Junior Ryan Torres-Torioka surrendered just three hits in five shutout innings at Kamehameha Park as Konawaena ended its regular season with a 9-1 win over Kohala Friday in a Big Island Interscholastic Federation baseball game.
Junior Ryan Torres-Torioka surrendered just three hits in five shutout innings at Kamehameha Park as Konawaena ended its regular season with a 9-1 win over Kohala Friday in a Big Island Interscholastic Federation baseball game.
Torres-Torioka walked one batter and struck out five for the Wildcats (10-2), West Hawaii’s No. 1 seed in the BIIF Division II tournament. Senior Makana Canda then gave up one run over two innings, and freshman Skye Suzuki ended the contest by throwing a scoreless inning.
At the plate, Torres-Torioka and junior Domonic Morris both went 2-for-3, with Torres-Torioka, Morris and Vinny Chang each driving in two runs.
Kohala sophomore Ricky Ching, who pitched the first three innings, suffered the loss.
He yielded six runs on seven hits, striking out two and walking one.
Ching also went 2-for-2 at the plate, while senior Kona Tagalicod drove in the Cowboys’ lone run with a sacrifice fly in the sixth inning.
While Kohala ended its season 0-12, Konawaena will receive a first-round bye in the BIIF tournament, which begins Tuesday. On 11 a.m. April 27 at Walter Victor Complex, the Wildcats will play West Hawaii No. 3 seed Hawaii Prep (7-5) in a tournament semifinal.
The winner earns an automatic berth in the Hawaii High School Athletic Association Division II state tournament, which takes place May 9-11 on Oahu.
Ka Makani was scheduled to play at East Hawaii No. 2 seed Ka’u (2-13) at 3 p.m. Tuesday, but the Trojans forfeited the contest because they will not have enough players to compete.
Konawaena 132 210 0 — 9 12 2
Kohala 000 000 0 — 1 4 2
c Honokaa 7, Kealakehe 4: A Waverider fielding error allowed two runs to score in the top of the sixth inning, breaking a 4-4 tie as the Dragons ended their regular season 8-4.
Senior Dylan Shiraki, who came on in relief of Haku Daniels in the third inning, earned the victory. In three innings, he gave up one run on three hits, striking out three and walking none. Senior Lloyd Edwards followed with two hitless innings in which he walked two batters and hit one.
At the plate, senior Joey Charbonneau hit a second-inning two-run double that gave Honokaa a 4-0 lead.
Kealakehe senior Austin Galigo, who pitched 5 1⁄3 innings, took the loss. He struck out three, giving up just three hits and one walk. However, he also hit four batters.
The Waveriders tied the game in the bottom of the fifth, when senior Richard Pabre’s RBI single plated junior Cyruss Cho, a pinch runner for junior Bricen Ferreira.
Ferreira, who went 2-for-3, and Bryson Vogelgesang had run-scoring singles in the third inning, and Lennox Costales added an RBI groundout.
Kealakehe (5-7) will next play East Hawaii No. 2 seed Hilo (11-4) in the BIIF Division I semifinals April 27 in Hilo.
Honokaa, West Hawaii’s No. 2 seed, will host East Hawaii No. 3 seed Pahoa (1-14) at 3 p.m. Tuesday in a BIIF Division II first-round game. The winner will face East Hawaii No. 1 seed Kamehameha-Hawaii (10-5) at 1:30 p.m. April 27 at Hilo’s Walter Victor Complex.
Honokaa 220 002 1 — 7 4 2
Kealakehe 030 010 0 — 4 8 3
c Keaau 4, Pahoa 1: If momentum means anything, Keaau charges into the playoffs feeling good about itself.
Adrian Huff fired a three-hitter to spark Keaau over Pahoa 4-1 in a Big Island Interscholastic Federation baseball game on Friday, setting the stage for next week’s playoffs.
Huff allowed an unearned run, walked one and struck out nine. He threw an efficient 77 pitches in his complete-game gem.
Maleko Remlinger batted 2-for-3 with an RBI, and Jonathan Segovia was 2-for-3 to lead the Cougars.
Leka Tua pitched well in the loss. He went six innings and gave up four runs — two unearned — on eight hits and no walks, and struck out two.
Pahoa 000 000 1 — 1 3 5
Keaau 100 003 x — 4 8 3