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September 29, 2008MPI VB Bowling - Big Game on Tuesday
On Tuesday, September 30th the Owls' VB bowling team will compete with the HBA Eagles - the defending ILH champion. Last Friday our team swept the Academy of the Pacific 3-0.
MPI won three games and lost none against Academy of the Pacific Friday. The Mid- Pacific Institute bowling team was led by senior Chris Chong who had a high game of 217 to finish the three game series with total of 618. Senior Kevin Loo-Chan had the high game for the team with a nice 226. The bowling team continues their league play with the defending ILH team from last year Hawaii Baptist Academy on Tuesday. HBA is currently udefeated at 21 wins and no defeats, with MPI close behind with a record of 20 wins and 1 loss. The team is looking for a great match on Tuesday.
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September 27, 2008MPI Athletic Results 9/22/2008 - 9/26/2008
Check the following link for the MPI athletic results of the past week.
Weekly Results - Week of Sept. 22nd 2008.xls
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September 22, 2008The Owls Varsity Boys' Bowling Team remains unbeaten
MPI's Boy's Varsity bowling team continues their winning ways with a victory over Iolani on Friday. The team is bowling very well and are now undefeated at 15 wins with no losses, having beaten Kamehameha, St. Louis, Iolani, Assets, and University High School.
The team is lead by seniors David Igeta who is averaging 190, Chris Chong and Blaine Kawakami averaging 188, Kevin Loo-Chan averaging 180. Juniors Justin Fukuda averaging 186 and Royce Noda with a 154 average. The team is nearly half way thru the season and our team goal is to continue the current success the second half of the season.
Varsity Boys Bowling Results 9.19.2008.xlsx
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MPI JV Tennis continues to dominate
The Boy's and Girl's JV Tennis Teams completed a sweep of the Maryknoll Spartans. The girl's returned to their winning ways with a dominating 5-0 victory. The boy's battled hard for a convincing 4-1 win. The wins propelled the boy's to a 4-0 record on the season and 3-1 for the girl's.
Girl's Match:
1st Singles: Tiffany Tanaka def Rachel Mau 6-1, 6-2
2nd Singles Jane Krot def Camie Nakagawa 6-0, 6-0
1st Doubles: Gina Hirose & def Brandi Chun 6-2, 6-0
Kacie Hirotsu Lauraly Wade
2nd Doubles: Sheena Iwamoto def Allison Arakawa 6-0, 6-0
Kacey Ota Flora Wong
3rd Doubles: Sara Yamashiro def Joyce Zhang 6-0, 6-0
Natalia Weisman Julia Wong
Boy's Match:
1st Singles: Stewart Allen loss Andrew Hu 1-6, 6-2, (3-10)
2nd Singles: Mark Erwin def Matthew Ong 6-7(3), 6-1, (10-4)
1st Doubles: Casey Baron def Garret Nada 6-4, 6-4
Jayson Nakaoka Bryan Lau
2nd Doubles: Justin Tominaga def Michael Chang 6-1, 6-3
TJ Goodin Eugene Yi
3rd Doubles: Zachary Tom def Default
Aaron Fujioka
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September 16, 2008Colin Hirai honored with Oceanic Time Warner Cable Team Player Award
On August 29, 2008 Colin Hirai, #26 of the Varsity Pac-5 football team, was honored with the Oceanic Time Warner Cable Team Player Award. Head coach Kip Botelho selected Colin for this award as he sets a perfect example for being a team player.
Coach Botelho refers to Colin as the "ultimate team player". "Colin never misses practices, works hard everyday, leads by example, has a great attitude and does well in classroom" says Botelho.
The MPI athletic department congratulates Colin on winning this prestigious award and representing our program with such class.
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September 12, 2008Eighth Annual Shop and Score Program
The eighth annual Shop and Score Program started last Wednesday. MPI is once again participating in the program which allows you - the MPI community - to support our athletic program by simply doing your regular grocery shopping.
Parents, Students, alumni and other community members can accumulate points for the MPI athletic department by purchasing Kraft and other designated products at TImes Super Markets. Each participating school will receive its share of a $100,000 credit, based on the percentage of total points, to buy Adidas uniforms and equipment. This year, 49 public and private schools are participating in the Shop and Score Program. Last year MPI finished in 11th place and our goal for this year is to finish in the top ten. The event ends on October 21, 2008.
Thank you for your support.
MPI Athletics
Click here to read the Midweek coverage of the Shop and Score Program.
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September 9, 2008MPI JV Tennis Program starts its season with two strong wins
The Mid-Pacific Institute JV girls tennis players started their season with a perfect 5-0 sweep of the Kamehameha Warriors, while the JV boys team won their exciting match-up against the Eagles of Hawaii Baptist Academy. JV Head Coach and Director of Tennis, Chanon Alcon, was very pleased with his athletes' performances.
In their season opener, the Mid-Pacific Girl's JV Tennis Team wasted no time earning their first win of the season. Despite a short rain delay, the match was able to resume with the lady Owls sweeping all matches with straight set victories. Dominating performances from Tanaka and Krot gave Mid-Pacific the early jump. Shortly after, Iwamoto and Ota at 2nd doubles along with Yamashiro and Weisman at 3rd doubles secured the next two wins. A late rally by the Warriors in the second set of the 1st doubles match, provided some drama for the spectators, but Hirose and Hirotsu rose to the occasion and clinched the sweep for the Owls.
1st singles: Tiffany Tanaka
2nd singles: Jane Krot
1st Doubles: Giina Hirose & Kacie Hirotsu
2nd Doubles: Sheena Iwamoto & Kacey Ota
3rd Doubles: Sara Yamashiro & Natalia Weisman
Exhibition: Jacqueline Arakaki was winning her match before suspension of team match.
The Boy's JV Tennis team got off to a winning start Monday night against the HBA Eagles in dramatic fashion. Recording his first win of the season, Mark Erwin contributed the first team point followed by Baron and Nakaoka at 1st doubles. Fighting hard in his match, Tominaga fell short of the win. Andrew Erwin and Stewart Allen battled with their opponents in a sudden-death third-set tiebreaker, before losing the duel. With the team scores tied at 2 matches-all, Fukuda and Goodin shifted gears and clinched the match, giving the Owls their first win of the season.
1st Singles: Justin Tominaga
2nd Singles: Mark Erwin
1st Doubles: Casey Baron & Jayson Nakaoka
2nd Doubles: Andrew Erwin & Stewart Allen
3rd Doubles: Ethan Fukuda & TJ Goodin
Exhibition Match: Zachary Tom & Tomohiro Hoshino
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