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Posted on: Sunday, May 2, 2004

Punahou's Pate stops Saint Louis

Advertiser Staff

Punahou pitcher Jared Pate out-dueled Saint Louis' Marc Nobriga to keep the Buffanblu undefeated in the Interscholastic League of Honolulu baseball tournament with a 1-0 victory at Ala Wai Field.

Punahou (2-0) plays Kamehameha (2-0) at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Aloha Stadium in the double-elimination tournament. Saint Louis (1-1) plays Iolani (1-1) at 4 p.m. at Aloha Stadium on Tuesday.

Pate pitched a one-hitter, striking out three and walking two. He faced 23 batters, two over the minimum, allowing a single to Ryan Sasaki in the third inning. Nobriga pitched a two-hitter, striking out six and walking five.

Punahou scored its run in the first inning. Shaun Kiriu walked, went to second on a grounder by Mike Lam and scored on a single by Mark Veneri.

  • PUNAHOU (13-4) 100 000 0—1 2 1
  • SAINT LOUIS (13-5) 000 000 0—0 1 1

Jared Pate and Robert Kurisu. Marc Nobriga and Jowen Murray-Thornton. W—Pate. L—Nobriga.

Leading hitter: Punahou—Mark Veneri 2-3, double.



Kamehameha 4, Mid-Pacific 2: Kamehameha scored two runs in the top of the seventh to defeat Mid-Pacific at Ala Wai Field.

Mid-Pacific (1-1) plays Pac-Five (1-1) at 7 p.m. at Aloha Stadium Tuesday.

Eli Ching, Travis Young and Nick Freitas each had two hits for the Warriors. Kanekoa Texeira pitched a three-hitter, striking out nine and walking four.

  • KAMEHAMEHA (11-5) 020 000 2—4 8 1
  • MID-PACIFIC (13-4) 000 010 1—2 3 2

Kanekoa Texeira and Stuart Kam. Jayson Kramer, Conan Young (3) and Kip Masuda. W—Texeira. L—Young.

Leading hitters: Kamehameha—Young 2-4, triple, RBI; Nick Freitas 2-4. Keola Kaluhiokalani double; Eli Chee 2-3.



• Iolani 3, Maryknoll 1: Iolani left-hander Wally Marciel pitched a three-hitter, striking out 11, and Iolani scored three runs on four hits, a walk and a sacrifice in the third inning at Les Murakami Stadium.

The Raiders are 7-9. Maryknoll finished its season 1-14-1.

  • Maryknoll (1-14-1) 100 000 0—1 3 2
  • Iolani (7-9) 003 000 x—3 8 0

Kody Seminara, Nick Holmberg (4) and Brian Tabata. Wally Marciel and Bert Mitsunaga, Riley Yamamoto (7) W—Marciel. L—Seminara.

Leading hitters: Maryknoll—Seminara 2-3, double; David McCoy double. Iolani—Kahiwa Letman 3-3, RBI; Galen Komo 2-3, RBI.



Pac-Five 10, Damien 6: Jacob Mellor went 3 for 4 and drove in five runs as the Wolfpack pounded the Monarchs.

Pac-Five is 5-10-1. Damien ended its season 2-14.

  • Damien (2-14) 000 011 4— 6 9 1
  • Pac-Five (5-10-1) 040 024 X—10 14 4

Duncan Ebert and Nick Zieser. Tyler Inouye, Samson Aina (7) and Reid Uyehara. W—Inouye. L—Ebert.

Leading hitters: Damien—Ranson DeCosta 2-4; Brandon Baquio triple; Sean Michael-Stoltzman 2-3; Robert Cuizon triple; Raymond Alapai 2 RBIs. Pac-Five— Ronel Trias 2-2; Ryan Taketa 3-4, RBI; Jacob Mellor 3-4, 2 triples, 5 RBIs; Paul Nishimura 2-4; Kendall Tanigawa triple; Nick Miyamoto 2-3.



BIIF BASEBALL

• Waiakea undefeated: Miles Ioane went 3 for 3 and Avery Kagawa and Ronnie Loeffler each had three RBIs to lead undefeated Waiakea to an 11-1 victory over Kea'au in the Big Island Interscholastic Federation baseball tournament semifinals yesterday at Warrior Field in Hilo.

Waiakea (12-0) won the regular-season championship and one of the BIIF's three state tournament berths. Waiakea plays Honoka'a (8-4) for the tournament title Wednesday.

Honoka'a defeated Hilo, 6-5, in the other semifinal to also earn a state berth.

  • Kea'au (8-4) 100 000— 1 5 2
  • Waiakea (12-0) 500 213—11 12 0

Kainoa Calip, Jay Chow (6), Rico Mahaulu (6) and Roi Tanimoto. Ronnie Loeffler and Avery Kagawa. W—Loeffler. L— Calip.

Leading hitters: Kea'au—Rendall Naiga 2-2. Waia—Kagawa 2-4, double, 3 RBIs; Mason Suga 2-3, run, RBI; Myles Ioane 3-3, double, run, RBI; Justin Pascual double; Matt Patterson double, run.



MIL BASEBALL

• Lahainaluna second: Codey Alexander scored the go-ahead run on a suicide squeeze by Casey Kawaguchi in the bottom of the sixth inning to lift Lahainaluna to a 3-2 victory over Moloka'i in the Maui Interscholastic League tournament for second place yesterday at Wailuku, Maui.

Lahainaluna (10-4) will host the ILH's second place team on May 15 for a berth in the state tournament. Baldwin (13-1), the MIL champ, already has clinched a state berth.

  • Moloka'i (8-6) 200 000 0—2 2 1
  • Lahainaluna (10-4) 001 101 X—3 10 4

Albert Dudoit and Dayton Wong. Preston Medeiros and Charles Wallace. W—Medeiros. L—Dudoit.

Leading hitters: Moloka'i—Joey Kepa 2-4. Lahainaluna—Wallace 2-3, RBI; Medeiros 2-4, Akima Mokiao 2-3.



ILH BASKETBALL

• Kamehameha 42, Maryknoll 40: Analee Viena-Lota scored on a putback with 26 seconds remaining to lift the Warriors past the Spartans in an Interscholastic League of Honolulu girls game at Damien gym.

Maryknoll took a 24-16 halftime lead, but Kamehameha started the second half with a 7-0 run and took a 31-29 lead after three quarters. India Soo hit two 3-pointers in the Warriors' third quarter and finished with 16 points.

  • Maryknoll (5-7) 13 11 5 11—40
  • Kamehameha (8-4) 10 6 15 11—42

MARYKNOLL—Nicole Fu 6, Kristie Watanabe 0, Jessica Akamine 2, Tammie Andres 7, Whitney Wong 7, Jessica Ho 3, Bowha Kang 0, Cheryl Lee 7, Sela Fisilau 8. Totals 15 8-9 40.

KAMEHAMEHA—Miki Nakamura 0, India Soo 16, Lori Nakamura 9, Analee Viena-Lota 4, Kaui Todd 0, Jordan Tangonan 2, Tatriana Lorenzo 5, Lilia Lee 0, Mounia Nihipali 4, Leah Godinet 2. Totals 18 4-7 42.

3-point goals—Maryknoll 2 (Andres, Wong). Kamehameha 2 (Soo).

JV—KS White 42, KS Blue 37

Reported by Steve Lewis



Mid-Pacific 37, Sacred Hearts 33: Sherice Ajifu scored 10 points to help the host Owls edge the Lancers.

Megan Burton scored a game-high 17 points for Sacred Hearts.

  • Sacred hearts (3-9) 6 8 4 15—33
  • Mid-Pacific (6-7) 6 7 8 16—37

SACRED HEARTS—Cherie Kinoshita 0, Tiare McClellan 2, Nohealani Hoopii 0, Rebecca Debo 0, Nicole Lehner 10, Tameika Trujillo 0, Malia Okamura 2, Lola Williams 0, Chelsea-Rae Puma 0, Sandy Tsui 2, Sarah Durant 0, Karis Moi-Simeona 0, Megan Burton 17. Totals 12 8-14 33.

MID-PACIFIC—Kim Sherman 0, Sherice Ajifi 10, Danielle Mafua 0, Noelle Enright 0, Yuki Sei 2, Jasmine Vieira 8, Taryn Lum 0, Kristina Lin 8, Kelli Kajiwara 4, Crisi Nihipali 0, Morgen Sullivan 5. Totals 12 10-18 37.

3-point goals—Sacred Hearts 1 (Lehner 1), Mid-Pacific 3 (Lin 2, Kajiwara 1).

ILH Girls Varsity Division II

  • Mid-Pacific 39, Maryknoll 24
  • St. Andrew's 46, Hawai'i Baptist 40

Leading scorers: St.A—Holly Saito 17, Cassi Nakasone 12. HBA—Jodi Kamemoto 18, Kara Onosaki 10.



JUDO

• Pearl City sweeps: Pearl City defeated Farrington in sudden death to win the O'ahu Interscholastic Association girls judo team championship yesterday at 'Aiea High gym.

Pearl City's boys defeated McKinley, 48-37, in the finals of the boys championships. McKinley beat Moanalua, 50-43, and Pearl City routed Kahuku, 77-20, in the semifinals.

In the girls title match, Pearl City and Farrington finished tied at 50. Pearl City beat McKinley, 60-40, and Farrington stopped Kahuku, 62-30, in the semifinals.