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ILH baseball title game on Wednesday

The ILH baseball championship game between Saint Louis and Mid-Pacific will be played on Wednesday.

Initially, the game was scheduled for Saturday, then moved to Monday. But the league pushed the game to Wednesday at ‘Iolani’s field with a 3:45 p.m. start time.

Saint Louis won the regular season to clinch a state-tournament berth. Mid-Pacific went unbeaten in the double-elimination ILH tournament to secure the other state berth. Wednesday’s winner will win the league title and clinch an opening-round bye in the state tournament.

Volleyball regionals and more

HHSAA executive director Chris Chun seemed pleased with the first two rounds of the New City Nissan/HHSAA Boys Volleyball State Championships.

The regional format is in pilot-program mode for the sport, which meant that King Kekaulike and Kamehameha-Hawaii got to host state-tourney matches for the first time on Saturday. KS-Hawaii ousted Kamehameha 24-26, 25-22, 25-19, 27-25. King Kekaulike topped Waianae 25-15, 25-12, 23-25, 25-19.

"We don’t have the numbers back yet, but we’re not expecting attendance to be as big as it was for girls basketball," Chun said.

All four seeded teams in the D-I tourney, including top-seeded Punahou and second-seeded Moanalua, advanced to Friday’s semifinal round.

In a bit of a twist on the Division II side, three-time defending state champion Hawaii Baptist is unseeded by request from the ILH. The league permitted its schools with D-I and D-II teams to compete for league titles in boys volleyball for the first time in recent history. Normally, bigger D-II teams like ‘Iolani, Kamehameha, Punahou and Saint Louis compete for a separate I-AA championship. That changed this season and Punahou II (12-0) was declared the league’s D-II champion, but is ineligible to compete in the D-II state tournament.

The league then requested that both of its state-tournament entries, HBA and Hanalani, be unseeded. So HBA, one of the top teams in the state regardless of classification, will meet fourth-seeded Kailua when the state tourney begins on Thursday. Kapaa is the top seed, with Seabury Hall at No. 2 and Ka‘u at No. 3.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

TAYLOR LAU
St. Francis freshman

Defeated three-time defending state champion Alyssa Tobita, 6-1, 6-3, to capture the state girls tennis championships.

BASEBALL

» Junior left-hander Dorrien Villanueva-Hermosura went 3-for-4 and pitched five innings, striking out six, to lead Campbell over Kailua 9-3 for the OIA Red (Division I) title on Saturday.

» Left-hander Peyton Oshiro allowed five hits in helping Saint Louis eliminate ‘Iolani from the ILH tournament on Wednesday.

» Mid-Pacific sophomore Jacob Maekawa pitched 31/3 innings for a save in a 6-2 win over Saint Louis on Tuesday, then pitched the Owls over the Crusaders on Thursday to win the ILH tournament, earning MPI a state berth.

GOLF

» Punahou sophomore Mariel Galdiano shot a final-round 68 on Tuesday to win the state golf title for the second consecutive year.

» Moanalua’s John Oda closed his prep career with a second state golf title, beating Paul Samiere and Kyle Suppa in a playoff on Thursday.

TRACK AND FIELD

» Diamond Briscoe of Pearl City won the 100- , 200- and 400-meter dashes in the OIA track and field championships on Saturday. It was her fourth straight OIA title in the 400, her third straight in the 200 and her second in a row in the 100. She also ran two relays for the Chargers.

VOLLEYBALL

» Evan Enriques had 28 kills, helping Kamehameha-Hawaii beat Kamehameha 24-26, 25-22, 25-19, 27-25 in the first round of the state boys volleyball tournament.

WATER POLO

» Roxanna Kiessling was named the state tournament’s most outstanding player after she scored three goals, including the go-ahead tally, lifting Punahou past ‘Iolani 5-3 in the championship match.

TOP 10 POLLS

BASEBALL

Also receiving votes: Kaiser 11, HPA 9, Mililani 7, Maryknoll 4, Waianae 3, Roos. 2, Maui 1

SOFTBALL

Also receiving votes: ‘Iolani 5, Pearl City 4, Leilehua 1.

VOLLEYBALL

Also receiving votes: ‘Iolani 7, Seabury Hall 5, Hana 3.