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It’s going to take time for Campbell to replace players of the year Dani Cervantes and Jocelyn Alo.
Leilehua hammered the three-time defending state champions 16-5 in six innings on Wednesday in the OIA West softball opener in Wahiawa.
Gianna Araki, Kaena Nistal and Gwen Maeha all homered for the fifth-ranked Mules, who earned one first-place vote in the preseason Honolulu Star-Advertiser Top 10.
Zoie Recolan launched a two-run homer for the No. 1 Sabers and Anastasia Iosia added a solo homer in the top of the second inning to give Campbell a 1-0 lead.
Mililani scored six runs in the bottom of the inning. Nistal and Maeha led off with back-to-back homers and Mikayla Pinera added a two-run double to give the Mules a 5-1 lead.
Campbell cut the lead to 6-3 before Araki blasted a two-run homer in the bottom of the fourth inning to increase Leilehua’s lead to 8-3.
Staisa Nistal and Kawena Kahana-Travis added RBI singles in the fifth inning and Kaena Nistal ended the game with a two-run single in the bottom of the sixth inning to enact the 10-run mercy rule.
Staisa Nistal was 4-for-4 with two RBIs and Kaena Nistal, who struck out five and pitched a complete game to earn the win, finished 3-for-5 with a run scored and three RBIs at the plate.