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The Central Maui Little League All-Stars rolled to a 17-0 win over Nevada in their opener at the Senior League (15-16) West Regional in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday behind a combined no-hitter by Logan Kuloloia and Micah Torres and a two-run homer by Kamahao Akima.

Central Maui will play Montana today at 10 a.m. HST.

“It’s going real good, they’re starting to blend very well,” Central Maui manager Peter Delima said via phone Thursday.

This team includes six players from the 2019 Central East Maui Little League Majors (11-12) team that advanced to the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa.

Akima, Kuloloia, Kaleb Mathias, Duke Aloy, Nakea Kahalehau and Kaedyn Miyake-Matsubayashi were all on the 2019 Maui LLWS team.

Delima said the past experience is “very valuable, you know, they’ve already been through it, so they know what it’s like to play big games.”

Delima knows that getting this team past this point and to the Senior League World Series in Easley, S.C., July 29-Aug. 5, will not be easy.

A team from Maui won the SLWS in 2019 and another Maui team returned to the World Series last year after the 2020 and 2021 tournaments were wiped out by the pandemic.

“It’s a regional tournament, so you’ve got to take it as everybody is good, there’s a reason why these teams are here,” Delima said. “So, I take it like everybody is good.”

Thursday’s win was the fourth straight for Central Maui since a 1-0 loss to Honolulu in the opener of the state tournament on July 7 — Maui has outscored opponents, including Honolulu twice, 39-6 in those four games.

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