HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL
Kamehameha leaves Saint Louis singing the blues
Too many times over the years, Kamehameha baseball coach Vern Ramie's teams had hit a flat note the day after the school's annual song contest.
So he admitted to a bit of trepidation when his club returned to the field following Friday night's festivities.
But the No. 3 Warriors soon eased his concern in rolling past No. 6 Saint Louis 11-4 yesterday at Central Oahu Regional Park.
"This day has traditionally not been a great day for us to play baseball," Ramie said. "But we've been talking about this all week, about coming out and putting all that stuff behind us and the kids did a great job."
The Warriors got a complete team performance to even their Interscholastic League of Honolulu record at 2-2. Senior right-hander Scott Fisher struck out seven over 4 2/3 innings and eight Kamehameha starters recorded at least one hit.
Mitch Kauweloa and John Worthington both went 2-for-4 and had two of the Warriors' three triples. Piikea Kitamura had the other.
"The past couple years we really struggled (after the song contest), a no-hitter and we got shutout," said senior center fielder Waylen Sing Chow. "Today, we came out with a little more intensity and came out with a lot of fire."
Fisher, making his first start of the ILH season, went to full counts on each of the first five Crusader hitters, but struck out four in the first two innings to spark the Warriors early.
"He came out firing," Sing Chow said. "He brought a different intensity to the game."
Kamehameha broke on top with a single run in the second and took control with a six-run outburst in the third. Ashkon Kuhaulua drove in two runs with a single to right and the Warriors scored two more on bases-loaded walks.
Coming off a win over Pac-Five on Friday, Saint Louis (1-4) rallied for three runs in the fifth, but couldn't draw closer than four.
"We're going through the motions and you can't do that, not in this league," Crusaders coach Duane Fraticelli said. "If we play like we're capable of playing we're all right, but right now we're not."
At Central Oahu Regional Park
Saint Louis (1-4) |
000 |
031 |
0 |
-- |
4 |
8 |
2
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Kamehameha (2-2) |
016 |
013 |
x |
-- |
11 |
11 |
2 |
Grant Costa, Josh Saio (3) and Keoni Haina. Scott Fisher, John Worthington (5), Ashkon Kuhaulua (6) and Vance Nobriga. W--Fisher. L--Costa.
Leading hitters--StL: Cole Shidaki 2 RBIs; Kyle Gonzaga 2b, RBI; Tamatoa DeMello 2-3, RBI. Kam: Mitchell Kauweloa 2-4, 3b; Worthington 2-4, 3b, 3 runs; Parker McCready 2-4, RBI; Kuhaulua 2 RBIs; Piikea Kitamura 3b.
Iolani 3, Damien 2
Grant Liu's two-out single to left in the bottom of the fifth inning drove in Jarrett Arakawa and Reyn Nagamine for the game-winning runs.
At Central Oahu Regional Park
Damien (1-3) |
100 |
100 |
0 |
-- |
2 |
4 |
0
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Iolani (3-2) |
000 |
030 |
x |
-- |
3 |
9 |
1 |
Duncan Ebert and Darby Ventura. JR Bunda and Grant Iwamoto. W--Bunda. L--Ebert.
Leading hitters--Dam: Travis Derby 2-3, 2b. Iol: Jarrett Arakawa 2b; Reyn Nagamine 2-3; Lionel Fujioka 3-3; Grant Liu 2 RBIs.