Baseball

OIA champion Campbell received the top seed in the Division I Wally Yonamine Foundation Baseball State championships beginning May 6. The Sabers, who narrowly beat Mililani for the OIA title, play the winner between Maui and Moanalua in the second round at Les Murakami Stadium. ILH champion Mid-Pacific earned the second seed and will meet either Waiakea or Kailua. Baldwin is the third seed as the MIL champion and gets the winner between OIA powers Mililani and Pearl City. BIIF […]

Kaiser’s 9-0 loss to Campbell in the OIA baseball semifinal round on Friday night was a demonstration of a solid, good team going up against a premier pitcher in stealth mode. Kila Kapihe was that good. The nine strikeouts with just one walk in his two-hit shutout wasn’t just good. It was mastery. And he’s been doing it all season long on a staff that includes the heart’s desire of many an MLB scout, Ian Kahaloa, and the versatile lefty, […]

There is a minimum of mercy in the Oahu Interscholastic Association playoffs, which begin on Wednesday. Unlike the Interscholastic League of Honolulu, which has an automatic state-tournament berth for the regular-season winner (Mid-Pacific) and a double-elimination format in the playoffs, the OIA leaves no room for defeat. The single-elimination format rewards late-season play — the hottest teams. Wednesday’s opening round is, as usual, a play-in situation. Winners advance to the quarterfinals. Losers are done for the season. From there, it’s […]

Game time is 45 minutes away in this showdown for the OIA West crown. As far as playoff implications go, the winner gets the top seed in the West and the loser gets the second. Either way, Campbell and Mililani will have first-round byes. Unlike the ILH, where regular-season placing can figure into the equation for a state-tournament berth, the OIA playoffs are a one-and-done deal in terms of the league championship. Quarterfinal losers can still qualify for the state […]