AI-assisted summary
Wapahani upset top-ranked Lapel 2-1 to win the IHSAA baseball regional championship.
Eli Andrews hit a go-ahead two-RBI triple in the sixth inning.
Nate Luce pitched a complete game, allowing only one unearned run.
Wapahani advances to the semi-state round against Oak Hill.
KOKOMO — After five scoreless innings at Kokomo Municipal Stadium, it felt like whoever managed to score first between Wapahani and Lapel would be crowned an IHSAA baseball regional champion.
Eli Andrews made sure it was Wapahani.
With sophomore Haiden James on second base and junior Quentine James on first, Andrews got his first hit of the game, a triple deep into right field that allowed the James brothers to score and put the Raiders in front in the top of the sixth inning.
Lapel managed