Kaiser, Mililani take swim titles
The Kaiser girls and Mililani boys captured OIA swimming and diving titles Saturday at the Kalani High pool.
Kaiser outscored the second-place Mililani girls 251 to 219.
was third with 176.
Mililani beat out the Kaiser boys 273 to 248.5. Kalani finished third with 177.
Individual double winners included Campbell’s Madison Schmidt (200-yard freestyle, 500 freestyle), Mililani’s Kevin Frifeldt (100 butterfly, 100 backstroke), and Mililani’s Josette Gose (50 freestyle, 100 butterfly).
Warriors, Owls have top seeds
Kamehameha is No. 1 for the Outrigger Hotels and Resorts/HHSAA Girls Soccer State Championships, which begin Wednesday.
The Warriors have an opening-round bye and will face the Kamehameha-Maui/Kaiser winner on Thursday in a 7 p.m. match at Waipio Peninsula Soccer Park.
Moanalua is the No. 2 seed, Baldwin is the third seed and Kealakehe is fourth.
Kamehameha is seeking its first state title since 2008. Three-time defending state champion Punahou did not qualify for the tourney. ‘Iolani claimed the second state berth out of the Interscholastic League of Honolulu.
Mid-Pacific is back to defend its Division II state crown. The Owls drew the top seed and Kauai is the No. 2 seed. Hawaii Prep is third and Waipahu fourth. The D-II tourney also begins Wednesday at Waipio.
Martinez takes leave of absence
Moanalua football coach Arnold Martinez will take a leave of absence for the upcoming season.
"It’s nothing negative. It’s my choice to take a little break," said Martinez, who guided the varsity program for the past nine years.
Brannon Jackson, a JV assistant coach, will be the interim head coach. Martinez, who has children ages 7 and 10, declined to specify the reason for the hiatus.
"The expectations are still the same. I’m still here until we make the transition. Our offseason training is all the same," he said. "When you coach, it’s a lifestyle, thinking about how to better the kids and the program 24 hours a day, every day. We’ve invested so much of our lives, it’s part of the culture. I love the guys, I love the team."
