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Girls Varsity Softball

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6.0 years ago @ 8:55AM

Scoring Live Top Performer: Dallas Millwood


 

Male Athlete of the Week: Jeminae Solomua, Waipahu volleyball
Waipahu boys volleyball coach Julna Pasicaran does not mince words about Jeminae Solomua's importance to her team.

The fourth-year varsity player has put together a solid senior season at outside hitter for the Marauders, who are 7-1 and tied for second in the Western Division of the Oahu Interscholastic Association.

But, as Pasicaran quicky noted, "he's more than that for me. He does everything for me."

The 6-foot-2 Solomua helped his team bounce back from its lone loss this season with a pair of victories last week. In a sweep of Campbell last Tuesday, he put down 12 kills with one block assist and an ace. It was more of the same Thursday, when Solomua recorded 12 kills with a solo block in a three-set win over Waipahu.

"I think that was a good booster for them after having a big letdown against Mililani and to come back and play a lot better against Campbell," Pasicaran said. "We talked about energy and in that Mililani game our energy was really bad, so we worked on that and they brought it this week and (Solomua) brought it."

The Marauders took the first set against the Seariders, 25-13, but dropped game two, 25-16. Game three, however, went in their favor, 15-8.

"With young kids after you get the first set, then the second set they let down, so we always tell them the opponent will work harder after losing a game and we've got to work even harder now, so it's all about pride," Pasicaran said. "We let that second set go, but in the third set we came back with much more energy."

Solomua led all players in kills in both matches. His previous high in kills (11) came in a sweep of Aiea last month.

As a freshman Solomua saw limited time on the court due to an injury, but worked his way into the lineup in the second half of the season, Pasicaran said. Solomua's versatility — he plays all six rotations — has made him a valuable asset over the years.

"He can do just about anything I ask him to go," Pasicaran said. "He can play wherever he's needed. I call him the ‘all-around big tree.' I had him setting, or playing middle, or opposite. He's very coachable and he tries hard."

As one of just three seniors on the team, Solomua has been thrust into a leadership role this season.

"Last year we had six returning starters and seniors, but this year he's one of two starting seniors in the lineup, so he has to take on being a leader for us," Pasicaran said. "He's coming around and being a good leader. He leads by example, but he also tries to talk to everybody and encourage everybody by just being a positive role model to the younger kids."

Solomua is a three-sport athlete at Waipahu. He was a defensive lineman on the football team in the fall and a forward on the basketball team in the winter.

"He's a very smart kid and he aspires to be a doctor one day," Pasicaran said. "He will become somebody, I'm sure of that."

Solomua and the Marauders will host Kapolei Thursday and Pearl City next Tuesday to wrap up the regular season.


Female Athlete of the Week: Dallas Millwood, Kamehameha softball
Nothing was going to keep Dallas Millwood off the diamond this season.

Despite an ankle injury and a five-day stay in the hospital late in the preseason, Millwood has not missed a single regular-season game for the Warriors and has been on a tear at the plate.

The junior first baseman has posted 13 hits in 28 at-bats with 22 runs batted in and 13 runs scored. Nine of her hits have been of the extra-base variety, including five doubles and three home runs.

Not too shabby considering Millwood did not see a single pitch in the preseason.

"She ended up missing all ten of our preseason games so it took her a while to get back into the swing of things and she was kind of going on autopilot early on, but I think for the most part she's still up there doing her thing: hitting, fielding, being a leader and leading by example," Warriors coach James Millwood said of his younger of four daughters.

Dallas hurt her ankle during a school-required 6.2-mile run the first week after tryouts and was on the road to recovery when an unexpected ailment hit.

"Her ankle started feeling better and then she started feeling a pain in her back," James Millwood said. "She had a high fever and the doctor said it was kidney stones, so she was in the hospital for five days. They put a stent in, had the surgery and then took the stent out."

After the surgery — which took place just eight days before the Interscholastic League of Honolulu-opener against Saint Francis — the only thing on the younger Millwood's mind was getting back to her team.

"That's all that was on her mind, that she wanted to be cleared and play that opening day with her teammates. That's all she was saying," her father said. "She was determined to play no matter what. That Monday before the season started we weren't sure that she was going to be capable of playing."

Dallas, however, left no doubt that she was just fine. She batted 3 for 5 with a double, four RBI and a run scored in the game and led Kamehameha to an 8-2 victory over the Saints.

James Millwood said Dallas' happy-go-lucky persona didn't change during the ordeal.

"She's always very friendly and always flowing around and seeing friends from other teams and giving them hugs," he said. "Everybody says ‘hi' to Dallas, (but) when it comes to game time she gets into game mode and is just focused on playing the best she can and doing whatever she needs to do for her team."

Dallas has reached base in all nine games for the Warriors this season and has recorded multi-hit games four times. She went 3 for 4 with four RBI and two runs scored and was a single shy of hitting for the cycle in a 10-3 win over a red-hot Saint Francis team two weekends ago.

Last week was really no different as she batted 2 for 4 with a home run, double, three RBI, two runs scored and a walk in a 10-1 win over Iolani Wednesday and followed that up with a four-RBI day Saturday in an 11-2 win over Punahou that included a home run, two runs scored — and even a sacrifice bunt on a suicide squeeze play.

"We were confident that she would be able to do it and the score was still pretty close at the time so we wanted to pick up another run here or there," James Millwood said.

As a freshman Dallas was named to the All-Hawaii Second Team. Last season she earned a First Team nod after batting .490 with with nine home runs, 24 RBI and 20 runs scored.

"Offensively, it's been a little different this season because teams are staying away, so she's had to learn to be patient," James Millwood said. "I think she's finally getting into her groove."

Millwood and the Warriors (7-1-1), who are ranked second in the ScoringLive/Hawaiian Electric Power Rankings, have won five consecutive games and will next play Saturday against PAC-5 at Ala Wai Field. First pitch is set for 2 p.m.

 


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