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24 MIDWEEK SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
KEIKI ATHLETES
Send pictures of your young sports stars to bmossman@midweek.com. Please provide first and last names of athletes pictured, their ages, the communities they’re from and any information about the event or league they’re participating in.
Keoni Keifer, 13, took part in this summer’s USC Football Camp in Los Angeles, where Trojan players and coaches taught camp participants the importance
of developing character, discipline and perseverance. PHOTO COURTESY JOHNNY KEIFER
It was a shaka- worthy experience for the Kaimana Kane Volleyball Club’s 16U and 18U teams, which competed in their first AAU Junior National Volleyball Championship tournament this summer. PHOTO COURTESY TRACY FERMINBRAS
Meet this year’s Aloha International Cup U14 champions: Ballistic Soccer Hawai‘i. Members of the victorious team are (front, from left) Sophia Santiago, Mia Waki, Lana Nakayama, Olena Kuhau-Liftee, Leah Ogasawara, Tayte Munechika,
(back) coach Lea Nakayama, Sadie Hamamoto, Jana Nishikata-Paulo, Anaia Leong, Kacy Uyeno, Ava Lau, Loiau Ledward, Marley Moran and coach Jerry Proctor. PHOTO COURTESY NATE LAU
Sixteen-year-old Deiona-Marie Carter of ‘Ewa Beach ran off with gold following
the USATF Hawai‘i Junior Olympic Championships this summer. The teenager, who competes for the Spartan Track
Club, captured first in the 100-, 200- and 400-meter races, while also anchoring the winning 4x400-meter relay team.
PHOTO COURTESY THE CARTER FAMILY