Baseball

5:10 p.m. It’s an hour before game time for the Wally Yonamine Foundation/HHSAA Baseball State Championships. Pearl City, the OIA’s third-place team, and MIL champion Baldwin are scheduled to meet in the title game. But it’s been overcast and wet for most of the day here at Iron Maehara Stadium. In the previous three days, we had cloudy, no rain; sunny; then cloudy turning into perfectly sunshiny weather after 4 p.m. (on Friday). This time, Mother Nature is calling the […]

WAILUKU — On one side of the diamond, Justin Fernandez couldn’t believe his fortune. The Campbell baserunner had led off the top of the seventh with the first walk issued by Baldwin fireballer Damien Awai. After Bronson Burr struck out trying to bunt, Todd Takahama singled and opportunity’s door widened. Two wild pitches later, Fernandez was safe at home plate to give his team a 2-1 lead, and the Campbell Sabers — one of the youngest teams in the state […]

WAILUKU — It’s Campbell, the young team on a surge during the state tourney, against MIL champion Baldwin in the nightcap here at Iron Maehara Stadium. Campbell has another talented underclassman on the mound: Jamin Kalaola, a 6-foot-2 right-hander. Baldwin (15-0) has Damien Awai on the mound. Campbell (12-6) is the fifth-place team from the OIA, but is playing like an elite team. 1st Awai strikes out the first two batters and Campbell goes 1-2-3 in the top of the […]

WAILUKU — The gray clouds have blown away and the sun is shining down upon Iron Maehara Stadium as the first semifinal game between Mililani, the OIA’s sixth-place team, and the OIA’s third-place team, Pearl City, is ready to begin. Koa Eastlack, who spun a scoreless seventh inning in Mililani’s stunning upset of No. 1 Mid-Pacific yesterday, draws the start today. Torey Chun starts on the mound for Pearl City. The OIA West rivals met twice during the regular season. […]

WAILUKU — After all the wacky, unpredictable games and results of the regular season and playoffs, I suppose it only makes sense that the parity we saw continues here at the state tournament. It’s also the time of year, for me anyway, when I start wondering. I see Brendan Odo, blue cast on his left leg, sitting on the edge of Kailua’s dugout as the Surfriders warm up on the field for this afternoon’s consolation-bracket game. He’s doing a soft […]