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Posted on: Monday, May 31, 2004

60 seniors will be showcased in Sugar Mill baseball game

By Stacy Kaneshiro
Advertiser Staff Writer

More than 60 graduating seniors from around the state will play in today's Aloha Sugar Mill Classic high school all-star baseball game at Aloha Stadium.

Game time is 3 p.m.

The game will be dedicated to the memory of Travis Mitsuda, who died March 25 from a bacterial infection that causes meningitis, Classic organizer Eric Tokunaga said. Mitsuda, an Iolani School graduate and a bullpen catcher for the University of Hawai'i in 2002, played in the 2001 Classic at Hans L'Orange Park.

Tickets are $3 for general admission and $1 for ages 7-18. Children 6-and-under and those in full youth league uniforms will be admitted free. Parking is $5 and the Main Salt Lake Boulevard gate will open at 1:30 p.m.

The sixth annual game is sponsored by SportStan Sporting Goods, which is providing uniforms for the players.

The Hawaiian Stars is comprised of players from the O'ahu Interscholastic Association and the Neighbor Islands (except for Waiakea), while the Aloha Stars has players from the Interscholastic League of Honolulu and Waiakea.

Notes: The starting lineups for the game are:

Hawaiian Stars—C Aaron Asher ('Aiea), 1B Kepa Wong ('Aiea), 2B Shevis Shima (Baldwin), SS Milton Loo (Moloka'i), 3B Leonard Zalopany III (Waimea), LF Matt Haasenritter (Hilo), CF Matt Bell (Farrington), RF Spencer Omalza (Leilehua), P Alec Reichle (Kaua'i).

Aloha Stars—C Avery Kagawa (Waiakea), 1B Noah Phillips (Punahou), 2B Michael Lam (Punahou), SS Randy Rundgren (Mid-Pacific), 3B Matt Patterson (Waiakea), LF Mark Veneri (Punahou), CF Travis Young (Kamehameha), RF Ryan Asato (MPI), P Kanekoa Texeira (Kamehameha).