Submitted by Liane Nakamura and Catherine Prentice who are traveling with the team in Irvine, California:
Today's Semi Final game against Lemoore representing Northern California, went into extra innings and ended in the bottom of the ninth inning on a pass ball that scored Alihi Rodrigues with the winning run. Marcus Boyles pitched 8 and 2/3 innings to earn the win. It was his second tournament win.
Final score Pearl City 2 Northern California 1. Going to the Championship game tomorrow. We will play Nogales Arizona again. Winner will advance to the World Series in Livermore, CA (7/30 – 8/5).
Aloha from California!
*Pearl City beat Nogales LL (AZ) 7-3 on Sunday, July 21. Sam Prentice earned the win. Davin Kapuras hit 2 home runs with 4 RBI.
Photo courtesy of Catherine Prentice
Reaction from Alihi Rodrigues after scoring the winning run (2-1) on a pass ball at the plate in
the bottom of the ninth inning.
Photo courtesy of Catherine Prentice
Marcus Boyles pitched 8 and 2/3 innings to earn the win for Pearl City.
Photo courtesy of Catherine Prentice
Front row: Ethan Kwon, TJ Takahama, Sam Prentice, Davin Kapuras,Kendric Nakamura, Pono Padilla, Brannon Liu, Preston Onomura.
Second row: Keith Nakamura, Kevin Hirokane, Mason Cordero, Kulia Neal, Tom Sato, Jzayven Moreno, Alihi Rodrigues, Christian Onomura, Marcus Boyles.
Go Pearl City!
Congratulations!
2013 Hawaii State Seniors Champions – District 7 Seniors Champions
PEARL CITY
Nicholas Au – Brent Clymer – Brandon Henderson – Shaye Higa – Colby Hirano – Dane Kaneshiro – Tyler Kushima – Sanyo Lo – Trestan Nakamura – Rally Oshiro – Chevy Sumile – Kawaiola Takemura – Tyler Tashiro – Ryne Tokunaga – Matthew Tsutomi
Alex Takemura, Manager