Baseball

The Damien Monarchs refused to surrender, and with a stunning 7-6 win over No. 6 Kamehameha on Friday afternoon, they’ve kept hopes for a regular-season Division II title alive. Pinch hitter Milton Gainey III came through with a single to the left-center gap, scoring Mana Cameron with the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning. Damien’s chances? It’s a long shot. Damien is now 7-5 in the Interscholastic League of Honolulu with one game left in the regular […]

Is Mother Nature cheering for Punahou? Instead of facing a five-run deficit, a deluge of inclement weather may have saved the Buffanblu’s slim chance at winning the ILH’s baseball regular season. A dry afternoon at Ala Wai Field turned into a torrent of rain, a power outage and lightning. ‘Iolani led 7-2 with Punahou at bat in the bottom of the second inning when umpires called for a rain delay. Within 10 minutes, wind howled to 25 mph, lights went […]

It’s going to take a miracle, maybe, for anyone to catch the high-flying Mid-Pacific Owls. MPI leads the ILH baseball race with an 11-2 mark as of Wednesday night. ‘Iolani and Punahou are doing what they can to keep hope alive. The Raiders dominated St. Francis 12-2 in six innings on Wednesday and is still mathematically in the running with a 9-3-1 record. ‘Iolani needs MPI to lose its last two regular-season games to have a shot at the top. […]

Away from the diamond, Wyatt Young seems like any scholar-athlete at Mid-Pacific Institute. Once the practice gear is on, Young is in his preferred state of mind. He can practice and hone his craft as a hitter morning, noon and night. And he does, given any opportunity. “He loves baseball,” longtime friend and teammate Micah Pi said. “I think of baseball, I think of Wyatt. I’m not even kidding.” Coach Dunn Muramaru recalls the times when Young would ask when […]

Mid-Pacific baseball is about strength in numbers. Efficiency. Every batter, every fielder having a common goal. Statistics are nice, but making the right play? That’s not so automatic with every baseball team. The Owls preach consistency, selflessness, discipline. It is not a desire. It is the expectation. That all-for-one mentality is why a senior like Micah Pi isn’t comfortable with the spotlight. Not for his .370 batting average and .452 on-base percentage. Not for his sterling defensive play in right […]

There was concern on Kahi Kaanoi’s face. It wasn’t quite worry, but the first-year Kamehameha baseball coach isn’t comfortable with the pattern of late for his title-contending team. “It seems like our errors and walks come back to bite us. It’s happened a lot in these last three or four games,” he said after Mid-Pacific rallied for a 5-2 win at Damon Field on a sunny Monday afternoon. The win improved MPI’s mark to 10-2 and set the Warriors back. […]

An eight-game winning streak since suffering its only loss of the regular season in 12 innings has Campbell all the way up to No. 2 in the latest Honolulu Star-Advertiser Baseball Top 10 released today. The Sabers (10-1) have clinched the No. 1 seed for the OIA playoffs out of the West and have outscored their opponents 39-9 during their current winning streak which includes four shutouts. Campbell received one first-place vote and is only behind No. 1 Baldwin, which […]

There was success. There was shock. There was Micah Pi. The easy-going outfielder was enjoying life as a Mid-Pacific Owl. When the team returned from an American Legion summer tournament, there was a party to celebrate. Pi didn’t feel well and went home early. The next day, he was in the hospital. A tumor the size of a softball was in his torso. In the following months, he underwent chemotherapy treatment, started from the bottom and somehow regained his strength […]