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Posted at 11:02 p.m., Saturday, May 12, 2007

Punahou wins fourth straight state baseball title

By Wes Nakama
Advertiser Staff Writer

Punahou finally made "four-peat" an official word in the baseball state tournament vocabulary tonight, cooling off Pearl City's hot bats to win, 7-1, and become the first team to capture four straight Wally Yonamine Foundation/Hawai'i High School Athletic Association Championships.

Junior ace Jeeter Ishida again shook off the effects of a sprained left ankle and pitched a six-hitter with six strikeouts two walks to help the Buffanblu finish the regular and postseason with a record of 17-1.

"This feeling never gets old," said Ishida, a 6-foot right-hander who now has three state championship medals. "This (title) doesn't just happen in one night; we work out long before the season starts, and even from then this is our only goal."