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Shiloh Santos

KS-Hawaii baseball  •   #10    

It was a week to remember for Shiloh Santos and the Kamehameha-Hawaii baseball team.

Santos, a 5-foot-11, 190-pound junior, had a big hand in helping the Warriors capture their second state title and first since 2016 at last week's Wally Yonamine Foundation/HHSAA Division II State Championships.

The left-handed Santos delivered in multiple facets over the course of three state tournament games on Oahu and was tabbed as the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

"He's just about consistent dedication," Kamehameha-Hawaii coach Andy Correa said of Santos, a third-year varsity player and second-year starter.

"He's a humble kid, a hard-working kid and just does what he's asked," Correa added.

Santos got the ball to start the Warriors' opening game of the eight-team bracket against Radford Wednesday. His outing got off to a bit of a rough start when he hit the first batter of the game and walked a couple more around a balk call. His second walk issued in the inning brought home the game's first run, but Santos was able to record a pair of strikeouts to escape the jam with minimal damage.

"He was having some trouble with the conditions and the mound was kind of slippery and the balls weren't dry – it was wet ball after wet ball – but both teams had to play in the same conditions and he just had to throw the ball over the plate, so he figured it out, but that was big because he was able to settle down after that. He had a balk and he didn't overreact, he didn't get too emotional and him not falling apart early, just giving up that one (run), that was big," Correa said.

Santos finished out his pitching line with just one run on one hit in 3 1/3 innings of work. He registered four strikeouts and two walks before two other pitchers closed out the 7-1 win for KS-Hawaii, who was seeded third in the tournament. Santos, who bats clean-up, delivered a two-run home run with one out in the bottom of the fourth that put his team ahead for good.

"He came back and hit that home run and that seemed to settle him down and really helped his confidence," Correa said of Santos' lone homer this spring.

Correa described the dinger as a no-doubter. Even more impressive is the fact that it came in an 0-2 count.

"It was out off the bat, that's what I recall. He had done that as a sophomore last year with more regularity, he hit elevated balls to the pull side more, so he has that in him and he has good pop. He's got good pop to the opposite field, too, like everything else he just matured and is growing into his position on the team and it's just a nice thing to see that opportunity to grow and develop," Correa said.

Santos also drew a walk in his final plate appearance against the Rams. He followed that up with a single in a 7-2 semifinal win over second-seeded Kauai, a game that began Thursday, but was completed Friday due to inclement weather.

Correa mulled over a few different options when it came to deciding on a starting pitcher for Saturday's title game tilt against two-time defending champion Damien. Ultimately, he put the ball in hands of Santos, whose efficient outing Wednesday made him available to pitch in the final.

"We were lucky that we were able to keep him under sixty pitches in the first game, so he was available for a potential championship game it just worked out. Sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn't," Correa said.

Before he even threw a pitch in Saturday's championship game, however, Santos was afforded a comfortable cushion in the form of a nine-run lead. The Warriors sent 15 batters to the plate in the top of the first inning and pumped out eight hits, including a pair off the bat of Santos.

Santos brought home the game's first run with a single to right field. Later in the same inning, he went to the opposite field to plate another run and give his team a 9-0 lead.

"Any time you get hits in three days over a state tournament, that is a big thing. Just getting on base three days in a row at states is a victory, so to hit the ball like he did consistently, that is just having a good tournament and when you're on a roll you gotta take advantage of those things, so I think he just stayed hot contributing in whatever way he could," Correa said.

On the mound, Santos went the distance. He allowed one run on four hits and struck out one in the 12-1 five-inning win for KS-Hawaii. Santos spread out four walks and two hit batsmen. He fired 43 of his 78 total pitches for strikes.

"I felt personally that he struggled in the game. They hit four or five line drives at people, fortunately for us, but we were gonna throw the ball down the middle until it doesn't work because we got a nine-run lead. Fortunately, it worked out for most of the game. Overall, everybody did what they needed to do and so did Shiloh," Correa said.

Santos hit .327 for the season, with 18 hits in 55 at-bats, 11 RBI and 16 runs scored. He also compiled a 5-0 record on the mound with a 1.21 earned run average. Santos, who throws a fastball, change-up and curveball, allowed 21 hits in 34 2/3 innings of work. He posted 38 strikeouts against 15 walks on the year.

"He has a really good demeanor, never gets too high, never gets too low and he was able to focus his energy and then play with intensity without losing control, which is always a good thing. Again, I thought he really struggled in the state tournament because it wasn't indicative of how he was throwing the ball during the season," Correa said.

Santos had his best outing of the season in a complete-game no-hitter again Pahoa back on March 21. He struck out 14 batters in that game and issued only one walk.

"He has much more to work on and much more to get better at, which is a good thing. He'll keep developing because of his hard work, so it's really encouraging that we have another year with him and hopefully he'll continue on this path he's on and continues to develop offensively and as a pitcher, so that's what we're looking forward to. He's just a good kid and we really enjoy having him; He's a niece piece to rely on for pitching, hitting and defensively," Correa said.

The Warriors won their final seven games of the season and concluded the year with a record of 16-1.

BASEBALL

Ryen Abe, Aiea — Batted 3 for 5 with a home run, one walk, three RBI, one stolen base and two runs scored in a loss to Pearl City 

Kaden Anderson, Baldwin — Allowed two runs on five hits with five strikeouts and two walks in five innings pitched in a win over Kamehameha 

Aukai Arruda, Kauai — Batted 2 for 3 with a double, two RBI, one stolen base and two runs scored in a win over Kahuku 

Kona Begonia, Damien — Batted 3 for 5 with five RBI, one stolen base and two runs scored in a win over Molokai 

Nainoa Begonia, Damien — Batted 3 for 3 with a double, one walk, three RBI, one stolen base and three runs scored in a win over Molokai

Kaimana Burgo, Kailua — Batted 2 for 2 with two walks, one RBI and one run scored in a loss to Saint Louis 

Dominic Christensen, Kamehameha-Hawaii — Batted 2 for 2 with a double and four RBI in a win over Kauai and batted 2 for 4 with an RBI-sacrifice fly in a win over Damien 

Tanner Chun, Saint Louis — Doubled, drove in three runs, stole two bases and scored a run in a win over Roosevelt 

Devin Fujino, Pearl City — Allowed two runs on four hits with five strikeouts and two walks in five innings pitched in a win over Aiea 

Kade Fujioka, Baldwin — Allowed two runs on six hits with seven strikeouts and four walks in 6 2/3 innings pitched in a win over Hilo 

John Ganske, Moanalua — Tripled and drove in three runs in a loss to Baldwin 

Jaydon Geraci, Hilo — Allowed two earned runs on five hits with four strikeouts and no walks in five innings pitched in a loss to Baldwin 

Kolby Gushiken, Saint Louis — Allowed one run on no hits with one strikeout and one walk in 5 2/3 innings pitched in a loss to Maui 

Loren Iwata, Waiakea — Allowed three hits and five walks with seven strikeouts in a complete-game shutout of Iolani 

Kainoa Kaneshiro, Kamehameha — Allowed three hits and three walks with five strikeouts in five scoreless innings pitched in a win over Pearl City 

Kaohu Kawelu, Kamehameha-Hawaii — Batted 2 for 4 with two RBI and two runs scored in a win over Damien 

Izaiah Kiko, Maui — Allowed five hits and two walks with one strikeout in six scoreless innings pitched in a win over Saint Louis 

Logan Kuloloia, Maui — Allowed three earned runs on six hits with three walks in 6 1/3 innings pitched in a win over Waiakea 

Jase Lorenzo, Pearl City — Allowed two earned runs on four hits with two strikeouts and one walk in five innings pitched in a loss to Kamehameha 

Kahanu Martinez, Saint Louis — Batted 2 for 3 with a walk, two RBI and two runs scored in a win over Roosevelt 

Shysten Nagasako, Waianae — Allowed one earned run on five hits with one strikeout and three walks in six innings pitched in a loss to Damien 

Francis O'Connor, Damien — Batted 2 for 3 with a double, two walks, one RBI and three runs scored in a win over Molokai 

Greyson Osbun, Kamehameha — Allowed three runs on four hits with nine strikeouts and one walk in five innings pitched in a loss to Baldwin 

Noah Palea, Kamehameha-Hawaii — Batted 2 for 4 with one RBI and struck out six batters, walked none and did not allow a hit in 2 2/3 scoreless innings of relief in a win over Radford 

Racen Pegeder, Kauai — Batted 2 for 3 with a double, one RBI and two runs scored in a win over Kahuku 

Jayden Perry-Waikiki, Baldwin – Allowed four runs on five hits with two strikeouts and no walks in five innings pitched in a win over Moanlaua 

Joshua Rego, Kauai — Batted 2 for 3 with a double and three RBI and allowed one run on three hits with six strikeouts and no walks in 4 1/3 innings pitched in a win over Kahuku 

Chaseten Rice, Waianae — Allowed seven hits and one walk with six strikeouts in a complete-game shutout of Konawaena

Kaleb Tenn, Iolani — Allowed one unearned run on two hits with four strikeouts and two walks in 5 1/3 innings pitched in a loss to Waiakea 

Triton Vicari, Damien — Batted 2 for 4 with a triple, two RBI and one run scored in a win over Molokai 

Dane Yamauchi, Kauai — Batted 3 for 4 with a double and two RBI in a loss to Kamehameha-Hawaii 

Aidan Yoshida, Aiea — Allowed one run on four hits with five strikeouts and one walk in five innings pitched in a loss to Pearl City 

Rhea Furtado

Kapaa softball  •   #10  2B/OF  Senior

Rhea Furtado's only home run of the season came at the most opportune of times.

Furtado, a senior second baseman for the Kapaa softball team, broke open Friday night's title game of the DataHouse/HHSAA Division II State Championships with her grand slam in the top of the third inning.

The Warriors went up 10-0 with Furtado's blast over the right field fence before going on to close out the 13-1 win over defending champion PAC-5 in five innings.

"What a time," Kapaa coach Blair Yamashita said of Furtado's lone homer this spring. "Perfect time."

The Warriors had already plated a pair of runs in the first inning and four more in the second before Furtado opened the flood gates in the third. After a fly-ball out led off the half-inning, the next three Kapaa batters reached base to set the table for Furtado. She watched the first three pitches of the at-bat miss out of the strike zone then took a strike. The left-hand-hitting Furtado fouled off the next pitch to work the count full before got around on an inside pitch and drove it out of the field of play.

"I think she went pretty deep in the count and that's a testament to her mental approach to the at-bat and the game in itself and she just waited for her pitch. I think they put it inside a little bit and she was able to get her hands inside and turn on it and flash some of that power," Yamashita described.

Furtado's dinger carried over the electronic scoreboard in right field – directly over a graphic of herself.

"I thought it was kind of funny that she took it out right over her face, over the big Jumbotron and it was only fitting that she was able to put it over the fence and put it out of the field of play; it was really story book for her," Yamashita said.

The grand slam was the exclamation point on a prolific week for Furtado and the Warriors. Individually, Furtado recorded eight hits in 12 at-bats with 14 runs batted in and nine runs scored in three state tournament games.

Kapaa, the No. 1 seed in the 12-team bracket, drew an opening-round bye before a 23-4 rout of Kohala in Wednesday's quarterfinal round. Furtado, the second batter in the lineup, went 3 for 4 at the plate with a walk. She drove in five runs and scored as many in the victory over the Cowgirls.

She followed that up by going 2 for 4 with four RBI in Thursday's 11-4 win over Aiea. Furtado also had a stolen base and scored a run in the semifinal matchup against Na Alii.

Yamashita said that the 5-foot-2 Furtado possesses an all-round skillset with many tools.

"She definitely helps to set the tone and tempo for the game. She's that sparkplug that gets us going and she can pretty much do it all. She has a high-level slap game from the left side so that she can utilize her speed and then as you saw in the championships game, she can hit for power, too," Yamashita said.

He noted that within Furtado's batting approach, she can soft slap, power slap and hit a high-bounce slap.

"She hits it hard to all parts of the field. Base running, she excels. She has elite top-level speed on the base paths and on the field. She can play multiple positions and has a very strong arm," Yamashita added.

Furtado primarily plays second base, but she can also play shortstop and all three outfield positions as well.

Beyond her athletic ability, however, Furtado's value extends to her leadership and reliability, Yamashita said.

"I think outside of her tremendous physical skillset and abilities, it's her leadership qualities because there are a lot of good players that go through programs, but the ones that are able to make people better around them really set themselves apart and help the team and she's one of those players," he characterized.

Yamashita said that Furtado's leadership role began increasing as a junior last year.

"She helped to organized offseason get-togethers so the girls can workout without the coaches prompting and she would kind of be the person to get the team in line and making sure that the coaches' jobs were also easy. She was almost like that extra coach-slash-player that all the other teammates respect and know that, ‘Hey, if she's doing it and she's willing to do it, too, then we should be,' and she's not giving orders or pointing fingers, she's leading by example and leading from the front," Yamashita said.

Furtado's performance in the state tournament was hardly a flash in the pan. Rather, she's been on a season-long hit parade. Furtado put together a gaudy .582 batting average with 32 hits, 35 RBI and 45 runs scored on the year and has tallied 12 walks and 17 stolen bases. Yamashita said Furtado's season got off to a torrid start in the preseason, including a strong showing at the Glenn Ah Sam Trojan Softball Classic.

"On both sides of the ball, hitting and defensively, she was basically a rock and then through the regular season she continued her high level of play. She led our team in a lot of offensive categories and then obviously she had a great postseason – not just in the last game, but throughout. She had multiple hits, driving in runs and scoring herself to make things as comfortable as they can be," Yamashita said.

Furtado finished Friday's title game going 3 for 4 with five RBI and three runs scored. In addition to her third-inning grand slam, Furtado also had a double in the second frame. She was selected by the media as the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

"We were ecstatic for her. She deserves all the accolades and recognition to her name. She puts in hours and hours of time into honing and mastering her craft and hard work and it paid off in the biggest moments and that's what your stars tend to do, they show up in the biggest of moments," Yamashita said.

The Warriors completed a perfect 15-0 season with their second state title in three years.

SOFTBALL

Sophie Alo, Campbell — Batted 2 for 3 with a double, one walk, two RBI and one run scored in a win over Maryknoll 

Shazlynn Ancheta, Leilehua — Batted 2 for 4 with a home run and two RBI in a win over Waiakea 

Mariah Antoque, Kamehameha — Batted 4 for 4 with a home run, two doubles, four RBI and three runs scored in a win over Leilehua and batted 3 for 3 with a home run and four runs scored in a win over Baldwin 

Kamryn Aoki, Mililani — Batted 3 for 4 with a triple, double, two RBI and three runs scored in a win over Kalani 

Nakeisha Bagain Olivas-Dominguez, Waimea — Batted 2 for 4 with a walk, two RBI and two runs scored in a win over Kamehameha-Hawaii 

Kaelyn Banquel, Waimea — Homered, drew a walk, drove in five runs and scored twice in a win over Kailua  and batted 3 for 5 with two home runs, one triple, three RBI and three runs scored in a win over Kamehameha-Hawaii 

Hinano Bautista, Mililani — Allowed one earned run on six hits with two walks in a complete-game win over Campbell and allowed one unearned run on four hits with two walks in a five-inning win over Kamehameha 

Trinity Cabana-Rodrigues, Leilehua — Batted 4 of 4 with a double, two RBI, two stolen bases and three runs scored in a win over Waiakea 

Leici-Mae Camara, Waimea — Batted 3 for 4 with an RBI, one stolen base and one run scored in a loss to PAC-5

Taelor Camelo, Waimea — Allowed one unearned run on three hits with eight strikeouts and one walk in a five-inning win over Kailua and batted 1 for 3 with two RBI and a run scored and allowed one unearned run on three hits with 11 strikeouts and five walks in a complete-game win over Kamehameha-Hawaii 

Haley Ching, Kalani — Batted 3 for 3 with a home run, double and five RBI in a win over Maui 

Kiersten Chong, Aiea — Batted 3 for 4 with an RBI, two stolen bases and two runs scored in a win over Molokai 

Kyralee-Marie Cordeiro, Radford — Batted 2 for 3 with a walk, one stolen base and three runs scored and allowed one run on two hits with seven strikeouts and two walks in a five-inning win over Lanai 

Kendalyn Cordeiro-Felise, Kapolei — Batted 2 for 4 with a double, two RBI and two runs scored in a win over Waianae 

Kasi Cruz, Maryknoll — Batted 3 for 4 with a home run and three RBI in a loss to Campbell 

Marley Espiau, Kamehameha — Batted 2 for 4 with a home run and four RBI in a win over Leilehua and batted 3 for 3 with a double, two RBI and a run scored in a win over Baldwin 

Ciara Fortuno, Leilehua — Batted 2 for 2 with three RBI, one stolen base and three runs scored in a win over Waiakea 

Kaienna Fuentes-Arellano, Campbell — Allowed three runs on five hits with one strikeout and four walks in six innings pitched in a loss to Mililani 

Skylynne Gonzalez, Campbell — Homered and drove in four runs in a win over Kealakehe 

Hailey Gibson, Kapaa — Batted 2 for 4 with a double, two RBI and one run scored in a win over PAC-5

Peahi Grilho-Armitage, Kamehameha — Allowed one run and three walks in a five-inning win over Baldwin 

Tavina Harris, Waimea — Batted 2 for 4 with two home runs, four RBI and three runs scored in a win over Kamehameha-Hawaii 

River Hawn, Kapolei — Batted 2 for 2 with a home run, one walk and five RBI in a win over Waianae 

Taryn Hirano, Mililani — Batted 2 for 3 with a double, one walk, an RBI and three runs scored in a win over Kalani, batted 2 for 3 with a home run and three RBI in a win over Campbell and batted 2 for 2 with two walks and two runs scored in a win over Kamehameha 

Leila Kahalewai, Baldwin — Batted 2 for 4 with two home runs and five RBI in a win over Kapolei 

Sunni Kahanu, Mililani — Batted 3 for 3 with two home runs, one sacrifice bunt, five RBI and two runs scored in a win over Kamehameha 

Sophia Kaneshiro, Aiea — Homered, drew two walks, drove in six runs, including an RBI-sacrifice fly, and scored four runs in a win over Molokai 

Karlee-Rose Keale, Kapaa — Allowed one run on two hits with two strikeouts and two walks in a five-inning win over PAC-5

Kolbi Kochi, Mililani — Batted 3 for 4 with three RBI and two runs scored in a win over Kalani 

Savannah Kupukaa, Kohala — Homered, drove in two runs, stole a base and scored twice in a win over Kalaheo 

Kezia Lucas, Kamehameha — Batted 2 for 2 with a double and two RBI in a win over Baldwin 

Jerrell Mailo, Mililani — Batted 3 for 4 with two home runs and four RBI in a win over Kalani and batted 3 for 4 with a double, one RBI and two runs scored in a win over Kamehameha 

Kandi Malama-Ahlo, Kapolei — Allowed two hits and two walks with five strikeouts in a five-inning shutout of Waianae and batted 3 for 4 with two RBI and run scored in a loss to Baldwin 

Kalia Marquez, Kohala — Batted 1 for 1 with two walks, one RBI, three stolen bases and two runs scored and allowed four unearned runs on six hits with four strikeouts and two walks in a complete-game win over Kalaheo 

Camryn Nakamura, Baldwin — Batted 2 for 4 with a home run, double, three RBI and two runs scored in a win over Kapolei 

Makayla Pagampao, Mililani — Hit a three-run home run, walked twice and scored three runs in a win over Kamehameha 

Lahela Painter, Baldwin — Batted 3 for 4 with a home run, two RBI and three runs scored in a win over Kapolei 

Nanea Pantastico, Campbell — Batted 3 for 4 with an RBI and a run scored in a win over Kealakehe 

Briana Lynn Sarae, Maryknoll — Batted 2 for 4 with a home run, triple and three RBI in a loss to Campbell 

Mikaela Scarborough, Kamehameha — Batted 3 for 4 with two RBI and two runs scored in a win over Leilehua and batted 2 for 4 with a double, one RBI and two runs scored in a win over Baldwin 

Harley Seminavage, Kapolei — Batted 2 for 4 with a double, two RBI and a run scored in a loss to Baldwin 

Ashlyn Sera, Kalani — Batted 2 for 2 with four RBI, two stolen bases and one run scored in a win over Maui 

Jayslin Simpliciano, Kalani — Doubled, drove in two runs, stole a base and scored three times in a win over Maui 

Olena Umetsu, Radford — Batted 2 for 3 with a double, four RBI, two stolen bases and two runs scored in a win over Lanai 

Quinn Waiki, Campbell — Batted 2 for 3 with a double, one walk, two RBI and one run scored in a win over Maryknoll and batted 2 for 3 with two home runs and four RBI in a win over Kealakehe and batted 2 for 3 with a double, one RBI and a run scored in a loss to Mililani 

Mua Williams, Kamehameha — Homered, drove in two runs and scored twice in a win over Baldwin 

Sienna Yamashita, Kapaa — Batted 5 for 5 with a triple, two doubles, four RBI, four stolen bases and five runs scored in a win over Kohala and batted 2 for 3 with a walk, two RBI, two stolen bases and two runs scored in a win over Aiea 

Miya Yoshioka, PAC-5 — Batted 1 for 2 with a double, two walks, one RBI, one stolen base and two runs scored and allowed one run on two hits with eight strikeouts and six walks in a complete-game win over Radford 

Mauliola Zuttermeister, PAC-5 — Batted 1 for 2 with two walks, three RBI, two stolen bases and one run scored in a win over Radford and batted 2 for 3 with a home run, three RBI, one stolen base and two runs scored in a win over Waimea