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Since the beginning of the season, only once did any team collect more than 70 percent of the first-place ballots in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser Softball Top 10. Today, Campbell not only surpassed that threshold, but also became the first program this spring to be a unanimous selection by coaches and media as the state’s top softball team. Aside from Kamehameha, which was No. 1 in Week 5 (Mar. 19), OIA West programs have ruled the rankings in every poll this […]

The regular season and league playoffs are nearly over statewide with the upcoming state tournament beginning a week from Tuesday. Here’s a look at the state’s top teams in terms of win-loss record, including nonconference (preseason), against Top 10 teams. The best? A week ago, that was St. Francis (7-3, .700). As of today, thanks to three wins over the past three days in the OIA playoffs, Campbell is 11-4-2 against ranked teams with a .706 winning percentage. 1. Campbell […]

They practice at Palolo Valley District Park nearly every day. They are not, however, the Palolo Falcons. The Kalani Falcons are OIA Division II softball champions for the first time since 2010, and coach Kellen Hussey is not surprised. “I feel good. Four years of hard work,” Hussey said after Kalani edged Aiea 4-3 in the title game on Saturday at Tiger Softball Stadium. “This is what we worked for. There’s nothing to talk about.” Hussey was in the first-base […]

They are not robots, though their persistence and efficiency seem almost superhuman. The Campbell Sabers are certainly fueled by legacy. Their route to the OIA Division I softball championship may have seemed like destiny. It is no coincidence that their 6-3 win over the hot Roosevelt Rough Riders on Saturday night at Tiger Softball Stadium has as much to do with the intricacy of execution on all levels as it did with tradition. The stolen bases. The near-flawless defense. The […]

The pain was not physical, though a championship game loss kept rivers of tears flowing down the face of Roosevelt ace pitcher Jaeda Cabunoc. It was the broken dream of what could’ve been. As in what could’ve been an OIA Division I softball championship. Instead, the supernova of island softball, top-ranked Campbell, was simply better in a 6-3 win on Saturday night at Tiger Softball Stadium. Not eons or light years ahead. But the seasoned, three-time defending state champion Sabers […]