Waipahu and Radford advance in OIA White baseball playoffs
POSTED: Friday, April 24, 2009
Three Waipahu runners scored in the fifth inning on an error by Kahuku, and the host Marauders pulled away to a 7-2 win to advance to today's Oahu Interscholastic Association White Conference championship baseball game.
Triton Gante tossed a two-hitter, going the distance for Waipahu, which hosts Radford today for the White division title.
| Kahuku (9-3) | 000 | 110 | 0 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Waipahu (10-1) | 101 | 032 | X | — | 7 | 4 | 2 |
Joe Nozawa and Brian Kukahiko. Triton Gante and Iggy MacKenzie. W—Gante. L—Nozawa.
Leading hitters—Kahuku: none. Waipahu: Sam Chee 2-3, 2b, 2 RBIs.
Radford 12, McKinley 10
Riley Moore doubled down the left-field line to drive in two runs to break a 9-9 tie in the seventh inning and lead the Rams over the Tigers.
| Radford (9-3) | 114 | 300 | 3 | — | 12 | 11 | 4 |
| McKinley (8-3) | 140 | 202 | 1 | — | 10 | 12 | 6 |
B. Osborne and T. Evans. Kelson Ganeku, Kurtis Kometani (3) and Cody Reyes (4) and Cody Reyes, Ganeku (4). W—Osborne. L—Reyes.
Leading hitters—Radford: E. Espensnade 2-4; Joby Fontenot 2-4; R. Moore 1-4, 2b. McKinley: Jon Ho 4-5, 2 2bs; Ganeku 2-4, 2b, 2-run HR; Josh Chun 2-3, RBI.
OIA Red Playoffs
Kalani 5, Roosevelt 1
Kiel Odo doubled in Cal Sumida and Jake Massey to lead Kalani over Roosevelt 5-1 in the Red fifth-place bracket game yesterday at Kahala Park.
Devin Lee went the distance for Kalani, scattering three hits.
Kalani plays Mililani for fifth place at Kahala Park tomorrow.
At Kahala Park
| Roosevelt (4-10) | 001 | 000 | 0 | — | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Kalani (9-6) | 201 | 002 | 0 | — | 5 | 10 | 2 |
Rylan Ikehara, B. Kamau (5) and Tyler Paranada, Peter Rockholm. Devin Lee and Kiel Odo. W—Lee. L—Ikehara.
Leading hitters—Roos: Lowen Kaho'oilihala 1-3, 2b, run; Zach Hamasaki 1-3. Kaln: Jake Massey 2-3, 2 runs; Odo 2-4, 2b, run 3 RBIs; Gavin Okada 1-2, run; Matthew Murakami 2-3, RBI; Spencer Shiroma 1-3; Cal Sumida 1-1, run.
Mililani 8, Kaiser 6, 6 inn.
Chad Bolibol cranked a two-run home run to right-center field to spark a three-run first inning as the Trojans held off the host Cougars in a rain-shortened fifth-place bracket game.
Kaiser rallied for five runs on no hits in the fifth, but Mililani held on to advance.
| Mililani (8-7) | 304 | 100 | — | 8 | 9 | 1 |
| Kaiser (10-5) | 001 | 050 | — | 6 | 2 | 1 |
Mikey Asamura, Brent Dubuque (5), Travis Inouye (5), Kainoa Rallita (5) and Kacey Iyasato. Austin Ortega, Landan Tamanaha (1), Cal Tashiro (3) and Bryce Marcouiller. W—Asamura. L—Ortega.
Leading hitters—Mil: Joey Aquino HR; Chad Bolibol 2-3, HR; Travis Goto 2-2, 3b; Micah Yabas 2-3, 2b. Kais: Tashiro 2 runs; 2b; Marcouiller 2 RBIs.
OIA Red semifinals
The two OIA Red semifinals were rained out yesterday and will be played today at 3:30 p.m.
Host Pearl City held a 1-0 lead over Moanalua yesterday when the game was suspended in the second inning.
The Kailua-Campbell game never started yesterday due to wet grounds.
