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Lunas close with win over Na Alii

The Lahainaluna High School softball team nailed down second place in the final Maui Interscholastic League Division I game of the regular season with a 19-3, four-inning win over King Kekaulike on Saturday at Patsy Mink Field.

The Lunas (7-5) scored in each inning, including eight times in the top of the fourth to take a 19-0 lead. Kaaina Kalanikau led Lahainaluna’s 11-hit attack with a home run, a double and two RBIs. Daisha Dagdag knocked in three runs with a double and a triple.

Seraya Casco tossed a complete-game five-hitter with four strikeouts for Lahainaluna.

The Lunas play third-seeded Kamehameha Maui in the MIL tournament semifinals on Thursday.

King Kekaulike finished the regular season 2-10 and will face Maui High in the play-in game on Wednesday.

Lahainaluna 362 8–19 11 2

King Kekaulike 000 3– 3 5 2

Seraya Casco and Briann Keohuloa; Shania Cardoza, Sadie Sakamoto (2) and Abby Manegdeg. W–Casco. L–Cardoxza. 2B–Lahainaluna: Kaaina Kalanikau, Keohuloa, Daisha Dagdag; King Kekaulike: Kathy Hokoana. 3B–Lahainaluna: Dagdag; King Kekaulike: Ashley Gamble. HR–Lahainaluna: Kalanikau.

Leading hitters–Lahainaluna: Dagdag 2-3, 3 RBIs; Kalanikau 2-2, 2 RBIs; Casco 2-4, 2 RBIs. King Kekaulike: Daeja DePonte 2-2, RBI.

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FINAL MIL STANDINGS

DIVISION I

W L Pct. GB

x-Baldwin 12 0 1.000 —

Lahainaluna 7 5 .583 5

KS Maui 6 6 .500 6

Maui High 3 9 .250 9

King Kekaulike 2 10 .167 10

DIVISION II

W L Pct. GB

x-Molokai 7 0 1.000 —

Lanai 3 3 .500 3 1⁄2

Hana 0 7 .000 7

x-clinched regular-season championship

Saturday’s Result

Lahainaluna 19, King Kekaulike 3

End of regular season

MIL TOURNAMENTS

At Maui High

Wednesday’s Game

D-I play-in: Maui High vs. King Kekaulike, 7 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

D-I semifinal: Baldwin vs. Maui High-King Kekaulike winner, 5 p.m.

D-I semifinal: Lahainaluna vs. Kamehameha Maui, 7 p.m.

Friday’s Games

D-II semifinal: Lanai vs. Hana, 4 p.m.

D-I final, 7 p.m.

Saturday’s Game

D-II final, 10 a.m.

D-II overall championship, if necessary, noon

Tuesday, May 1

D-I overall championship or second-place playoff, 5 p.m.

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