A four-run burst in the bottom of the fifth inning propelled Konawaena to a victory in their HHSAA Division II consolation contest against Waipahu Friday at Hilo’s Francis Wong Stadium.
Five of the Wildcats’ seven hits came in the bottom of the fifth, scoring Riki Furuto, Taven Hiraishi, Ethan Yamaguchi and AJ Blanco. Charlie Kuwada, Maika Akamu and Kamehu Makanui each drove in one run for the Wildcats.
Trez Uemoto got the start and the win on the mound for Konawaena, allowing just four hits and striking out four in five shutout innings.
The Wildcats will advance to face Waianae in the HHSAA Division II fifth-place game. First pitch is scheduled for 2 p.m. at Francis Wong Stadium.
Waiakea 5, Saint Louis 4
The Warriors of Waiakea will play for a state title Saturday after earning a hard-fought victory against Saint Louis in Friday’s HHSAA Division I semifinal at Iorn Maehara Stadium.
Waiakea knocked out 11 hits on the night, none bigger than Dylan Honda’s bunt for a single in the top of the seventh, scoring Kedren Kinzie to give the Warriors their first lead of the night.
Loren Iwata, Kaleb Dela Cuesta Sato and Justice Dorser combined to allow five hits in seven innings; Dorser earned the win, pitching the final 1 2/3 innings.
The Warriors will square off against either Baldwin or Kailua Saturday with the state title on the line. First pitch at Iron Maehara stadium is scheduled for 6 p.m.
Hilo 5, Mililani 0
Hilo’s Eli Yamanaka pitched seven shutout innings, allowing just four hits to lift the Vikings to the HHSAA Division I fifth-place game.
Kaynan Kaku Jr. led the Vikings offensively, driving in three runs on two hits and scoring another run himself.
Hilo will face Pearl City in Saturday’s fifth-place game. First pitch at Iron Maehara stadium is scheduled for 12:30 p.m.
Girls Water Polo
Hawaii Prep’s quest for a state title ended Friday, as they fell to Kamehameha-Kapalama 14-2.
Led by Jordyn Nishimura’s hat trick, the Warriors had niine players score at least once. Maile Imonen and Ali Wawner were the only Ka Makani players to find the back of the net; Imonen scored to make it a 1-1 game in the first quarter, while Wawner’s goal gave the game its final score of 14-2.
Hawaii Prep will play either Punahou or Kaiser on Saturday in the HHSAA third-place game. Start time at Kamehameha-Kapalama is scheduled for 4:30 p.m.
KS-Hawaii 9, Kahuku 5
Waiahuli Akau’s five goals led the way as the Warriors defeated Kahuku to earn a spot in Saturday’s HHSAA fifth-place match against Roosevelt.
Kamehameha’s lead was never smaller than two goals after the game’s first quarter. A three-goal fourth – with Akau, Oliliu Wise and Kaiulani Rocha – ensured the Warriors’ season would be extended one more day.
Start time for Saturday’s fifth-place game is scheduled for 3:15 p.m. at Kamehameha-Kapalama.
Girls Golf
After one day of play play at Maui’s Ka’anapali Resort, Waiakea’s Kiersten Saludares and Elle Otani secured spots in the top 10 at the HHSAA Girls Individual Championship.
BIIF Champion Saludares fired a 1-over score of 71, good for a three-way tie for third with Leilehua’s Leia Chung and Kalani’s Kara Kaneshiro; Otani was just one stroke back at 72, which places her in a three-way tie for sixth place.
Punahou’s Raya Nakao was the tournament’s leader after the first round, as she finished with a 3-under 67.
Saturday’s final round is set to begin at 7 a.m.
Tennis
HHSAA tennis championships?
More like Punahou Invitational.
Only ILH schools remained heading to Saturday’s championship matches on Maui, and the Buffanblu have a chance of sweeping all four divisions.
The last BIIF squad was eliminated from title contention in Friday’s semifinals. Waiakea’s Iori Furuhata, the third seed, fell to Punahou’s Brandon Ramos 6-1, 6-4, and the Warriors’ Maika Nucci and Bruin Yomono, seeded fourth in boys doubles, lost 6-1, 6-3 to the Punahou’s top-seeded Tsubasa Okada and Tanner Ige.
Earlier in the quarterfinals, Paul Brilhante of Waiakea lost a third-set tiebreak to Iolani’s Gervase Ngo; top-seed Elise Wong of Punahou downed Kamehameha’s Denby Nagata 6-2, 6-0; and in girls doubles, the top-seeded tandem of Julia Visaya and Karli Vo of Iolani School defeated Waiakea’s Kiora Kunimoto and Chloe Takahashi 6-1, 6-0.
Visaya and Vo along with Mid-Pacific’s Kylie Canubida are all that is standing in the way of a Punahou sweep.
Canubida, the second seed, takes on Wong in the final, while Visaya and Vo get Punahou’s Jariahlyn Rhoades and Sophia Woofter, who upset a pair of higher-seeded teammates in the semis.
Ramos gets top-seeded teammate Payton Jim On in the boys final, while Okada and Ige get teammates Alex Kinoshita and Aidan Baracao, who also upset a pair of higher-seeded teammates in the semis.