Baseball

Some post-tourney thoughts. Yes, it does feel a little anticlimactic, thinking back to games that were almost a week ago. But this was one of the best state tourneys in recent memory. • Year of the Control Freaks. That’s right, we had a healthy supply of elite pitchers who relied on finesse more than sheer power. Whether it was Kian Kurokawa (Hilo), Trey Saito (Mid-Pacific) or, arguably, the surprise of the tourney, Mililani pitcher Kanoa Hironaka, fans at Iron Maehara […]

State title game time at Murakami Stadium. Beautiful Murakami Stadium. I’ll post updates here. Top 1st – Wasted opportunity for MPI. Kiner-Falefa singled to right, Collier reached on a bunt single. But Doi grounded into a 6-3 double play and Fentriss grounded out to first. Bot 1st – Sonognini singles for Mililani, but is left stranded. Saito threw 17 pitches in that first inning — a relatively high number by his standards. Sonognini continues to be one of the top […]

The semifinals are underway at the Wally Yonamine Foundation/HHSAA State Baseball Championships at Iron Maehara Stadium. Here’s a collection of updates. 5:15 p.m. WAILUKU — We’re in the bottom of the fourth inning, Mid-Pacific and Campbell tied at 0. Ian Kahaloa of Campbell against Brent Sakurai of MPI. Update 5:55 p.m. The Owls score two runs in the fourth to take the lead. Bryce Asao’s single to right scores courtesy runner Bryce Nagata. Asao later scored on a delayed steal […]

(More on the state tourney. This is the extended version of day 2’s quarterfinal games. The shorter version is in the print edition this morning.) WAILUKU — Kanoa Hironaka pitched the game of his life, a four-hitter against the top-seeded Baldwin Bears before a packed house at Iron Maehara Stadium — their home field — as the Trojans (11-7) advanced to the semifinals with a 5-1 win in the quarterfinals of the Wally Yonamine Foundation/HHSAA State Baseball D-I Championships. Hironaka, a […]

(Here’s the original content, extended version, of the first-round games of the Wally Yonamine Foundation/HHSAA State Baseball D-I Championships on Maui. Yes, it’s long. That’s why the print version is much shorter. God bless our editors.) WAILUKU — Better late than never for the Mililani Trojans. Mililani reached Waipahu ace Dylan Sugimoto for two unearned runs in the bottom of the seventh inning for a stunning 2-1 win on Wednesday in the opening round of the Wally Yonamine Foundation/HHSAA State […]

Thursday, May 9, 12:13 p.m. WAILUKU — Posted updates on Facebook yesterday during the opening round from here (Iron Maehara Stadium). Should’ve been posting here first. So here goes with Day 2, quarterfinal round, on a sunny, beautiful day on Maui. Hilo 2, Kailua 0, bottom 4th. The BIIF champions scored twice in the third inning on a two-run triple by Jodd Carter. Until the third, Kailua pitcher Brysen Ah Sam was in command with four strikeouts in the first […]