The Mid-Pacific baseball team continued its improbable roll through the Interscholastic League of Honolulu last night with a 12-0 TKO of Punahou at Aloha Stadium. Mid-Pacific completes
improbable first halfBy Jason Kaneshiro
jkaneshiro@starbulletin.comThe Owls completed the first half of the ILH season at 7-0 in the game shortened to five innings due to the 10-run-rule. Punahou fell to 4-2.
Mid-Pacific swept through the opening round despite having leading returnees Issac Omura, Ryan Leong and Ryan Basco sidelined with various ailments and had coach Dunn Muramaru shaking his head in astonishment after last night's game.
"If you told me we'd be 7-0 I'd be laughing at you, not with the people we have out," Mid-Pacific coach Dunn Muramaru said. "The guys that are hurt are scared to come back right now, they think they're going to jinx us."
Mid-Pacific enters the second round, which begins Friday, with a two-game lead over Kamehameha (5-2). In their three wins last week, the Owls outscored their opponents 37-3.
Mid-Pacific shortstop Troy Hanzawa ignited the Owl attack last night by driving in three runs. Jonathan Hee went 3-for-3 and had two runs batted in. Matt Inouye put the Owls over the 10-run barrier in the third inning with a two-run home run into the left field stands.
Justin Pate struck out three and allowed just three hits in picking up the complete-game win for Mid-Pacific. He was also involved in the game's most interesting subplot.
Punahou freshman Jared Pate, Justin's younger brother, took the mound in the second inning in relief of starter Matthew Oda. The siblings, whose previous duels took place in the backyard of their grandmother's house, faced each other with one out in the bottom of the third.
Justin, a senior, took two strikes from little brother before lining a single to right-field. The hit sparked a five-run rally for the Owls.
"I knew he was going to throw a curve ball or something," Justin Pate said. "I know he was dying to get me out and he just wanted it right there, three straight. And I think he made a mistake, I think it was supposed to be a little lower."
At Aloha Stadium
Punahou (4-2) 000 00 -- 0 3 2 Mid-Pacific (7-0) 145 2x -- 12 10 0 Matthew Oda, Jared Pate (2), Jason Owens (4) and Todd LaFountaine. Justin Pate and Matt Inouye. W -- Pate. L -- Oda.
Leading hitters -- Punahou: LaFountaine 2-2. Mid-Pacific: Troy Hanzawa 3 RBIs; Inouye HR, 2 RBIs; Jonathan Hee 3-3, 2b, 2 RBIs.
Kamehameha 10, Maryknoll 7: The Warriors recovered from an early deficit and held off a Spartan rally to earn the win.
Maryknoll starter Ryan Matsumoto handcuffed Kamehameha for the first four innings as the Spartans took a 3-1 lead. But the Warriors scored five runs on five hits in the fifth and scored three more runs in the top of the sixth. Keoni Ruth and Aaron Fuller had run-scoring triples for Kamehameha.
At Aloha Stadium
Kamehameha (5-2) 000 153 1 -- 10 12 1 Maryknoll (2-4) 011 113 0 -- 7 7 1 Kanekoa Texeira, Ikena DuPont (4), Shannon Kahale (7) and Matt Morgado. Ryan Matsumoto, Reid Nakamura (5), Kody Seminara (7) and Brandon Goshima. W -- DuPont. L -- Nakamura.
Leading hitters -- Kamehameha: Tyler Perkins 3-5, 2b, RBI; Keoni Ruth 3-5, 3b, 2 RBIs; Kahe Santos 2-4, 3b, RBI; Nick Freitas 2b, RBI; Aaron Fuller 3b, RBI. Maryknoll: Sean Ortiz 2b, RBI, 3 runs; Goshima 2b, RBI; Kawika Calizar 2 RBIs; Seminara 2-4, 2b; Nakamura 2b, 2 RBIs.
Damien 6, Pac-Five 5: The Monarchs won their first game as Tyler Inouye issued a bases loaded walk to Destin Alameida that scored Justin Cole in the 13th inning to end a three-and-a-half hour game.
Alameida, faced with an 0-2 count and two outs, watched Inouye throw four straight out of the zone. Inouye's ball four was his 90th pitch of the game.
Damien starter Brandon Tamanaha threw 133 pitches and worked into the tenth before giving way to Chase Masuda, who picked up the win.
Cheyne Kawamoto and Daniel Chamizo both went 4-5 for the Monarchs. Ryan Mellor and Paul Nishimura both had three hits for the Wolfpack.
At Aloha Stadium
Pac-Five (0-7) 000 300 100 100 0 -- 5 14 1 Damien (1-6) 010 120 000 100 1 -- 6 14 3 Owen Simmons, Tyler Inouye (5) and Colby Holt; Brandon Tamanaha, Chase Masuda (10) and Cheyne Kawamoto. W -- Masuda (1-0). L -- Inouye (0-3).
Leading hitters -- Pac-Five: Ryan Mellor 3-6; Paul Nishimura 3-4; Kevin Yamada 2-4; Ryan Urabe, HR, 3 RBI; Holt, 3b, RBI. Damien: Kawamoto 4-5, RBI; Daniel Chamizo 4-5, 2 2b, RBI; Justin Cole 3-5, RBI.
St. Louis 4, Iolani 2: Crusader pitcher Kaimi Mead struck out eight Iolani batters en route to the complete-game win.
St. Louis trailed 2-1 in the bottom of the fifth, but Bobby George tied the game with an RBI triple. The Crusaders then took the lead when Jowen Murray-Thornton singled to right field to score George.
At Aloha Stadium
Iolani (3-3) 100 010 0 -- 2 4 1 St. Louis (5-2) 000 121 x -- 4 7 1 Rich Olsen and Reid Saito; Kaimi Mead and Jowen Murray-Thornton. W -- Mead. L -- Olsen.
Leading hitters -- Iolani: Kila Kaaihue 2b. St. Louis: Danny Lee 3-4, RBI; Brandon Sato 2b; Bobby George 3b, RBI.
OIA East
Castle 9, Kalani 5: Kalani scored in each of the first four innings but let one get away at Castle.Designated hitter Scott Shinsato led the Castle attack going 3-for-3 with 2 RBIs. The Knights used a five-run fifth to put the game out of reach, highlighted by a double halfway up the left field fence by Ryan Lum.
At Castle H.S. field
Kalani (0-1) 112 100 0 -- 5 9 1 Castle (1-1) 031 050 x -- 9 10 2 Randy Kitagawa, Asher Tamanaha (4), Davin Muramoto (5), Grant Arakaki (6) and Brandon Ishii, Reid Pamatigan (6). Kurt Okumura, Darin Hamada (4) and Jason Taniguchi. W -- Hamada. L -- Tamanaha.
Leading hitters -- Kalani: Scott Harada dbl; Davin Muromoto 3-4, 2 dbl; Kitagawa 2-4. Castle: Scott Shinsato 3-3, dbl, 2 RBI; Jason Taniguchi 2-4, 2 RBI; Ryan Lum dbl, 2 RBI.
Kaiser 20, Farrington 10: The Cougars used a seven-hit, eight-run first inning to cruise past the Governors. David Chu hit a two-run home run in the first and later added two doubles.
At Kaiser H.S. field
Farrington (0-2) 4 000 51 -- 10 9 3 Kaiser (1-1) 800 3450 -- 20 18 4 Paul-Allen Dela Cruz, Emman Bihag (3), Chris Fa'avesi (5), Sanford McKee (5) and Criston Barba. Dane Uchiyama, David Chu (6) and Kyle Nerona. W-- Uchiyama. L -- Dela Cruz.
Leading hitters -- Farrington: McKee 2-4, 2 run; Fa'avesi, 3b, 2 RBI; Isaac Nunies 3-5, 3b, 2 runs; Joseph Gabrillo 2-4; Bihag, 2b. Kaiser: Neale Asato 2b, 2 runs; Jason Peters 2-4, 3b, 2 run, 2 RBI; Chu 3-5, 2 2b, HR, 3 runs, 4 RBI; Casey Fukuda 2-4, 4 runs; John Uehara 3-5, 3b, 3 runs, 3 RBI; Ricky Hamasaki 2-3; Uchiyama, 2 RBI; Nerona, 2 RBI; Tony Carpenter, 3b, 2 RBI.
Roosevelt 10, Kahuku 9: Ivan Fujii blasted a two-out walk-off home run in the bottom of the seventh to cap a three-run rally for the Rough Riders. Matthew Terkina and Corey Higa drove in runs to tie the game at 9, setting up Fujii's second homer of the game.
At Stevenson Intermediate field
Kahuku (1-1) 021 130 2 -- 9 11 3 Roosevelt (2-0) 320 011 3 -- 10 15 7 Cory Supranovich, Melvin Silva (7) and Alex Ponciano. Brandon Loo, Mika Fase (5), Chris Mols (6) and Kevin Fujii. W -- Mols. L-- Silva.
Leading hitters -- Kahuku: Spencer Nakamura 2-4, 2 HR, 2 RBI; Jeremiah Bohnet, HR, 2 RBI; Silva 3-4; Brent Au 2-4, 2b, 2 RBI. Roosevelt: Matthew Terukina 3-4, 2b, 2 RBI; Ivan Fujii 4-5, 2 HR, 2b, 4 RBI; Mols 3-4, HR, 2b, 2 RBI; Loo 2-4.
Moanalua 9, Kalaheo 5: The Menehunes put the first six batters on base in the fifth inning and scored four runs to put away the Mustangs.
Kalaheo committed two errors in the inning and five in the game to allow James Strombach to drive in three runs.
At Moanalua H.S.
Kalaheo 101 030 0 -- 5 7 5 Moanalua 003 042 x -- 9 8 1 Michael Garcia, Scott Galusha (5), Chris Kojima (5) and Jacob Myking; Devin Kitashiro, Kyle Nakamichi (4), Lorin Nakagawa (7) and Brett Tanigawa, Corey Kanetake (6). W -- Nakamichi. L -- Galusha.
Leading hitters -- Kalh: Garcia 2-4, 2b; Nick Sargent 2-2, 2 2b, RBI; Cody Nakoma 1-4, 3b, 2 RBI. Moan: James Strombach 3-4, 3b, 3 RBIs, Rick Fukushima 2-3, RBI.
Kailua 16, McKinley 1: The Surfriders improved to 2-0 with their rout of the Tigers (0-2). Details were not available.
OIA West
Waianae 4, Leilehua 1: Dane Awana scattered three hits to earn a complete-game victory for the Seariders.Keoni Taaca drove in two runs for Waianae.
At Waianae H.S. field
Leilehua (1-1) 010 000 0 -- 1 3 1 Waianae (1-0) 301 000 x -- 4 4 3 John Dolac and Ricky Paderes. Dane Awana and Mike Ferreira. W -- Awana. L -- Dolac.
Leading hitters -- Waianae: Keoni Taaca 2 RBIs; Sid Moses 3b; Calvin Uyechi 3b.
Aiea 10, Waialua 0: Justin Grace and Rannon Aquino combined on a two-hitter as Na Alii kept Waialua winless with a mercy rule, 10-run victory yesterday.
At Aiea Recreation Center field
Waialua (0-2) 000 00 -- 0 2 3 Aiea (2-0) 201 70 -- 10 7 4 Gavin Nakamura, Charles Tantog (4) and Keoni Peiler. Justin Grace, Rannon Aquino (4), Nelson Hao (5) and Aaron Asher. W -- Grace . L -- Nakamura.
Leading hitters -- Waialua: Ikaika Soares 2b. Aiea: Bryan Tucker 2-3, 2 runs, 2b, 2 RBI; Chase Nakamura 2-3, 2b, RBI; Asher, 2b, 2 RBI; Blake Lamug HR, RBI.
Campbell 2, Mililani 1: Ikaika Trinidad came off the bench to hit a game-winning double with two outs in the seventh to lead the Sabers over the Trojans.
At Campbell H.S.
Mililani 001 000 0 -- 1 6 3 Campbell 100 000 1 -- 2 7 2 Adam Inaba and Shawn Saito; Tristan Bailey and Jacob Cadelinia. WP -- Bailey. LP -- Inaba.
Leading hitters -- Mil: Gainor Nitta 2-3, 3b, RBI. Camp: Ikaika Trinidad 2b, RBI; Bill Tennent RBI.
Nanakuli, Radford postponed: The OIA West game was postponed due to rain and will be played at 4 p.m. tomorrow at Nanakuli's field.
Junior varsity
Mililani 11, Campbell 1
Kapolei 5, Waipahu 3
Moanalua 6, Kalaheo 5
Girls Basketball
ILH
Sacred Hearts 46, St. Francis 28: The Lancers used 24 points from Brittney Aiwohi and 11 from Nicole Lehner to send the Troubadours to their fifth straight defeat.At Mid-Pacific gym
Sacred Hearts (3-2) 11 7 11 17 -- 46 St. Francis (0-5) 9 5 9 5 -- 28 SACRED HEARTS -- Katie Rutland 0, Cherie Kinoshita 0, Tamieka Trujillo 0, Brittney Aiwohi 24, Nicole Lehner 11, Shalei Soueira 2, Kimberlee Young 1, Colby Aiwohi 2, Nikki Agor 0, Lani Faumuina 3, Nicole Raiola 3.
ST. FRANCIS -- Jasmine Dulan 10, Mandy Llamedo 3, Annie Llamedo 0, Latasha Griffin 0, Chelsey Powell 3, Jennifer Lim 2, Lauren Upadhyaya 2, Bennita Robinson 6, Melanie Keliipuleole 2.
3-point goals -- Sacred Hearts 2 (Lehner, Raiola). St. Francis 1 (M. Llamedo).
Punahou 56, Mid-Pacific 17: Led by eight different scorers, the Buffanblu remained undefeated in the ILH.
The Punahou defense put on a show in the third quarter as they held Mid-Pacific to zero points. Keli Kajiwara made two 3-pointers and led the Owls with six points.
At Mid-Pacific H.S. gym
Punahou (5-0) 11 17 18 10 -- 56 Mid-Pacific (1-4) 3 8 0 6 -- 17 PUNAHOU -- Rachel Kane 16, Elyse Umeda 6, Eryn Chun 0, Shanna-Lei Dacanay 6, Megan Abbott 6, Seisha Sukekane 0, Kristen LaVine 2, Anuhea Macfarlane 0, Janelle Shin 0, Sydney Anderson 6, Kelly Karns 2, Becky Hogue 12.
MID-PACIFIC -- Keli Kajiwara 6, Leihoku Pedersen 0, Kristy Minamishin 0, Shannon Nishi , Ashley Sato 0, Mariko Strickland , Jasmine Vieira 4, Stephanie Toshi 3, Valerie Aficial 4, Talia Onosai 0.
3-point goals -- Punahou 3 (Kane 3). Mid-Pacific 2 (Kajiwara 2).
Kamehameha 54, University 21: The Warriors improved to 5-0 with their win over the Junior 'Bows (1-4). Details were not available.
Division II ILH
Hawaii Baptist 48, Punahou II 34
Kamehameha 38, Iolani 33
La Pietra 34, St. Andrews 28
High scorers -- Pun: Mona Char 13, Adria Campbell 10; HBA: Kara Morita 23, Kelsey Yasuda 8; KS: Regina Cummings 12, Wendy Kashiwabara 10; Iol: Kristin Kutara 17, Jessica Wong 10; LP: Minna Abdul-Wahab 12.
Junior varsity
Iolani 32, Sacred Hearts 20
Kamehameha white 48, Punahou Gold 35
Intermediate II
Hawaii Baptist 42, Iolani 10
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