Punahou drops St. Louis from first
Advertiser Staff
Punahou rallied for four runs in the sixth inning yesterday to notch a 7-5 comeback victory over St. Louis in Interscholastic League of Honolulu baseball at Aloha Stadium.
The win knocked St. Louis (8-4) out of first place and lifted Punahou (8-4) into a tie for second, a half game behind 'Iolani and Mid-Pacific, both 8-3.
'Iolani defeated Maryknoll, 8-2, while Mid-Pacific routed Kamehameha, 9-1, yesterday.
The Buffanblu, trailing 4-3 in the sixth, set up their big rally by loading the bases with one out. St. Louis brought in ace pitcher Brandon League to face Justin Ariki. Ariki singled home Kevin Sahara, and Ryan Kitamura followed with another single to drive in Ryan Shimizu.
One out later, Spencer Kam stroked a two-run single to center field to give Punahou a 7-4 lead.___
Punahou (8-4) 102 004 0—7 6 1
St. Louis (8-4) 103 001 0—5 5 2
Shawn Kiriu, Peter Phillips (5) and Randall Mizuno and Todd LaFountain. Ka'imi Mead, Guy McDowell (6), Brandon League (6) and Nick Tudisco. WP—Phillips.
LP—McDowell.
Leading hitters: Punahou—Spencer Kam 1-3, 3 RBIs. St. Louis—Tudisco 2-4; Jeff Amas 2-3.
• 'IOLANI 8, MARYKNOLL 2: Timely hitting helped the Raiders pick up an ILH win over the Spartans at Aloha Stadium.
Aaron Ing (3-for-4), Brad Takamori (2-for-5) and Blaine Umeda (2-for-3) led 'Iolani's 11-hit attack.
'Iolani (8-3) 020 303 0—8 11 1
Maryknoll (3-8) 200 000 0—2 3 4
Rich Olsen, Ivan Ing (6) and Travis Mitsuda. Kody Seminara, Brendan Higa (5) Brandon Goshima.
Leading hitters: Iol— Aaron Ing 3-4; Brad Takamori 2-5; Kila Kaaihue double; 2 RBI; Blaine Umeda 2-3; Travis McGaughy double. Mary—Sean Ortiz triple, RBI.
• MID-PACIFIC 9, KAMEHAMEHA 1: Ricky Bauer pitched a two-hitter, striking out seven and walking none to lead the Owls. The only hits he allowed were singles by Alika Kuraoka and Jherell Miller, both in the fifth inning.
Mid-Pacific took a two-run lead in the first inning on a sacrifice fly by Isaac Omura and an error. The Owls made it 4-0 in the second on a two-run single by Kyle Yanabu.
Darrell Hom's RBI single in the third made it 5-0.
Mid-Pacific extended its lead to 7-0 in the forth on a sacrifice fly by Omura and an RBI single by Clint Copulos.
Kamehmeha pitchers hit five batters in the game.
Kamehameha (6-6) 000 010 0—1 2 5
Mid-Pacific (8-3) 221 220 X—9 8 1
Hubert Pruett, Shannon Kahale (4) and Danny Nitahara. Ricky Bauer and Matt Inouye. WP—Bauer. LP—Pruett.
Leading hitters: Mid-Pacific—Kyle Yanabu 2-4, 2 RBIs; Ryan Basco 2-3; Isaac Omura 2 RBIs.
• Pac-Five 8, Damien 2: John Kato pitched a complete game, allowing four hits and two runs in seven innings as the Wolfpack beat Damien at Aloha Stadium.
Pac-Five (3-7) 110 201 3—8 9 2
Damien (1-10) 000 110 0—2 4 1
John Kato and Korey Shinagawa. Matthew Higa and Sheyne Hanamoto. WP—Kato. LP—Higa.
Leading Hitters: Pac FIve—Brent Yonemori 2-3, triple; Jeff Soranaka 2-4, triple; Kato, double, 2 RBIs.
ILH GIRLS BASKETBALL
• KAMEHAMEHA 43, 'IOLANI 33: Tai Soo scored 17 for the Warriors as they defeated the Raiders to remain in sole possession of second place behind first-place Punahou in the Interscholastic League of Honolulu.
Trisha Nishimoto scored a team-high 14 points for 'Iolani.
'Iolani (5-3) 3 6 10 14—33
Kamehameha (7-1) 13 5 11 14—43
'IOLANI—Trisha Nishimoto 14, Lana Young 0, Fabriann Gin 0, Jackie Sasaki 6, Janna Young 4, Ginger Gravelle 0, Monica Tokoro 0, Raeceen Woolford 7, Elyssa Street 0, Emma Prince-Wilson 2.
KAMEHAMEHA—Napua Naumu 0, Tiffiny Shim 3, India Soo 0, Ashley Ruff 4, Courtney Chai 0, Beth Nakamura 0, Jeneka Taeoalii 0, Lehua Wood 3, Tai Soo 17, Mounia Nihipali 0, Krystalynn Ontai 2, Megan Kanoa 2, Megan Ching 5, Noelle Russell 7.
3-point goals— 'Iolani 1 (Nishimoto). Kamehameha 2 (Shim, Russell).
• PUNAHOU 70, SACRED HEARTS 28: Elyse Umeda scored 20 points for the Buffanblu in their win over the Lancers, including three 3-pointers. Punahou remains undefeated in ILH.
Sacred Hearts (2-5) 7 6 5 10—28
Punahou (8-0) 16 19 16 19—70
SACRED HEARTS—Tina Boncales 2, Cherise Madriaga 0, Katie Rutland 0, Brittney Aiwohi 5, Nicole Raiola 0, Kimberlee Young 1, Pua Reis 0, Jenilee Dowda 4, Samanta Alapa 12, Lani Faumuina 4.
PUNAHOU—Rachel Kane 2, Elyse Umeda 20, Darci Murakawa 2, Megan Abbott 7, Dana Arakawa , Anuhea Macfarlane 8, Milia Macfarlane 12, Misha Lam 4, Kelly Karns 0, Kira Kashiwa 2, Caroline Ane 8, Niki Jones 3, Becky Hogue 2.
3-point goals— Sacred Hearts 1 (Aiwohi). Punahou 5 (Umeda 3, M.Macfarlane 2).
• University 47, Mid-Pacific 40: Kamaile Durrett scored 18 and Jeanal Souza added 10 to lead the visiting Junior Bows over the Owls at Mid-Pacific gym.
Shannon Nishi led Mid-Pacific with 14 points, including two 3-pointers.
University (3-5) 14 14 10 9—47
Mid-pacific (1-7) 8 16 9 7—40
UNIVERSITY— Litiana Vakasausau 4, Jessica Shimizu 0, Iwalani Yamaguchi 0, Shalei Lumpkin 0, Ka'ula Atisanoe 2, Jeanal Souza 10, Kamaile Durrett 18, Janeen Waialae 6, Karlee Ka'ili'ehu 3, Diane Okubo 4, Tiara Hong 0.
MID-PACIFIC—Kelli Kajiwara 2, Rusella Leonhardt 4, Stacie Shimabukuro 0, Kimberly Hee 5, Shannon Nishi 14, Kristen Young 3, Stephanie Kawatomari 0, Kristen Tamashiro 0, Valarie Aficial 5, Caroline Beddow 7.
3-point goals— Mid-Pacific 5 (Hee, Nishi 2, Young 1, Beddow 1).
Junior varsity
University 41, La Pietra 29
Punahou 31, 'Iolani 29
Kamehameha White 43, Punahou Blue 22
Kamehameha Blue 60, Sacred Hearts 26
Mid-Pacific 34, Lanakila 5
