Posted at 10:14 p.m., Sunday, July 29, 2007
Kamuela tops Kauai for collegiate baseball crown
Advertiser Staff
The Kamuela Paniolos scored four runs in the top of the ninth inning to beat the Kauai Menehunes, 5-3, tonight in the championship game of the Hawaii Collegiate Baseball League.Tony Bonelli, Trevor Petersen and Emanuel Sifuentes each had two hits for Kamuela. Reliever Kyle Tye earned the victory.
Buzzy Haydel batted 2 for 4 for Kauai, which scored three runs in the third to take a 3-0 lead.
Earlier in the day at Kailua High School, Kauai beat Kamuela, 8-7, to force a winner-take-all final of the double-elimination tournament.
Punahou School alum Kaohi Downing hit a three-run homer to ignite a seven-run fourth inning for the Menehunes. Steve Broschofsky added three RBIs for Kauai.
Kamehameha Schools alum Waylon Sing Chow had three hits and scored two runs for Kamuela. Bonelli, Tyler Waddell, Leo Aguirre and Saint Louis School alum Jowen Murray-Thornton each had two hits and Thornton-Murray had two RBIs for the Paniolos.
