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Falcons fall in Pee Wee final, 28-0
Advertiser Staff and Wire Services
Dale City War Eagles (Va.) defeated the Kalani Falcons, 28-0, to win the Division II Pee Wee Pop Warner Super Bowl in Orlando, Fla.
Pee Wee players are 9-12 years old and weigh 70 to 110 pounds.
Kalani, which scored 22 fourth-quarter points for a dramatic 22-16 victory over Pomperaug Tuesday, trailed 6-0 at halftime. But Dale City put it away with 22 points in the third period.
Another team, the Pearl City Highland Colts, a Division I Pee Wee team, plays today.
Kalani's roster:
Team members: x-Breland Almadova, Nathaniel Coelho, Landon DeCosta, Daniel Higa, John-Henry Iucker, Joshua and Matthew Juantilla, Jonathan "J.J." Kaina Jr., Dustin Kilantang, Jared Lum, Micah Mamiya, x-Albert Moniz, Keali'i Mutch, Todd Nakano, Kepo'o Noa, Riley Sieverts, Bryston Tanigawa, Chris Wakazura. Coaches: Moki Kim, Kevin Meyers, x-Bryan Almadova, x-Paul Coelho, x-Jonathan Kaina, x-Leland Kealoha. x—did not make trip.
RODEO
• Duarte struggles in 8th round: Colby Yates, of Azle Texas, earned 95 points on Big Bend's Smklss Unforgiven last night to win the eighth round of bull riding at the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas.
Beau Hill of West Glacier, Mont., was second with a 90 and Vince Stanton of Weiser, Idaho, and Zack Brown of Yorba Linda, Calif., split third with 86s.
Former Wailuku, Maui, resident Myron Duarte, now residing in Auburn, Wash., finished in a tie for fifth and dropped into second place behind Brown in the NRF standings. Brown has 510 points and Duarte 437 with two rounds left.
Duarte still leads the world standings with $132,073, followed by Blue Stone with $113,694.
HIGH SCHOOLS
• Whitford is Kahuku A.D.: Joe Whitford's status at Kahuku High School changed on Thursday from interim to permanent director of athletics.
Whitford received a letter from state schools superintendent Pat Hamamoto affirming his appointment. He has been interim A.D. since last summer.
Whitford, 44, coached water polo and swimming at Kahuku. He began his coaching career on Maui after graduating from the Kamehameha Schools in 1976 and Brigham Young-Hawai'i in 1984.
He was among the students who helped start outrigger canoe paddling as a high school sport in his senior year at Kamehameha.
Whitford says he will concentrate on "increasing and bettering our academics and qualifying more kids for college, or at least give them that option. We intend to monitor them more closely."
Kahuku's last permanent athletic director was Hartwell Lee Loy. who transferred to Waipahu in the summer of 2001 after nine years at Kahuku.
Whitford, his wife, Daryl, and their six children live in La'ie. Their oldest daughter, Makana, is a sophomore on the University of Hawai'i Wahine water polo team.
Girls water polo makes its debut as an O'ahu Interscholastic Association sport next spring.
