Prep Beat

By Star-Bulletin Staff

Thursday, April 17, 1997

Roosevelt sophomore
flirts with no-hitter

Kukui Lucas, a sophomore right-hander for Roosevelt, flirted with a no-hitter yesterday in an Oahu Interscholastic Association Eastern Division baseball game at Stevenson Intermediate School's field.

Lucas' bid was spoiled by Kahuku's Isaac Sarsona, the second batter in the fifth and final inning, who singled.

The Rough Riders (3-1) won 12-0 in a game halted after five innings by the eight-run rule.

Gavin Tsukamoto, Hunter Haliniak and Jeremy Awaya each had two RBIs for Roosevelt.

5 innings, 8-run rule

Kahuku  	000	00--	0	1	1
Roosevelt 	506	1x--	12	7	2

Chad Chun, Lono Silva (1) and Tyler Nakamura; Kukui Lucas, Brandon Tanabe (5) and Roldan Saito. W--Lucas. L--Chun.

Leading hitters--Roosevelt: Gavin Tsukamoto, 2b, 2 RBIs; Kurt Murata, 2-2, 2b; Hunter Haliniak, 2-3, 2 2b, 2 RBIs; Jeremy Awaya, 2 RBIs.

Kaiser 7, Kalani 2: At Kaiser, Jason Castro tripled and homered and knocked in two runs to lead the Cougars (4-0) past the Falcons (3-1) in a showdown of Eastern Division unbeatens.

Carl Pires hit a home run for Kalani.

Kalani 	000	011	0--2	8	1
Kaiser 	010	222	x--7	6	2

Carl Pires, Lee Nakamoto (6) and Collin Funamura; Doug Goeas, Jason Reeve (6) and Chad Furuta. W--Goeas. L--Pires. Sv--Reeve.

Leading hitters--Kalani: Adam Smith, 2-4; Pires, 2-4, HR. Kaiser: Bryce Uegawachi, 2-4, 2b, HR; Jason Castro, 2-2, 3b, HR, 2 RBIs.

Kailua 7, McKinley 6: At Kailua, winning pitcher Tyler Okabayashi walked with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning to force home Kui Fox with the Surfriders' game-winning run.

Toby Noe and Clint Hurst had doubled home runs in the top of the inning to pull the Tigers into the 6-6 tie.

McKinley	300	010	2--6	7	4
Kailua	 	500	001	1--7	6	2

Toby Noe, Wade Takenaka (7) and Darin Garcia; Ryan Katsuno, Richard Hirayasu (5), Tyler Okabayashi (6) and Okabayashi, Kui Fox (6). W--Okabayashi. L--Takenaka.

Leading hitters--McKinley: Zach Lui, 2-3, 2b; Noe, 2-3, 2b; Clint Hurst, 2-4, 2 2b. Kailua: Fox, 2-3, 2b, 2 RBIs.

Castle 8, Farrington 2: At Castle, Alika Shores pitched a one-hitter through five innings, striking out nine while walking three to pace the Knights.

Matt Ramie knocked in three runs with a triple and home run.

Farrington 	110	000	0--2	2	0
Castle  	310	013	x--8	13	1

Luisito Bonilla, Tim Aukusitino (6) and Kale Williamson; Alika Shores, Brad Kamihara (6), Chuko Colungo (7) and Solomon Lee, Rick Sumimoto (7). W--Shores. L--Bonilla.

Leading hitters--Castle: Ross Murakami, 3-4, 2b; Matt Ramie, 2-3, 3b, HR, 3 RBIs; Lee, 3b; McKinley Collins, 2-2.

Mililani 14, Radford 1: At Radford, nursing a 2-1 lead, the Trojans scored 12 runs in the last three innings to easily win the Western Division game.

Jeremy Kaku's two-run triple highlighted a three-run fourth inning when Mililani took a 5-1 lead.

6 innings, 8-run rule

Mililani 	200	345--14	12	1
Radford 	001	000--  1	3	2

David Kurihara, Gil Deliz (6) and Kramer Aoki, Curt Fowler (6); David Evans, Matt Hunter (5), Jacob Sur (6) and Justin Shuford, Steve Rush (3). W--Kurihara. L--Evans.

Leading hitters--Mililani: Landon Nakayama, 2-2; Ronald McCullough, 3b; Ryan Rigor, 2-2, 3b; Aoki, 2-3, HR, 2 RBIs; Jeremy Kaku, 3b, 2 RBIs; Chris Tanabe, 3b, 2 RBIs. Radford: Richard Kealoha, 3b.

Aiea 10, Waianae 3: At Aiea, Na Alii broke the game open with a five-run second inning, combining three hits with three walks and four Waianae errors to take a 6-0 lead.

Waianae 	002	100	0--  3	4	5
Aiea	  	151	030	x--10	9	2

Shannon Napoleon, Kaulana Kuhaulua (3) and Bobby Lee Tavares; Darin Ebato and Ryan Okano. W--Ebato. L--Napoleon.

Leading hitters--Waianae: Michael Simpson, 2b. Aiea: Kevin Moriyama, 2b; Mark Okano, 2-3; Jason Sumida, 3b; R. Okano, 2-4, 2 2bs.

Pearl City 11, Waipahu 3: At Waipahu, the Chargers jumped to a 3-0 first-inning lead and were up by seven runs before the Mauraders dented home plate.

Duane Sherry had a two-run homer for Pearl City in the fourth inning.

Pearl City  	302	201	3--11	13	1
Waipahu  	000	021	0--  3	7	4

Michael Gomes, Duane Sherry (6) and Jimmy Walker; William Peralta, Chad Candido (3), Chaz Ramos (7) and Keith Torres. W--Gomes. L--Peralta.

Leading hitters--pearl City: Derek Honma, 2-3; Sherry, 2-3, 2-run HR, 4 RBIs; Walker, 3-4, 2b. Waipahu: Ramos, 2-4, 2b; Torres, 2b, 2 RBIs.

Campbell 7, Moanalua 2: At Moanalua, the Sabers wiped out a one-run deficit with two in the fourth inning and iced the game with a five-run sixth inning.

Campbell 	000	205	0--7	8	1
Moanalua 	100	000	1--2	4	3

Jesse Schnablegger and Danilo Viloria; James Macey, Blayne Iwata (6), Jose Santana Mojica (7) and Ted Tokunaga. W--Schnablegger. L--Macey.

Leading hitters--Campbell: Dru Nakasone, 2b; Vilovia, 2-3; Keoni Kapana, 2-2.

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Taylor lifts Kalaheo to OTwin

Kim Taylor scored four of her 16 points in overtime to help the Kalaheo Mustangs turn back the Kaimuki Bulldogs in an OIA Eastern Division girls basketball game last night at Kaimuki High gym.

Liz Trexler also had 16 points for Kalaheo, with 12 of her points coming in the first half, when the Mustangs took an 18-15 lead.

Denise Tateyama led the Kaimuki comeback to tie the game, with 10 of her 12 points in the second half.

Kalaheo 	8	10	8	12	8--46
Kaimuki 	9	5	10	12	0--38

Kalaheo: Reising 0, Trexler 16, Mellinger 2, Afualo 4, Conner 4, Marks 2, Richards 0, Redmond 2, Spencer 0, Taylor 16.

Kaimuki: Fujimoto 3, Frye 7, Caneda 0, Tateyama 12, Kaaina 4, Haynes 3, Webb 2, Lucas 0, Faimealelei 7.

Kailua 50, Farrington 47: Katie Stone kept the Surfriders in the game early, scoring 13 of the team's first-half points, then Kailua came on strong in the second half to pull out the win.

With the Surfriders trailing 30-18 at the half, Stone tossed in another six points in the third quarter as Kailua grabbed a 38-36 lead.

Stone finished with 21 points. Robynn Afe led the Governors with 15 points and Darcy Reformina added 12.

Farrington	13	17	6	11--47
Kailua	 	8	10	20	12--50

Farrington: Mata 2, Chinen 4, Reformina 12, Hill 0, Mateaki 4, Hetrick 0, Tolaumahina 3, Malufau 2, Fonoti 5, Afe 15.

Kailua: Yanagawa 0, Yoshimoto 0, DePonte 4, Wahinekapu 4, Balag 0, Kaleohano 6, Meier 0, Cole 6, Stone 21, Taca 2, Ugaitafa-Omura 0, Britten 2, Kamai 3, Martin 2.

Kaiser 41, Roosevelt 35: Brandie Norr scored six of her 14 points during the final two minutes of the third quarter as the Cougars pulled ahead of the Rough Riders.

Aubrey Porter had nine points for Roosevelt.

Kaiser	 	5	13	14	9--41
Roosevelt 	8	9	7	11--35

Kaiser: K. Wong 0, Gibo 0, Ushio 4, Norr 14, J. Wong 0, Char 6, Nueku 5, Sunabe 7, Umemoto 0, Wright 0, Hamilton 0, Ifuku 5, Fletcher 0, Fiaosi 0.

Roosevelt: Takahashi 7, Werner 0, Doi 0, Kobashigawa 4, Zukemura 5, Tu 0, Seagraves 6, Simeona 4, Gabonia 0, Aubrey Porter 9.

Kahuku 43, Kalani 24: Omi Piei and Kapuu Tavete each scored eight points as the Red Raiders beat the Falcons.

Michelle Ige led Kalani with 11 points.

Kalani	 	3	6	6	9--24
Kahuku	 	12	8	5	18--43

Kalani: Michelle Ige 11, Hajime 4, Yainada 0, Kennedy 0, Cobb 2, Moralino 0, Henderson 2, Kaneshiro 2, Oka 3, Hirohara 0.

Kahuku: Maghanoy 2, Schlacter 5, Omi Piei 8, Fonoimoana 0, Gemmel 5, Suguturaga 0, Soliai 4, Tuisuvura 4, Enos 5, Kapuu Tavete 8, Vimahi 2.

McKinley 61, Castle 50: Amber Ehia scored 21 points to lead the Tigers over the Knights.

McKinley also had 14 points from Marjorie Nepo and 10 from Vae Tipoti.

Castle	 	9	10	13	18--50
McKinley	16	11	15	19--61

Castle:Cordeiro 0, Sepulona 0, Halas 12, Lum 2, Kaanoi 9, Santos 4, Balles 13, Sevelo 8.

McKinley:Ishiki 5, Ehia 21, Gago 9, Yang 0, Ota 2, K. Nepo 0, M. Nepo 14, Hicks 0, Tipoti 10, Togai 0.