Baseball

There’s nothing Saint Louis and Punahou can do about their predicament. Saint Louis has been atop the Star-Advertiser Baseball Top 10 this season. Punahou has played like it for stretches, especially during the ILH playoff tourney. But there’s this: Saint Louis has been idle for more than a week since being eliminated from the double-elimination playoffs. Punahou has been a busy bee, losing on Tuesday to Mid-Pacific. Maybe too busy. Conversely, it’s possible the Crusaders might be a wee bit […]

So, if you’ve been ignoring or avoiding the world of ILH baseball, here’s where we are: Punahou and Mid-Pacific play for the league’s playoff tournament. It’s been a wild, unpredictable double-elimination format, two weeks of heart break and ecstasy for those involved. If Punahou wins, a state-tournament berth is locked up. If MPI, the regular-season winner, takes this afternoon’s game, the ILH championship is theirs outright. Then Punahou, the playoff tournament runner-up, would then play the Saint Louis, the regular-season […]

Kailua has won 12 OIA baseball championships, including six under current coach Corey Ishigo. Kalani hasn’t won one since 1971. The two teams are going at it tonight in the OIA Division I final at Hans L’Orange Park. 1st Dustin Imanaka and Dalton Kalama started it off for the Surfriders with walks off Kalani starting pitcher Micah Kawano. Noah Auld then doubled to right center, bringing home both base runners. KAIL 2, KLN 0. Lawson Faria’s blooper to short center […]

The OIA Division II baseball championship is about to start here at Hans L’Orange Park. Dark and overcast, muggy for the past hour. Feels like rain is on the way. I’m expecting one or two rain delays, but I’m no weatherman. Kapolei is 12-0 in OIA D-II play and Kalaheo is 9-4. Both teams have already secured state-tournament berths. Kapolei won both matchups during the regular season by scores of 5-2 and 8-0. 1st The Mustangs score twice in the […]