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‘Iolani has a little bit of everything on the softball field. They can hit, pitch, hit for power, and play defense. But, more importantly, while they’re doing those things well, they’re also running the bases aggressively. And they bunt. Classic small ball. “Everybody in the lineup has to know how to bunt,” said Raiders coach Benny Agbayani, who played in Japan and may have gotten some of that small-ball wisdom by osmosis. “Every one of them might have to bunt […]

Mele Turner was a one-woman annihilator for the Castle Knights on Saturday evening. With a calm and clear pre-sundown Honolulu skyline in the background at the McKinley field, Turner pitched and hit her team to an 11-1, mercy-rule shortened, six-inning OIA East softball victory over Moanalua. Turner set the tone fast and never let up. On the first pitch of the game from Na Menehune’s Jada Young, the senior made a solid connection and sent the flourescent green-yellow ball deep […]

The first time Leilehua and Waianae met during the regular season, the host Seariders rallied for a key 6-4 win. This time, in their second meeting during OIA West play, they stuck with a similar blueprint. It was not, however, exactly the same, and No. 10 Leilehua won its fourth game in a row, blasting four home runs in an 8-1 victory on Saturday morning at sunny Kaala Elementary School field. Leilehua is now 6-3 in the OIA West, still […]