Mid-Pacific beats Punahou for sole lead in ILH baseball
By Wes Nakama
Advertiser Staff Writer
Pat McGuigan pitched 6 1/3 innings of scoreless relief and Mid-Pacific Institute rallied to beat Punahou, 5-4, yesterday in Interscholastic League of Honolulu baseball at Ala Wai Field.
Deborah Booker • The Honolulu Advertiser
MPI (9-3) took over sole possession of the ILH lead, while Punahou dropped to 8-5.
Mid-Pacific's Isaac Omura couldn't quite beat the throw to Punahou first baseman Chad Moriyama.
McGuigan, a junior right-hander, allowed just three hits and let only one runner advance to third base.
"This was the longest I ever threw," McGuigan said. "I was just keeping the ball down and changing speeds, trying to keep them off balanced. When you get ahead of the batters, it's easier to throw strikes."
Mid-Pac took a 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning on RBI singles by Isaac Omura and Clint Copulos, and a sacrifice fly by Ricky Bauer.
Punahou countered with four runs in the bottom of the first on a three-run double by Kyle Seminara and an RBI single by Brett Service.
McGuigan came in to get the final out of the inning, then shut down the Buffanblu the rest of the way.
"We had pitchers warming up every inning, we didn't know how long he would go," Owls coach Dunn Muramaru said of McGuigan.
Mid-Pacific took a 5-4 lead in the fourth inning on an RBI double by Matt Inouye and a run-scoring single by Omura.
MID-PACIFIC (9-3)
300
200
0
5
9
0
PUNAHOU (8-5)
400
000
0
4
6
3
Ryan Basco, Pat McGuigan (1) and Matt Inouye. Reid Matsushima, Peter Phillips (4) and Randall Mizuno. WP — McGuigan. LP — Matsushima.
Leading hitters: Mid-Pacific — Isaac Omura 2-4, 2 RBIs; Clint Copulos 2-3, RBI; Kyle Yanabu 2-4. Punahou — Brett Service 2-3, RBI.
• • •
• St. Louis 9, 'Iolani 6: Brandon League struck out 11 and walked two to lead the Crusaders over the Raiders at Ala Wai Field.
Milt Grado had three hits and drove in two runs for St. Louis.
ST. LOUIS (9-4)
330
111
0
9
12
2
'IOLANI (8-4)
011
300
1
6
7
1
Brandon League and Nick Tudisco. Corey Yamamoto, Travis McGaughy (5) and Travis Mitsuda. WP — League. LP — Yamamoto.
Leading hitters: St. Louis — Tudisco 2-4, 2 RBIs; Milt Grado 3-4, 2 RBIs; Grandon Costa 2-3. 'Iolani — Brad Takamori 2-4; Blaine Umeda home run.
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• Kamehameha 17, Pac-FIve 1: Tyler Perkins, Jessie Colander and Kelii Correa each homered as the Warriors trounced the Wolfpack at Joey DeSa Field.
PAC-FIVE (3-8)
010
00
1
2
1
KAMEHAMEHA (7-6)
280
70
17
14
1
Jeff Soronaka, Paul Nishimura (2), Laine Matsuda (4), Korey Shinagawa (4) and Colby Holt. Kainoa Yoshida, Jessie Colander (5) and Danny Nitahara. WP — Yoshida. LP — Soronaka.
Leading hitters: Kamehameha — Tyler Perkins 1-2, homer, 3 RBIs; Colander 1-2, homer, 4 RBIs; Kelii Correa 2-2, homer, 2 RBIs; Alika Kuraoka 1-3, 3 RBIs; Zach McAngus 2-2, double; Keoni Ruth 2-3, double.
• • •
• Damien 9, Maryknoll 7: David Doles had two hits to lead Damien.
MARYKNOLL (3-9)
003
400
0
7
9
3
DAMIEN (2-10)
405
000
X
9
7
3
Brandon Higa and Brandon Goshima. Brandon Tamanaha and Cheyne Kawamoto. WP — Tamanaha. LP — Higa.
Leading Hitters: Mary — Sean Ortiz 3-5, 2 runs; Higa 3-3, 2 runs, 2 RBIs; Kevin Sunada 2 RBIs. Dami — David Doles 2-4.
• • •
BASKETBALL
• PUNAHOU 61, MARYKNOLL 44: Milia Macfarlane scored 19 points and Caroline Ane 15 as the Buffanblu improved to 9-0.
Michelle Baduria led Maryknoll with 12 points.
MARYKNOLL (9-0)
9
8
11
16
44
PUNAHOU (1-7)
17
9
19
16
61
Maryknoll — Pauline Chan 2, Elizabeth Kam 9, Kanani Medeiros 0, Shalei Bissen-Kealohi 0, Michelle Baduria 12, Diana Samson 7, Shannon Riley 9, Jenna Castillo 1, Jessica Ho 0, Whitney Wong 0, Carla Donlin 4.
Punahou — Rachel Kane 8, Elyse Umeda 5, Darci Murakawa 4, Megan Abbott 0, Dana Arakawa 2, Anuhea Macfarlane 2, Milia Macfarlane 19, Misha Lam 2, Kelly Karns 0, Kira Kashiwa 2, Caroline Ane 15, Becky Hogue 2, Nicole Jones 0.
3-point goals — Maryknoll 1 (Samson). Punahou 2 (Umeda, M. Macfarlane).
• • •
• 'Iolani 53, Mid-Pacific 45: Trisha Nishimoto scored 20 points and the Raiders made 6-of-7 free throws in the final two minutes to hold off the Owls.
Caroline Beddow led Mid-Pacific with 15 points.
'IOLANI (6-3)
12
11
16
14
53
MID-PACIFIC (1-8)
6
18
14
7
45
'Iolani — Trisha Nishimoto 20, Lana Young 8, Fabriann Gin 9, Jackie Sasaki 0, Janna Young 0, Ginger Gravelle 4, Raeceen Woolford 6, Elyssa Street 6.
MId-Pacific — Kelli Kajiwara 7, Rosella Leonhardt 5, Stacie Shimabukuro 0, Kimberly Hee 0, Shannon Nishi 7, Kristen Young 4, Stephanie Toshi 7, Valerie Aficial 0, Caroline Beddow 15.
3-point goals — Mid-Pac 4 (Kajiwara, Nishi, Young, Toshi)
• • •
• Sacred Hearts 58, University 18: Samanta Alapa scored 18 points as the Lancer stopped a four-game losing streak.
SACRED HEARTS (3-5)
11
18
12
17
58
UNIVERSITY (3-6)
2
1
7
8
18
Sacred Hearts — Kelly Figueira 0, Tina Boncales 4, Cherise Madriaga 0, Katie Rutland 5, Brittney Aiwohi 8, NIcole Raiola 9, Kimberlee Young 2, Pua Reis 4, Jenilee Dowda 2, Samanta Alapa 18, Lani Faumuina 6.
University — Litiana Vakasausau 2, Jessica Shimizu 0, Iwalani Yamaguchi 0, Shalei Lumpkin 0, Ka'ula Atisanoe 0, Jeanal Souza 3, Trisha Chang 0, Kamaile Durrett 1, Janeen Waialae 2, Karlee Ka'ili'ehu 7, Diane Okubo 3, Tiare Hong 0.
3-point goals — Sacred Hearts 4 (Aiwohi 2, Raiola 2).
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CORRECTIONS
• Boys soccer all-stars: Shaunsey Saito, a defender from Campbell, was named to the O'ahu Interscholastic Association Western Division boys varsity soccer first team. His name was inadvertently omitted from a list printed in yesterday's Advertiser.
• Girls soccer all-stars: The honorable mention players for Moanalua on the OIA East girls soccer all-stars were inadvertently left off the list sent by the OIA. These were Moanalua's honorable mentions: Jennifer Narimatsu, Estelle Canincia, Kellie Ching, Lauren Hamano and Jamie Toyofuku.
