Posted on: Sunday, August 3, 2003

ISLE FILE
Pearl City captures Little League opener

Advertiser Staff

Pruett's one-hitter, homer key 2-1 win: Alika Pruett pitched a one-hitter and hit a solo homer as Pearl City rallied for a 2-1 victory over East Boise, Idaho, in the opener of the Little League Major (ages 11-12) Northwest Regional at San Bernardino, Calif.

Pruett allowed an infield hit to the game's first batter, who eventually scored an unearned run on a fielder's choice. He finished with seven strikeouts.

Pearl City trailed 1-0 entering the bottom of the sixth, the last scheduled inning. Pruett tied the score with his home run, and Bryson Namba eventually scored the game-winner on a passed ball with one out and the bases loaded.

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Chris Kerns, Preston Minter (6) and Kevin Hawk. Alika Pruett and Bryson Namba. W—Pruett. L—Kerns.

• Leading hitters: Pearl City—Pruett 2-3, HR; Chance Tanigawa double

MORE YOUTH BASEBALL

• Little League 15-16: Hilo scored 10 runs in the first inning en route to pounding Arizona, 21-2, yesterday in the opener of the Little League Senior Western Regional at Lemoore, Calif.

Kulea Bondallian had three hits and pitched a two-hitter, and Myles Ioane batted 3 for 4 and homered for Hilo.

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W—Kulea Bondallian.

Leading hitters: Hilo—Bondallian 3-3, 2 doubles; Myles Ioane 3-4, HR; Owen Otsuka 2-4.

• Little League 13-14: Host Union City, Calif., scored a run in the ninth inning to defeat 'Aiea, 6-5, yesterday in the opener of the Little League Junior Western Regional.

'Aiea, which led 3-0 after three innings, gave up five runs in the fourth then scored two in the seventh to send the game into extra innings.

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Union City 000 500 001—6 9 2

Robert Cuizon, Markus Miyashiro (5), Anthony Tsui (7), Tripper Chung (8), Derek Grace (9), Devon Yamamoto (9) and Brian Morihara, Casey Yara (6). Fidel Zarate and Steve Hoffman. W—Zarate. L—Yamamoto.

Leading hitter: 'Aiea—Reid Nakamura triple.

• PONY 13-14: Winning pitcher Waylen Sing Chow had three hits and T.J. Esclito earned a save by striking out all six batters he faced as Mililani defeated El Cajon, Calif., 10-2, yesterday in the PONY Western Zone Tournament at Fullerton, Calif.

Kanalu DeMello had two hits and two RBIs for Mililani, which broke it open with a six-run sixth inning.

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C. Garcia and A. Vicars. Waylen Sing Chow, T.J. Esclito (6) and T.J. Esclito, Darby Ventura (6). W—Sing Chow. L—Garcia. S—Esclito.

Leading Hitters: Mililani—Bryant Moniz 2-4; Kanalu DeMello 2-4, double, 2 RBIs; Sing Chow 3-4, 2 RBIs.

• Babe Ruth 13-15: El Segundo, Calif., defeated Hawai'i, 11-1, Monday in an elimination game of the Babe Ruth Western Regional at Visalia, Calif.

Earlier, Visalia beat Hawai'i, 6-4; and Hawai'i beat San Luis Obispo, Calif., 3-1, and Reno, Nev., 7-0, and Sonoma, Calif., 3-1. John Worthington, Andrew Ontai and Rick Goto were the winning pitchers for Hawai'i.

• Cal Ripken 11-12: Jeremy Crivello and Michael Kenui teamed on a two-hitter as Hilo defeated host San Luis Obispo, Calif., 3-0, yesterday at the Cal Ripken Major Pacific Southwest Regionals.

Crivello allowed one hit and struck out seven in five innings. He also hit a two-run double.

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W—Jeremy Crivello. S—Michael Kenui.

Leading hitter: Hilo—Aaron Soong 2 hits, 1 RBI; Crivello double, 2 RBIs;

YOUTH SOFTBALL

• ASA 10-Under: Sheridan Mahelona scattered 11 hits and struck out 11 as Kane'ohe Lokahi beat the Fresno Heat, 10-2, yesterday in the Amateur Softball Association National Championship Western Regional at Manteca, Calif.

Alena Hookano had three doubles for Kane'ohe, which advances to today's championship game.

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W—Sheridan Mahelona.

Leading hitters: Kane'ohe—Alena Hookano 3-3, 3 doubles, 2 runs; Kayla Sakamoto 2-4, double; Alyssa Cipriano 2-3, 3 runs.

MEETING

• QB Club: June Jones, University of Hawai'i head football coach, and assistant Rich Miano are scheduled to speak at tomorrow's noon meeting of the Honolulu Quarterback Club.

Also scheduled to speak at the Pagoda Hotel ballroom are Nate Smith, president and CEO of Oceanic Time Warner Cable Television; Tim Busch, National Veteran's Soccer Cup chairman, and Art Lo, on health and wellness.

Lunch — $7.50 for club members, $8 for non-members — starts at 11:30 a.m.