Seven up, seven down, Hawaii Prep’s baseball team did what it had to in order to head to the postseason feeling OK about itself. ADVERTISING Seven up, seven down, Hawaii Prep’s baseball team did what it had to in order
Seven up, seven down, Hawaii Prep’s baseball team did what it had to in order to head to the postseason feeling OK about itself.
Jonah Hurney kept Honokaa off-balance for five solid innings, and he and Michael Hughes both sparked rallies with doubles as Ka Makani finished its BIIF baseball regular season with a 11-4 victory in Waimea.
HPA (7-7) will face second-seeded Konawaena in a BIIF Division II semifinal series slated for next weekend in Kealakekua. The Dragons (3-9) still have two more games left but are ticketed to take on top-seeded Kamehameha in the semifinals.
Ka Makani made three errors in the third as Honokaa scored three times – Caden Perreira hit a two-run single – to take the lead.
Hurney was otherwise stingy, allowing only two hits, four runs (one earned), with five strikeouts and three walks in five innings. Finn Richmond pitched two scoreless innings of relief, striking out three with a walk.
Hughes hit a two-run double in the first, and HPA came right back in the third with four runs, taking advantage of three walks, an error, a passed ball and two wild pitches. Hughes, a freshman, finished with five RBIs.
Ry Bleckel led off the fourth with a hit and scored on Hurney’s single, and Hurney’s run-scoring double in the fifth capped another four-run rally. This time, HPA actually used some hits, getting singles from Sheldon Aribal and Tristan Sienkiewicz.
Kelvin Falk struck out four but walked seven in four innings in taking the loss.
Konawaena 14, Pahoa 4
Austin Ewing doubled twice, scored twice and drove in a run from the bottom of the order, and the visiting Wildcats scored in each inning to earn a five-inning TKO win on the road.
Boaz Ayers struck out five in three innings, allowing four runs (two earned) and five hits with a walk to earn the win.
Jake Basque hit a two-run double for Konawaena (9-3), and Kolu Alani, Vohn Yamaguchi and Stevie Texeira each drove in two runs.
RJ Rowan collected a two-run single for the Daggers (0-12), and Kai Martin was the losing pitcher.
