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Punahou routs Kamehameha to tie for ILH lead

By Paul Honda on March 28, 2018

Boy Eldredge hasn’t been coaching the Punahou softball team long enough to know exactly how long the drought was. He just knows it’s been ages since the Buffanblu beat Kamehameha. They did that with conviction on Wednesday afternoon, trouncing the visiting Warriors 13-5 in a key Interscholastic League of Honolulu showdown. Instead of falling two wins behind, Punahou is now tied with Kamehameha atop the league standings at 5-2. The win snapped an eight-game losing streak to the Warriors in […]

Baldwin ranked in USA Today Super 25

By Billy Hull on March 28, 2018

The Baldwin baseball team is ranked No. 21 in the country in the latest USA Today Super 25 rankings released today. The Bears (6-0) jumped two spots up from No. 23 where they debuted in the rankings last week. Baldwin, which won the state title in 2016, has won its first six games by a combined score of 56-3. The Bears have been ranked No. 1 in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser Baseball Top 10 in each of the last two weeks. […]

St. Francis loses, but weathers Maryknoll onslaught

By Nick Abramo on March 28, 2018

St. Francis lost a game that was almost brutally quick Tuesday. But, thanks to some intestinal fortitude by the ILH Division II Saints, what could easily have been a mercy-rule embarrassment turned into a close game. Trailing by 10 runs to Division I Maryknoll after two innings, St. Francis made a game of it, pulling within two before falling 13-8 at Hans L’Orange Park. The early going was rough, for sure, replete with poor throws, misjudgments, and pitchers hitting batters […]


HAWAII GROWN: Oklahoma’s Alo earns national award

By Jason Kaneshiro on March 28, 2018

Pitchers facing the Oklahoma softball team this season are figuring out what Hawaii high schoolers have known for years now. Pitch to Jocelyn Alo at your own peril. As Alo’s legend grew in her junior and senior seasons at Campbell, opportunities to swing the bat became increasingly rare and she walked 13 times in 17 plate appearances in last year’s state tournament. Now a freshman with the two-time defending national champion Sooners, Alo is seeing more pitches to hit. But […]

No. 4 Punahou edges No. 3 Kamehameha at the Les

By Paul Honda on March 27, 2018

Even in the aftermath of a close loss, Kamehameha coach Kahi Kaanoi enjoyed the chance to see his team play in one of college baseball’s jewels when it comes to home fields. There’s nothing quite like Les Murakami Stadium, where No. 4 Punahou pulled out a 4-3 win over No. 3 Kamehameha on Tuesday night. “I love playing here. It’s a lot of fun,” said Kaanoi, the former Warrior ace and MLB pitcher. “It’s a great atmosphere. You could tell […]

Fontes has 13 goals for U-17 national team

By Nick Abramo on March 27, 2018

Pearl City’s Sunshine Fontes scored two goals for the U.S. U-17 women’s national team in a 4-1 win over Japan last Friday and then added another goal in a 2-0 victory over Japan on Sunday. The games were among three played by the U.S. against Japan at the team’s training camp in Lakewood Ranch, Fla. The other contest ended in a 0-0 draw last Wednesday. Fontes, a striker, was the Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s player of the year in 2016 as a […]

Kamehameha’s Terukina wrestles to national title

By Nick Abramo on March 27, 2018

Kamehameha’s Kysen Terukina beat a two-time state champion from Florida en route to a national wrestling championship last weekend in Virginia Beach, Va. Terukina is a two-time Hawaii state champion. In the 120-pound sophomore division final of the NHSCA High School Nationals, Terukina defeated Bretli Reyna of South Dade High (Homestead, Fla.) 6-3. Five other Hawaii wrestlers took part in the tournament, including Kamehameha’s Brant Porter (106), Saint Louis’ Corey Cabanban (126), ‘Iolani’s Kaua Nishigaya (132), Campbell’s Zayren Terukina (145) […]

Q&A: Roosevelt pitcher/slugger Jaeda Cabunoc

By Paul Honda on March 27, 2018

The numbers say a lot about Roosevelt’s ace pitcher. Jaeda Cabunoc is 3-1 with an 0.91 ERA (as of Saturday) as the Rough Riders make their mark in the OIA East. This spring, the junior is stronger on the mound and at the plate, where she is hitting .412. All her statistics are up from last year’s solid sophomore season. That’s a big reason why coach Kris Fujii-Dias is optimistic about Roosevelt’s season. Coming into this week, the Rough Riders […]