Monday, March 17, 2008

Cream of the crop honored at winter athletic banquet

The Molokai Times
By Tom Patrick
3/17/2008 4:00:24 PM

Adolpho named to Div. II all-tournament team

The sporting elite of Molokai High School were honored last Wednesday at the winter athletic banquet held in the school’s cafeteria.

In an evening that featured speeches from coaches, dinner and slide shows, athletes from the wrestling, soccer and basketball teams were presented with certificates, letterman letters and, in the case of the boys basketball team, a strand of the net the team cut down after beating Lanai to become the MIL champs.

First up in the award ceremony was the girls soccer team. After a speech by head coach Kainoa Pali that outlined the progress the team has made in recent years, Pali presented freshman Larriley “Tuti” Rawlins with the Outstanding Athlete award.

“I feel very honored because I’m like the only freshman,” said Rawlins. “I really wasn’t going to go out for soccer until my sister Gayla — she wanted me to go into it.”

“She was picked by her teammates,” said her coach, Kainoa Pali. “She was overall a natural ...

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