Leilehua High School - Ka Leilehua Yearbook (Wahiawa, HI)

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First row CLeft to rightl: Smith Choi, Duck Young Yoon, Gary Yaji, Albert Sur. Top row: Ianito de Gracia, Paul Hurley, Gilbert Procter, lack Cleary, Torn Mizuno. BASKETBALL COACHED BY Edward Lewis and led by Stanward Kim and Gilbert Procter, the Mules went through a very busy season, fighting every minute of the game until the last whistle blew. Teams represented in the lnterscholastic league were: Leilehua, McKinley, lolani, Roosevelt and Mid-Pacific. Leilehua's first game in the Senior lnterscholastic league resulted in a de- feat at the hands of Roosevelt, 26 to 22. Outstanding players were lack Cleary and Stanward Kim. Invading Honolulu, the Highlanders gained their first victory over lolani in a very spectacular contest, 26 to 24. . - In the next game, McKinley's quintet was victorious over the Mules. Lei- lehua was in the lead until the end of the second quarter, but the opponents staged a sudden spurt, resulting in the Mules' defeat, 42 to l8. With both teams having the same number of points up until the third Canto, the game with Mid-Pacific was a very close one, and only by a last-minute rally was Leilehua able to nose out a victory to the tune of 22 to l4. In the second round, Leilehua bowed to the winning Roosevelt team. Sim- ilar to the first game with Roosevelt, Leilehua took the lead, only to lose it in the end. The final score was 35 to 27. Although a hard fight was staged by the Mules, they were dominated all thrloughlthe game by the avenging lolani, with the final score, lolani 33, Lei- e ua . .lVIcKinley, displaying its usual flashiness, easily conquered Leilehua, but the game was not too one-sided in spite of the score of 20 to 45 in their favor. The last game of the season resulted in a victory for the Mules over M. P. l. The opponents led all through the game, but Leilehua, in an extra period, Igialgiually diminished the margin to take the lead, with the score, Leilehua 35, . . I. 26.

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INTERMEDIATE FOOTBALL LEILEHUA lNTERMEDlATES again won the Rural Oahu School League title for the fourth successive year. Playing a pre-season game, on September 30, against the powerful Wash- ington team, Honolulu intermediate champions, Leilehua went down in a 7-U defeat. The opponents' touchdown was the result of a blocked punt. Using superb strength and excellent team work, the Baby Mules in their first conferenceygame, on October 7, scored four touchdowns in the first half and coasted to a 26-U victory over Waialua High. Kahuku, on October 14, full of fight but lacking in consistent gains, fell be- fore the lntermediates in a home game, 26-6. Benjamin Parker of Kaneohe, a new member of the league, was the next victim, losing 20-O on October 2l. ln the final game of the season Leilehua defeated a rugged team from the Waialee Boys' school on October 28, l3fO. Popular choices for all-star honors were: Captain Fred Kim, back 7 Lawrence Monma, back: Soo Sang Kim, center. Other boys who played consistently well were: Robert Uetake, end, Young Coon Lee, back, Francis Du Pont, back. First row fLeft to rightlz Timmy Ganare, Robert Uetake, Fred Kim, lames Deacon, Charles Montalbo, Mr. McMurtry, coach. Second row: Herbert Minn, Francis Du Pont, Kee Hoo Chun, Hern Soon Chun, Fred Paperello, Lawrence Momma, Gavino Garchie. Top row: Clarence Helenihi, Kyung Mun Sung, William Kalekilo, Soo Sang Kim, Dempsey Rivera, lames Garcia, manager. 1

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TRACK ALTHOUGH the Leilehua spikemen did not exhibit any outstanding scoring during the i938 track season, the squad, as a whole, possessed much talented material. The most outstanding members of the squad were those boys composing the four-mile relay team, Kimball Chun, Louis Rocha, Chester Stewart and Ioseph Garcia. Much credit is due to Yetsuo Higa, Leilehua track mentor, who spent many hours training the boys. Other outstanding members of the team were Max Suzuki, captain: Rudolph Peiler, Edelberto Balingit and Toshio Tanaka. The squad opened the season with a dual meet against Kamehameha. Ex- hibiting class in every event except the shotput and the hurdles, Leilehua easily won the meet by a score of 60 to 41. The team then traveled to Alexander field and competed in a triangular meet with Punahou and St. Louis. Punahou emerged victorious with the Saints second and Leilehua third. In preparation for the Cornell relays, a dual meet was held which the Micks won by an overwhelming score. The Cornell relays were held on March l9. Captain Max Suzuki was Leile- hua's only qualifier in the preliminaries but the Mules were well represented in the relays and the long distance runs. Leilehua's four-mile relay team smashed the record with ll seconds to spare. McKinley won the meet with Punahou a close second. ,Leilehua tied for fifth place with Kamehameha. The interscholastic track meet was held on March 26. Edelberto Balingit was Leilehua's lone qualifier. loseph Garcia, star Mule miler, and Edelberto Balin- qit, speedy 440 man, each took a third in their respective events. Rudolph Peiler ran a good fourth in the 880-yard run. McKinley won the meet ll points ahead of her nearest competitor. Leilehua tied for sixth place with lolani. First row fLeft to rightl: Soon Gull Kim, Lloyd Chapman, Robert Hirota, Fred Kim, Yoshio lchikawa, Lincoln Yoshikado, manager: lohn Leonida, Louis Rocha, Toshio Tanaka. Second row: Max Su- zuki, Ioseph Garcia, Edward Kawahara, Lawrence Monma, Robert Chinen, lames Shintaku, George Song, Chester Stewart. Top row: Mr. Higa, coachy Gilbert Procter, Robert Strohlin, William Kalei- kilo, Rudolph Peiler, Edelberto Ealingit, Kimball Chun, Ianito de Gracia, George Karnana. Not in picture: Iames Nunes, Mitsugi Sugimoto, Mamoru Hakoda, manager.