Maui Prep won the boys crown while their West Maui rival, Lahainaluna, took the girls division at the first Maui Interscholastic League surf contest of the season Saturday at D.T. Fleming Beach Park.

Defending MIL boys and girls champion King Kekaulike was second in both divisions. Na Ali’i was the only team to place a surfer in each of the 12 finals.

The two West Maui schools took advantage of surfing D.T. Fleming, one of their home breaks. The stronger than normal east-northeast winds that have buffeted the Valley Isle for the past two weeks provided plenty of waves for the meet.

The initial contest also provided a glimpse of the new Hawaii High School Activities Association rules for the first-ever state surfing championship.

The state meet will be hosted by the MIL at Hookipa Beach Park on May 1-2. The new HHSAA rules state each boys and girls team can field three shortboarders, two longboarders and one bodyboarder. The MIL teams previously consisted of five shortboarders.

“The contest was amazing,” Maui Prep head coach Lyndee Sprenger said. “It’s the first time in this new format, and it was so cool to see the bodyboarders from all over the island and the longboarders do their thing.”

“The waves were incredible,” Sprenger added. “Fleming totally delivered.”

Maui Prep’s winning boys team placed a surfer in each final and was led by senior Zolten Poulsen, who won the shortboard No. 1 and was second in longboard No.1. Poulsen was the MIL overall shortboard champion two years ago.

“We were thrilled,” Sprenger said of the boys’ victory. “They train hard — it was awesome, lots of competition, I’ll say. Lot of fun to see the competition.”

Bode Davis, of Kulanihakoi, edged Poulsen 13.67-13.53 in longboard.

Davis, a freshman, is the National Scholastic Surfing Association open longboard national champion, a title he won in Huntington Beach last summer. Ironically, the Davis family took the Poulsens into their home after the Poulsens lost their home in the Lahaina wildfire. The Davis ohana hosted the Poulsens for a month, until they could eventually relocate to Lahaina.

While Coach Sprenger called the waves incredible, Lahainaluna coach Andy Claydon took it one step further.

“The best Fleming’s I’ve ever seen, I’ve never seen Fleming’s so good, so glassy,” Claydon said. “It was a great event today. We had our goal just to do our best and get in a final. It was nice to be competitive today.”

The Lunas girls were competitive, placing in all six divisions led by freshman Ocean Lipstein.

Lipstein won two divisions — dominating the bodyboard category and edging defending MIL champion Sloane Jucker, of Maui Prep, 13.53-13.06 in the shortboard No. 1. Poulsen’s younger sister, Xani, placed second for the Lunas in longboard No. 2. Her teammate, Gianna Pogni, was also second in longboard No. 1 while Gianna’s sister, Stella, was second in shortboard No. 2.

King Keakulike had two of the girls champions: Mikaia Barnes (shortboard No. 2) and Kaja Przeciechowski (shortboard No. 3). The other girls winners were Maui Christian’s Lila Sloan (longboard No. 1) and Maui Prep’s Zoey Offergeld (longboard No. 2).

The other boys champions were Matias Banto, of Lahainaluna (shortboard No. 2), Ozzie Reyes, of King Kekaulike, (shortboard No. 3), and Aiden Haas, of Kihei Charter, (longboard No. 2) and Rex Ang, of Baldwin, (bodyboard).

The second MIL surf meet will be March 7 at Kahului Harbor, surf permitting. The backup site is Hookipa Beach Park.

Boys Results

Team – 1. Maui Prep 63; 2. King Kekaulike 56; 3. Kihei Charter 53; 4. Maui Christian Academy 49; 5. Lahainaluna 41; 6. Baldwin 39; 7. Haleakala Waldorf 37; 8. Hana 35; 9. Seabury Hall 34; 10. Kulanihakoi 33; 11. Kamehameha Maui 30; 12. Maui High 18.

Shortboard No. 1 – 1. Zolten Poulsen, Maui Prep 14.27; 2. Chase Burnes, King Kekaulike 13.30; 3. Bode David, Kulanihakoi 11.33; 4. Memphis Brown, Haleakala Waldorf 11.20; 5. Angel Jardine, Maui Christian 11.13; 6. Johnny Mahan, Lahainaluna 10.36.

Shortboard No. 2 – 1. Matias Banto, Lahainaluna 15.67; 2. Aiden Haas, Kihei Charter 11.10; 3. Seth Jucker, Maui Prep 10.90; 4. Keano Jardine, Maui Christian 10.90; 5. Ian Pegoraro, King Kekaulike 8.06; 6. Duke Stanton, Baldwin 7.18.

Shortboard No. 3 – 1. Ozzie Reyes, King Kekaulike 14.43; 2. Noah Dvorak, Maui Christian 12.27; 3. Makaiah Clark, Maui Prep 10.83; 4. Mason Burns, Lahainaluna 9.83; 5. Taj Craig, Kihei Charter 8.44; 6. Ayden Truong, Baldwin 8.04.

Longboard No. 1 – 1. Bode Davis, Kulanihakoi 13.67; 2. Zolten Poulsen, Maui Prep 13.53; 3. Kahlil Pineres-Schooley, Seabury Hall 10.56; 4. Sebastian Bianchi, King Kekaulike 9.43; 5.Noah Haas, Kihei Charter 8.73; 6. Keano Jardine 8.27.

Longboard No. 2 – 1. Aiden Haas, Kihei Charter 10.86; 2. Seth Jucker, Maui Prep 10.30; 3. Jack Hill, Maui Christian 9.67; 4. Cru Spalding, Kamehameha 8.84; 5. Jayden Hottenstein, Haleakala Waldorf 7.26; 6. Imiloa Nelson, Hana 6.33.

Bodyboard – 1. Rex Ang, Baldwin 11.77; 2. Makoa Kapaniai, King Kekaulike 10.67; 3. Jayden Hottenstein, Haleakala Waldorf 9.60; 4. Imiloa Kanoho, Kamehameha 9.50; 5. Bode Wheeler, Maui Prep 8.86; 6. Miki Przeciechowski, Kihei Charter 8.67.

Zolten Poulsen led Maui Prep to the boys title at the first MIL contest of the season at D.T. Fleming Beach Park. Photos courtesy of Dayanidhi Das

Girls Results

Team – 1. Lahainaluna 67; 2. King Kekaulike 63; 3. Maui Prep 60; 4. Maui Christian 51; 5. Baldwin 42; 6. Kihei Charter 40; 7. Kamehameha Maui 36; 8. Seabury Hall 32; 9. Maui High 21; 10. Haleakala Waldorf 18; 11. Kulanihakoi 10.

Shortboard No. 1 – 1. Ocean Lipstein, Lahainaluna 13.53; 2. Sloane Jucker, Maui Prep 13.06; 3. Lila Sloan, Maui Christian 9.14; 4. Ayla Daian, King Kekaulike 6.70; 5. Moony Sanderson, Kihei Charter 5.07; 6. Mya Pililaau, Kamehameha 0.00.

Shortboard No. 2 – 1. Mikaia Barnes, King Kekaulike 11.86; 2. Stella Pogni, Lahainaluna 9.16; 3. Thayane Colpas, Maui Christian 7.64; 4. Zoey Offergeld, Maui Prep 7.47; 5.Natalie Riggs, Kihei Charter 6.00; 6. Eden Gebb, Seabury Hall 4.40.

Shortboard No. 3 – 1. Kaja Przeciechowski, King Kekaulike 9.60; 2. Layla Merrill, Maui Prep 8.40; 3. Fabiola Melendez, Kulanihakoi 6.07; 4. Sadie Hanks, Kihei Charter 5.27; 5. Oliana Schur, Lahainaluna 5.07; 6. Wai Smith, Maui High 4.74.

Longboard No. 1 – 1. Lila Sloan, Maui Christian 9.50; 2. Gianna Pogni, Lahainaluna 9.30; 3. Ayla Daian, King Kekaulike 8.63; 4. Ilana Caserta, Maui Prep 7.30; 5. Ave Herren, Baldwin 4.10; 6. Moony Sanderson, Kihei Charter 0.00.

Longboard No. 2 – 1. Zoey Offergeld, Maui Prep 10.96; 2. Xani Poulsen, Lahainaluna 7.33; 3. Malia Gaspar, Baldwin 7.00; 4. Mikaia Barnes, King Kekaulike 6.93; 5. Thayne Colpas, Maui Christian 5.76; 6. Elizabeth Jenkins, Seabury Hall 1.67.

Bodyboard – 1. Ocean Lipstein, Lahainaluna 12.74; 2. Hiipoi Starbuck, Kamehameha 8.96; 3. Wai Smith, Maui High 8.06; 4. Maddie Hughes, King Kekaulike 7.47; 5. Ava Herren, Baldwin 6.83; 6. Ilana Caserta, Maui Prep 5.74.

Mikaia Barnes, of King Kekaulike, cuts back on the inside reform in winning the shortboard no. 2. Photos courtesy of Dayanidhi Das