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On this day in 1957, Donald Sakamoto threw a shortened no-hitter and Hilo beat rival St. Joseph’s for the BIIF South title. Sakamoto’s gem was called off because of rain in the fifth inning, but was deemed official. Sakamoto faced only 16 batters, walking one and allowing another to reach on an error. Rather than cry about the early stoppage, St. Joe went on to reach the BIIF tournament final against Hilo. The Vikings jumped out to a 9-0 lead […]

For all aspiring baseball players who look over the expanses of Joey DeSa Field and imagine hitting a ball to the farthest reaches of center field, know this: Former Farrington star Ron Ramie has been there. On this day in 1961, Ramie hit a 400-foot home run and John Matias added two more dingers as Farrington beat Kalani 12-2. The Governors did the damage against Dick Watkins, who was one of the premier pitchers in the league and led the […]

Pay no attention to the small sample size, Flo Galinato of Saint Louis was always near the top of the ILH’s batting leaders. On this day in 1963, all of the games were rained out so it provided an opportunity for the Honolulu Star-Bulletin to run batting and pitching leaders. Galinato ended the season third that year with a .458 average, behind Gordon Shimizu of Farrington and Kalani’s Mike Lum. They both hit .500 but Shimizu had 12 more at […]

On this day in 2015, Damien planted the seeds for its first state baseball championship. Jayden Cabbab went 3-for-3 with three RBIs and the Monarchs beat Hanalani 4-3 to reach the ILH playoffs. They fell short, but two years later the Monarchs made it all the way to the Division II state title game before a loss to Kauai and won it all the next year. Cabbab was one year short of seeing his dream realized. Damien began playing baseball […]