Five years after being cut from her school's intermediate team, Kamehameha senior Amber Waracka is sitting on top of the Hawai'i softball world.

Waracka pitched her third shutout in three days last night — a four-hitter with nine strikeouts and two walks — to lift the Warriors to a 3-0 victory over Mililani and their first DataHouse State Championship since 2002.

A capacity crowd of about 1,200 at Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium watched Kamehameha score in the fourth, fifth and seventh innings to complete the regular and postseason with a 16-1 record.

Waracka pitched three complete games in the tournament and allowed only 11 hits with 44 strikeouts and four walks in 24 innings.

"I'm so happy, I feel like I should be a motivational speaker," said Waracka, a hard-throwing right-hander who has signed to play for the University of Hawai'i at Hilo next season. "When I was in the seventh grade, I cried my eyes out (after being cut), so to come back like this and end my senior year on top feels so good. But I couldn't do it without my teammates. This is the best team I've ever played on; we connected from the beginning."

The Warriors, who were the No. 2 seed and Interscholastic League of Honolulu champions, took a 1-0 lead after Jamie Millwood led off the top of the fourth with a single to left field and advanced to second base on a wild pitch. She scored on Pomaika'i Kalakau's single to right after the ball was bobbled by the fielder.

Kamehameha made it 2-0 in the fifth after Dara Pagaduan doubled to center field with two outs and scored on Shaleese Javillo's single to center. They added a run in the seventh after Pagaduan reached on a two-out, two-base error, took third on a wild pitch and scored on an infield error.

"I didn't think 1-0 would be enough, so to get that second run was big," Warriors first-year coach Randy Tamura said. "And to get that third run made me feel so much better."

Meanwhile, Waracka retired the first 10 Trojans in order until Chanelle Senas reached on an infield single with one out in the fourth. The only other hits she allowed were Glenelle Nitta's leadoff bunt single in the fifth, Rebecca Lee's leadoff infield single in the sixth and Kristi Oshiro's single to left one batter later.

Courtney Senas then walked to load the bases with one out in the sixth, but Waracka got a strikeout and a flyout to left on Liz Koki's running catch to escape the jam.

"I didn't worry too much because we had a lead and I knew my defense was great and would do whatever needed to be done," Waracka said. "They made some amazing plays."

Mililani entered the game batting .667 in two tournament games, scoring 36 runs on 46 hits, including 10 doubles and two home runs. But the Trojans were able to put runners in scoring position just twice against Waracka, in the fourth and sixth innings, and only two of their hits left the infield.

"I had confidence that we were gonna hit, so honestly I thought we would have done a better job," Mililani coach Rose Antonio said. "But (Waracka) has more velocity and she mixed her pitches very well. After a while, I just wanted us to make contact by slashing and maybe putting some bunts down, but we didn't execute."

The championship left Waracka so elated, she said she did not feel the exhaustion of three straight nights of shutout pitching.

"I'm so happy, I probably could pitch another game tonight if I had to," she said.

CAMPBELL 10, WAIAKEA 0

Breanne Patton pitched a two-hitter and Leinna Kalua batted 4 for 4 with a double, triple and three RBIs to help the Sabers capture third place.

WAIAKEA (12-2) 000 00— 0 2 2

CAMPBELL (14-5) 202 42—10 12 0

Kirsty Imai and Kiah-Lee Taroma. Breanne Patton and Shalin Yamaguchi. W — Patton. L — Imai.

Leading hitters — Waiakea: Alana Tsue 1-2; Kamie Imai 1-2. Campbell: Leinna Kalua 4-4, double, triple, 3 RBIs, 3 runs; Patton double, 2 RBIs; Gerika Pantohan 2-2, double, 2 RBIs; Amber Kaulia 2-3, double, homer, 2 runs; Loreen Egdamin 2 runs.

SACRED HEARTS 6, MOANALUA 3

Joslyn Eugenio pitched a five-hitter and had two hits and two RBIs as the Lancers took fifth place.

MOANALUA (15-4) 012 00—3 7 3

SACRED HEARTS (12-6) 330 0X—6 5 1

Sarah Robinson and Kylee Oshiro. Joslyn Eugenio and Chelsea Kamai. W — Eugenio. L — Robinson.

Leading hitters — Moanalua: Britni Ronolo 2-3, double, run; Robinson 2-3, run; Oshiro 1-2, 2 RBIs. Sacred Hearts: Kamai double, RBI, run; Eugenio 2-2, 2 RBIs; Corry Abellanida 1-2, RBI.

KAILUA 4, WAIPAHU 0

Krista Dumandan pitched a five-hitter with eight strikeouts, lifing the Surfriders to seventh place.

KAILUA (11-7) 003 100 0—4 8 1

WAIPAHU (7-12) 000 000 0—0 5 2

Krista Dumandan and Mikala Scott. Elsamartina Apo and Andrea Felise-La'a. W — Dumandan. L — Apo.

Leading hitters — Kailua: Johnna-Lynn Pedro double, RBI, run; Tawny-Jean Kiko 1-1, double; Tiffany Pereza 1-2, RBI. Waipahu: Felise-La'a 2-3, double; Angi Sakamoto 1-2.