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

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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

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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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fo fAe gui! SCOREBOARD Kauai ........ Kapaa .... . . Kauai . . . . I2 Farrington . . . . 3 Kauai . . . 8 Waimea , . . . 4 Kauai . . 3 Kapaa .... . 2 Kauai . . . . 19 Farrington . . . . I0 Kauai . . . . I5 Molokai . . . 2 Kauai . . . . I2 Baldwin . . . . 4 Kauai . . . . 0 Konawaena . . . 2 Kauai . . . . 2 Pahala . . . . . 9 Kauai ........ 9 Waimea . . . . 2 ROOKIES HELPED ADMIRABLY Bottom raw I, left to right: Andrew Borilez, pitcher, Ed- win Matsumura, pitcher, Edwin Kanemoto, catcher, Allen Uyematsu, shortstop. Row 2: Lawrence Kido, outfield, David lha, shortstop, James Yasuda, pitcher, Glenn Takabayoshi, second base. Row 3: Antonio Bargayo, first base, Bryan Kobayashi, outfield, Stanley Takamoto, second base, Karl Matsumura, catcher. Row 4: Leonard Vegas, third base, Coach Akio Kubota, Noel Matsuoka, first base. Robert lha. The last inning of the game saw both teams tied with two runs. Kauai's winning run came in the ninth inning, when Lawrence Kido, receiving a single and then reaching second on Richard Watanabe's sacrifice bunt, scooted for home on Kapaa's wild throw into left field. KAUAI vs WAIMEA The Raiders' first encounter with the Me- nehunes produced an 8-3 win with pitcher, Rob- ert lha, doing all nine innings. The Redclads started off to a T, as they ended the first inning with four runs. All nine players came out with at least one hit with the base hits totalling thir- feefl. Kauai High smashed the Waimea Mene- hunes 9-2 on April I3, l956. Eight runs in the fourth inning clinched the game for Kauai. Rob- SENIOR HURLERS BID FAREWELL Clifton Yaguchi, Robert lha, and Charles Ga- kan reminisce the thrilling moments of the season's games. We sh if 'K Y o 'hu V 1 , x f .XX , .4 l' ert lha went the distance for his second win against the Menehunes. Henry Nishikawa, with three hits was the top hitter of the day. Rick Wa- tanabe, Bob Rivera and Roy Yamauchi hit safely twice. Barnstorming the neighbor islands of Oahu, Maui, Molokai, and Hawaii during the Easter holidays, the Raider Nine returned with three wins out of five games played. KAUAI vs FARRINGTON ln one of the wildest games of the season, the Raiders downed the Governors in a return match in Honolulu. Lashing out a seventeen hit attack, the Raiders had little trouble with the Govs. Ed Matsumura, winning hurler, went six innings and was relieved by Andy Borilez, who finished. iff ce