APRIL 2-Ryan Koss, a 16-year-old from Kula, receives USA Triathlon All-American honorable mention for 2011 in the 16-17 age group, designating him as placing in the top 10 percent of competitors in his division at USAT events.
APRIL 4-Albee Layer of Haiku becomes the second consecutive Maui surfer to have his video win a $100,000 contest for a spot in an Innersection Surf movie. Matt Meola of Haiku won the contest in 2011.
APRIL 8-Oahu scores two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning and defeats Maui 3-2 in the 77th annual state AJA baseball tournament final at Maehara Stadium.
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David Graves drops back as coach Norm Chow looks on during the University of Hawaii football team’s practice at War Memorial Stadium in April.
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APRIL 12-Shannon Cabunoc of Kahului, a former football player at Saint Louis School and the University of Montana, bowls a 300 game in a Maui Teachers League match at the Maui Bowling Center.
APRIL 14-Maui High graduate Zach Scott scores the first goal of his Major League Soccer career in the Seattle Sounders' 1-0 victory over the Colorado Rapids. The defender from Haiku entered the league in 2009.
APRIL 15-Tony Freudenberg wins the men's black-belt grand championship, and his school, Ohana Martial Arts, claims the overall title at the Hawaiian Karate Champion-ships at Wahiawa District Park Gym on Oahu. Freudenberg also takes the masters black-belt men's championship in kumite (point fighting).
APRIL 16-Linebacker JoJo Dickson, a Baldwin graduate, signs with the Jacksonville Jaguars. He would be released 11 days later.
APRIL 19-Shayna Miyajima, a Baldwin graduate playing in her first LPGA Tour event, misses the cut at the inaugural Lotte Championship at Ko Olina Golf Club in Kapolei, Oahu, shooting a 73 in the second round to finish at 7-over 151. Players at 147 and better make the third round.
APRIL 20-The Seabury Hall baseball team wins its first Maui Interscholastic League title by defeating Molokai 10-4 at Maehara Stadium in the Division II tournament final.
APRIL 21-The University of Hawaii football team conducts a spring practice at War Memorial Stadium. The Maui Cheer Allstars take first place in the level 2 senior division, and in level 4 claim second place in the small cheer division and the Most Entertaining Award, during the Jamfest National Cheer Competition in Las Vegas.
APRIL 26-The King Kekaulike boys volleyball team defeats Baldwin 26-24, 25-20, 25-14 at the Lahaina Civic Center in the MIL Division I tournament final to complete an unbeaten league season and win its first title.
APRIL 28-Desiree Ting shoots a 78 at Maui Country Club to win the Jim Sanders Realty Maui Women's Golf Championship for the fourth time in 10 years.
APRIL 30-The Arizona Cardinals agree to terms with defensive lineman Tevita Finau, a former Lahainaluna and Maui High player. He would be let go in May.
