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Thursday, May 4, 2000

By Dennis Oda, Star-Bulletin
Kaiser's John Uehara slides under the tag by Campbell
catcher Michael Cabral during the sixth inning of the teams'
OIA baseball tournament game yesterday at Kaiser.
Campbell rallied for a 9-8 win.

Sabres rally past
Cougars in OIA

Raiders top Warriors in ILH

By Aaron Custodio
Special to the Star-Bulletin

Campbell refused to lose yesterday. Mike Cabral made sure of it.

Cabral drove in the tying and the go-ahead runs in the top of the seventh inning for the Sabers as they rallied to eliminate host Kaiser, 9-8, in the first round of the Oahu Interscholastic Association baseball tournament.

The Sabres (7-4) scored four runs in their last at-bat after squandering a 5-2 lead in the bottom of the sixth inning. The Cougars end their season at 6-4.

By Dennis Oda, Star-Bulletin
Kaiser's Blake Sato scores in the sixth inning as Campbell
catcher Michael Cabral leaps for the late throw.

"We just wanted it a more," Sabres coach Lane Watanuki said of his team. "The strength of the team is its character. They refuse to lose and have a 'never say die' attitude."

David Chu helped key a Kaiser six-run rally in the sixth with a run-scoring, ground-rule double that tied the game at 5-5. The Cougars added three more runs, including two on Nathan Ota's double.

"I was proud when we came back, but we didn't do our part to win,'' Cougars coach Duke Chinen said.

Kaiser couldn't hold on in the seventh. Campbell opened the inning with two walks and LandonNewcomb's single through the gap at shortstop brought in a run. Bryce Miyashiro's RBI double cut the lead to 8-7, setting up Cabral's game-winning hit.

Campbell	300	200	4 - 9	13	2
Kaiser	010	016	0 - 8	13	3

Chad Bailey, Jensen Mata (6), Sadino Aquinaldo (6) and Mike Cabral. Jason Peters, Blake Sato (7), Nathan Ota (7) and Russ Furuhashi. W-Aquinaldo. L-Ota.

Leading hitters-Campbell: Sadino Aquinaldo 3-5; Eddie Tangjian 2 2b, 2 RBIs. Kaiser: David Chu 2-3, 2b, 3 RBIs.

KALANI 4, WAIANAE 3:

Dave Young singled in Mike Yoshida in the top of the fifth and the Falcons (5-5) stunned the host Seariders (8-3).

Waianae led 3-0 after three innings, but Kalani scored once in the fourth and three times in the fifth.

Kalani	000	130	0 - 4	11	3
Waianae	210	000	0 - 3	7	2

Kellen Muraoka and Travis Canonizado. Ryan Gaspar, Shane Brown (4), Chad Fuller (5), Wesley Lopez (6), Shannon Telles (7) and Peter Sarono. W-Muraoka. L-Fuller.

Leading hitters-Kalani: Travis Canonizado 2-4; Isaac Arasato 2-4; Dave Young 3-4. Waianae: Shannon Telles 2-2, 2b; Egerton Westbrook 2b, 2 RBIs; Jeremy Bright RBI.

AIEA 6, ROOSEVELT 4:

Na Alii (8-3) scored four times in the fourth at home to beat the Rough Riders (4-5-1).

Lee Ormita sparked Aiea at the plate, going 2-for-2 with an RBI.

Roosevelt	011	200	0 - 4	9	1
Aiea	002	400	x - 6	5	1

Allen Imamura, Chris Mols (4), Chad Kapanui (6) and Joey Shimabuku. Ross Akimoto, Reid Kubota (4), Kevin Enomoto (7) and Paul Yoshida. W-Kubota. L-Imamura. Sv-Enomoto.

Leading hitters-Roosevelt: Ryan Tanaka 2-3; Chad Owens 2-3; Ryan Kotani 2-2; Regan Ching 2 RBIs. Aiea: Lee Ormita 2-2, RBI.

MCKINLEY 10, PEARL CITY 5:

The Tigers (6-3-1) scored six times in the third inning to top the Chargers (6-5) at home. George Bautista, Todd Miyasato and David Kurahashi paired hits for McKinley.

Pearl City	040	000	0 - 5	5	5
McKinley	216	001	x - 10	8	1

Kaipo Duke, Reed Miyashiro (2), Cory Fujinaga (4) and Gavin Concepcion. Reid Goto, Jordan Kurahara (2), David Kurahashi (7) and George Bautista. W-Kurahara. L-Miyashiro.

Leading hitters-Pearl City: Blane Kagamida 2-4; Jay Egusa 2b. McKinley: George Bautista 2-3, 2b; Todd Miyasato 2-3, 2 RBIs; David Kurahashi 2-4.

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Raiders top Warriors

Star-Bulletin staff

Tyler Kimura walked with the bases loaded to score Kevin Kam with the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning as Iolani stunned No. 1 Kamehameha, 7-6, in the Interscholastic League of Honolulu Baseball Tournament yesterday at Ala Wai Field.

Kamehameha (14-3) and Punahou will play today, with the winner taking on Iolani (13-4) Saturday. A Raider win will give Iolani the ILH title, and a loss will force a decisive playoff game at Rainbow Stadium next Tuesday.

Yesterday, Kam singled off Alika Kuraoka to start the seventh. An error and a walk loaded the bases for Kimura.

Bronson Sardinha hit a two-run homer in the third for the Warriors, who led 5-0 after four and a half innings. Kam smacked a grand slam in the fifth to get Iolani back in the game.

Kamehameha	102	111	0 - 6	10	4
Iolani	000	051	1 - 7	4	2

Hubert Pruett, Alika Kuraoka (7) and Kai Yamashita. Ethan Wayne, Travis McGaughy (6), Blaine Umeda (6) and Travis Mitsuda. W-Umeda. L-Kuraoka.

Leading hitters-Kamehameha: Alika Kuraoka 2-4, 2b, RBIs; Hubert Pruett 3-4, 3b; Eli McAngus 2-4, 3b, RBI. Iolani: Kevin Kam 2-3, GS HR, 4 RBIs.

PUNAHOU 5, ST. LOUIS 4:

Chuck Fujita scored on a wild pitch to cap a four-run rally in the fourth as the Buffanblu (11-7) eliminated the Crusaders (11-7) at Ala Wai Field.

Ryan Komagome drove in the tying run with a sacrifice fly.

Punahou	001	400	0--5	5	2
St. Louis	310	000	0--4	5	2

Doug Shimokawa, Kea Kometani (2), Reid Matsushima (4) and Todd Lafountaine. Isaac Harbottle, Brandon League (5) and Nick Tudisco W--Kometani. L--Harbottle. Sv--Matsushima.

Leading hitters--Pun Reid Matsushima 2b.