Some scores from Iron Maehara Stadium in Wailuku: > Mid-Pacific 8, Hilo 5 A three-run homer by Ryan Muraoka in the top of the 10th made the difference. > Saint Louis 4, Kailua 2 Complete-game win for pitcher Christopher Chung. > Still in play: Punahou 2, Pearl City 0, fifth inning > Late quarterfinal: Baldwin vs. Campbell
Kailua outlasted Kaiser 6-1 in Wednesday’s opening round of the Wally Yonamine Foundation/HHSAA Division I State Baseball Championships at Maehara Stadium on Maui. Here’s more on the Surfriders’ win. Ryan McMonigle’s one mistake, a hanging curve, left the part courtesy of Kaiser slugger Kaipo Oamiloa-Scholtz. That homer pulled the Cougars within 2-1, but they couldn’t put together enough hits the rest of the way. “I’m not going to blow it past anyone,” McMonigle said. “We have a good ‘D,’ so […]
Wednesday’s opening-round action at the Wally Yonamine/HHSAA Division I was as breezy as expected at Ichiro “Iron” Maehara Stadium. Wind blows in from right field (shore) to home plate at times, knocking down bloopers hit that way. Wind also will go cross from right to left field. Yesterday, bloopers fell quickly in right. Today, the ball is carrying out to left — better for fly-ball hitting teams (Hilo). Maui pitcher Alika Aheong was superb last night until running out of […]
. More on Campbell pitching ace Charles “Kale” Kaalekahi, who was featured a week ago. • Kale’s grandfather, Kale “Papa” Kaalekahi, was a multi-sport athlete at Punahou. He was in track, swimming, basketball and volleyball. Kale’s dad, Charles, was a football player at Roosevelt and Campbell. • Favorite class: Trigonometry, taught by Ms. Yoshizumi. Kale also enjoys Marine Science with teacher Suzie Wallace. • Grade-point average: 3.2 cumulative. • Favorite athlete: Tim Lincecum, San Francisco Giants. “His curve ball is […]
. Some post-game thoughts following Saint Louis’ 4-2 win over Mid-Pacific on Monday for the Interscholastic League of Honolulu’s first-half title — and automatic state-tournament berth. • First-year Saint Louis coach George Gusman spent 12 years as Kamehameha’s junior-varsity coach. Several of his players echoed the same sentiment about their new coach: he’s all about discipline. When I visited him for a quick chat a month ago, the Crusaders had just gotten past Kamehameha 8-6 in a bittersweet win for […]
Here’s a capsule story on Punahou’s win over Maryknoll on Saturday, including some notes about the Buffanblu-Saint Louis game won by the Crusaders on Friday. Punahou 14, Maryknoll 3, 5 innings — Rick Nomura, Ryan Yamane and Matthew Barrett-Wright drilled homers as the top-ranked Buffanblu bounced back from Friday’s loss to Saint Louis. Nomura and Yamane had two-run homers in the first inning, both splashing into the Ala Wai Canal beyond the right-field fence. The Buffanblu also had run-scoring triples […]