for

the catcher and outfield positions had to adjust to new and different techniques that came with the new positions. “They did pretty good,” Corpuz said “They had to learn their posi-tions that week of the game, and for that, they still did good.” Corpuz said the outfield hurt the team the most. “Our outfielders didn’t have that much experience,” she said. “In softball games the hits are usually to the outfield, rarely infield, so that really hurt us defensively.” Offensively, Corpuz said the War-riors struggled with hitting. “Hitting was something we re-ally needed to work on,” she said. “Coming into the season we weren’t hitting very well, and it wasn’t un-til the end that we began hitting the ball more. It showed.” As for next year’s team, Corpuz said that repetition would be key for their success.

“They need more reps of every-thing,” she said. “Especially for weigh training, and just more hit-ting for them.” Head Coach Mark Vaught said he thought the season was a learning experience for the whole team. “It was a new season,” he said, “with a new staff. We did a pretty good job of putting the program out there.” Coach Vaught agreed that injuries were crucial this year. “Injuries definitely played a big part in our season,” Coach Vaught said. “But they persevered through adversity, and I’m very proud of them.” The injuries forced players to play out of position over the course of the season. “Even though [the players who played out of position] weren’t used to it they dealt with it,” Coach Vaught said, “and they did a fantas-tic job.” Along with injuries, the pitch-er position was another struggle for

the Warriors this season. “Consistent pitching was some-thing we really had to work on,” Coach Vaught said. “We knew that coming into the season.”SOFTBALLL continued on D7

Softball Team Struggles

by KAINOA DEGUILMOsports editor


Photo by KAINOA DEGUILMO

Senior captain MELE NGALU guards a Saber on Thursday April 21 at the Pi’ilani Pool against Maui High.

Photo by KAINOA DEGUILMO

Junior MONTANA VAUGHT throws to home plate April 16 against King Kekaulike at Patsy Mink field.

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Despite having major issues with inexperience this year, and the near lack of a girls team, golf made it through with an optimistic new

coach and was able to qualify se-nior Jordan Marciel to advance to the 2016 David S. Ishii Foundation Golf Championships. “It’s definitely been a rough sea-son,” co-captain Zack Fasi said. “We only had three wins and two

of them were forfeits, and the only real one was against Maui Prep.” Fasi said the team used to be bet-ter two years ago because of ex-perience the former Kamehameha players had. “Golf isn’t as big as other sports, so not that many people do it,” Fasi said. “We’re also a small school, [so] there’s not a high chance of us getting experienced, seasoned players.” He said many players who join are typically in their first year and the girls team only consisted of one student, freshman Sherri Nag-amine. However, there were still positives to the season. “This year we got a new coach,” Fasi said. “Before, parents were designated as coaches...to fill the spot so we could have a team.” Players this season were also able to get higher scores. “Everyone’s scores came up,” Fasi said. “They were able to keep

up in the matches and stay compet-itive.” For the offseason, Fasi said that it would help if players practiced at the range more. “Coach wants to meet up during the offseason, but it’s hard since we have school and other sports,” he said. “But it’s really up to them to put the work in and practice on their own time.” New golf coach Ryan “Kalani” Abarra was pleased with the War-riors this season. “I thought it was great,” he said. “Coming into the program, we had to start from ground zero, but I thought they did great.” Coach Abarra said that many of the less experienced players grew. “Half of them play other sports, so it was harder,” he said. “But [the less experienced players] came a long way. They went from scoring 70s down to 50s, and that’s un-heard of.” Coach Abarra said the players plan to meet twice a month in off-season to practice and fine tune their golf skills. He and the team look forward to next season. “I’m totally for it,” he said. “They said they wanted to commit and get better this offseason. If they need help they know they can come around and ask me any time, and I’ll help them.” Marciel placed near the bottom at the state tournament.

Golf has ups and downs

Several seniors from the class of 2016 have signed to play their re-spective sports at the collegiate lev-el. Students were recruited for ten-nis, volleyball, soccer and cheer, and some plan to walk on to tryouts in other sports. Here’s the list.

Letter of IntentKylee Kato, tennisUniversity of Texas at San Antonio

Sarah Ikioka, tennisUniversity of Redlands

Quinn Williams, soccerConcordia University

Kaira Davis, volleyballHawaii Pacific University

Nainoa Silva, soccerColorado State UniversityChaston Abut, cheerUniversity of Texas, Arlington

Walk-OnKeaghan Gomes, rodeoNorth Platte Community College

Kamuela Kaniaupio, footballWestern Oregon University

Kulana Wilhelm, footballChabot College

Michael Kahula, footballWestern Oregon University

Shandon Johnson-Eugenio, wrestlingSouthwestern Oregon University

Rylie Velez, baseballUnknown

Ashlee Sawai, cheerEither Navarro College or University of Hawai’i at Mānoa

Brennan Joaquin, soccerSan Francisco State University

Jake Mateaki, soccerBrigham Young University

Konapiliahi Dancil, soccerEvergreen University

Richard "Ikaika" Renaud III, trackOregon State University

Warrior athletes off to next level




Photo courtesy of CADE HARRISCo-Captain ZACK FASI winds back and prepares to hit the ball at the Ka’anapali Kai Course on March 5 against Lahainaluna.

SOFTBALL from page D6 The Warriors lost a star pitcher, Ti-ana Sakumoto, who graduated with the class of 2015. Coach Vaught said that inexperienced people had to step up to the position, but they improved from the beginning to the end. “They sacrificed their own goals for the good of the team,” he said. In their first year playing, Coach Vaught said that the inexperienced players showed improvement. “From the first day to the last, they all got better and improved,” he said. With the season over, Coach Vaught already has his eyes on the upcoming season. “We just have to work on becom-ing better players and on under-standing the game more,” he said. “Physically, we’re prepared, but it’s all about the mental aspect.”

“They went from scoring 70s down to 50s, and that’s unheard of.”

- Coach Abarra on golf team’s improvement

Warriors with Game:

Quinn Williams

Name: Quinn Williams

Grade: 12

Sport: Soccer

How long: 14 years

Post game meal: Bentos

Biggest fans: My parents

Favorite college/pro team: U.S. Women’s National Team

Favorite Move: Scoring

Lucky item: None

Sports dream: Play college

Pump up song: “Jumpman” by Drake

Sports accomplishment: Player of the Year

Hobbies: Going to the beach, hanging out with friends

If you could change one thing about high school: Make senior year last longer

Awards won: MIL Player of the Year, 4-time MIL First Team, 3-time MIL Leading Goal Scorer, 2-time MIL Champ, 2-time MIL Runner Up, 3-time State Chamption, Futsal National Champion Runner Up, Hawai’i State Tournament Team, Hawai’i State Tournament Leading Scorer

Most goals scored in a game: 4Teams played for: Excel, Pono, Po’okela, Blitz, Ho-nolulu Bulls, Kamehameha Maui

From elementary playground to MIL Players of the Year:

Two lifelong friends at the same school have both claimed the titles of MIL Player of the Year in soc-cer. Seniors Brennan Joaquin and Quinn Williams were each named for their skills in soccer. Both Joaquin and Williams said that getting the Player of the Year award has been a goal for each of them since their freshman year. “I think it’s really cool that we both got player of the year,” Wil-liams said. “Because we pretty much grew up playing soccer to-gether, [on different teams].” Joaquin was also happy that they both won. He remembers when they both attended St. Anthony School together. Joaquin recalls playing soccer in the school yard with Williams in boys against girls games. “We can look back on that and reminisce, but we’re also in the same place now,” he said. Aside from playing in elementa-ry together, over the years, the two have competed in the same soccer


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Warriors with Game:

BrennanJoaquinName: Brennan Joaquin

Grade: 12

Sport: Soccer

How long: Since I was 4

Post game meal: Loco Moco

Biggest fans: My mom

Favorite college/pro team: Real Madrid

Favorite Move: Bicycle kick

Lucky item: Wearing pink

Sports dream: Playing professionally

Pump up song: “Hello” by Adele

Sports accomplishment: Going to London for professional tryout with West Ham United F.C.

Hobbies: Going to the beach.

If you could change one thing about high school: Being able to dye your hair.

Awards won: 4-time MIL First Team, 2-time All State Team, All State Tournament Team, MIL Player of the Year

Most goals scored in a game: 5

Teams played for: Maui Elite, Rush, Select, Davis Legacy, Texas Rush Academy, Pō-maika’i and Kamehameha Maui.

tournaments. Williams and Joaquin both attended Soccer Regionals in Idaho in 2012. They also both went to a Las Vegas Showcase in 2014. “We’ve been to the same tourna-ments all over the place,” Williams said. “In the mainland, too, we would always see each other.” Williams talked about what it was like growing up with Joaquin and seeing him excel at the sport. “It’s cool because I remember racing and playing with all the boys when I was little,” she said. “It’s funny to see him now around tournaments, in the middle of Ida-ho. It’s cool to see someone and grow up with them for so long, and see them improve and go down the same line as you.” Joaquin said that the feeling is mutual. “She’s super talented, and she’s a cool person,” he said. “Seeing her progress as a person was amazing to me.”


...a tale of two Warriors

Huakaʻi Mele Manaka

Na MELE NGALUmea kākau

Ma ka lā 30 o ʻApelila i hele aku ai nā haumāna o ka papa ʻōlelo Ha-waiʻi Makahiki ʻElima i Hilo no ka Mele Manaka. Aia ʻekolu haumāna ma ia papa, ʻo Kahaiā Morishita, Kainalu Steward, a me Kaulalani (Mele) Ngalu. Ma hope o ko lākou hōʻea ʻana aku i ke kahua mokulele o Hilo, hele pololei aku lākou i ke kahua hōʻike ʻo Edith Kanakaʻole e nānā iā Kumu Kalei mā i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana no ka hālau ʻo Pukalani Hula Hale. Ua hoʻokani pila ʻo Kumu Kalei me kekahi mau mea hoʻokani pila no kēia hālau hula. Ma hope pono, kalaiwa akula

lākou i ke kula nui o Hawaiʻi ma Hilo a hui pū me ka ʻohana keiki a Kumu Kalei. Nāna nō i hoʻokipa aku iā lākou me ka hōʻike ʻana aku i nā wahi like ʻole a puni ke kula, ʻo ia hoʻi ka hale waihona puke, ka hale hoʻoikaika kino, a pēlā aku. Ma ia pō nō lākou i nānā aku ai i ka pō mua o Mele Manaka, ka pō Hōʻike. Ua nānā lākou i nā hōʻike o nā hui mai Taiuana, Aotearoa, a me Kaleponi. Ma ka Pōʻahā, ala aʻe lākou i ke kakahiaka a hoʻomākaukau no ke kipa ʻana aku i ka papa ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi makahiki ʻelua ma ke kula nui. ʻO Kumu Kainani Kahaunaele ke kumu. Ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ka papa, hoʻomākaʻikaʻi ʻo Kumu Kainani iā lākou i nā wahi i loko o ka hale ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi. Nui ko lākou ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi ʻana i loko o

kēlā papa. Ma ka Pōʻalima, hele lākou i ke kula ʻo Nāwahīokala-niʻōpuʻu, he kula kaia-puni. Hōʻike ʻia nā wahi like ʻole o ia kula iā lāk-ou e ʻelua h a u m ā n a ʻeleu a akamai o ka papa ʻehā! Loaʻa nō i kēia kula he mālā nui me nā mea kanu Hawaiʻi like ʻole, he imu nui a poepoe, he wahi mālama puaʻa, a he wahi no nā pāʻani hoʻoikaika kino. I nā ̒ auinalā, ua hele lākou i ka Fea no ke kūʻai hele ʻana. Nui nā mea Hawaiʻi nani loa ma ia Fea. Aia nā

ʻĀhaʻilonoKa Leo O Nā Koa Volume XI Issue 1 March 4, 2016 E1

Ua hele ʻo Kahaiā, Kainalu a me Kaulalani (Mele) i ke kula ʻo Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu, he kula kaiapuni ma Hilo.

m e a Hawaiʻi e like me nā lole, ka mea hoʻonani kino, a me nā paʻahana Hawaiʻi ma laila. Ulu aʻe lākou i ka ʻōle-lo Hawaiʻi a i nā mea Ha-waiʻi. He huakaʻi maikaʻi loa kēia no lākou a mahalo nui lākou i nā mea a pau.Wahi a Kainalu Steward o ka papa 2016, “Hiki ke aʻo ʻia mai nā haʻawina he nui i Hilo inā hoʻolo-he pono ʻoe, no ka mea hiki ke lohe mai i nā poʻe he nui e ʻōle-lo Hawaiʻi ana ma laila, no laila maikaʻi kēlā!” Mea mai ʻo Kahaiā Morishita o ka papa 12, “He huakaʻi maikaʻi kēia a he mea kūpono ia e hoʻomau ʻia no kēia mua aku.”

May 13 Ka Leo o Na Koa

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