Prep Beat

By Star-Bulletin Staff

Wednesday, May 7, 1997

Punahou,McLachlinto
defend state titles

By Pat Bigold
Star-Bulletin

All eyes are on Parker McLachlin, the hottest young golfer in the state, and Punahou in the 32nd David Ishii/Hawaii High School Athletic Association golf tournament which started this morning on the Wailua Golf Course on Kauai.

McLachlin, the UCLA-bound defending state champion, seeks to become the third player to win back-to-back state crowns while helping the Buffanblu capture a third consecutive state team title.

The Wailua course is familiar to McLachlin, who shot 68-74--142 to become the state junior champion there last June.

"You have to be smart and have some length, and your chipping and putting have to be real good," he said.

"There is a lot of wind on the front nine, out by the ocean. The back nine is sheltered by trees. The par 4s you have to play real well because they're long."

Punahou is a decided favorite in the tournament which finishes tomorrow.

The Buffanblu have the top three average golfers from the tough Interscholastic League of Honolulu: McLachlin (70.2), sophomore Jim Seki (72.4) and University of Tennessee scholarship athlete Anna Umemura (72.8).

"This is a very strong team," said Umemura.

For her, this state tournament means a lot. She said it was agony for her to have to sit back and watch last year's tournament. A bout with tendinitis sidelined Unemura for the entire season.

"It was very hard for me to watch," said Umemura.

She said the wind conditions concerned her yesterday during the practice round.

"The wind was kicking up and the weather doesn't good out here," she said.

"It started to rain a little."

Unemura would like to regain the state girls' title she won as a freshman and sophomore. Kamehameha's Elisha Au took the title last year.

Other teams to watch in the state tournament include Waiakea, host Kauai high, and Kamehameha.

OIA BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS: The Oahu Interscholastic Association baseball championships open at four home sites today.

Defending league champion Castle (8-1) will begin play at home tomorrow at 1 p.m. against the winner of the Kailua at Waianae game.

Today's games have Nanakuli (6-4) at Kalaheo (5-4), Kalani (5-4) at Aiea (8-2), Moanalua (4-6) at Roosevelt (6-3), and the Seariders (6-4) facing the Surfriders (5-4). All games begin at 4 p.m.

The tournament semifinals on May 16 and the finals on May 17 will be at Aloha Stadium.

Last year, the Knights won their first OIA title since 1968 with a 14-4 victory over Aiea at Aloha Stadium.

OIA BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: The OIA girls' basketball championships will begin tomorrow at Waianae and Radford and continue Saturday at Campbell and McKinley.

On Saturday at 7:30 p.m., two-time defending league champion McKinley (9-0) will face the winner of tomorrow's Radford vs. Kahuku game.

At Radford tomorrow, the Rams will take on the Red Raiders at 5:45 p.m. while Castle meets Aiea at 7:15 p.m.

At Waianae tomorrow, Kaiser meets Pearl City at 5:45 p.m., and Waianae plays Kaimuki at 7:15 p.m.

The Tigers won their 1996 league title with a 49-47 win against the Rams.

OIA TRACK: The OIA track and field championship trials will get under way with field events at 3 p.m. and running events at 4 p.m. this afternoon at Kaiser High School's track.

The OIA finals will be held Friday. Field events start at 5 p.m. and running events at 6 p.m.

The ILH track and field championship trials will be held on Thursday at Kaiser with field events starting at 3 p.m. and running events at 3:45 p.m. The finals will be held Saturday with field events at 3 p.m. and running events at 3:45 p.m.

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Monarchs pull upset

Star-Bulletin staff

Last-place Damien came up with three runs in the seventh inning to secure an 11-7 upset victory over second-place St. Louis yesterday in an Interscholastic league of Honolulu baseball game at Moiliili Field yesterday.

Oscar Marcos led the Monarchs (2-15) by going 4-for-4 with two RBIs. Damien's Chad Agustin belted a home run.

The Monarchs held a slim 8-7 lead in the sixth inning.

The Crusaders, who were led by Marcus Murakami with three hits and Gordon Schilling's home run, fell to 12-5.

Damien  	501	   020   3--11  12   3 
St. Louis 	111	   220   0-- 7   8   4

Mike Cezar and Jeremy Vergason; Kent Morimatsu, Jovautin Murray-Thorton (3) and Kona Sampaio. W--Cezar. L--Morimatsu.

Leading hitters--Damien: Oscar Marcos, 4-4, 2 RBIs; Donald Yanito, 2-2, 2b; Chad Agustin, 2-4, HR. St. Louis: Marcus Murakami, 3-3, 2b; Ricky Rouge, 2-5; Gordon Schilling, HR.

Iolani 6, Mid-Pacific 2: At Mid-Pacific, Korin Korenaga singled in Mike Colosimo from second base in the second inning for the go-ahead Iolani run.

The Raiders (16-1) also scored three runs off of Mid-Pacific errors and one off a wild pitch.

Blake Sing Chow led the Owls (10-7), going 2-for-3 with a home run.

Iolani  	122	001	0--6   7   2
Mid-Pacific 	110	000	0--2   4   4

Kanoa Fong, Erik Yamamoto (6) and Scott Kajima; Duke Hom, Kenneth Yamaoka (5) and Chad Ramos. W--Fong. L--Hom.

Leading hitters--Iolani: Gregg Omori, 2-4. Mid-Pacific: Blake Sing Chow, 2-3, HR.

Kamehameha 10, Maryknoll 0: At Joey DeSa field, Dane Sardinha drove in four runs, going 3-for-4, including a pair of doubles, as the Warriors (11-5) coasted past the Spartans (3-15).

Sardinha's two-run double keyed a four-run fourth inning.

Kamehameha 	103	400	2--10  11   0
Maryknoll 	000	000	0-- 0   4   2

Ekolu Smith and Dane Sardinha; Brian Li, Calvin Higa (3), John Teraizumi (4) and Mark Vagayas. W--Smith. L--Li.

Leading hitters--Kamehameha: Da. Sardinha, 3-4, 2 2bs, 4 RBIs; Robert Webster, 2-3, 2b, 2 RBIs; Shane Chan, 2-3, 2b.

Punahou 12, UHBA 0: At Ala Wai Field, Scott LaFountaine had three RBIs and Blair Suzuki had a pair as the Buffanblu (11-5) rolled to an easy victory.

University High/Hawaii Baptist dropped to 3-15.

5 innings, 10-run rule

Punahou 	120	90--12  12   0
UHBA		000	00-- 0   2   2

Chad Giannetti, Nicholas Torres (4) and David Sugihara, Larry Burgess (4); Alan Arimoto, Nathan Pang (4), Brent Matsuda (4) and Mike Ganialongo. W--Giannetti. L--Arimoto.

Leading hitters--Punahou: Keola Ane, 2-2, 2b; Blair Suzuki, 2-3, 3b, 2 RBIs; Keenan Sue, 2-3, 3b; Scott LaFountaine, 2b, 3 RBIs.

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Stovall rallies Raiders

Star-Bulletin staff

Erin Stovall scored 29 points -- 14 in the fourth quarter -- to rally host Iolani to a 46-43 victory last night over Kamehameha in an Interscholastic League of Honolulu Division I girls' basketball game.

The Raiders (8-4) trailed the Warriors, 11-9, 25-19 and 35-30, through the first three quarters.

But Stovall took command in the last quarter, as the Raiders outscored Kamehameha, 16-8.

Leslie Kiaha led the Warriors (7-4) with 10 points, including a pair of 3-pointers.

Kamehameha  	11	14	10	 8--43
Iolani  	9	10	11	16--46

Kamehameha: Kiaha 10, Keahiolalo 9, Searle 9, Hodson 7, Domingo 6, Kapeli 2.

Iolani: Stovall 29, Liu 6, Pacheco 4, Glendenning 2, Ahuna 2, Fitisemanu 2, Masunaga 1, Mau 0, Nekoba 0, Racine 0

University High 52, Mid-Pacific 39: At Mid-Pacific, Nikki Drevno scored a game-high 20 points and teammate Casey Tabar added 15 to lead the Junior Rainbows (8-3).

Shawna Ramos netted 10 points to lead the Owls (1-10).

University High 	22	14	7	9--52
Mid-Pacific	  	5	11	16	7--39

University High: Drevno 20, Tabar 15, Vakasausau 9, Pascua 3, Fuller 2, Wilson 2, Siacci 1, China 0, Burgess 0, Viernes 0, Kimoto 0, Melson 0.

Mid-Pacific: Ramos 10, Takara 8, Chee 6, Watamura 6, Shimizu 5, Sabusa 4, Sayson 0, Eji 0, Corwin 0, Vincent 0.

Punahou 66, Sacred Hearts 53: At Sacred Hearts, the league champion Buffanblu (11-0) were led by Onaona Miller's 21 points.

Candice Usita added 12 points for Punahou.

Casey Correa led Sacred Hearts (1-10) with 17 points.

Punahou  	12	11	25	18--66
Sacred Hearts 	14	8	14	17--53

Punahou: Miller 21, Usita 12, Spencer-Vasconcellos 7, Nakato 7, Kaaihue 5, Durant 4, Kowal 4, Ushijima 2, Takeguchi 2, Arakaki 1, Kovach 1, Hamlyn 0, Lum 0, Okumura 0.

Sacred Hearts: Correa 17, Fernandez 9, Hamachi 9, Ohelo 6, Simon 5, Inouye 4, Riovbera 2, Ortas 1, Tong 0, Aradhya 0, Abrigar 0, Yin 0.