St. Louis scored 11 runs in the final three innings to walk away with a 15-4 victory over Punahou yesterday in the Interscholastic League of Honolulu Tournament at Ala Wai Field. Crusaders advance with a rout
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St. Louis meets the Kamehameha-Pac-Five winner today at 4 p.m. at Aloha Stadium. Iolani and Mid-Pacific play at 7 p.m. for the right to play in the championship game.
Yesterday, Danny Lee drew a bases-loaded walk against reliever Landon Nakata to force in a run in the sixth. Jowen Thornton-Murray followed with a two-run single. Travis Gonzaga and Chester Wilson followed with RBI singles.
Junior Kaimi Mead struck out the first four batters and pitched three shutout innings of relief to earn the win. Mead struck out a total of six batters.
Punahou ends the season 11-7.
At Ala Wai Field
St. Louis (9-8) 030 136 2 -- 15 17 0 Punahou (11-7) 101 200 0 -- 4 7 1 Cruz Hatanaka, Kaimi Mead (5) and Jowen Murray-Thornton. Matt Oda, Jason Owens (5), Landon Nakata (6), Reyn Nakamasu (6), Logan Narikawa (7) and Todd LaFountaine, Robert Kurisu (7). W--Mead. L--Owens.
Leading hitters -- St. Louis: Justin Humalon 3-3, HR; Chester Wilson 3-4, 2b, 4 RBIs; Jowen Murray-Thornton 3-5, 4 RBIs; Travis Gonzaga 3-4, 2 RBIs; Bobby George 2-4; Shane Butcher 2 RBIs. Punahou: Kasey Ko 2-3, 2b, RBI; Landon Nakata 3b, RBI; Kyle Seminara 2b.
ILH basketball
Kamehameha 56, Mid-Pacific 24: India Soo scored seven of her 11 points in the first quarter and the Warriors advanced to a meeting with Punahou for the ILH championship.
The Warriors and Buffanblu play at 6 p.m. tomorrow at Hawaii Baptist Academy gym.
At Mid-Pacific gym
Kamehameha (13-1) 23 10 9 14 -- 56 Mid-Pacific (2-12) 4 9 5 6 -- 24 KAMEHAMEHA -- Jeneka Taeoalii 2, Tiffiny Ann Shim 2, India Soo 11, Ashley Ruff 4, Courtney Chai 6, Ho'o Hee 2, Kekai Crabbe 8, Amber Carter 9, Chrystal Hodson 4, Lehua Wood 2, Megan Kanoa 4, Megan Ching 2.
MID-PACIFIC -- Keli Kajiwara 1, Leihoku Pedersen 0, Kristy Minamishin 6, Mariko Strickland 0, Jasmine Vieira 5, Stephanie Toshi 5, Valerie Aficial 3, Talia Onosai 4.
3-point goals -- Kamehameha 2 (Carter, Soo), Mid-Pacific 1 (Aficial).
Punahou 54, University 38: Becky Hogue scored six of her 15 points in the first quarter.
At Damien gym
University (4-10) 10 12 11 5 -- 38 Punahou (13-1) 14 16 10 14 -- 54 UNIVERSITY -- Iwalani Yamaguchi 0, Diane Okubo 18, Ashley de Guzman 0, Brittany Anderson 2, Kamaile Durrett 4, Leahi Frias 6, Kylie Lum 2, Karlee Ka'iliehu 6, Cara Pang 0.
PUNAHOU -- Rachel Kane 6, Elyse Umeda 1, Elizabeth Lee 2, Shanna-Lei Dacanay 3, Megan Abbott 5, Seisha Sukekane 2, Kristen LaVine 8, Anuhea Macfarlane 0, Janelle Shin 2, Kelly Karns 2, Christine Takara 8, Becky Hogue 15.
3-point goals -- University 3 (Okubo 3), Punahou 1 (Dacanay).
Maryknoll 62, Sacred Hearts 56, OT: The Lancers sent the game into OT by outscoring the Spartans 22-12 in the final period.
Maryknoll's Michelle Baduria scored five points in OT.
At Damien gym
Maryknoll (10-4) 12 9 19 12 10 -- 62 Sacred Hearts (6-8) 10 8 12 22 4 -- 56 MARYKNOLL -- Michelle Baduria 22, Jenna Castillo 0, Pauline Chan 0, Stacey Doran 2, Sela Fisilau 9, Jessica Ho 0, Cheryl Lee 8, Shannon Riley 9, Diana Samson 4, Whitney Wong 7, Melanie Tang 1.
SACRED HEARTS -- Katie Rutland 0, Cherie Kinoshita 6, Tamieka Trujillo 0, Brittney Aiwohi 19, Nicole Lehner 6, Shalei Soueira 3, Kimberlee Young 7, Colby Aiwohi 0, Nikki Agor 0, Lani Faumuina 5, Nicole Raiola 10.
3-point goals -- Maryknoll 3 (Baduria 2, Samson), Sacred Hearts 1 (Young).
Iolani 44, St. Francis 39: Lana Young scored 19 points and the Raiders held on to win.
At Iolani gym
St. Francis (1-13) 9 8 8 14 -- 39 Iolani (7-7) 9 11 13 11 -- 44 ST. FRANCIS -- Jasmine Dulan 5, Mandy Llamedo 5, Annie Llamedo 2, Latasha Griffin 0, Chelsey Powell 15, Lauren Upadhyaya 10, Bennita Robinson 2, Rachel Kamahele 0.
IOLANI -- Jen Nagamine 3, Raeceen Woolford 6, Jackie-lyn Sasaki 8, Lana Young 19, Kiani Wong 0, Keri Oyadomari 4, Patricia Wong 2, Diana McClain 0, Chelsea Wong 2.
3-point goals -- St. Francis 2 (Dulan, M. Llamedo), Iolani 3 (Young 2, Nagamine).
Division II varsity girls
Kamehameha 52, Hawaii Baptist 44
High scorers -- Kam: Gina Cummings 22. HBA: Chelsea Yasuda 17, Kara Morita 11.
Athletes of the Week
BOYS
>> Anthony Ilagan, Farrington tennis: Successfully defended his Oahu Interscholastic Association boys singles title by beating Moanalua's Jamie Migia 6-0, 1-6, 6-3 in the league final.
GIRLS
>> Mariana Lee, Iolani tennis: Helped maintain Iolani's championship tradition by defeating Punahou's Kristen Wo 6-1, 6-1 to win the Interscholastic League of Honolulu girls singles title.
Honor Roll
BASKETBALL
>> Latoya Wily, Kalaheo: Hit for 24 points to lead the Mustangs to a 71-32 win over Castle.>> Cheryl Lee, Maryknoll: The freshman scored 20 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in the Spartans' 45-40 win over St. Francis.
>> Amber Lee, McKinley: Scored 23 points in the Tigers' 47-38 loss to Kalani.
>> Patti Hardimon, Moanalua: Scored 22 points in the Menehunes' 44-38 win over Kaimuki.
>> Ashley Takata, Kalani: Scored 23 points in the Falcons' 61-44 loss to Kalaheo.
>> Ashley Ruff, Kamehameha: Scored 11 points and sparked the Warriors defensively as Kamehameha handed Punahou its first loss, 47-40.
>> Becky Hogue, Punahou: Shot .750 from the field en route to an 18-point outing against Mid-Pacific.
BASEBALL
>> Christopher Balatico, Mililani: Struck out nine in the Trojans' 3-0 win over Waipahu.>> Jason Peters, Kaiser: Rung up 10 strikeouts and hit a bases-loaded triple to lead the Cougars to an 8-3 upset of Castle.
>> Kyle Pao, Kahuku: Struck out seven batters in a complete-game performance and hit a homer to lead the Red Raiders to a 3-2 win over Moanalua.
>> Spencer Nakamura, Kahuku: Went 3-for-3 with a home run and a triple against Moanalua.
>> Kellen Concepcion, Pearl City: Hit a grand slam and drove in five runs in the Chargers' 14-1 win over Waialua.
TENNIS
>> Chloe Bihag, Waipahu: Won the OIA girls singles championship with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Moanalua's Juliene Yamamoto.>> Sarah Galon and Kim Chikazawa, Leilehua: Defeated Pearl City's Christy Kaneshiro and Jessica Lum 6-1, 6-0 for the OIA girls doubles title.
>> Jeremy Perron and Joel Maeshiro, Mililani: Upset Aiea's Arthur and Siphathay Phanphengdy 6-3, 6-3 to win the OIA boys doubles title.
>> Mike Wojnarowicz, St. Louis: Outlasted Iolani's Derrick Lajola 6-4, 7-6 (9-7) to win the ILH boys singles title.
>> Kim and Heidi Kaloi, Kamehameha: Won the ILH girls doubles title with a 6-2, 7-5 win over Iolani's Allison and Jenna Ishii.
>> Chris Iwamura and Matt Nakagawa, Punahou: Defeated Kamehameha's Stephen Conching and Cole Millare 6-4, 6-1 to win the ILH boys doubles title.
TRACK AND FIELD
>> Keani Santos, Kamehameha: Won the ILH junior varsity girls titles in the discus with a throw of 107 feet and the shot put title with a toss of 29 feet, 6 inches.>> Brashton Satele, Word of Life: He won the ILH JV title in the discus with a throw of 129-10, 10 feet farther than his closest competitor.
>> Derek Turbin, Punahou: Won the triple jump and was named the outstanding boy performer at the Punahou Relays.
>> Chun Mei Nickels, Mililani: Won the outstanding girl performer award at the Punahou Relays after winning the pole vault and running on the Trojans' victorious 4x100 high-hurdle shuttle relay team.
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