Campbell's Dewayne Sprinkel rounds third base on his way to home plate against Waipahu. Sylvia Lee | SL

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Campbell's Jake Mendoza connects with a pitch against Waipahu. Sylvia Lee | SL

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Waipahu's Justin Padilla makes contact with the ball against Cambpell. Sylvia Lee | SL

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Waipahu's Justin Keaka throws a pitch to the plate against Campbell. Sylvia Lee | SL

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Waipahu's Shilo Baniaga fields a grounder against Campbell. Sylvia Lee | SL

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Campbell's Zachary Kapihe threw six innings of scoreless baseball to earn the win over Waipahu. Sylvia Lee | SL

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'EWA BEACH - Kila Kapihe pitched six shutout innings and got early run support to help No. 1 Campbell beat Waipahu, 5-2, Friday to clinch its second consecutive O'ahu Interscholastic Association Red West title.

The Sabers (10-0) secure a first-round bye in the OIA Red Tournament, which starts April 30. The top two seeds from each division have first-round byes. The Marauders (6-4) still hold sole possession of second place, so they still have a lot at stake in their upcoming games at Kapolei on Wednesday and against Leilehua at Fred Wright on Friday. The top six teams gain Division I state tournament berths.

Campbell, though, is not ready to rest on its laurels.

"It feels like a normal win," Kapihe said. "We shouldn't get big-headed. We shouldn't be overlooking any other teams. Just play our game, expect (that) every team is aiming for us."

Kapihe (3-0), a junior right-hander, allowed three hits and two walks. At one stretch he retired 13 batters in a row, getting first-pitch strikes on 10 of them. The string ended in the top of the sixth when Waipahu leadoff hitter Dylan Sugimoto singled, his second of the game after leading off the game with one. After an out, Kapihe walked Tyler Enos, but got out of the jam when Patrick Villanueva lined out to shortstop Jobe Ibana, who doubled-off Sugimoto at second to end the threat.

"He had a lot better outing than his last outing," Campbell coach Rory Pico said. "He struggled the first inning, struggled with his off-speed stuff, so they just sat fastball. But he found his slider somewhere around the third inning and kept them off-balanced. I think that was the difference."

Kapihe said his fastball and changeup were working well. His slider came around later. "My slider was here and there," he said. "I had to make adjustments every inning."

Ian Kahaloa, who had not pitched since his start at Waipahu on March 31, finished the game, though he was somewhat shaky, allowing two runs (one unearned), pitching the seventh. He allowed a lead-off single, hit a batter and walked two, but struck out two, including the last batter of the game.

"We wanted to get him some work because he was working on some things," Pico said. "He needed to get on the mound, toe the rubber little bit. He was at little bit - I wouldn't call it rusty - but you could tell he wasn't on there for a while. He's going to work hard and find himself and hopefully throw more strikes his next outing."

Losing pitcher Justin Keaka (1-1), making his first start since March 5 when he beat Leilehua, 2-0, went six innings for the Marauders, allowing five runs (three earned), six hits and two walks. Once again, ace Sugimoto was unavailable against the Sabers because he had pitched Wednesday in a complete-game victory against Pearl City, 4-1.

The Marauders threatened in the top of the first. Sugimoto led off by hitting the first pitch of the game up the middle for a single. He was erased on a force play when Shilo Baniaga reached on a fielder's choice bunt to Kapihe. Baniaga reached third when Enos doubled to left on a fly ball that left fielder Blayze Arcano-Llacuna appeared to misjudge. Kapihe, though, struck out cleanup hitter Villanueva, before walking Kobie Russell to load the bases. Justin Padilla, though, grounded out to short to leave the bases full.

Campbell wasted little time getting on the board. With one out in the bottom of the first, Dewayne Sprinkel singled on a liner off the third baseman's glove, stole second and scored on Dorrien Villanueva-Hermosura's ground single to center. Further damage was curtailed when Sugimoto made a diving catch to rob Tryzen Rene Patricio of a hit to end the inning.

The Sabers padded their lead with a three-run second, cashing in on an error that accounted for two unearned runs. Kainoa Ganancial reached on second baseman Baniaga's throwing error with one out and went to third on Jake Mendoza's single to right. Mendoza stole second before Zachary Recolon walked to load the bases. Ibana's two-run single to left-center made it 3-0; Recolan went to third and Ibana to second on the throw home. Recolan scored on Sprinkel's RBI ground out to short before Hermosura grounded out to first to end the frame.

Campbell added a run in the bottom of the sixth with help from the bench. Darren Gallano hammered a double with one out to left-center. Ganancial re-entered the game as a pinch runner, went third on a ground out to second and scored on Recolan's single through the middle to make it 5-0.

"He's been swinging the bat well during practice, so we've been looking for opportunities to get him at-bats," Pico said of Gallano. "I was glad he put a good swing on it; he put a good swing on a curveball."

The extra run loomed large in the top of the seventh, when Kahaloa labored along. Russell led off with a line single to right and Greyson Fuentes was hit by a pitch and lifted for courtesy runner Brandon Tom. Kahaloa walked Rustin Ho to load the bases before Oakland Scanlan reached first on a fielder's choice grounder to short that forced out the runner at second and scored a run. With runners at the corners, Kahaloa struck out pinch hitter Micah Chee. With Sugimoto at the plate pinch runner Jordan Ballesteros stole second, but catcher Patricio's throw went into center field, allowing Tom to score to make it 5-2. Sugimoto walked, bringing the tying run to the plate in Baniaga, who struck out to end the game.

For the Marauders, they just could not avoid the big inning, when Campbell scored three. Otherwise, they would have been chasing fewer than five runs in the seventh.

"We had that error, but they put the ball in play," Waipahu coach Jared Abreu said. "We have to make the plays. We didn't make the plays today, so hat's off to them."

Having clinched the top seed, Pico said he will use the remaining two regular season games to shore up the depth, especially in the bullpen. The Sabers' starting pitchers - Kapihe, Villanueva-Hermosura and Kahaloa - have been so effective that they have been able to go deep into games or complete their starts..