Kauai High boys, Kapaa girls claim KIF golf team titles at Wailua

Kauai High School’s boys and Kapaa High School’s girls ended the KIF golf season at Wailua Golf Course, where narrow margins and familiar ground decided the county’s top teams. Kauai High claimed the boys team title in the final round, while Kapaa secured the 2026 KIF girls team championship on Saturday, April 18.

The results carried extra weight in a league that has shaped Kauai sports for generations. The Kauai Interscholastic Federation was first organized in 1937 with Kauai High School and Waimea High School, and Kapaa joined after opening in 1946. Today, the KIF includes eight member schools and fields 29 varsity sports, so a golf title still lands as a broader marker of school pride and competitive depth.

For Kapaa’s girls, the championship reflected a season built on balance rather than one dominant round. The lineup included Mehana Guy, Marjorie Albatrosov, Isabella Tumaomao, Kayla Szegda, Dallas Sheldon and Juliette O’Shaughnessy, a reminder that team golf in the KIF is decided by several scores working together. That depth mattered at Wailua, where Kapaa had already edged Kauai by a single stroke on April 1, 323-324, to show the race would stay tight until the end.

The boys side followed a similar script. Kapaa opened the season by edging Kauai by one stroke in KIF Match No. 2 on March 14 at Wailua, but Kauai answered on April 11 by winning KIF Match No. 5 with a team total of 328. That back-and-forth run made the final title result less a surprise than a confirmation that the Red Raiders had found the steadiness needed when the standings were on the line.

The county titles now set both programs up as names to watch when the state stage arrives. The 2026 HHSAA girls golf state championship was scheduled for May 5-6, followed by the boys tournament on May 12-13. For Kauai, Wailua again proved to be the proving ground, and the final standings showed which teams handled pressure best on the island course where so much of the season had already been decided.

Kapaa’s boys entered 2026 as the defending KIF champions after winning the title in 2025, and Kauai’s boys pushed back to reclaim the top spot. On the girls side, Kapaa’s championship reinforced the school’s standing in a rivalry that now reaches beyond one season, one round or one score. At Wailua, the county’s next state contenders made their case in full.