Lady Warriors clinch KIF softball first round

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Kapa‘a’s Seijia Makanani lines up a 3-run homer that scores Kaia Davis-Caberto on third base in the fifth inning Wednesday during the playoff game against Waimea at the Kapa‘a diamond.
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Kapa‘a base runner Rhea Furtado slides into third base ahead of the throw-out to Waimea’s Sianni Sakai in the fifth inning Wednesday during the playoff game at the Kapa‘a diamond.
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Kapa‘a’s Makena Kupihea fires to firstbase on a double out attempt after forcing Waimea’s Kaelyn Banquel at secondbase in the fourth inning Wednesday during the playoff game at the Kapa‘a diamond.
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Waimea’s Sianni Sakai is congratulated on her 2-run homer Wednesday during the playoff game against Kapa‘a at the Kapa‘a diamond.
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Kapa‘a High School pitcher Seijia Makanani cranks up one of her pitches, Wednesday during the playoff game against Waimea High School at the Kapa‘a diamond.
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Waimea shortstop Sianni Sakai makes solid connection to her third inning 2-run homer Wednesday during the playoff game against Kapa‘a at the Kapa‘a diamond.

KAPA‘A — Kapa‘a High School softball claimed Round 1 honors Wednesday following a Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation play-off contest against Waimea High School at the Kapa‘a High School campus.

One of the Lady Warrior athletes, Seijia Makanani, put in a strong performance on the mound, and in the batter’s box to lead Kapa‘a to its 10-3 win over the Menehune before a crowd that overflowed the softball diamond.

Makanani went the distance on the mound, limiting Waimea to just three hits, including a 2-run homer by Menehune shortstop Sianni Sakai in the third inning to knot the contest, 3-3. The other two Waimea hits came off the bat of Menehune catcher Kayla Prigge who banged singles in the second, and third innings with one Run Batted In, and left stranded.

Following the shaky start, where Makanani walked the first three Menehune batters and giving up all three Waimea hits in the first three innings, the Lady Warrior pitcher settled down to finish with five total walks while striking out 10 Waimea batters.

Makanani brought her performance into the batter’s box where she led all Warrior hitters with her 3-run homer in the fifth inning of the contest where Kapa‘a got its 10 runs on eight hits. The athlete wearing jersey No. 7 finished by scoring three times and getting a home run and a double with five runs being pushed home.

Kaia Davis-Caberto scored three times and had three hits, and Savanna Simons, who had peppered Round 1 with home runs, finished by scoring once, getting one hit with two RBI. Kai-Lee Kupihea also marked two RBI on her single hit, and Rhea Furtado scored twice on her singular hit.

With Round 1 settled, softball players have until April 6 to prepare for Round 2 when Waimea again makes the trip to the Kapa‘a High School diamond for a single match starting at 3:30 p.m.

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