Warriors rally to knock off Mid-Pac, 5-4, in eight

By Wes Nakama
Advertiser Staff Writer

Down to its final out, the Kamehameha Schools baseball team rallied for four runs last night to defeat Mid-Pacific, 5-4, in eight innings at Aloha Stadium.

Mid-Pacific's Blake Kaneshiro slides safely into third base ahead of the tag from Kamehameha's Zach McAngus during their Interscholastic League of Honolulu baseball game at Aloha Stadium. Eugene Tanner • The Honolulu Advertiser

Kamehameha scored three runs with two outs in the top of the seventh inning to tie the game, and Keoni Ruth brought home Tyler Perkins with an RBI single in the top of the eighth.

MPI had built a 2-0 lead in the first inning on an RBI triple by Kevin Whalen and a run-scoring single by Justin Pate. Kamehameha made it 2-1 in the fourth inning on an RBI groundout by Kahe Santos.

Mid-Pacific took a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the fourth on Tyler Okamura's RBI groundout, and made it 4-1 in the sixth on an RBI single by Ryan Basco.

In the top of the seventh, Nick Freitas reached on a two-base error with two outs, and Aaron Fuller followed with an RBI single to make it 4-2. Zach McAngus' RBI double closed it to 4-3, and JP Kennedy's single brought McAngus home with the tying run.

Perkins led off the top of the eighth with a triple down the left field line, and he came home on Ruth's single to left. The Warriors' Ikena Dupont set Mid-Pacific down in order in the bottom of the eighth to earn the victory.

MPI went 7-0 in the ILH's first round, but lost to previously winless Pac-Five on Friday and to 3-8 Maryknoll on Tuesday.

KAMEHAMEHA (9-2) 000 100 31 — 5 9 1
|MID-PACIFIC (8-3) 200 101 00 — 4 10 2

Shannon Kahale, Ikena Dupont (7) and Baba Merino. Pat McGuigan, Ryan Basco (8) and Matt Inouye. W — Dupont. L — McGuigan. (McGuigan pitched to two batters in the eighth).

Leading hitters — Kamehameha: Keoni Ruth 2-4, RBI; Zach McAngus 1-3, double, RBI; Kahale 1-3, double; Merino 1-3, double; MPI: Troy Hanzawa 2-4, double; Inouye 2-4, double; Jonathan Hee 2-4.

OTHER GAMES

• Iolani 10, Damien 4: Kelly Teramoto and Jay Marcouiller had three hits apiece as the Raiders rolled over the Monarchs in an Interscholastic League of Honolulu game at Joey DeSa Field.

Damien pulled off a triple play, albeit an unconventional one, to end the seventh inning.

With runners on first and third, the Damien third baseman caught a line drive and stepped on third base to double off the runner. The third baseman, thinking it was the third out, rolled the ball to the pitcher's mound. The Iolani runner on first took off for second and was thrown out by the pitcher.

Iolani 150 120 1—10 16 0
Damien 100 200 1— 4 8 2

Tyler McCready, Dustin Goto (2), Trent Muraoka (7) and Reed Tanaka. Brandon Tamanaha and Destin Alameida (5), Makana Kanoa (7) and Cheyne Kawamoto and Jarrett Takayama (5). WP—Goto. LP—Tamanaha.

Leading hitters: Iolani—Kelly Teramoto 3-4; Kila Ka'aihue 2-4, double; Bert Mitsunaga 2-4; Chris Loo 2-3; Jay Marcouiller 3-3. Damien—Daniel Chamizo 2-4, double; Raymond Alapai 2-3.

• Punahou 7, Maryknoll 6: The Buffanblu overcame a six-run deficit to rally past the Spartans.

Punahou scored one run in the top of the fourth and tacked on six in the sixth.

Kasey Ko's two-run single tied the game, and Mark Veneri's RBI single scored Ko with the go-ahead run. Maryknoll was coming off a 2-1 upset of Mid-Pacific on Tuesday.

Punahou (7-4) 000 106 0—7 9 1
Maryknoll (3-8) 240 000 0—6 10 1

Kasey Ko, Matt Oda (2), Jason Owens (2), Kurt Fujitani (4), Landon Nakata (6) and Todd LaFountaine. Reily Maeda, Reid Nakamura (6), Maeda (7) and Brandon Goshima. WP—Fujitani. LP—Maeda.

Leading hitters: Punahou— Michael Lam 2-5, Ko 2 RBIs. Maryknoll—Sean Ortiz 3-4; Maeda 2-4, 2 RBIs.

• St. Louis 1, Pac-Five 0: Chester Wilson singled home Danny Lee in the top of the first inning as the Crusaders defeated the Wolf Pack at Ala Wai Field.

St. Louis (7-4) 100 000 0—1
Pac-Five (1-10) 000 000 0—0

Sean Kauweloa and Jowen Murray-Thornton. Tyler Inouye and Colby Holt. WP—Kauweloa. LP— Inouye.

Leading hitters: St. Louis— Bobby George 2-3, double. Pac-Five—Jake Mellor 2-3.

ILH GIRLS BASKETBALL

• Punahou 68, Maryknoll 54: Becky Hogue scored 14 of her 25 points in the first quarter as the Buffanblu defeated the Spartans in an Interscholastic League of Honolulu game. Stacey Doran led Maryknoll with 12 points.

Punahou 11 19 16 22—68
Maryknoll 9 9 21 15—54

Punahou—Rachel Kane 12, Elyse Umeda 0, Elizabeth Lee 0, Eryn Chun 5, Shanna-Lei Dacanay 5, Megan Abbott 6, Seisha Sukekane 0, Kristen LaVine 1, Anuhea Macfarlane 0, Janelle Shin 2, Sydney Anderson 4, Kelly Karns 0, Christine Takara 8, Becky Hogue 25. Totals 25 16-23 68.

Maryknoll—Pauline Chan 0, Diana Samson 8, Shannon Riley 6, Michelle Baduria 11, Whitney Wong 0, Jenna Castillo 1, Jessica Ho 0, Stacey Doran 12, Cheryl Lee 5, Sela Fisilau 11, Melanie Tang 0. Totals 23 5-13 54.

3-point goals—Punahou 2 (Chun, Dacanay). Maryknoll 3 (Samson 2, Baduria 1).

Reported by Kelly Yoshinaga

Division II

Girls Varsity

Kamehameha 52, Hawai'i Baptist 38. High Scorers: Kam—Sarah Curnan 17, Regina Cummings 10. HBA—Kara Morita 18.

Punahou 46, Redemption 12.

TRACK & FIELD

Kahuku and Roosevelt boys led qualifying last night for tomorrow's O'ahu Interscholastic Association Eastern Division championships at Kaiser High.

Kaiser and Kahuku led girls qualifying. Tomorrow's meet begins at 1 p.m. at Kaiser.

OIA Western results were not reported. The championship meet will be at 1 p.m. tomorrow at Mililani High School.

VARSITY GIRLS

Leading qualifiers: Long jump—Jasmine Yoshino (Kaiser) 16-1 1/2. Triple jump—Jasmine Yoshino (Kaiser) 35-2. Shot put—Ashlee Fely (Kahuku) 34-3. Discus—Ashlee Feely (Kahuku) 131-5.100—Euvelyn Calma (Farr.) 13.32. 200—Euvelyn Calma (Farr.) 27.42. 800—Kathryn Hurd (Kaiser) 2:28.33. 300 low hurdles—Shannon Parks (Castle) 49.73.

VARSITY BOYS

Leading qualifiers: Long jump—Ryan Keomaka (Roos.) 20-6 1/2. Triple jump—Feron Fonoimoana (Kahuku) 40-4 3/4. Shot put—Talavou Avegalio (Kahuku) 51-6. Discus—Talavou Avegalio (Kahuku) 165-4. 100—Jonathan Nakasokne (Roos) 11.14. 200 —Jonathan Nakasone (Roos) 22.81. 400—Ryan Keomaka (Roos) 53.14. 800—George Seymour (Roos) 2:04.89. 1,500—Cheyenne Diaz (Castle) 4:30.97. 110 high hurdles—Jared Tufaga (Kahuku) 15.88. 300 intermediate hurdles—Shown Francis (Roos) 41.89. 4x100—Roos 44.70.

MIL BASEBALL

• St. Anthony 9, Seabury Hall 1: Dorvin Shingo had a two-run double and Sean Hardesty added a two-run single as the Trojans beat Seabury Hall.

St. Anthony (3-6) 111 400 2—9 8 2
Seabury Hall (0-9) 100 000 0—1 3 3

Joey Hegele, Travis Castillon (6), Travis Texeira (7) and Max Young. Blake Yamada, Kyle Ellison (4) and Adam Michaud. WP—Hegele. LP—Yamada.

Leading hitters: St. Anthony— Dorvin Shinjo 2-5, double, 3 RBIs; Hegele 2-3; Sean Hardesty 2 RBIs. Seabury Hall—Corey Spence 2-2.

Reported by Rodney Higa.