A day in the life of Zyon Telles-Kuwahara is not for the weary. 

Telles-Kuwahara, a Radford senior, is on a constant grind, whether it be in the classroom, in the weight room, on the football field, the cheerleading mat or the baseball diamond. 

As a three-sport athlete and one of five siblings, there is no shortage of duties and responsibilities on Telles-Kuwahara's plate. 

On the gridiron, Telles-Kuwahara led the Rams in receptions, receiving yards and receiving touchdowns. During the same fall season, he helped the cheerleading team capture OIA and state championships in the co-ed division. 

Through Radford's first two games of the baseball season this spring, Telles-Kuwahara has produced prolific numbers to help his team get off to an undefeated start in league play. 

He does it all with his trademark quiet, yet determined demeanor. 

"He's a competitor," Radford baseball coach Blaine Watanabe said of Telles-Kuwahara, a 5-foot-9, 170-pound outfielder. 

"He's just a constant competitor and so having that level of determination and desire that he brings, he not only pushes himself, but it helps the team and we haven't had a lot of games, but he just gives us that extra edge," Watanabe added. 

Telles-Kuwahara has certainly worked to hone his craft(s) over the years, although it hasn't come easy. He regularly leaves his family home in Waianae before the sun comes up. 

"It's not like they live five minutes from Radford. Coming from Waianae there's always traffic, any time there's an accident or a road closed it makes that commute that much longer so that in itself is a lot, having the discipline to get up early every day, sit in traffic, come to school and then practices after school, getting home late at night and doing it all over the next day, that's hard in itself," Watanabe said. 

By the time Telles-Kuwahara returns home the sun has long set over the horizon. After showering, eating dinner and doing homework, it doesn't leave Telles-Kuwahara with a whole lot of down time. 

"There's definitely sacrifices being made not just by him, but by his family as well. For him, it might mean sleeping in the car during the community and not in bed, doing homework during lunch instead of relaxing with friends, so he does a good job at it and it's because he knows it's what has to be done. He wouldn't be able to be good in all of these things if he didn't buckle down in the classroom and have the discipline to get done what he needs to get done," Watanabe said. 

Telles-Kuwahara defines the term student-athlete. He carries a 3.4 cumulative grade point average and will take his talents to Chemeketa Community College in Salem, Ore. next year, where he plans on joining the school's baseball team. 

"It's all business for him: show up, go to class, go to practice, rest — he's got his routine down. He's not a guy you have to ever worry about acting up in school. Our guys are pretty disciplined; they do study halls after school, they're here at 6 in the morning lifting and so he's really good at being disciplined and setting the expectations and because he knows what he wants to do in the future, he knows what needs to be done," Watanabe said. 

With all the various ties Telles-Kuwahara has to so many teams, it should come as no surprise that his versatility has served him well in numerous athletic arenas. 

On the football field, he is a three-way player. In addition to wide receiver, Telles-Kuwahara is also a free safety on defense and kick returner on special teams. When he was pressed into running back duties early in the year, Telles-Kuwahara responded with 131 rushing yards and a touchdown on 28 carries against Waipahu. 

In the cheerleading realm, Telles-Kuwahara is a standout to say the least. He proved pivotal to Radford's run of three straight league and state crowns and has also earned All-America distinction.

Telles-Kuwahara is a four-year member of the cheerleading team and is also a four-year starter for the baseball team. He burst onto the scene as a freshman three years ago, when he hit recorded a .455 batting average and received second team All-OIA Division II honors. 

He earned first team all-league recognition as a sophomore second baseman two years ago, when he hit .354 with 10 runs batted in and 15 runs scored. Telles-Kuwahara led the Rams in numerous offensive categories out of the leadoff spot. 

As a junior last year, Telles-Kuwahara shifted over to shortstop and batted in the three-hole. He once again led the team in hits (18), RBI (16), triples (4) and home runs (1). Telles-Kuwahara posted a .462 batting average on his way to a repeat selection as an All-OIA all-star. He also picked up All-Hawaii Honorable Mention recognition. 

"He's not the biggest guy, but he's strong for his size. I think the biggest thing with his development has been his willingness to want to develop and get better and he's been able to do that even though he's hasn't had the time to focus on just baseball because he is a multi-sport athlete and is always bouncing from season to season to season and it wears on you a little bit," Watanabe said. 

Among the many tools Telles-Kuwahara possesses in his skillset, Watanabe points to his speed as a distinguishing trait. It's part of the reason why Watanabe opted to move Telles-Kuwahara out of the infield. 

"He'll be in either center or right field for us primarily. He's got the best arm of our outfielders right now, which gives us a little bit more of an edge in that right field position, and then with his speed — because that right-center gap is the deepest part of our park (Donald M. Kimura Field) — so having a guy that can move helps us out quite a bit," Watanabe explained. 

Offensively, Watanabe dropped Telles-Kuwahara — who bats left and throws right — into the cleanup spot in the lineup card. 

"We wanted to get him more RBI opportunities, but depending on what our lineup looks like, he'll bat either fourth or fifth," Watanabe said. 

So far the change has produced what Watanabe had hoped for as Telles-Kuwahara leads the Rams in runs driven in (6), as well as runs scored (5). Through the first week of the season, he is batting a cool .500 and has reached base safely in seven of his eight plate appearances. 

In last Thursday's season-opening win over Kahuku, Telles-Kuwahara batted 1 for 2 with two walks, including in his first plate appearance when he came around to score one of two Radford runs in the top of the first inning. Later in the game he led off the fifth frame with a walk, then proceeded to steal both second and third before he scored on a passed ball on a dropped third strike. 

"On the bases he's dangerous. He's got speed but he's also gotten better at reading the pitcher's cadence and understanding the situations of what to look for, so he has that savvy on the bases and aggressiveness to create some havoc out there that leads other teams to pay attention to him, which is good for us," Watanabe said. 

Telles-Kuwahara followed up that game with another productive day in a win over Nanakuli on Saturday. 

In his first plate appearance, Telles-Kuwahara was hit by a pitch and came around to score. Just an inning later he reached on an error and eventually scored on a sacrifice fly that gave his team a 7-0 lead. With the bases loaded in his next at-bat, Telles-Kuwahara lined a rope to right field that bounced over the right fielder and went all the way to the outfield fence. All three baserunners, as well as Telles-Kuwahara, came around to score on the two-out inside-the-park home run. 

"He took a good swing — the pitch was a little bit up but he put a good swing on it — and he hit it well. He hit it hard — it was probably one of the harder ball he hit — and at Nanakuli that field is super hard so that thing just hit and launched over the right fielder and that's a deep field and it rolled all the way to the speed. With his speed, there was no doubt he was going to score, but even if it hadn't bounced over the guy's head, let's say it was in the gap, it still would have been an inside-the-parker because of how hard it was hit and because of his speed and where it was," Watanabe detailed. 

Telles-Kuwahara's four-bagger broke the flood gates open and gave his team a 14-0 lead. The Rams went on to coast to 16-0 victory. 

"Bases loaded, two outs — we practice that and that's where it shows up, so we needed that. It broke the game open for us. We weren't necessarily struggling with the bat, but we weren't producing in bunches, so that kind of just catapulted us that inning and gave us that momentum that we needed," Watanabe added. 

Despite dealing with a big of a hamstring injury, Telles-Kuwahara finished with six RBI and three runs scored against the Golden Hawks. 

"We're lucky to have him and we got a bunch of really good kids, so hopefully this year they have a really good season and I'm hoping he's gonna have his best season yet, but I think he's gonna be pivotal in our success this year with the experience and ability that he brings," Watanabe said. 

Telles-Kuwahara and the Rams (2-0) were slated to face Waipahu Thursday and Waialua Saturday, but OIA executive director Bryce Kaneshiro announced Wednesday that the league has postponed all scheduled games across all sports due to storm that is hovering over much of the state this week. 

BASEBALL

Austen Ahu, PAC-5 — Batted 3 for 3 with three RBI and a run scored in a win over Maryknoll 

Caleb Crook, Kau — Batted 3 for 5 with a home run, two RBI and two runs scored in a win over Kohala and batted 3 for 3 with a triple, two doubles, one RBI and three runs scored and allowed three hits with 13 strikeouts and one walk in a six-inning shutout of Kohala 

Haalohi Dancil, Seabury Hall — Allowed one earned run on two hits with 10 strikeouts and no walks in a complete-game win over Lanai 

Ryder Danz, Castle — Allowed no runs on two hits with 10 strikeouts and no walks in a five-inning win over Kaimuki 

Aeden Dikilato, Waipahu — Batted 3 for 4 with a double, two RBI and two runs scored in a win over Waialua 

Kai Freitas, Leilehua — Batted 3 for 4 with a double and two RBI in a win over Waianae 

Zayne Hookala, Mililani — Allowed one unearned run on three hits with 16 strikeouts and one walk in a complete-game win over Aiea 

Kalihau Hugo, Kaiser — Allowed no runs on four hits with four strikeouts and one walk in five innings pitched in a win over Kalani 

Patrick Kennedy, Kalaheo — Batted 2 for 2 with two walks, three RBI and four runs scored in a win over Kaimuki 

Kody Luttrell, Castle — Batted 2 for 3 with a walk, three RBI and a run scored in a win over Kaimuki 

Nixon Murphy, Castle — Batted 3 for 3 with a walk, four RBI and a run scored and allowed no runs on no hits with eight strikeouts and one walk in a four-inning win over McKinley 

Kaikoa Nobriga, Kamehameha-Hawaii — Batted 4 for 4 with two triples, one RBI and two runs scored in a win over Konawaena 

Lucas O'Brien, Kalaheo — Allowed three hits with 10 strikeouts and one walk in a four-inning shutout of Kaimuki 

Talon Paahao, Pearl City — Allowed one run on one hit with nine strikeouts and two walks in five innings pitched in a win over Campbell 

Kameron Pongasi, Mililani — Batted 3 for 4 with a triple, two RBI and two runs scored in a win over Aiea 

Xavier Rodriguez, Seabury Hall — Allowed no runs on three hits with seven strikeouts and no walks in a four-inning win over Lanai 

Kamanaokeola Shigehara-Pang, Kaiser — Batted 2 for 3 with a double, one walk, two RBI and two runs scored in a win over Kalani 

Zephaniah Tamapua, Waipahu — Batted 3 for 4 with a triple, two RBI and a run scored in a win over Waianae 

Colby Taniguchi, Kaiser — Allowed one run on four hits with two strikeouts and two walks in a complete-game win over Kalani 

Ezra Ugalde, Mililani — Allowed one run on one hit with seven strikeouts and three walks in five innings pitched in a win over Aiea 

Dylan Yonemori, Leilehua — Batted 2 for 3 with a walk, two RBI and two runs scored in a win over Waianae 

Tanner Young, Kalaheo — Allowed no runs on one hit with 10 strikeouts and two walks in a four-inning in over McKinley 

SOFTBALL

Sophia Alo, Campbell — Batted 2 for 4 with a home run and five RBI in a loss to Mililani 

Alia Anzai, Moanalua — Batted 3 for 4 with three RBI, one stolen base and three runs scored in a win over Castle 

P. Aoki, Punahou — Batted 3 for 4 with four RBI, one stolen base and one run scored in a loss to Iolani 

Jesley Arakawa, Radford — Batted 2 for 3 with two triples, four RBI and three runs scored in a win over McKinley 

Wyndie Asing, Aiea — Batted 2 for 2 with two triples, six RBI and a run scored in a win over McKinley 

Jaisha Barrozo, Nanakuli — Batted 3 for 3 with four RBI, three stolen bases and three runs scored in a win over Kaimuki 

Hope Batulayan-Cardona, Baldwin — Allowed three runs on four hits with two walks and three strikeouts in a five-inning in over Kamehameha-Maui 

Iliganoa Baughn, Radford — Batted 2 for 4 with two home runs and five RBI in a win over Waipahu 

Hinano Bautista, Mililani — Batted 3 for 4 with a home run, double and five RBI and allowed three hits and no walks with three strikeouts in a four-inning shutout of Pearl City 

Shailea Brown, Baldwin — Allowed one unearned run on one hit with six strikeouts and one walk in a five-inning win over Maui 

Bailey Chee, Waianae — Batted 3 for 4 with two home runs, one triple, four RBI and three runs scored in a win over Leilehua 

Kyralee-Marie Cordeiro, Radford — Batted 3 for 3 with a double, one walk, five RBI and four runs scored in a win over Waipahu 

Kodah Coyaso, Kamehameha — Batted 2 for 3 with one home run, one double, five RBI and a run scored in a win over Mid-Pacific

Molly Davi, Maryknoll — Allowed one hit and no walks with five strikeouts in a six-inning shutout of Iolani 

Makayla Difolco, Kalaheo — Batted 5 for 6 with three RBI, one stolen base and four runs scored in a win over Kahuku 

Nana Du Pont, PAC-5 — Batted 3 for 5 with three RBI and two runs scored in a loss to Mid-Pacific 

Chloe Duque, Baldwin — Batted 3 for 4 with a double, two RBI and a run scored in a win over Maui 

Harper Fukuda, Moanalua — Struck out six and walked three in a four-inning no-hit shutout of Castle 

Dahlia Gangano, PAC-5 — Batted 3 for 4 with a triple, double, one walk, two RBI and two runs scored in a loss to Mid-Pacific 

Tara Gojo, Mid-Pacific — Batted 4 for 5 with a double and four runs scored in a win over PAC-5

Peahi Grilho, Kamehameha — Batted 3 for 3 with an RBI, two stolen bases and two runs scored and allowed no runs on one hit with seven strikeouts and no walks in three innings pitched in a win over Kamehameha II 

Reyn Hiraoka, Maryknoll — Batted 2 for 2 with three walks, two RBI and three runs scored in a win over Iolani 

Brooke Ho Cordes, Kalaheo — Batted 4 for 6 with two home runs, one double, five RBI, one stolen base and four runs scored in a win over Kahuku 

Kieryn Imai, Kapolei — Batted 2 for 2 with a home run, double, one walk, five RBI and three runs scored in a win over Leilehua 

Hoo Kawaakoa, Kekaulike — Batted 2 for 4 with a home run, double, three RBI and two runs scored in a win over Maui 

Paige Maeda, Mid-Pacific — Batted 2 for 3 with two home runs, two walks, six RBI, one stolen base and four runs scored in a win over PAC-5

Maia Matsumoto, Iolani — Batted 3 for 5 with two doubles, two RBI and two runs scored in a win over Punahou 

R. Miecho, Kaimuki — Batted 3 for 3 with a home run, double, one walk, three RBI, two stolen bases and two runs scored in a win over Aiea 

Kailey Naehu, Nanakuli — Batted 2 for 3 with a triple, one walk, four RBI and three runs scored and allowed one hit with seven strikeouts and three walks in three scoreless innings pitched in a win over Kaimuki 

S. Nagatori, Punahou — Allowed three hits and two walks with six strikeouts in a five-inning shutout of Mid-Pacific 

Kaya Okimoto, Iolani — Batted 4 for 5 with one double, two RBI, one stolen base and three runs scored in a win over Punahou 

Jaydycie Queypo-Alvarado, Kapolei — Batted 4 for 6 with a double, three RBI and three runs scored in a win over Pearl City 

Kayani Rapanot-Casino, Kamehameha-Maui — Batted 2 for 4 with a double, three RBI, one stolen base and two runs scored in a win over Lahainluna 

Kaylah Sato, Moanalua — Batted 3 for 3 with a home run, two doubles, one walk, six RBI, two stolen bases and four runs scored in a win over Kailua 

Palehua Silva, Maryknoll — Batted 2 for 4 with two home runs and five RBI in a win over Punahou 

Meghan Spencer, Waiakaea — Allowed one hit and four walks with six strikeouts in a complete-game shutout of Kealakehe 

Naomi Stremick, Kalani — Batted 2 for 3 with a home run, double and a walk and allowed one earned run on seven hits with eight strikeouts and two walks in a complete-game win over Kaiser 

Jayci Taura, Moanalua — Batted 4 for 4 with a double, two RBI and three runs scored in a win over Kailua 

Destiny Tautofi, PAC-5 — Batted 2 for 3 with a triple and four RBI in a win over Kamehameha II 

Kulani Welch-Hutchins, Kahuku — Batted 2 for 4 with two home runs and six RBI in a win over Waialua 

Addison Wong, Kamehameha — Batted 3 for 4 with a home run and four RBI in a win over Kamehameha II 

Rylee Yamasaki, Kaiser — Batted 4 for 4 with a home run, triple, double, seven RBI and four runs scored in a win over Kailua 

BOYS VOLLEYBALL

Hayden Agbayani, Maryknoll — Had 49 set assists, five digs, three kills, two block assists and an ace in a four-set win over Damien 

Elau Hoopai-Waikoloa, Hana — Had 20 kills, five digs, three block assists, three set assists and two aces in a three-set loss to Seabury Hall 

Kili Ilae, Maryknoll — Had 27 kills and four digs in a four-set win over Damien 

GIRLS WATER POLO

Maiken Andryeyev, Iolani — Scored five goals in a win over Le Jardin 

Carolyn Diliberti, Mililani — Scored seven goals in a win over Mixed B 

Norah Dodson, Le Jardin — Scored four goals in a loss to Mid-Pacific 

Kiana Feeney, Kalaheo — Scored five goals in a loss to Mililani and scored nine goals in a win over Kailua 

Juliana Fliss, Mixed B — Scored five goals in a win over Moanalua 

Chloe Garcia, Mililani — Scored six goals in a win over Kalaheo 

Laahia Hudgens, Kamehameha II — Scored four goals in a loss to Punahou II 

Lehiwa McElheny, Mid-Pacific — Scored four goals in a loss to Kamehameha and scored six goals in a win over Le Jardin 

Alanı Mierzwa, Kailua — Scored four goals in a loss to Kalaheo 

Kenda-Ray Nishikawa, Iolani II — Scored six goals in a win over Le Jardin II 

Synnove Robinson, Punahou — Scored five goals in a win over Le Jardin, scored seven goals in a win over Kamehameha and scored four goals in a win over Mid-Pacific 

Eden Smith, Kahuku — Scored four goals in a win over Mixed B

Alexi Sueoka, Iolani — Scored four goals in a win over Mid-Pacific 

Laikuakamahina Wong, Kamehameha — Scored five goals in a win over Mid-Pacific