Alaka'i Aglipay's two-out, two-strike single to center field in the bottom of the seventh inning brought home pinch-runner Travis Ganiko from second base to lift Punahou to a stunning 3-2 victory over 'Iolani yesterday morning at Ala Wai Field.

The win — combined with Kamehameha's 11-1 triumph over Maryknoll later in the day — left 'Iolani and Kamehameha each 12-2 and tied for first place in the regular-season standings. They will meet at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow at Ala Wai to determine the ILH's regular-season title and automatic state tournament berth.

Punahou (8-6) had already clinched the No. 4 seed for the upcoming league tournament, and Buffanblu coach Eric Kadooka said his team approached yesterday as preparation for Wednesday's tourney opener, using five pitchers throwing no more than two innings each.

"Our main focus is Wednesday, and we had a plan coming in," Kadooka said. "This win should be a big help going into the tournament. We're still young, and we gotta get our confidence."

Punahou got its confidence early yesterday, taking a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning after Brian Suite singled to center, stole second base and scored after Tyler Hanzawa's single was misplayed in left field.

The Buffanblu made it 2-0 in the third after Evan Lim walked, pinch-runner Roy Fuchigami advanced to second as Tyler Young was hit by a pitch, and scored on Aglipay's bloop double that skipped in between the center and right fielders.

The Raiders cut the lead in half in the fourth, as Buen Hatanaka reached on an infield error, moved to second on Reyn Nagamine's sacrifice bunt and scored on an errant throw after JR Bunda's infield single.

'Iolani then tied it in the seventh after Grant Iwamoto led off with a walk, courtesy runner Eric Molnar advanced to second on Sean Nada's sacrifice bunt, and scored on pinch-hitter Trent Miyashiro's single to center.

But Punahou got a 4-6-3 double play to end the rally.

In the bottom of the seventh, Lim had a one-out single to right and moved to second on Young's walk, setting up Aglipay's line single on a 2-2 pitch. Ganiko sped home and slid safely ahead of the throw from center field.

'IOLANI (12-2) 000 100 1 — 2 5 1

PUNAHOU (8-6) 011 000 1 — 3 6 2

JR Bunda, Sheldon Lee (4), Jarrett Arakawa (6) and Grant Iwamoto. Marcus Yoshii, Burt Kawamoto (3), Ty Tirpak (4), Jeremy Fujimoto (5), Evan Lim (7) and Tyler Young. W — Lim. L — Arakawa.

Leading hitters — Punahou: Alaka'i Aglipay 2-4, double, 2 RBIs; Tyler Hanzawa 2-3.

Reach Wes Nakama at wnakama@honoluluadvertiser.com or 535-2456. Read his blog on high school sports at www.preptalk.honadvblogs.com.

SAINT LOUIS 8, MID-PACIFIC 2

Derek Nakasato, Kaeo Aliviado and Kini Enos combined on a four-hitter as the visiting Crusaders beat the Owls. Saint Louis' Evan Fujihara batted 2-for-4 with two RBIs.

Also, Mid-Pacific's Todd Nagamine batted 2-for-3 with a double in a 10-9 victory over Kamehameha on Thursday. The extra-base hit was omitted from the Owls' line score in Friday's editions.

SAINT LOUIS (7-7) 210 001 4 — 8 10 1

MID-PACIFIC (10-4) 000 011 0 — 2 4 2

Derek Nakasato, Kaeo Aliviado (5), Kini Enos (6) and Kekoa Peltier. Lawrence Chew, Davis Chang (4), Kurt Okita (6), Ryan Muraoka (7) and Dane Fujinaka. W — Nakasato. L — Chew.

Leading hitters — Saint Louis: Evan Fujihara 2-4, 2 RBIs; Kalei Contrades 2-4; Moses Samia 2-4.

Reported by Lauren Furumoto.

KAMEHAMEHA 11, MARYKNOLL 1

David Lee and Tucker Troy combined on a two-hitter, and Kewby Meyer and Jonathan James both drove in two runs as the host Warriors beat the Spartans at Ala Wai in a game that lasted 4 1/2 innings due to the 10-run rule.

MARYKNOLL (2-12) 100 00 — 1 2 0

KAMEHAMEHA (12-2) 014 6X— 11 13 0

Matthew Guzman, Aaron Tom (4), Matthew Hara (4) and Kyle Hirata. David Lee, Tucker Troy (5) and Keanu Carmichael, Preston Hao. W — Lee. L — Guzman.

Leading hitters — Kamehameha: Jacob Meyer double, 2 runs; Kalei Hanawahine 2-3; Pi'ikea Kitamura 2-3, double, 2 runs; Kewby Meyer 2-3, 2 runs, 2 RBIs; Carmichael 2-3, triple; Tony Tokunaga double; Jonathan James double, 2 RBIs; Makana Ramie triple.

Reported by Nick Bradley.

PAC-FIVE 4, DAMIEN 1

Shayne Nakata pitched a three-hitter and Noa Okinaka drove in two runs as the Wolfpack beat the Monarchs at Ala Wai Field for their first win of the season.

DAMIEN (4-10) 100 000 0 — 1 3 3

PAC-FIVE (1-13) 000 031 X — 4 7 2

Isaac Ventura, D.J. Andrade (6) and David Vasconcellos. Shayne Nakata and Reid Morihara. W — Nakata. L — Ventura.

Leading hitters — Damien: Jordan Murai 2-4. Pac-Five: Brysen Honda 2-3; Noa Okinaka double, 2 RBIs; Kelsey Uyehara 2-3.

Reported by Nick Bradley.