Ka Leo o Nä Koa Volume VII Issue 3 March 2, 2012 E8

Photo By NICOLE KAʻAUAMO

Jaye-lyn Orikasa practices her swing.

By NICOLE KAʻAUAMO, sports co-editor

Iain Armitage is a sophomore

at Kamehameha Schools Maui and his spring sport of

choice is track and field. This is Armitage’s second year in KSM track after a successful

last year placing second at the JV Championships as a

member of the JV boys team. Armitage participates in most-

ly running events including

both the 110 hurdles and the

300 hurdles. Armitage also participates in the long jump

event. He is pursuing an MIL title and a spot at the state

championships for this 2012 season. See Armitage in ac-tion when the track and field

season begins Mar. 3, 2011, with an opening meet at War

Memorial Stadium.

FILE PHOTO

Iain Armitage

hurdles at the 2011

Kamehameha

Relays.

FILE PHOTO

Sean Segundo performs a throw at the 2011 MIL judo championship.

Iain Armitage

Sean Segundo By SHERIDAN KAILIEHU, staff writer

Judo is starting their season

on Feb. 21 instead of starting on Feb. 6 like the rest if the

MIL school. KSM is the only school starting late because wrestling is still in season at

the same time as Judo which means the two sports must

share facilities. Considering the school has

started late, the judo team has been learning and practicing

the basics such as learning how to fall. They have also been working on throws and

repetitions of throws, after that

they have been working on

some ground work. The team is under the coach-

ing of Sensei Ron Hiyakumoto who is a retired police officer.

He is a third degree black belt, “It took him nearly thirty years to get to where he is now,”

junior Sai Furukawa said of his coach.

The teams first tournament is set to be on Saturday, Mar. 24

at Maui High School starting at 10 am.

“I feel that this years season is going to go by really quick and good,” Furukawa said.

By NICOLE KAʻAUAMO, sports co-editor

On the KS tennis team this

year the number of girls heavily outweighs the number of boys,

9-2. This number includes freshman Jaye-lyn Orikasa. She has been playing tennis

since she was five years old and trains with mentor and

coach Bush Makekau in Na¯pili. Orikasa plays both singles

and doubles, which is a lot of pressure for a freshman. Her

doubles partner is junior

Devonte Llanes. “What I do affects the team’s

standing, and I need to play for the team,” Orikasa said.

Her goal is to be the MIL champ for either singles or doubles and make it to the

state tournament.

The tennis team’s next match

is tomorrow at Ha¯na High

School at 9:00 a.m.

Orikasa Jaye-lyn