Kauai High School - Ke Kuhiau Yearbook (Lihue, HI)

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C ACL 685 A four-win five-loss record was made by the l955-56 edition of the junior varsity, which was drilled by Coach Ed Bales. This champion team of last season, played some exciting games during the season. ROUND ONE The well-trained quintet were off to a good start, as they took the Kapaa High Clippers 25-2l, in the first encounter ofthe K.I.F. series. However, triumph was short-lived, for in the next meet they were downed by the Clippers 25-24, in a heartbreaking contest. Waimea Menehunes defeated the Raiders 26-23 in their first game, and in the return match the Raiders were defeated by one point, 31-30. ROUND TWO Raider Babes played winning games against the Clippers during the second round. In the first game they won 37-29, and in the next game 29-26. Kauai High bowed to the more polished Menehunes 24-2l in the first encounter and edged them 26-25 in the second game. This win entitled the Raiders to a play-off game for the championship In this game the Babes fought long and hard but were trounced by the Mene- hunes 25-l9. 'S' 2 SCOREBOARD Kauai ...... 25 Kapaa ...... Zl Kauai ...... 23 Waimea .... 26 Kauai ...... 24 Kapaa ,..... 25 Kauai ...... 31 Waimea .... 30 Kauai ...... 37 Kapaa ...... 29 Kauai ...... Zl Waimea .... Z4 Kauai ...... 29 Kapaa ...... 26 Kauai ...... 26 Waimea .... 25 A T055-UP George Yoshioka lll I slaps the ball out of the opponent's reach. JUNIOR VARSITY Row l, left to right: Wilfred Morinaka, guard, Mathew Kaluahine, guard, Glenn Takabayashi, forward, Angel Madrid, forward, Lawrence Suan, guard. Row 2: Claudio Panis, forward, George Yoshioka, center, Casamero Epe, center, Bryan Ko- bayashi, forward, Coach Edward Bales.

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A FREE SHOT FOR KAUAI Julnus Para mes for a ponnt I tty I0 ClgQ6! U 0l 0lfl,1J The three Kauan teams meet the same op ponents twice durung a round un K I F series whuch consist of two rounds of games KAUAI VS KAPAA On January 6 Kauai Randers played Ka paa Clnppers nn an exciting double overtsme game wlth the Clippers emerglng vlctoruous 45 43 Hugh scorer for the Randers was Julius Para who netted I8 polnts Playing host to Kapaa on January l7 Kauau was taken 39 35 The opener of the second round on January 3l saw the Cllp pers upset the Red and Whites 30 27 Clippers managed to defeat the Ralders once more on KAUAI VS WAIMEA Facnng the favored champs of the sea son on January lO Kauau was trounced 57 32 by the Waumea Menehunes Waumea outscored the Rarders 28 25 nn their second encounter on January 20 A slow scornng start cost Kauau an other loss to Walmea 50 25 on February 3 At the Waimea gym on February l4 Kaual was trlp ped 42 25 Julrus Pala captain Stanley Sato forward Robert lha guard and George Fulumoto guard played theur last games for Kauan Hugh thus year RAIDERS TO RESCUE George Fupmoto ll2l and Stanley Sato l7l rush In to give Malcolm Dol o hand 0 I Cl, if K lg y February lO, 34-36.

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MANAGERS IN ACTION Pre game preparation ls time consuming Donald Kanemoto Ed ward Kawamura and Kenneth Yokota loy out the baseball equip ment for the team CHAMPION TEAM MEMBERS Bottom row l left to rlgllt Larry Matayoshl third base Robert Rivera outfield Richard Watanabe outfield Charles Gokan pitcher Clifton Yaguchi pitcher Henry Nishikawa second base Roy Yamauchi first base Row 2 Robert lha pitcher Charles Guadiz outfield Ronald Umehara outfield Sergio Curammeng outfield Juan Ancheta outfield Robert Honda outfield Malcolm Doi outfield :gps 1 'Wx i6Llfl,l'lC lfU0l QPZ5 Coach Akio Kubota's prepsters made a clean slate of the four games played in the Kauai lnterscholastic Federation baseball league, thus copping the championship for the fifth consecu- tive year. KAUAI vs FARRINGTON The invasion of the Governors did not upset the Raiders in the least Rather they bade the Govs aloha with a I2 3 win The digit six was the Raiders magic number for they scored six runs on six hits in the sixth inning Robert lha was credited as the winning pitcher Macky Doi led the batters with three hits while Ed Kanemoto made a double in the sixth frame KAUAI vs KAPAA The Raider Nine opened the KIF season by playing host to Kapaa and rallying to an 8 4 victory Clifton Yaguchi hurling for seven in nings was credited as the winning pitcher He allowed Kapaa one run on three hits Charles Gokan relieved Yaguchi in the eighth and An drew Borilez hurled the final inning Of the seven hits Kauai High received Richard Watanabe the leading batter made a high double and a single in four times at bat The second round meeting with Kapaa at their home ground was a tight game Clifton Yaguchi did five and two thirds innings before he relinquished the remainder of the game to W Ka X Ikkhf-'IZ l.-I lQ,l 'Reiley ' ' I . , . . I I I - 1 . Q . .I . . Y I - l I I I , : .I I I . . . . .L y jf ' i L, - , xg by N to i , .x xy Qin X ' g ,iff ' 1 , 3?5tf5ff ' L Q! ,x AK K .N l ' AX' XXX-' Qi ' 'A i I 3 X ' ' x ,I R g ' , df X' ' .5 es. C is of xx . xg , 4 ,s.s f W, of I A 5 Q A fi , X2 I, X, to , ,X 4 C f , - ' i ' , . sv ' , Ss, tr' h ' , f l f 5 y l A t ii I g . 1 . ll l l l l 1 I I og 7' ' A A R A A ,s A l V , . sn. ' 'Q