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The semifinals are underway on a sunny, slightly breezy afternoon at Iron Maehara Stadium. Final: Mililani 2, Baldwin 1 Mililani will meet Punahou for the state title on Saturday, 6 p.m. Bot 8: Like Baldwin, Mililani has the top of the order lined up. Suehisa rips the first pitch from Constantino off the first-base bag for a single. After three throws by Constantino to first base, Oshiro’s sac bunt moves Suehisa to second base. Baldwin coach Shane Dudoit approaches the […]

WAILUKU — On Day 1, it was a sluggers paradise at normally power-free Iron Maehara Stadium. Big bashers from Kamehameha and Saint Louis led the power surge as teams combined for a whopping six home runs. The record for HRs in an entire state tourney at Iron Maehara was six, which was eclipsed with one more HR today, giving the 2019 state tournament seven here. The mark for taters at any site is 12, achieved at Aloha Stadium in 1987. […]

WAILUKU — The pitch-count limit has an effect on just about every team in the baseball state tournament. Punahou had its own dilemma, even for just a moment. With a 4-1 lead on a dangerous Kaiser squad midway through the quarterfinal matchup, the possibility of pulling starting pitcher Matt McConnell existed. Why pull him? If he could stay below 61 pitches, he would be eligible to pitch again on Saturday — should the Buffanblu reach the title game. Punahou opted […]

WAILUKU — There’s a certain wave that flows through the Gabonia household. Ocean Gabonia is an ace pitcher for the Hilo Vikings, but his family’s first love is off land. “My sister’s name is Brooke,” he said. “Basically, we just love water.” Gabonia’s four-hitter led the third seed, Hilo, over Kailua 7-4 on Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Wally Yonamine Foundation/HHSAA Baseball State Championships. He fanned five Surfriders and walked just one. The senior did it with a fastball […]

Nora Nakahara never missed a baseball game in grandson Reece Kadota’s career at St. Francis — until this year. Nakahara, a loving team grandma for the Saints, is ill and under the care of hospice, according to St. Francis coach Kip Akana. But the team honors her every game. “We’ve dedicated the season to her,” said Bubba Akana, one of the seniors on the team. “Her favorite color is purple, so we have a purple heart with her initials on […]

WAILUKU — It wasn’t perfect, but it sure was close. Jason Shiigi pitched his best game of the season at the most crucial time, giving Mililani a two-hit shutout in a 4-0 win over Kamehameha on Thursday morning at Iron Maehara Stadium. Mililani (18-6 overall) came into the Wally Yonamine Foundation/HHSAA Baseball State Championships with the lowest seed, fourth, among league champions. Shiigi struck out nine with a mix of sharp-biting curveballs and a solid fastball. He walked only one. […]

Here we go with the quarterfinal round of the Wally Yonamine Foundation/HHSAA Baseball State Championships at Iron Maehara Stadium. Final: Baldwin 8, Waiakea 5 Top 7: Miyao cranks a double off the right-field wall with one out, but Varner, who had replaced Haole in the seventh, gets Rosario to fly out and then strikes out Mauai to end the game. Bot 5: Ziegler-Namoa led off with a walk and eventually scored on a throwing error by the catcher. BALDWIN 8, […]