Prep Beat

By Star-Bulletin Staff

Friday, May 8, 1998

ILH regular-season
champ Mid-Pac upset

Kamehameha and St. Louis made the Interscholastic League of Honolulu double-elimination baseball playoffs a little more interesting yesterday at Ala Wai Field.

By beating regular-season champion Mid-Pacific and defending league champion Iolani, previously unbeaten in the playoffs, they forced another pair of games tomorrow to determine who meets in the final.

Kamehameha (11-7 overall, 3-1 playoffs) will meet Mid-Pacific (13-4, 2-1) at 3:30 p.m. and St. Louis (12-5-1, 3-1) will face Iolani (12-4-1, 2-1) at 6 p.m. at Ala Wai Field.

The winners will meet for the playoff title on Tuesday at Aloha Stadium.

The Owls and Raiders would have advanced to the Tuesday game had they won yesterday.

If the playoffs winner on Tuesday is not regular-season champion Mid-Pacific, a playoff for the ILH championship between the playoff winner and the Owls will be held Thursday at the stadium.

Kamehameha 14, Mid-Pacific 3: At Ala Wai, right-hander Syd Kawahakui pitched a three-hitter to lead the Warriors.

Adrian Contreras slammed a three-run homer and had four RBIs to lead Kamehameha's offense. Kaellan Briones had a two-run homer.

Junior outfielder Paki Lum continued his hot hitting for the Warriors, going 3-for-4 for the second straight game.

Kamehameha head coach Vern Ramie said Lum has hit better since being moved from third base to his more familiar outfield position a couple of weeks ago.

He said Kawahakui was due for the run support he got last night.

"Syd has been throwing well all year and at times we haven't supported him well," said Ramie. "But he's kept us in every ball game he has pitched this year."

MPI		002	000	1 3	3	3
Kamehameha	332	303	x 14	12	3

WP Syd Kawahakui

Leading hitters MPI: Rex Rundgren 3B. Kamehameha: Paki Lum 3-4, 2B; Kaleo Saiki 2-3, 2B, 3 RBI; Adrian Contreras 2-4, 3-run HR, 4 RBI; Kaellan Briones 2-3, 2-run HR.

St. Louis 5, Iolani 2: At Ala Wai, Calvin Kolverman went 2-for-3 with a double and three RBIs as the Crusaders pulled off the upset.

Ted Morimatsu got the win.

St. Louis	000	302	0 5	4	2
Iolani	110	000	0 2	5	1

WP Ted Morimatsu

Leading hitters Calvin Kolverman, 2-3, 2b, 3 RBI; Iol Jeff Iwashita, 2-3.

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Top OIA baseball
seeds win

The top seeds in the Oahu Interscholastic Association baseball playoffs advanced to the semifinals with wins yesterday at Aloha Stadium.

The West's top seed, Aiea (10-1), will face the West's third seed, Waianae (10-2), at 3 p.m. while defending league champion Mililani (9-2), the West's second seed, will take on East top seed Roosevelt (8-2) at 5:30 p.m.

Waianae 2, Kalani 0: At Aloha Stadium, Kaulana Kuhaulua went the distance in a one-hitter, striking out four and walking two.

The Seariders' victory nullified a strong 13-strikeout, one-walk effort by Falcons (7-3) ace Shane Komine.

Philip Sarono stole home in the second inning for the winning run.

Waianae	010	001	0 2	7	1
Kalani	000	000	0 0	1	0

WP Kaulana Kuhaulua

Mililani 5, Kaiser 2: At Aloha Stadium, Justin Cayetano struck out eight and walked two in a complete-game performance against the Cougars (7-4).

The Trojans won it on a three-run fifth inning. Daniel Watkins reached on an error, and Brendon Suga flied to center, advancing Watkins to second. Wayde Murata then doubled in Watkins. Kevin Machida double to score Murata, and Machida scored on a fielder's choice by Ryan Rigor.

Kaiser	000	002	0 2	3	2
Mililani	101	030	x 5	5	3

Winning pitcher Justin Cayetano

Leading hitters Kais: Lance Rankin, 3b. Mil: Kevin Machida, 2b, RBI; Wade Murata, 2b, RBI.

Aiea 3, McKinley 0: At Aloha Stadium, Kyle Ishimitsu gave up a single to David Kurahashi, the second batter of the game, but denied the Tigers (7-4) the rest of the way.

He struck out 10 and walked no one.

McKinley	000	000	0 0	1	2
Aiea		011	100	x 3	4	1

WP Kyle Ishimitsu

Leading hitters Aiea: Michael Ogawa, 3b, run.

Roosevelt 1, Pearl City 0: At Aloha Stadium, Dean Gushi led off the seventh inning with a triple to left center, and Kris Maeda singled between third and short through a drawn-in infield to end the game.

Kurt Murata struck out five and walked five to get the win for the Rough Riders.

Brandon Kameoka struck out 11 and walked three for the Chargers (8-4).

Pearl City	000	000	0 0	1	1
Roosevelt	000	000	1 1	4	0

WP Kurt Murata

Leading hitters Roos: Dean Gushi, 3b.

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Defending champ
McKinley advances

Three-time defending champion McKinley defeated Moanalua, 42-31, last night at Pearl City in the opening round of the Oahu Interscholastic Association girls' basketball playoffs.

Amber Ehia led the Tigers (7-3) with 16 points 10 in the second half.

Moanalua, led by Mayumi Stevens' nine points, fell to 6-5.

Moanalua	10	4	12	5 31
McKinley	12	6	10	14 42

Moanalua: Michelle Sanchez 0, Mayumi Stevens 9, Kim Morikawa 5, Tehani Kupau 0, Tiffany Frost 0, Danelle Beck 4, Trisha Tang 4, Keisha Labowski-Ferris 5, Abby Padasdao 0, Christina Paresa 0, Taei Mautautia 0, Desiree Williams 4.

McKinley: DeeAnn Flores 0, Patti Ishiki O, Summer Nagareda 0, TeriLynn Madrona 0, Amber Ehia 16, Stacey Towai 0, Youngsil Yang 0, Karlata Nepo 2, Briana Ioane 0, Christine Gora 10, Shanena Lino 0, Anela Kimoto 0, Seni Folaumahina 14.

Castle 46, Pearl City 42: At Pearl City, Fele Uperesa scored 19 points and grabbed 17 rebounds to lead the Knights (5-5).

The Chargers (7-4) were led by Morrysha Luis, with nine points.

Castle	9	15	8	14 46
Pearl City	15	11	10	6 42

Castle: Lyza Halas 8, Christina Takanishi 0, Ku Kaanohi 6, Jolicia Sepaluna 4, Jasmine Hillen 5, Kalei Correa 2, Shyla Santos 0, Bridgette Len-Wai 0, Kim Balles 2, Fele Uperesa 19.

Pearl City: Emily Aguilar 7, Sharma Ambrocio 0, Naomi Manuel 2, Jaymie Matsumoto 0, Mililani Monis 6, Tanya Yuen 8, Morrysha Luis 9, Michelle Walker 0, Navilla Naverette 0, Tiffany Makue 6, Hanna Villasenor 2, April Atkinson 2.

Roosevelt 46, Radford 40 (OT): At Roosevelt, Megan Fong scored 18 points and Alisha Puchalski added 10 as the Rough Riders (8-2) advanced with an overtime win.

The Rams (6-5) were led by Charity Galon's 12 points.

Puchalski, a 5-7 junior forward, came off the bench to score four points in OT. She had six in the second half.

Radford	7	12	7	10	4 40
Roosevelt	11	1	12	12	10 46

Radford: Taryn Geolina 7, Joy Valdez 0, Natasha Rivera 2, Evangeline Massey 0, Malevine Schuster 2, Charity Galon 12, Sabrina Kapesi 8, Jasmine Kapesi 1, Maellene Foki 8.

Roosevelt: Jayme Takahashi 6, Wanda Werner 4, Rei Young 0, Trisha Kadooka 0, Tracey Kobashigawa 0, Kristel Zukemura 0, Alisha Puchalski 10, Megan Fong 18, Jodi Nakashima 8, Anna Florin 0.

Campbell 60, Farrington 49: The Sabers (8-3) advanced with the win over the Governors (4-6).

In the Interscholastic League of Honolulu:

St. Francis 35, Hawaii Baptist 31: At Damien, Malena Feeney and Jami Strapple scored eight points apiece as St. Francis (11-2) beat HBA (10-3) for the ILH Division II championship.

St. Francis will meet Mid-Pacific on Monday at McCabe Gym at 6 p.m. in the first round of the single-elimination playoffs to determine which ILH team gets the second berth in the state tournament.

St. Francis	9	4	11	11 35
Hawaii Baptist	8	6	6	11 31

St Francis: Malena Feeney 8, Kahi Whittle 0, Jackie Caballero 6, Deeann Nahale 0, Jayme Logeman 2, Donna Anderson 0, Cinnamon Boissoneau 4, Tiffany Asuncion 7, Chelsey Correa 0, Paea Williams 0, Jami Strapple 8, Jennifer Ah Sing 0, Kim Juliano 0. HBA: Tracy Morita 6, Kellie Hotema 7, Jessica Choy 6, Stacy Mock 0, Andrea Monden 4, Geniene Hirata 0, Selena Freitas 0, Lia Wyman 6, Jeanette Choy 0, Tina Banfe 2.