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Posted at 10:58 p.m., Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Iolani beats Moanalua in state softball tournament

By Wes Nakama
Advertiser Staff Writer

In a shocking display of offensive fireworks, Iolani scored eight runs on six hits in the first two innings against Moanalua ace Sarah Robinson Wednesday night and went on to stun Na Menehune, 10-4, in the first round of the Data House/Hawai'i High School Athletic Association Division I softball state tournament.

The Raiders (12-4) will face Big Island Interscholastic Federation champion and No. 4 seed Waiakea (11-1) in Thursday's 2 p.m. quarterfinals.

Iolani sophomore left fielder Jana Tokuhama went 2-for-3 with four RBIs including a three-run, inside-the-park home run in the second inning to make it 8-0.

The Raiders sent nine batters to the plate in the bottom of the first inning, with Tara Odo's run-scoring single and Raechele Takara's two-run single plating three of the four runs in the frame.

In the second inning, Odo's sacrifice fly to left field brought home Kai Masutani to make it 5-0, then Tokuhama's two-out, line drive to left got past the fielder and rolled all the way into the corner, allowing three runs to score.

Na Menehune finally got a run across in the third inning, when Nanea Chan hit a one-out double to left and scored on sister Kawehi Chan's single to left. But Iolani answered in the bottom half with back-to-back, one-out doubles by Kryn Masutani and Tokuhama.

The teams traded runs in the fifth, and Moanalua scored single runs in the sixth and seventh.

Raiders starter Kelly Imada turned in a complete-game effort and was backed by a defense that committed only one error and nabbed three over-aggressive base runners.

KAPOLEI 9, LAHAINALUNA 5

The hard-hitting Hurricanes (12-5) stormed to an early lead on the bleary-eyed Lunas (12-3) and then held on.

Kapolei advanced to Thursday's feature quarterfinal against O'ahu Interscholastic Association rival and No. 1 seed Mililani (13-2).

The Hurricanes, the OIA's fifth-place team, pounded out 10 hits and scored nine runs in the first four innings while starting pitcher Kishti Kamaka shut out the Lunas on one hit.

Brittany Brackenridge drove in Kapolei's first run with a single to right field in the first inning and then hit a two-run homer over the center-field fence to make it 5-0 in the third.

Tehani Ka'aihue hit a two-run homer in the second inning and Ka'ili Smith finished 4 for 4, including an RBI triple in the fourth that made it 8-0.

CAMPBELL 14, HILO 0

Brittney Garcia's two-run homer sparked a five-run first inning and the Sabers finished with 17 hits in a game shortened to five innings due to the 10-run rule.

Leinna Kalua also homered and went 3 for 4 with a double, triple and four RBIs and Bre Patton went 3 for 4, drove in a run and pitched a one-hitter for OIA runner-up Campbell, which improved to 14-2 and will play MIL champ and No. 2 seed Baldwin (14-0) in a 4 p.m. quarterfinal.

Big Island Interscholastic Federation runner-up Hilo fell to 9-4.

KAILUA 4, WAIPAHU 3

The Surfriders (12-4) overcame a 3-0 first-inning deficit and were helped by seven Marauders errors in advancing to the 6 p.m. quarterfinal against Interscholastic League of Honolulu champion and No. 2 seed St. Francis (12-3).

Waipahu's Sina Nu'u led off the bottom of the first inning with a solo homer over the right-field fence, Andrea Felise-La'a had a run-scoring single to center field and Elsa Apo doubled and scored on a throwing error to give the Marauders (7-10) a surprising 3-0 lead.

Kailua closed to 3-2 in the third inning after Krista Dumandan reached on an error and a three-base throwing error into the right-field corner on Ashley Hopfe's sacrifice bunt resulted in two runs scoring.

The Surfriders tied it an inning later after Kayla Konohia led off with a double, advanced to third on Tiffany Pereza's sacrifice bunt and scored on Hopfe's two-out single. They took the 4-3 lead one batter later when Brittany Tokunaga singled to center and the ball got past the fielder, allowing Hopfe to score.

Kailua junior right hander Krista Dumandan pitched 6· innings of scoreless relief to earn the victory.

DIVISION II TOURNEY

Molokai 2, Farrington 1

Joreen Kepa pitched a three-hitter, and Tani Fernandez and Terah-Lynn Garces-Reyes each had two hits to lead the Farmers (7-8) past the Governors (10-5).

Maryknoll 4, Kohala 2

The Spartans (6-10) were held to two hits, but scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth to beat the Cowgirls (9-4).

Pahoa 11, Kaiser 4

Noel Filoteo pitched a four-hitter, and had three hits and four RBIs to power Daggers (6-6) past the Cougars (3-12).

LANAI-MCKINLEY, PP'D

The game between Lanai and McKinley was postponed after the Lanai team could not get a flight out because of weather.

The game has been rescheduled to 2 p.m. Thursday.