[ HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS ] Mililani’s Balatico
baffles Waipahu battersChristopher Balatico struck out nine Waipahu batters and Mililani has now gone four straight games without allowing a run, shutting out the Marauders 3-0 in an Oahu Interscholastic Association West Division game yesterday.
Brian Uranaka's RBI single scored the deciding run in the second inning.
At Mililani H.S. field
Waipahu (1-6) 000 000 0 -- 0 2 1 Mililani (5-2) 012 000 0 -- 3 6 0 Michael Manzano and John Fauatea. Mililani Christopher Balatico, Craig Sato (7) and Shawn Saito. W--Balatico. L--Manzano.
Leading hitters -- Mililani: Dustin Nuibe 2-2.
Waianae 7, Campbell 5: All seven of Waianae's runs were unearned as the Seariders took advantage of four Campbell errors and 10 walks.
Keahi Kapana had three hits for the Sabers.
At Campbell H.S. field
Waianae (7-1) 003 130 0 -- 7 4 1 Campbell (4-3) 000 011 3 -- 5 9 4 Dane Awana, Cid Moses (6) and Michael Ferreira; Bill Tennent, Chaunsey Basilio (4), Shaunsey Saito (5), Jason Scholl (5) and Jacob Cadelinia. W--Awana. L--Tennent.
Leading hitters--Waianae: Sal Paragas, 2-3. Campbell: J. Scholl, 2-4; Keahi Kapana, 3-3, 2b, 2 RBIs; J. Cadelinia, 2-4, 2b, 2 RBIs.
Leilehua 7, Radford 3: John Dolac had a triple and pitched five solid innings and Daylen Hale had three hits as Leilehua earned its third win of the season.
Tyson Kindred hit a solo home run for Radford.
At Radford H.S. field
Leilehua (3-4) 310 102 0 -- 7 9 4 Radford (2-6) 010 110 0 -- 3 6 4 John Dolac, Edward Garma (6) and Daylen Hale; Victor Mejia, Kori Wade (6) and Matt Ryan. W--Dolac. L--Mejia.
Leading hitters--Leilehua: D. Hale, 3-4; E. Garma, 2-4, 2b; J. Dolac, 3b. Radford: Tyson Kindred, solo HR.
Aiea 15, Nanakuli 1: Five players had three hits each for Na Alii as Aiea maintained its unbeaten league record.
Na Alii pitcher Dustin Grace was touched for a run in the first, but that was all the Golden Hawks could muster.At Nanakuli H.S. field
Aiea (8-0) 305 52 -- 15 19 1 Nanakuli (0-7) 100 00 -- 1 7 7 Dustin Grace and Aaron Asher. Jeral Alapai, Mario Bartholomew (5) and Edward Pontes. W-- Grace. L--Asher.
Leading hitters -- Aiea: Taylor Watanabe 3-4, 2 3b; Bryan Tucker 3-5; Aaron Asher 3-3; Kepa Wong 3-4; Ricky Takushi 3-4. Nanakuli: Mandac Waioni 2-2, Micah Nakagawa 2-2, 2b.
OIA East
Moanalua 9, McKinley 0: Scott Batula and Adamm Bird combined on a shutout, as the Tigers left runners on third in four innings.Batula struck out five and walked one in six innings. Bird struck out all three batters he faced.
Neil Manutai's first-inning RBI single gave the Menehunes all the scoring they would need.
At Moanalua H.S. field
McKinley (1-7) 000 000 0 -- 0 3 1 Moanalua (6-2) 202 122 x -- 9 12 3 Blaine Yoshino and Tyson Kaneshiro, Scott Batula, Adamm Bird (7) and Brett Tanigawa. W--Batula. L-- Yoshino.
Leading hitters -- McKinley: Claude Izuka 2b. Moanalua: Lorin Nakagawa 2-3, 2b; Ric Fukushima 2-3, 2 2bs; Joey Sierra, 2b, 2 RBIs; Kyle Nakamichi 2b; Aaron Fujino 2b; Jimmy Strombach 2-4.
Kaiser 8, Castle 3: Jason Peters hit a bases-loaded triple in the top of the first inning as the Cougars snapped the Knights' four-game winning streak with a road victory.
Peters also struck out 10 while pitching a complete-game 6-hitter to lead the Cougars past the Knights.
Kaiser second baseman Ricky Hamasaki made two outstanding defensive plays to protect the lead for Peters.
At Castle H.S. field
Kaiser (4-5) 420 000 2 -- 8 11 1 Castle (5-3) 000 300 0 -- 3 6 4 Jason Peters and David Chu. Ryan Lum, Darin Hamada (2) and Jason Taniguchi. W--Peters. L--Lum.
Leading hitters -- Kaiser: David Chu 2-4, Jason Peters 3-4, 3b, 3 RBI; Ricky Hamasaki, 2-4; Chris Sakuda 2-4, 2 RBI. Castle: Darin Hamada 2-3, 3b, 2 RBI; Jeff Syrop 2-3, 2b, RBI; Jordan Tom 3b.
Kalaheo 6, Farrington 4: Michael Garcia's 2-run home run highlighted a 3-run 5th inning that led Kalaheo to victory and sole possession of first place in the OIA East.
Farrington is still looking for its first win.
At Kailua Rec Center
Farrington (0-8) 100 000 3 -- 4 3 6 Kalaheo (7-2) 001 032 x -- 6 7 3 Sanford McKee and Criston Barba; Scott Galusha, Sean Fernandez (5), Ikaika Alama-Francis (7), Grant Shiroma (7) and Michael Garcia. W--Fernandez. L--McKee.
Leading hitters--Kalaheo: S. Fernandez, 2-3; Shaine Harada, 2-4, 2b; M. Garcia, 2-run HR.
Roosevelt 15, Kaimuki 5: Ivan Fujii cracked a three-run homer in the fourth inning to lead a 16-hit Rough Rider attack and Cameron Kimura went the distance on the mound.
At Kaimuki H.S. field
Roosevelt (6-2) 104 423 1 -- 15 16 3 Kaimuki (2-6) 003 011 0 -- 5 5 9 Cameron Kimura, and Kevin Fujii. Jay Tokuuke, Shaye Asoau (5) and Leland Ohelo. W--Kimura. L--Tokuuke.
Leading hitters -- Roosevelt: Matthew Terukina 2-3; Ivan Fujii 2-4, 3-run HR, 4 RBI; Chris Mols 2-5; Blake Isobe 3b; Cameron Kimura 3-4, 3b, 3 RBIs; Brandon Loo 2-3, Kevin Fujii 2-3. Kaimuki: Shaye Asoau 2-3, solo HR.
Kahuku 5, Kalani 2: Brent Au's two-out, two-run triple to left in the third inning helped the Red Raiders to a victory over the Falcons.
At Kahala Field
Kahuku (6-2) 203 000 0 -- 5 6 1 Kalani (2-6) 010 010 0 -- 2 4 3 Spencer Colburn, Cory Supranovich (6) and Alex Ponciano. (Kalani battery not available). W--Colburn.
Leading hitters -- Kahuku: Spencer Nakamura 2-3; Brent Au 3b, 2 RBI. Kahuku: Spencer Nakamura 2-3; Brent Au 3b, 2 RBI.
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