Posted on: Thursday, May 15, 2003

Roosevelt advances, 7-3

• Baseball Championship

By Stacy Kaneshiro
Advertiser Staff Writer

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YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Roosevelt 7, Hilo 3 Kaua'i 7, Kalaheo 1 Mid-Pacific 8, Wai'anae 0 Aiea 7, Maui 0 TODAY'S QUARTERFINALS Roosevelt vs. Kailua, 11:30 a.m. 'Aiea vs. Waiakea, 2 p.m. Kaua'i vs. Kamehameha, 4:30 p.m. Mid-Pacific vs. Baldwin, 7 p.m. Title breakdown By league ILH—22; OIA—14; MIL—7; BIIF—1 By school Iolani 8, Punahou 6, Baldwin, Kailua, Mid-Pacific 4, Kamehameha 3, 'Aiea, Kaiser, Moloka'i 2, Saint Louis, Leilehua, Farrington, Campbell, Radford, Kalani, Castle, Maui, Hilo 1

WAILUKU, Maui — History repeated itself yesterday for Roosevelt and it's hoping it will again in today's quarterfinal of the Wally Yonamine Foundation State Baseball Championship tournament.

For the second year in a row, senior right-hander Cameron Kimura pitched the Rough Riders to a victory against the Hilo Vikings, this time a 7-3 decision in the opening round of the 45th annual tournament.

Last year, Kimura beat Hilo, 6-5, in the quarterfinals.

With Kimura coming through yesterday, Roosevelt coach Kerry Higa is banking on history again, saving his ace, left-hander Kaimi Mead, for today's 11:30 a.m. quarterfinal against second-seeded Kailua in a rematch of O'ahu Interscholastic Association Eastern Division rivals. In a regular-season meeting, Mead beat the Surfriders, 4-1, striking out 14 in handing Kailua (12-1) its only loss so far.

"They always peak in playoffs," Higa said of Kailua. "They're a different team from the regular season."

Roosevelt lost a 3-2 lead in the top of the fifth yesterday on a two-out, RBI single by Milton Kenui that tied the score at 3.

But the Rough Riders roughed up Hilo starter Matthew Haasenritter for four runs when they sent nine batters to the plate in the fifth to break the deadlock. A bases-clearing double by Joshua Danz highlighted the inning. Danz finished 2-for-3 with four RBIs.

Hilo might have lost an opportunity to score more runs early in the top of the second inning. With two outs, two runs in and Keola Holt-Mizuguchi at bat, a 3-2 pitch was called ball three. But no one disputed the call that would have put Holt-Mizuguchi on base. Holt-Mizuguchi struck out on the next pitch.

"It was just an oversight," said Hilo coach Sidney Nozaki, who added he did not realize the count was wrong.

Kaua'i 7
Kalaheo 1

Sophomore right-hander Kirby Yates fired a two-hitter to lift the Kaua'i Interscholastic Federation champions into tonight's quarterfinal against No. 1 seed Kamehameha.

Yates, brother of New York Mets farmhand Tyler Yates, walked two and struck out five. The only run he allowed was unearned, when he walked Eric Nau, who two outs later, scored from second on an error.

The Red Raiders (10-4) had only three hits, but they took advantage of a combined 10 walks from Kalaheo starter Sonny Harbottle and reliever Scott Galusha.

Kaua'i took a 2-0 lead in the third on a two-run single by Jake Oketani. The Red Raiders then pulled away with a five-run sixth, when they sent 11 batters to the plate. Kaua'i had one hit in the inning, but drew four walks, a hit batsman and benefitted from one error.

Mid-Pacific 8
Wai'anae 0

Junior right-hander Harrison Kuroda pitched a four-hitter and designated hitter Marc Inamasu had three hits to lead the defending state champions into today's quarterfinal against third-seeded Baldwin, the Maui Interscholastic League champion.

Kuroda allowed more than one base runner in an inning once (in the fifth). He walked two with three strikeouts, while being backed by two double plays.

The Owls took a 1-0 lead in the second on a bases-loaded walk by Ryan Leong, then broke the game open with a three-run fourth against Wai'anae starter Chevy Teves, who allowed four runs on five hits and four walks in 3á innings.

The Seariders, as they did all season, had only 12 players, the smallest roster among the 12 tournament teams.

"The 12 we had were solid, so I wasn't surprised (that we made it to the tournament)," Seariders coach Kekoa Kaluhiokalani said. "But some depth would've helped."

'Aiea 7
Maui 0

Blake Lamug and Blaze Moleta combined on a five-hitter to lead Na Alii.

'Aiea (13-1) will play fourth-seeded Waiakea in a 2 p.m. quarterfinal today.

Lamug allowed four hits in six innings and Moleta allowed a hit in a scoreless seventh.

Moleta is normally 'Aiea's No. 2 starter, but coach Ryan Kato said he wasn't taking any chances, even with a 7-0 lead.

"I've seen it happen before (a big rally)," he said. "I'm not taking Maui lightly."

He added that Nelson Hao could start today.

Maui starter Vance Otake allowed seven runs in 6 1/2 innings.

Na Ali'i scored their first run in the top of the third inning. With two outs, Taylor Watanabe reached on a single that deflected off of Otake's glove. Watanabe stole second on an 0-1 count and stole third on the next pitch. Justin Nii walked and stole second to put runners at second and third. Kepa Wong lined a single to left to score Watanabe, but Nii was thrown out at the plate to end the inning.

'Aiea padded its lead with another run in the fifth. Jordan Shibata led off with a single, but was forced at second on Jonathan Sakurai's failed sacrifice attempt. Sakurai reached third on Otake's pick-off throwing error and scored on Watanabe's ground single to center to make it 2-0.

Maui threatened in the third and fifth innings. The Sabers had runners at the corners with two outs in the third and had the bases loaded with two outs in the fifth. But each time Lamug got Maui's No. 3 hitter, Joseph Kala, to ground to shortstop for inning-ending force plays.

In the sixth, the Sabers got a two-out single by Curtis Russell and a walk by Terrance Suyama, but Lamug struck out Jon Cayan to end the threat.

'Aiea moved out of reach in the seventh, sending 11 batters to the plate and scoring five runs. Bases-loaded walks by Watanabe and Nii, a two-run single by Wong and Maui's fifth error of the game accounted for the scoring.

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Baseball Championship

• WHAT: Wally Yonamine Foundation State Baseball Championship
• WHEN: Through Saturday
• WHERE: Iron Maehara Stadium, Wailuku, Maui
• TICKETS: Adults $7, students kindergarten through 12th grade $5.
• PARKING: free.
• RADIO: Tomorrow's first semifinal and Saturday's final live on 1420 AM

SCHEDULE

YESTERDAY

• Game 1 — Roosevelt 7, Hilo 3
• Game 2 — Kaua'i 7, Kalaheo 1
• Game 3 — Mid-Pacific 8, Wai'anae 4
• Game 4 — 'Aiea 7, Maui 0

TODAY

• Game 5 — Kalaheo (7-8) vs. Maui (17-5), 9 a.m.
• Game 6 — Roosevelt (10-4) vs. Kailua (12-1), 11:30 a.m.
• Game 7 — 'Aiea (13-1) vs. Waiakea (12-0), 2 p.m.
• Game 8 — Kaua'i (10-4) vs. Kamehameha (16-3), 4:30 p.m.
• Game 9 — Mid-Pacific (13-8-1) vs. Baldwin (17-3), 7 p.m.

TOMORROW

• Game 10 — Hilo (9-4) vs. Wai'anae (9-5), 9:30 a.m.
• Game 11 — Losers of Games 7 and 8, noon.
• Game 12 — Losers of Games 6 and 9, 2:30 p.m.
• Game 13 — Winners of Games 6 and 9, 5 p.m.
• Game 14 — Winners of Games 7 and 8, 7:30 p.m.

SATURDAY

• Seventh place — Winners of Games 5 and 10, noon.
• Fifth place — Winners of Games 11 and 12, 2:30 p.m.
• Third place — Losers of Games 13 and 14, 5 p.m.
• Championship — Winners of Games 13 and 14, 8 p.m.

Roosevelt 7, Hilo 3

Hilo (9-4) 020 010 0—3 7 2
Roosevelt (10-4) 300 040 X—7 9 4

Matt Haasenritter, Jesse Yoshida (5) and Keola Holt-Mizuguchi. Cameron Kimura and Kevin Fujii. W—Kimura. L—Haasenritter.

Leading hitters: Hilo—Haasenritter double, RBI; Jeremy Kaaukai 2-4. Roosevelt—Jared Furtado 3-4, double; Joshua Danz 2-3, double, 4 RBIs.

Kaua'i 7, KalAHeo 1

Kaua'i (9-5) 002 005 0—7 3 1
Kalaheo (7-8) 000 001 0—1 2 2

Kirby Yates and Daryl Higashi. Sonny Harbottle, Scott Galusha (6) and Jake Myking. W—Yates. L—Harbottle.

Leading hitters: Kaua'i—Jake Oketani 1-3, 2 RBI.

MID-PACIFIC 8, WAI'ANAE 0

Mid-pacific (13-8-1) 010 312 1—8 10 1
Wai'anae (9-5) 000 000 0—0 4 4

Harrison Kuroda and Kip Masuda. Chevy Teves, Dillon Guzman (4) and Darryl Ohelo. W—Kuroda. L—Teves.

Leading hitters: Mid-Pacific—Jonathan Hee 2-4, 2 runs, 1 RBI; Keven Whalen 2-5, double, RBI; Ryan Asato double, RBI; Marc Inamasu 3-4, 2 RBIs. Wai'anae—Ohelo double.

'AIEA 7, MAUI 0

'Aiea (13-1) 001 010 5—7 8 2
Maui (17-5) 000 000 0—0 5 5

Blake Lamug, Blaze Moleta (7) and Aaron Asher. Vance Otake, Jon Cayan (7) and Gavin Takakura. W—Lamug. L—Otake.

Leading hitters: 'Aiea—Taylor Watanabe 2-3, 2 RBIs; Joseph Wong 3-4, 3 RBIs.

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Past champions

• 2002—Mid-Pacific
• 2001—Kailua
• 2000—Moloka'i
• 1999—Moloka'i
• 1998—Iolani
• 1997—Iolani
• 1996—Iolani
• 1995—Baldwin
• 1994—Castle
• 1993—Kaiser
• 1992—Mid-Pacific
• 1991—Mid-Pacific
• 1990—Mid-Pacific
• 1989—Punahou
• 1988—Kamehameha
• 1987—Kamehameha
• 1986—Iolani
• 1985—Hilo
• 1984—Baldwin
• 1983—Iolani
• 1982—Maui
• 1981—Kaiser
• 1980—Kamehameha
• 1979—Radford
• 1978—Campbell
• 1977—Iolani
• 1976—'Aiea
• 1975—Iolani
• 1974—Saint Louis
• 1973—'Aiea
• 1972—Punahou
• 1971—Iolani
• 1970—Kalani
• 1969—Kailua
• 1968—Punahou
• 1967—Kailua
• 1966—Punahou
• 1965—Kailua
• 1964—Punahou
• 1963—Farrington
• 1962—Leilehua
• 1971—Punahou
• 1960—Baldwin
• 1959—Baldwin