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This is not the year to have a number next to the team name in the Wally Yonamine Foundation/HHSAA Baseball State Championships. A day after all four seeded teams lost in the Division I quarterfinals, Division II top seed Kamehameha-Hawaii was upset by Kauai, 2-1 in 10 innings, in the semifinals on Friday at Les Murakami Stadium. Junior Christian Manera and sophomore Ricky Rego combined to hold the defending state champion Warriors (17-3) to four hits and an unearned run […]

Nobody was surprised two years ago when Campbell and its stacked pitching staff claimed the state title as the No. 1 seed in Division I. Recent history suggests that more people probably should have been. That season is the only time in the last nine years that the No. 1 seed advanced to the semifinals of the Wally Yonamine Foundation/HHSAA Baseball State Championships. The streak continued on Thursday night as ILH champion Saint Louis, fresh off three straight wins against […]

Kamehameha’s plan to weather a hectic week has held up through the first two days of the Division I state tournament. Last week’s rain pushed the ILH Division I championship game to Monday and the Warriors’ loss to Saint Louis gave them one day to recharge for their tournament opener. Junior Blaise Pontes threw 63 pitches while giving the Warriors six shutout innings in a 3-0 win over Kalani on Monday in the first round of the Wally Yonamine Foundation/HHSAA […]

A prideful baseball program, the Waiakea Warriors don’t go down easy. Other programs around the state may get more attention, but for year-in, year-out results, Waiakea is right there with anyone. You have to go back to 2010 the last time the Warriors didn’t make it into the state tournament. And the final finish each year is impressive, too, the best of which was the Division I state championship in 2012. Here is a recap of those years. Pay particular […]

Free bases given up doomed second-seeded Kailua on Thursday in a 3-1 state quarterfinal baseball loss to Waiakea. More specifically, it was problems with the pitch-receive part of the game. In the scorebook, these types of miscues are called wild pitches or passed balls and there can be subtle differences between the two. They only come into play when a runner advances and the decision in the eye of the beholder/official scorekeeper. One is when the pitcher throws a ball […]

The OIA champion Kailua Surfriders begin their Wally Yonamine Foundation/HHSAA Baseball State Championships against BIIF runner-up Waiakea. LINEUPS Waiakea Warriors (15-2) Casey Yamauchi, 3B Trayden Tamiya, SS Nathan Minami, RF Jacob Igawa, C David Nakamura, RF Makoa Andres, P Gehrig Octavio, CF Khaden Victorino, 1B Curren Inouye, DH >> Devin Midel, 2B Kailua Surfriders (13-2) Matthew Kaleiohi, RF Cody Riturban, 3B Joey Cantillo, LHP Dylan Kurahashi-Choy Foo, SS Jalen Ah Yat, C Taven Kalua Neves, DH >> Stone Parker, 1B […]

Two one-run wins to advance to the semifinals is a pretty good snapshot of the 2017 baseball season for the Campbell Sabers. Senior Markus Ramos, who struggled on the mound, came through with the game-tying two-run single and Kekahi Reiny Aloy, the Sabers’ No. 9 hitter, hit the go-ahead RBI single in a three-run sixth inning to steal a 5-4 victory over Hilo on Wednesday in the quarterfinals of the Wally Yonamine Foundation/HHSAA Baseball State Championships at Les Murakami Stadium. […]