Souza’s dramatic walk-off gives Kamehameha first state baseball title in 20 years
HONOLULU — Jace Souza and the Kamehameha Warriors made it worth the wait.
With a timely crack of the bat, Souza delivered the Kapalama campus its first state baseball championship in 20 years as the Warriors walked it off against Baldwin, 5-4, in a worthy Wally Yonamine Foundation/HHSAA Division I title game at Les Murakami Stadium on Friday night.
Souza’s one-out triple to the centerfield wall in the bottom of the seventh sent Elijah Ickes sprinting around from first and the rest of the Warriors streaming out of the third base dugout to meet him at home plate. A delirious dogpile ensued on the artificial turf near the backstop.
