LIHUE—It was a beautiful Saturday for softball—especially for the Mauna Lani team from Hawaii Division, which defeated perennial champions Kauai Coffee and claimed first place in the 52nd ILWU State Fast Pitch Tournament.

Game results are as follows:
1st Game
Kauai Coffee .............................. 10
Weyerhaeuser ............................. 0
2nd Game
Weyerhaeuser ............................. 8
Mauna Lani ................................ 19
3rd Game (9 innings)
Mauna Lani .................................. 7
Kauai Coffee ................................ 6

Individual awards
Wendall Nonaka . Highest Batting Avg.
Wendall Nonaka ......... and Most RBIs
Brian Aki .................. Most Home Runs
Chase Cazimero ... Most Runs Scored
Pat Prieto ........ Most Valvuable Player

Tournament All-Stars
Wendall Nonaka ......... Kauai, 750 avg.
Gordon Lindo ............. Oahu, 667 avg.
Chase Cazimero ...... Hawaii, 625 avg.
Pat Prieto ................. Hawaii, 600 avg.
Leonard Vegas ........... Kauai, 500 avg.
Sean Jardin ................ Kauai, 500 avg.
Kalani Kahoopii ........ Hawaii, 429 avg.
TJ Carvalho .............. Hawaii, 429 avg.
Ryan Lee .................... Kauai, 429 avg.
Kito Nonaka................ Kauai, 400 avg.
Blackie Viquelia .......... Kauai, 400 avg.

Championship team from Hawaii Division - Mauna Lani.

A grandfather, father, and son participated in this year’s tournament: longtime ILWU member Stanley “Pope” Dotario (right), his grandson Keith “Kito” Nonaka (left) and Kito’s father Wendall Nonaka (see All-Star photo above, second row, far left) all played for Kauai Coffee. Keith’s mother Mona Dotario also helped out as tournament scorekeeper.

The third place Weyerhaeuser team from Oahu.

2007 ILWU Fast Pitch tournament All-Stars.

Mauna Lani’s Lawrence Kauka is safe at first.

T.J. Carvalho, long-time Mauna Lani team member, getting ready to bat.

Kauai Coffee’s Leonard Vegas dives for home plate.

The 22nd ILWU Men’s Slow
Pitch tournament is
scheduled for Sept. 21-22 on
Oahu. Contact your Division
Sports Coordinator for more
information:
Hawaii - 935-3727
Maui - 244-9191
Kauai - 245-3374
Oahu 949-4161