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Pearl City remains undefeated in regional
Advertiser Staff
Alika Pruett hit a grand slam in the bottom of the seventh inning as Pearl City rallied to defeat Murrayhill, Ore., 5-3, yesterday in the Little League Major (11-12) Northwest Regional at San Bernardino, Calif.
Garrett Scruggs double in the top of the seventh broke a 1-1 tie and put Murrayhill up, 3-1. Pruett, who went 2 for 4, answered with a blast to left field for Pearl City.
David Lee struck out 13 and held Oregon to six hits. Kala Neal was 2 for 3.
Pearl City is 2-0, and will play Washington today.
Oregon 001 000 2—3 6 0
Pearl City 000 001 4—5 7 1
Austin Cheek, Mitch Wise (7) and Taylor Noyer. David Lee, Bryson Namba (7) and Bryson Namba, Chance Tanigawa (7). W—Lee. L—Cheek.
Leading Hitters: ORE—Trevor Harmon 3-3, RBI; Garrett Scruggs, 2 RBIs. PC—Alika Pruett 2-4, grand slam; Kala Neal 2-3.
MORE BASEBALL
Cal Ripken 11-12: Hilo defeated Northern California, 9-4, yesterday to advance to tomorrow's championship in the Cal Ripken Majors Pacific Southwest Tournament at San Luis Obispo, Calif.
Ryan Fukunaga's lead-off double sparked a five-run second inning, followed by a three-run third.
Northern California scored three runs in the sixth, but fell short.
Jeremy Crivello went 3 for 4 with three doubles to lead Hilo.
PONY 13-14: Mililani won twice yesterday to stay in contention at the PONY Western Zone Tournament at Fullerton, Calif.
Mililani (3-1) defeated Mount Terrace of Washington, 25-10, in the first game, and stopped El Cajon, Calif., 11-1.
Mililani today will face the winner of a game between undefeated Orange County, Calif. and Hartwell, Calif.
Mililani 101 539 6—25 23 5
Mount Terrace (Wash.) 000 225 1—10 18 5
Dustin Antolin, Richard Mariano (5), T.J. Esclito (7) and T.J. Esclito, Richard Mariano (7). W—Antolin.
Leading Hitters: Kanalu DeMello 2-5, 2 RBIs; Waylen Sing Chow 2-5, 2 RBIs; Kevin Curd 3-4, 2 RBIs; T.J. Esclito 4-5, double, 5 RBIs; Bryant Moniz 3-6, 4 RBIs; Kyle Gonzaga 4-4, double; Jared Nagai 2-2, 2 RBIs.
Game Two
Mililani 004 061—11 12 2
El Cajon (Calif.) 001 000— 1 6 4
Kyle Gonzaga (8 strikeouts, 1 walk) and T.J. Esclito.
Leading Hitters: Kanalu DeMello 2-5, 1 RBI; Waylen Sing Chow 2 RBIs; T.J. Esclito 2 RBIs; Bryant Moniz 2-2, double, 2 RBIs; Kyle Gonzaga 2-4, 2 RBIs.
GOLF
Yokomoto leads pros: Pearl Country Club's Beau Yokomoto shot a 1-under-par 71 for a two-shot lead after the first round of the Aloha Section PGA Club Professional Championship at The Club at Hokuli'a at Kailua, Kona, yesterday.
Casey Paulson of Kuki'o Golf and Beach Club and Kevin Hayashi of Mauna Kea Resort shot 73s. Andrew Feldmann of O'ahu Country Club, Brian Sasada of Makena and Jay Taise of Mauna Kea were at 74.
The second and final round is today.
The seven low scorers will represent Hawai'i in the Western Regional Club Professional Championships at the Indian Summer Golf & Country Club in Olympia, Wash., on Oct. 16-19.
Okino third: Cyd Okino of Honolulu finished third in the girls 9-and-under division and helped the Hawai'i All-Star team to a sixth place overall finish at the 4th Annual U.S. Kids Golf World Championship last week in Williamsburg, Va., according to tournament organizers.
Okino shot nines of 34-37-39 on the par-36 course to finish at 110.
More than 644 golfers, ages 5 to 12, from 50 states and 49 countries participated in the tournament.
Mexico-South won the girls division. California-South won the boys competition.
SOCCER
Scrimmage canceled: The University of Hawai'i soccer team's scrimmage against Santa Clara on Aug. 21 has been canceled, UH announced yesterday.
Although the match would not have counted against either team's record, it would have counted against the NCAA limit of 20 total matches allowed in a season. The Broncos were unable to cancel one of their regular-season matches to put them below the 20-game limit.
Hawai'i opens its season against Arizona State on Aug. 29 at the Waipi'o Peninsula Soccer Park.
