Kailua defeated Pearl City 9-5 on Saturday in the second round of the 2018 Hawaii Little League 9-11 State Tournament played at Keolu Elementary School.
Kailua's Edgar Kahalewai earned the win in four innings of work. Kahalewai also powered a 3-run homerun blast to center field in the top of fourth inning that put Kailua up over Pearl City 9-2.
Pearl City (1-1) will take on Honolulu (0-1) on Sunday in the loser's bracket of the double elimination format championship tournamemnt with first pitch scheduled for 10:00am at Keolu Field in Kailua.
PC JUNIORS 2-0 AT STATE TOURNEY IN HILO
Congratulations to our PC Juniors who are 2-0 after defeating Hilo 4-1 on Saturday at the 2018 Hawaii Little League Juniors State Tournament in Hilo. PC takes on Honolulu today
GO PC!
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Kailua winning pitcher Edgar Kahalewai also contributed at the plate pictured here powering a 3-run
homerun over the center field fence in the top of the fourth inning that put Kailua in control at 9-2.
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Kailua's Luke Takakuwa-Holtey stroked a one-out triple in the top of
the fourth inning and would later score on Kahalewai's 3-run homerun.
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Takakuwa-Holtey heads to second base and would pull
up at third with a triple in the top of the fourth inning.