Monday 12/18/06 Update

I did five events this past Friday and Saturday. Friday afternoon it was the big Iolani-Punahou intermediate boys tennis match. Every year it seems to come down to these 2 schools (same on the girls side), so this was a big match. It was very close, as usual, but Punahou pulled the match out with a 3-2 win.

Friday night, it was a short drive over to St. Andrew's Cathedral, where the Iolani Chorus and Hokuloa Singers were giving a Winter Concert. If you've never been to one of these, you are really missing a great show. This year, director John Alexander worked in the harp mastery of Melody Lindsay which made for a an extra special show.


Saturday was a very busy day. First, it was over to Crane Park for the Varsity Softball game against Sacred Hearts. The varsity lost their first game of the season previously this week, so this was an important game if we were to regain the early season momentum. It turned out to be a very good game and a 7-4 win for the Lady Raiders.

I had to leave the softball game after the 5th inning to hustle over to Iolani for the varsity girls soccer game against Pac-5. This was the first game of the regular season for the varsity so I was very excited about seeing how they looked this year. They look good! They completely dominated and earned a 3-1 victory.

Saturday night, I moseyed over to Punahou for the ILH Cheerleading competition. The schools competing were Kamehameha, Punahou, Iolani and Word of Life. Iolani had a varsity and JV team entered in the competition. Kamehameha really dominates in cheerleading and they did again. I couldn't stay to see the official results but I know that Kamehameha won. Punahou had a pretty difficult routine but had a lot of trouble executing. Iolani's routine was less difficult, but to this untrained eye, I thought they executed it close to perfect, so I wouldn't be surprised if Iolani placed second. My guess is that Word of Life placed fourth.

Cheerleading has evolved into a combination of gymnastics and modern dance. Our cheerleaders don't get a lot of fan support which is a shame. Their next match is at Kamehameha, January 8 at 6pm. I recommend attending if you can.