Aaron Izu's two-run homer in the top of the ninth inning was the difference yesterday as Kaneohe won the Oahu Senior AJA playoffs with a 12-11 victory over Waipahu at Hans L'Orange Park. Izu's home run lifts Kaneohe
The win enables Kaneohe to represent Oahu in the state tournament that starts Saturday at Hans L'Orange Park.
First-round games have Kauai playing Hawaii at 10 a.m. and Oahu meeting Maui at 1 p.m.
The third-place game is Sunday at 10 a.m. followed by the championship game at 1 p.m.
SOLO CHAMPIONS: Mark Rigg and Margie Kawaiaea won the Poai Puni Series men's and women's Oahu canoe championship races yesterday with times of two hours, 26 minutes, 23 seconds and 3:16:38, respectively, over the 18-mile course from Hawaii Kai to the Waikiki Yacht Club.
In the kayak division, Nalu Kukea took the men's race in 2:10:59 while Kelly Fey captured the women's event in 2:34:25.
SEA WARRIORS WIN: Hawaii Pacific defeated Chaminade, 7-0 and 5-1, in a Hawaii Intercollegiate Athletic Conference softball doubleheader at HPU's Windward Campus yesterday.
Lisa Balbirnie and Susie Schoales were the winning pitchers.
VULCANS SWEPT: At Lewiston, Idaho, the Lewis-Clark State Warriors scored a run in the bottom of the eighth inning to edge the University of Hawaii at Hilo, 9-8, in a nonconference baseball game yesterday.
The Warriors swept the four-game series and have won 20 consecutive games.
RAY SIGNS WITH HPU: Cordell Ray, a 6-foot-10, 190-pound center from Eastfield College (Mesquite, Texas) has signed a letter of intent to play basketball for Hawaii Pacific University this fall.
TRIATHLON DEADLINE NEAR: The deadline to enter the May 25 Keauhou-Kona Triathlon, Hawaii's only Ironman qualifier, is May 1.
Big Island residents aiming to qualify must enter the Keauhou-Kona Triathlon by tomorrow.
Applications are available by calling Joe Ackles at 329-0601.
OJGA SCHOLARSHIP: The Oahu Junior Golf Association has set up a scholarship for OJGA graduates including high school seniors.
To obtain an application and scholarship criteria, call Jennie Ramos at 262-0336, or Christine Akau at 671-8933.