Mid-Pacific’s Jake Sequin, Hawaii Baptist win state boys golf

Mid Pacific's Jake Sequin watches his second shot on the 15th hole during Day 2 of the HHSAA state boys golf tournament Friday at Waikoloa Kings' Course. Rick Winters / Special to the Star-Advertiser.

Mid-Pacific sophomore Jake Sequin slept on a two-shot lead after the first day of the David S. Ishii Foundation Hawaii State Boys Golf Championships, and it appears he slept well.

Sequin birdied three of his first five holes in his final round at Waikoloa’s King’s Course and then dropped another birdie at the last to hold off Roosevelt’s Kolbe Irei for the state title.

Sequin shot a 71 on Friday, carding the same score as Irei to finish with the two-shot spread. Each of the top four finishers wrote down a 71 in the final round, with Ethan Jaehn of Kealakehe and Maryknoll’s Peter Jung joining the top two. They finished six shots off the pace after first-round 74s.


Sequin and Irei, who has medaled at states three times, broke par both days at Waikoloa, the first time two players did that in the same tournament since 2015 on the same course, when state champion Spencer Dunaway of Kamehameha and Moanalua’s Kyosuke Hara did it.

Sequin is Mid-Pacific’s first state champion since Troy Higashiyama turned the trick in 2003 at Waikoloa. Higashiyama shot a 144 to win his title, making Sequin’s 139 the best state tournament total in school history.


Mid-Pacific’s David Lee aided Sequin with his second state medal, but the Owls couldn’t catch Hawaii Baptist for the team title. The Eagles took 618 strokes over the two days to eclipse Mid-Pacific’s 652. ‘Iolani finished third with 655.

The Eagles had three medalists last year, but didn’t have a fourth player to contribute to the team title. Joshua Hayashida played that role this time, shooting a 79-81—160 to help bring the school its first team title.


Noah Koshi led the way among the returning Eagles, finishing eighth to Mason Nakamura‘s 10th and Alex Kam‘s 12th. They finished second, 10th and sixth last year. Hawaii Baptist has had three players earn medals for the second straight year, the first time that has happened in school history.

Here is a look at all of the state medalists over the years:

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