Baseball

The Mid-Pacific Owls are back in the state tourney, and Owl Nation is breathing a collective sigh of relief. “I’m happy we made it back,” senior pitcher/designated hitter Chase Wago said following a 9-1 win over Kamehameha on Thursday that clinched the regular-season title — and automatic state berth. “At the beginning of the year, we had a hard time. We pulled together as a team.” Week 1 was glum for the Owls. They pulled out a nine-inning, 3-2 win […]

It was a helpless feeling for any coach, and Tommy Perkins is a baseball coach in his blood. The longtime Kamehameha coach, who spent 18 seasons as an intermediate coach, wasn’t able to be at Goeas Field for the start of the Warriors’ varsity game against first-place Mid-Pacific on Thursday afternoon. Jury duty beckoned, and he simply didn’t have enough justification to leave early. It probably wouldn’t have mattered a whole lot against a top-ranked Owls team that jumped to […]

Of all the key elements that separate title contenders from competitive, yet lower-tier teams in the merciless Interscholastic League of Honolulu baseball kingdom, clutching up at the plate is certainly one. There’s more to it, naturally, than stranding 11 baserunners and batting 1-for-12 with runners in scoring position. But, as Maryknoll coach Randy Yamashiro said after a 6-1 loss to No. 3 Saint Louis on Tuesday, it’s been a struggle. Coming through with two-out base hits has not been easy […]

Defense can be underrated, especially in this fantasy sports fueled world where a home run means a lot but a run-saving defensive play means nothing. I say give 100 points (or whatever else it should be worth) to the field gem. Mid-Pacific’s 4-1, nine-inning Interscholastic League of Honolulu baseball victory over Saint Louis on Wednesday at Goeas Field had more than its share of tremendous defensive plays. The Crusaders (7-4) tied it at 1-all in the bottom of the seventh […]