Hanapepe, Kaua`i AJA all-stars make bid for state title

Compiled by Roy Miyashiro, AJA Scorekeeper

The Hanapepe AJA Rivermen took

the 2000 AJA crown, and Kelly Robinson, one of their pitcher/infielders swept

through the league’s individual awards to take four of the five categories as

the team gets ready to leave for Maui where they will be competing in the AJA

State Baseball tournament that will take place at the Maui War Memorial Stadium

in Wailuku on April 8-9.

Robinson’s .607 batting average earned him

the Batting Champion award as well as Runs Batted In as his stick accounted for

15 RBI’s in the season.

A pair of home runs earned Robinson the

Most Home Runs trophy. For his accomplishments, Robinson was named The Most

Valuable Player.

Allen Mundon, finishing the season with a .353

batting average, picked up Rookie of the Year honors. Mundon is a

pitcher/infielder for the newly-formed Kapa`a squad.

The Hanapepe

Rivermen will be travelling to the state tournament with a contingent of

all-stars including three players from Makaweli and Kalaheo, two from the Lihue

team, and one from Kapa`a.

The full traveling roster is listed

below:

No. Player Position Avg Team

2 Royce

Ijima OF .393 Mak

7 Duane MiyasatoOF .310

Kal

00 Robert Ishikawa Inf Han

11 Mikey

Cardinez P/Inf .344 Lih

11 Wendall NonakaP/OF .457

Han

12 Kelly Robinson P/Inf .607 Han

15 Buddy

TaniguchiP 1000 Han

16 Lenn Nitta OF .320

Han

17 Blaine Tsukayama P .280 Lih

21 Chris Dela Cruz

P Han

22 Nolan Albarado Inf .303

Han

22 Les Obatake Inf .190 Kal

23 Clifford

Matsusaka Inf .438 Han

24 Davin Yamase Inf .400

Han

24 Jay Gatiuan Inf .308 Kap

27 Mike

Shimatsu P/Inf .440 Mak

28 Lance Nakata DH

.167 Mak

35 Liko Pereira P/DH .605 Kal

47 Dean

Nonaka Inf/OF .269 Han

45 Paul Cabral

Coach Han

AJA Final Standings

Team

Win Loss Tie

Hanapepe 6 1

1

Kalaheo 5 2 1

Lihue 4

4

Makaweli 3 4 1

Kapa`a 7

1