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Posted at 8:44 p.m., Monday, August 7, 2006

Waipi'o breezes to Little League win, 14-1

Advertiser Staff

Tyler Tokunaga hit two home runs and drove in six runs and Brian Iida went 3 for 3 and drove in two runs as Waipi'o rolled over Santa Clara of Utah, 14-1, Monday at the Little League Western Regional at San Bernardino, Calif.

The game was halted after the fourth inning because of the mercy rule.

Waipi'o (2-1), the Hawai'i champions, will play Northern California on Tuesday at 8:45 a.m., Hawai'i time, in its final game of pool play.

— Jason Rasa pitched a one-hitter with six strikeouts as Pearl City defeated Montana, 11-1, yesterday in a semifinal game of the Little League Senior Division (ages 14-16) Western Regional at Salem, Ore.

Pearl City will play Arizona today at 2 p.m., Hawai'i time, for the regional championship and a berth in the World Series, Aug. 13 to 19, in Bangor, Maine. Pearl City beat Arizona, 16-7, on Saturday in pool play.

— Chula Vista South eliminated Mililani, 11-1, from the P.O.N.Y. Pony Division (ages 13-14) West Zone Regional in Fullerton, Calif., on Monday. Mililani finished the double-elimination tournament with a 1-2 record.

— In the Little League Junior Division Western Regional (ages 13-14), Nevada beat Pearl City, 10-3, at Beaverton, Ore.