Baseball

Dunn Muramaru knows his numbers, and he knows Chase Wago likes numbers, too. Muramaru, the longtime baseball coach at powerhouse Mid-Pacific, teaches math at the school. Seventh-grade math. Wago, a senior ace, lists mathematics as his favorite subject. He’s even taking AP Calculus and calls math in general, “fun.” Wago, according to Muramaru, hardly says a word. That’s just fine with Muramaru, one of the finest teachers on and off the field in Hawaii prep baseball history. “Coach Dunn, he […]

It’s a beautiful, hot and sunny afternoon in Manoa for Saint Louis-versus-Mid-Pacific in ILH baseball. Each team is 1-1 in league play. ILH boys basketball was quite the gauntlet recently. Baseball looks like much the same. MPI has lefty Alex Oley on the mound against STL southpaw — and it’s a true southpaw here at Damon Field — Dawson Yamaguchi. MPI 1, STL 0 The Owls score in the bottom of the third inning after Hunter Hill’s long drive to […]

It’s Mid-Pacific ace Chase Wago against Punahou ace Noah Goss in a battle of southpaws in an ILH regular-season opener at the Owls’ Damon Field. No score after two innings, though Punahou has advanced runners into scoring position in each of the first two. Top of the third — a three-run home run by Easton Takamoto over the centerfield fence 333 feet away has been determined by the home plate umpire to be just one run on the play. I […]