Punahou basketball girls rip MPI to clinch tie for first
Advertiser Staff
Becky Hogue scored 16 points and Milia Macfarlane added 12, all on 3-pointers, leading Punahou to a 60-33 victory over host Mid-Pacific yesterday in Interscholastic League of Honolulu Division I girls basketball.
The victory boosted the Buffanblu (11-1) into a tie for first place with Kamehameha (11-1).
The Buffanblu and Warriors will play Thursday at Iolani to determine the ILH's regular-season champion and the automatic berth in the state tournament.
Kimberly Hee scored 11 points and Shannon Nishi added 10 for the Owls (1-11).
Punahou (11-1) 17 24 4 15—60
Mid-pacific (1-11) 14 4 12 3—33
PUNAHOU—Rachel Kane 8, Elyse Umeda 7, Darci Murakawa 2, Megan Abbott 0, Dana Arakawa 0, Anuhea Macfarlane 2, Milia Macfarlane 12, Misha Lam 3, Kelly Karns 4, Caroline Ane 4, Kira Kashiwa 0, Nicole Jones 2, Becky Hogue 16.
MID-PACIFIC—Kelli Kajiwara 0, Kristy Minamishin 4, Stacie Shimabukuro 0, Kimberly Hee 11, Shannon Nishi 10, Kristen Tamashiro 0, Kristen Young 0, Valerie Aficial 0, Caroline Beddow 8, Stevie Kawatomari 0.
3-point goals—Punahou 5 (M. Macfarlane 4, Umeda). Mid-Pacific 3 (Hee 3).
• Sacred Hearts 52, Maryknoll 42: Brittney Aiwohi scored 17 points and Samanta Alapa added 16 to lead the host Lancers (5-7) over the Spartans (3-9) in an ILH game. Michelle Baduria led Maryknoll with 14 points in the final game of the year for both teams.
MARYKNOLL (3-9) 9 9 8 16 — 42
SACRED HEARTS (5-7) 12 10 4 26 — 52
MARYKNOLL— individual scoring not reported.
SACRED.HEARTS—Cherise Madriaga 0, Katie Rutland 0, Brittney Awohi 17, Nicole Raiola 9, Kim Young 0, Puaolena Reis 6, Jennilee Dowda 0, Samanta Alapa 16, Lani Faumuina 4. 3 point goals: Aiwohi 2, Raiola 1.
ILH DIVISION II
Hawai'i Baptist 50, St. Francis 40. High Scorers: Hawai'i Baptist—Jessica Choy 18, Kara Morita 17. St. Francis—Jamila Jarmon 12, Elizabeth Narkon 11.
ILH JUNIOR VARSITY
St. Francis 42, Maryknoll 21
La Pietra 35, Mid-Pacific 31 (2 OT)
MIL BASEBALL
• Maui beats Baldwin for No. 1: Defense made the difference last night as Maui High defeated Baldwin 5-2 yesterday to earn the No. 1 seed in the Maui Interscholastic League's championship baseball tournament starting Thursday.
Both teams came into the game with 6-0 records, but neither had played in more than a month because of the teachers' strike.
While Maui's infield was turning four double plays in the first four innings, Baldwin was making three errors to help Maui establish a 5-0 lead in the game at Iron Maehara Stadium in Wailuku.
Baldwin made two errors in the first inning and Maui's Grant Nakama singled home a run. After an error, a walk and a single in the third, winning pitcher Alan Castro singled home two runs to make it 5-0.
BALDWIN (6-1) 000 001 1 — 2 9 4
MAUI (7-0) 203 000 X — 5 6 0
Lance Fujii, Chase Carvalho (6) and Kurt Suzuki. Alan Castro, Ikaiki Lau Hee (7) and Vance Otake. WP—Castro. LP—Fujii.
Leading hitters: Bald—Gered Mochizuki 2-4, RBI; Jason Miyahiro double. Maui—Grant Nakama 2-3, Castro 2-2, 2 RBI.
• Seabury Hall 10, Ka'ahumanu Hou 0: Blake Yamada tripled and drove in four runs for the Spartans, who will take on Maui in the tournament opener at 4 p.m. Thursday.
• King Kekaulike 4, Lahainaluna 3: David Tanaka singled in the winning run with two outs in the bottom of the eighth for Na Ali'i. The teams will meet again in the tournament Thursday at 6:30 p.m.
