JESSE KELIILIKI, Kentlake<\/strong> RUBEN NAVEJAS, Kentwood<\/strong> \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n AMY HIRAKI, Kentridge<\/strong> JAWAN STEPNEY, Kentridge<\/strong> \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n LUKE BARZIE, Kent-Meridian<\/strong> JESSE KELIILIKI, KentlakeGrade: Senior. Sport: Wrestling. Accomplishment: After opening the state tournament with a loss, Keliiliki won four straight matches en route to a fourth-place finish in the 171-pound weight class. Favorite class: Weight training. If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: I\u2019d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-16369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16369"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16369\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16369"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=16369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Grade:<\/strong> Senior.
Sport:<\/strong> Wrestling.
Accomplishment:<\/strong> After opening the state tournament with a loss, Keliiliki won four straight matches en route to a fourth-place finish in the 171-pound weight class.
Favorite class: <\/strong>Weight training.
If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve:<\/strong> I\u2019d invite Katy Perry, and I would serve homemade macaroni and cheese with a side of pizza rolls. Greatest athletic moment:<\/strong> My greatest athletic moment is definitely taking fourth at state.\u00a0\u00a0
In 10 years, I will be …: <\/strong>Playing professional baseball.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Grade:<\/strong> Senior.
Sport:<\/strong> Wrestling.
Accomplishment<\/strong>: Navejas finished off a perfect season by winning the Class 4A 112-pound state championship at Mat Classic XXIII.
Favorite class:<\/strong> Astronomy.
If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve:<\/strong> I would invite my family and wrestling teammates Hayden Peterson, Jose Hernandez, Raymond Paz, Lucas Kelley and James Hatfield. We would eat Whiskey River BBQ burgers and drink freckled lemonade from Red Robin.
Greatest athletic moment:<\/strong> Winning an undefeated state title.
Currently playing on your iPod: <\/strong>\u201cMisery\u201d by Maroon 5.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Grade: <\/strong>Freshman.
Sport:<\/strong> Gymnastics.
Accomplishment: <\/strong>Hiraki, one of just a handful of freshmen to qualify for the state meet, took 30th on bars with a score of 7.4.
Favorite class:<\/strong> Honors English.
If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve:<\/strong> I would invite Taylor Swift and I would serve the best fried chicken in the world with mashed potatoes, corn and gravy.
Most recent book read\/author:<\/strong> \u201cLeaving Paradise\u201d and \u201cReturn to Paradise\u201d by Simone Elkeles.\u00a0
In 10 years, I will be …:<\/strong> Graduated from a university with a high grade-point average … and starting my own career.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Grade:<\/strong> Freshman.
Sport: <\/strong>Basketball.
Accomplishment:<\/strong> Stepney scored a season-best 15 points in a win over Arlington in Kentridge\u2019s first-round state playoff game, then delivered 18 the next night in a second-round win over Auburn.
Favorite class:<\/strong> History.
If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve:<\/strong> If I could invite one person in the world to dinner it would have to be (NBA player) Chris Paul. I would serve fried chicken with pasta or lasagna.
Most recent book read\/author:<\/strong> \u201cThe Punch\u201d by John Feinstein.
Currently playing on your iPod:<\/strong> \u201cThe Based God\u201d by Lil B.\u00a0\u00a0
In 10 years, I will be …:<\/strong> Hopefully an NBA star who has his degree.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Grade:<\/strong> Junior.
Sport:<\/strong> Wrestling.
Accomplishment:<\/strong> Barzie won four of six matches at the state tournament and finished in fifth place.
Favorite class:<\/strong> Weight lifting.
If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve:<\/strong> My father because he died when I lived in West Africa during war times. I would serve Fufu — African food.
Most recent book read\/author:<\/strong> \u201cOne Flew Over the Cuckoo\u2019s Next\u201d by Ken Kesey.
Currently playing on your iPod:<\/strong> Lil\u2019 Wayne and Young Money.\u00a0\u00a0
In 10 years, I will be …:<\/strong> Playing in the NFL.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"