Punahou wins battle
for first place

By Jason Kaneshiro
Star-Bulletin

Punahou claimed round one in the battle between the Interscholastic League of Honolulu's girls basketball heavyweights last night with a 51-48 victory over Kamehameha at Hemmeter Fieldhouse.

Punahou closed the first half of the ILH season at 6-0, while Kamehameha, the defending state champion, fell to 5-1.

"It was important to get this one because it's at home, and we had to win the one at home," said Punahou coach Shelly Fey. "It's a big game and takes us into our second round. ... Not that we're going to relax, but to know that we can beat the defending state champs is important."

Becky Hogue led the Buffanblu with 13 points and nine rebounds. Elyse Umeda scored 11 points and Milia Macfarlane added 10 for Punahou. Megan Ching scored 13 to lead the Warriors.

Macfarlane scored her only points of the second half when she sank two free throws with 26.2 seconds remaining to give the Buffanblu a three-point lead. The Warriors worked the ball to Ching on their next possession, but her 3-pointer fell short and Umeda secured the rebound with 2.5 seconds left to seal the outcome.

The Warriors were without star forward Tai Soo for much of the second half due to foul trouble. She had seven points.

At Punahou gym

Kamehameha (5-1)	13	15	10	10	--	48
Punahou (6-0)	11	22	8	10	--	51

Kamehameha: Tiffiny Shim 7, India Soo 0, Ashley Ruff 2, Courtney Chai 0, Beth Nakamura 6, Lehua Wood 2, Tai Soo 7, Krystalynn Ontai 3, Megan Kanoa 5, Megan Ching 13, Noelle Russell 3.
Punahou: Rachel Kane 6, Elise Umeda 11, Darci Murakawa 2, Megan Abbott 0, Dana Arakawa 0, Anuhea Macfarlane 0, Milia Macfarlane 10, Misha Lam 0, Caroline Ane 9, Kira Kashiwa 0, Niki Jones 0, Becky Hogue 13.
3-point goals: Kamehameha - 1 (Shim); Punahou - 2 (Macfarlane 2).

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DENNIS ODA / STAR-BULLETIN
Kamehameha School's Bully Sardinha, (left) applied a
late tag on Maryknoll's Brandon Higa in the first inning
of yesterday's game. Higa later scored to give Maryknoll
a 4-0 lead. Maryknoll went on to a 7-2 Interscholastic
League of Honolulu victory at Ala Wai Field.

Baseball

Kody Seminara pitched six shutout innings to lead Maryknoll to an upset victory over Kamehameha in an Interscholastic League of Honolulu baseball game yesterday at Ala Wai Field.

The Spartans' Brendan Higa sparked a four-run first inning with an RBI triple and Kevin Sunada added a two-run single.

It was their second consecutive victory over an ILHcontender. Maryknoll beat St. Louis, 3-2, last Saturday.

At Ala Wai Field

Kamehameha (4-4)	000	000	2	--	2	3	2
Maryknoll (2-6)	411	100	x	--	7	7	3

Zach MacAngus, Kainoa Yoshida (4) and Danny Nitahara; Kody Seminara, Reily Maeda (7) and Brandon Goshima. W - Seminara. L - MacAngus.
Leading hitters - Kamehameha: Bully Sardinha, 2-3; Maryknoll: Kevin Sunada, 2-3, 2 runs, 2 RBIs; Brendan Higa, 3B, 2B, RBI; Reid Okaneku, 2B.

Mid-Pacific 9, St. Louis 2: Ricky Bauer pitched a four-hitter, striking out two and walking one to lead MPI into undisputed first place in the ILH.

Mid-Pac ended yesterday a half-game ahead of Iolani in the ILH standings. The Owls and Raiders play today at Iolani at 1:30 p.m.

MPI scored four unearned runs in the fourth to take control. Kevin Khan and Marc Inamasu sparked the rally with singles.

At Mid-Pacific field

St. Louis (5-3)	000	002	0	2	4	3
Mid-Pacific (6-2)	100	431	x	9	8	1

Ricky Bauer and Matthew Inouye; Sean Kauweloa, Kaimi Mead (2), Brandon League (5) and Nick Tudisco.
W - Bauer. L - Kauweloa.
Leading Hitters - StL: Milton Grado, 2-3, 2b, RBI. MPI: Clint Copulos, 2-3; Dane Marcouiller 1-4, 2 RBIs; Ryan Leong, 2 runs; Ryan Basco, 2 runs .

Iolani vs. Damien, rain: The scheduled game at DeSa Field between the Raiders (5-2) and Monarchs (1-6) was postponed.

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