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DAY 2: HHSAA State Baseball Championships

By Billy Hull on May 9, 2018

No. 1 overall seed Baldwin will try to break a trend that hasn’t been kind to the top seed in recent years of the Wally Yonamine Foundation/HHSAA State Baseball Championships. Eight of the last nine state tournament have seen the No. 1 overall seed lose their first game of the tournament. Only Campbell in 2015 was victorious during that stretch and those Sabers went on to win the state title. Four more games at Les Murakami Stadium in Division I […]

Punahou’s Choi steps up to win second state crown

By Nick Abramo on May 9, 2018

Punahou senior Claire Choi is now a two-time girls state golf champion. And she is glad Wednesday was not anything like April 24. On that day, she was sick, slept late and wound up losing the ILH title she had won as a junior to teammate Karissa Kilby. On Wednesday, she stayed true and steady, carding a 2-under 70 to go along with her first-round 73 for a winning total of 1-under 143 in the David S. Ishii Foundation Girls […]

Scorching hot Raiders into the state semifinals

By Billy Hull on May 9, 2018

A total of 23 runs in its first two games has ‘Iolani feeling good about things after two days of the Wally Yonamine Foundation/HHSAA State Baseball Championships. Junior Shane Sasaki recorded the first four-hit game in the state tournament since Mid-Pacific’s Tyler Yamaguchi in 2015 and scored twice with two RBIs to lead the Raiders to a 12-8 win over OIA champion Mililani in today’s second quarterfinal at Les Murakami Stadium. ‘Iolani (16-5-1) will play its first state semifinal game […]


Punahou stays hot to advance to semifinals

By Paul Honda on May 9, 2018

Another tussle. Another runaway. The Punahou Buffanblu have learned so much in the past few seasons, but never got through the ILH gauntlet to qualify for the state tourney. Now, with a come-from-behind 10-4 quarterfinal win over MIL champion Lahainaluna, Punahou is in the semifinal round. Ashanti Martinez went 2-for-3 with an RBI, D’Asha Saika was 2-for-4 with an RBI and a double, and after popping up twice against Lunas ace Seraya Casco, Bailey Akimseu homered for the second day […]

Experienced Warriors back in semis

By Billy Hull on May 9, 2018

For the first time in more than a decade, the Waiakea Warriors have reached the semifinals of the Wally Yonamine Foundation/HHSAA State Baseball Championships in back-to-back years. Fresh off a runner-up finish to Maui last year, the undefeated Warriors (16-0) were the first team on Wednesday to punch their ticket to the semifinals with a 6-2 win over Campbell in the first of four games at Les Murakami Stadium. Campbell puts two runners on in the top of the seventh, […]

DAY 2: HHSAA State Softball Championships

By Hawaii Prep World on May 9, 2018

Four of the remaining eight teams in Division I of the DataHouse/HHSAA State Softball Championships reside in the mighty OIA West. Mililani, Leilehua, Pearl City and No. 1 overall seed and three-time defending state champion Campbell will try to punch their ticket to the semifinals in Day 2 of the tournament beginning at 11:30 a.m. at Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium. Updates on each game will follow below. Division I Campbell 10, Pearl City 7, F The three-time defending champion Sabers […]

Mules’ power, poise on display in win over Baldwin

By Paul Honda on May 9, 2018

They have one of the longest pre-game drives in the state tourney, but the mighty Mules of Leilehua can’t help enjoying the ride. The ride from Wahiawa to Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium on Tuesday was all about business, but getting out of class to arrive in time for a 2 p.m. game was probably a bit surreal. Coach Wendell Au says there’s a lot of communication involved for teachers and players alike. It’s a good problem, for sure. The Mules […]

Kurasaki carries Punahou past Pearl City

By Billy Hull on May 8, 2018

Asa Kurasaki kept Punahou in the game with his offense and then helped the Buffanblu put away the Chargers at the plate. The senior third baseman finished a home run shy of the cycle and belted one of two RBI triples in a four-run seventh inning to rally the Buffanblu past Pearl City 6-2 to cap the first day of the Wally Yonamine Foundation/HHSAA State Baseball Championships at Les Murakami Stadium. Kurasaki, who doubled in the third inning to set […]