Japan tops Hawaii in Asia Pacific Junior Cup Japan tops Hawaii in Asia Pacific Junior Cup ADVERTISING Behind eight victories in individual match play, Japan pulled away to beat Hawaii 19-13 and win the Asia Pacific Junior Cup Saturday at
Japan tops Hawaii in Asia Pacific Junior Cup
Behind eight victories in individual match play, Japan pulled away to beat Hawaii 19-13 and win the Asia Pacific Junior Cup Saturday at the Waikoloa Beach Resort’s Kings’ Course.
Japan, which led 9 1/2 to 6 1/2 entering the final day of the three-day event, also halved two individual matches on Saturday. In one of them, Waiakea senior Ciera Min earned a half-point for Hawaii in her match against Japan’s Rina Hasegawa.
Two other Big Islanders in the tournament dropped their individual matches, with Japan’s Akiho Sato beating Waiakea junior Andi Igawa 4 and 3 and Hawaii Prep senior Andrew Paisley falling to Japan’s Naoya Kaneko 2 and 1.
By local sources
