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Waipahu’s Greg Adaro and Ricky Guzman had each thrown no-hitters before, but on this date in 1975 they combined on one. Adaro pitched seven innings and Guzman worked the final two to complete a 3-2 win over Campbell at the University of Hawaii field. Adaro walked four batters in the seventh inning before being pulled. Guzman struck out his only batter in the inning to put out the fire. The game ended on a squeeze play gone awry. Waipahu ended […]

On this day in 1956, Harry Kitamura gambled and lost. The Mid-Pacific coach decided to rest pitcher Jerry Ishimoto and call Herb Higashi up from the JV to start. Higashi was roughed up in his varsity debut and Roosevelt beat Mid-Pacific 15-8 in a game that lasted nearly three hours. Roosevelt catcher Arvin Sethman was particularly rude to Higashi, hitting a double and a triple off him in the first three innings to drive in five runs. The Rough Riders […]

In only five games, anything can happen. The 1940 Saint Louis Crusaders made sure it didn’t. On this day in 1940, George Rodriguez and Ray Rosa hit home runs and Saint Louis beat Punahou 9-1 to win the ILH title with a perfect record in five games. It was the second title in a row for Charles Fernandez‘s boys, and the string didn’t officially end until 1944 when Farrington, Mid-Pacific and McKinley all tied for the title. Mid-Pacific took the […]

On this day in 1999, Paki Lum drilled a 3-run home run in the first inning as Kamehameha trounced Mid-Pacific 15-7. Lum had three hits, two of them home runs, as the Warriors nuzzled up against Iolani in a tight ILH race with Saint Louis right with them. It was just a bump in the road for the Raiders, who went on to win the ILH title with the Owls taking second and making it all the way to the […]