Win Over Kaimuki High Puts Cougars In Running For Title

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The Kaiser High baseball team closed out its regular season in style last week in its 19-4 win over Kaimuki. Now the Cougars hope to carry that momentum into this week’s Oahu Interscholastic Association playoffs.

The regular-season co-champions in the East with Moanalua, Kaiser earned the No. 2 seed from the league and will play a second-round game Wednesday against an opponent to be determined by the outcome of a Tuesday first-round encounter.

The Cougars hope to be among the five teams from the OIA that will qualify for the upcoming Wally Yonamine Foundation State Baseball Tournament (May 17-20) at Les Murakami Stadium on the University of Hawaii campus.

The Cougars are led by brothers Scott and Andy Uehara and Colby Ho. The trio combined for eight hits and 11 of Kaiser’s 19 RBI in their win over the Kaimuki Bulldogs last week.