Punahou won its seventh championship and its first since 1989. It was the first championship for Punahou coach Eric Kadooka.

Until last night, Punahou (20-6) and Mid-Pacific (18-6) had never played each other for the state championship.

Pate, a junior righthander, faced three batters over the minimum for his complete game victory. He struck out six and walked one. Pate was named the tournament’s most outstanding player.

On Tuesday, Pate — the only Punahou pitcher to defeat Mid-Pacific this season — earned a complete-game 3-2 victory over Kaiser to open the tournament.

Punahou opened scoring with a run in the second inning off Harry Kuroda who replaced starter Chris Freshour in the second inning. With two outs, Justin Ariki reached on an infield hit, moved to second on Shaun Kiriu’s walk and scored on Michael Lam’s single.

Punahou avoided trouble in the third inning. With two outs and a runner on third, Ryan Asato struck out swinging and ran to first after the ball skipped away from the catcher. However, umpires ruled the play dead when the ball struck Asato after he swung.

Punahou grabbed a 2-0 lead in the third inning off Kuroda. After Noah Phillips singled and was replaced by pinch-runner Daniel Cho, Kasey Ko blasted a run-scoring double.

Punahou increased its lead to 5-0 in the fourth inning. After Michael Lam singled and moved to third on Mark Veneri’s single and a throwing error, Jayson Kramer replaced relief pitcher Conan Young. Phillips then drilled a two-run double and Ko followed with a run-scoring single.

Punahou added a run in the sixth inning. With two outs and Phillips on third and Kaohi Downing on second, Landon Nakata singled in Phillips.