Baseball

Kaiser’s Curtis Chung Jr. was a model of efficiency on the mound Saturday against Moanalua, and he got a big-time defensive play from center fielder Jesse Stroede along the way to go the distance in a 4-1 victory in an OIA East baseball game at the Cougars’ field. Chung Jr. threw just 82 pitches in a five-hitter with no walks and eight strikeouts. A senior right-hander, Chung Jr. threw 61 total strikes, including first-pitch strikes to 20 of the 25 […]

All things considered in a heated, epic battle between two historical rivals, Keenan Sue did the right thing. Not that he would agree fully. Punahou’s 10-inning, 5-4 victory over ‘Iolani put the Buffanblu in the driver’s seat of the ILH baseball chase. But it was a wild 10th inning that was both dramatic and clutch. First, the top of the 10th. Tate Shimao of ‘Iolani at second base. Two outs. Taner Aranaydo swings at a 1-0 pitch from Matt McConnell. […]

More than likely, Mikey Hanano is going to be a special ballplayer for the Kailua Surfriders. And it’s not just because the freshman hit a seventh-inning, pinch-hit, walk-off home run to give Kailua and pitcher Bryson Ewaliko a 2-1 victory over Kaiser on Wednesday. Here are two more reasons: >> Talking about the winning hit put tears into the eyes of Surfriders coach Corey Ishigo. >> Hanano is a long-time friend of and patterns his baseball attitude on former Kailua […]

At 6 feet, 3 inches, Micah Yonamine was quite the sight two years ago as a sophomore catcher for the ‘Iolani Raiders. Skills, yes. But unusual, for sure. In the islands, most baseball players of this height wind up at first base if they’re not pitching. Or in the outfield, a la Herman Medeiros of Hilo back in the 1990s. “We’re not going to pigeonhole guys,” Raiders coach Kurt Miyahira said. Like Medeiros, Yonamine was a lanky athlete with uncanny […]

Nothing that transpired in No. 10 St. Francis’ 4-1 loss to No. 3 Punahou on Tuesday at Goeas Field changed the way Saints coach Kip Akana views his team. The Saints played error-free baseball against the Buffanblu and hung tight despite hitting 0-for-12 with runners in scoring position. They scratched across a run in the seventh inning with aggressive baserunning. Pinch runner Dean Foster stole third base, despite a four-run deficit, forcing a throw from the catcher to get away […]

After more than three hours, an epic battle between David and Goliath was headed for Tieville. For Mid-Pacific, though, clutch pitching by sophomore Zarek “ZB” Kon and a game-winning infield single off the bat of Kodey Shojinaga were enough to lift the Owls to another stunning 7-6 win over No. 2 ‘Iolani under a darkening sky over Francis Williams Damon Field on Tuesday. The win is Mid-Pacific’s second in a row over previously unbeaten ‘Iolani in four days. At ‘Iolani […]

Winning a state championship requires three wins in three days — and sometimes even four in four days. A dominant pitcher can get a team into the semifinals, but it generally comes down to the guys down-staff that make the difference between hoisting a koa trophy or not. For third-ranked Punahou, that guy is turning out to be junior left-hander Koa Eldredge. A receiver on the football team with 15 touchdown receptions and more than 1,000 career receiving yards, he’s also […]

They are the Good News Bears in every possible way. Baldwin, state champion in two of the past three seasons, collected all 10 first-place votes to retain the No. 1 spot in the Star-Advertiser Baseball Top 10 on Monday. While the top four teams remained status quo, St. Francis entered the Top 10 for the first time this season and second time in school history at No. 10. The Saints (8-4-1, 6-2 ILH) matched their only other ranking ever when […]