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Punahou girls get No. 1 seed in soccer
Advertiser Staff
Two-time defending champion Punahou was awarded the top seed in the state high school girls soccer championships that start Wednesday at Waipi'o Peninsula Soccer Park.
The Buffanblu (8-2-2) are the Interscholastic League of Honolulu champions. Also seeded are No. 2 'Aiea (12-1-1), the O'ahu Interscholastic Association champion; No. 3 Baldwin (9-1-0), the Maui Interscholastic League champ and No. 4 Hilo (15-2), the Big Island Interscholastic Federation champion. The four seeds receive a first-round bye and begin play on Thursday.
Other teams in the tournament are Mililani, Pearl City, Moanalua and Kailua of the OIA; Kealakehe and Konawaena of the BIIF; King Kekaulike of the MIL and Kapa'a of Kaua'i.
The championship game of the 12-team tournament is on Saturday.
Hawai'i High School Athletic Association/ Meadow Gold Daries Girls Soccer State Championship
At Waipi'o Peninsula Soccer Park
Wednesday
All games at 3 p.m.
Game 1—Kapa'a vs Pearl City (Field 5)
Game 2—Mililani vs King Kekaulike (Field 6)
Game 3—Konawaena vs Kailua (Field 7)
Game 4—Kealakehe vs Moanalua (Field 8)
Thursday
Game 5—1 p.m., Loser 1 vs Loser 2 (Field 7)
Game 6—1 p.m., Loser 3 vs Loser 4 (Field 8)
Game 7—1 p.m, Baldwin vs Winner 4 (Stadium)
Game 8—5 p.m., 'Aiea vs Winner 3 (Stadium)
Game 9—3 p.m., Hilo vs Winner 2 (Stadium)
Game 10—7 p.m., Punahou vs Winner 1 (Stadium)
Friday
Consolation
Game 11—4 p.m., Loser 10 vs Loser 9 (Field 7)
Game 12—4 p.m., Loser 8 vs Loser 7 (Field 8)
Semifinals
Game 13—6 p.m., Winner 8 vs Winner 7 (Stadium)
Game 14—8 p.m., Winner 10 vs Winner 9 (Stadium)
Saturday
Consolation—4 p.m., Winner 5 vs Winner 6 (Field 7)
Fifth place—4 p.m., Winner 11 vs Winner 12 (Field 8)
Third place—6 p.m., Loser 13 vs Loser 14 (Stadium)
Championship—8 p.m., Winner 13 vs Winner 14 (Stadium)
Tickets: $7 adults; $5 for students (grades K-12) and adults (62-older).
Parking: Free
TV/radio: None
SOFTBALL
Rainbow Wahine defeat Central Florida
The University of Hawai'i scored five runs in the bottom of the fourth inning en route to a 6-3 victory over Central Florida in the UNLV Louisville Slugger Desert Classic at Las Vegas yesterday.
The Rainbow Wahine (4-3 overall) finished 1-2 in the tournament.
Central Florida took a 2-0 lead on a two-run homer by Amber Lamb.
UH closed to 2-1 in the bottom of the first when Tracie Uchima scored on a ground ball by Tyleen Tausaga.
Hawai'i got five runs on five hits in the fourth, including a lead-off double by Tausaga and a two-run triple by Noelle Izumi.
The Rainbow Wahine were scheduled to play Nebraska earlier in the day, but the game was canceled because the Cornhuskers needed to catch a plane to Lincoln, Neb.
WATER POLO
Rainbow Wahine defeat UC Davis, 9-5
Monika Kruszona scored four goals to lift Hawai'i to a 9-5 victory over UC Davis in the final day day of the Stanford Invitational at Stanford, Calif., yesterday.
UCLA defeated USC, 8-6, for the championship.
UH, ranked No. 7 in the nation, finished 1-2 in the tournament, 2-3 overall.
Earlier yesterday, the Rainbow Wahine lost to Cal, 8-6. In a late Friday match, Indiana beat UH, 8-7.
BASEBALL
HPU-Hilo rained out
A doubleheader yesterday between Hawai'i-Hilo and Hawai'i Pacific was canceled because of rain in Hilo.
The Vulcans (1-12) open a five-game series with Nebraska at 6 p.m. on Thursday at Wong Stadium.
