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It starts with the coaches. On one side, you have Corey Ishigo. On the other, it’s Rory Pico. Once, they were gritty second basemen for the University of Hawaii baseball team. Now, they’re gritty, no-nonsense coaches. To put it more clearly, they are baseball men through and through, and their players are true reflections of what they bring to the table … and diamond. Those coaches had their teams ready on Saturday in the Oahu Interscholastic Association championship game and […]

In the high-powered arms race of baseball, even the mightiest arsenal wants every competitive edge. In the midst of the ILH Division I baseball tournament, with Saint Louis and Kamehameha playing for the title on Tuesday thanks to the Crusaders’ 2-0 win on Saturday, fans are seeing the rough equivalent of a championship series. Saint Louis has a row of offensive weapons and, as Punahou coach Keenan Sue remarked last week, the best defensive infield in the state. Put Chase […]

If there was ever a wall that made for a obstacle in the life of this season’s Damien Monarchs baseball team, it would be the one they’re trying to climb right now. Damien came through with a gritty, everyone-all-in 9-6 victory over regular-season champion St. Francis on Saturday, which kept the Monarchs’ postseason hopes alive. Unlike the ILH’s Division I baseball chase, which leads to two state-tournament berths, the D-II scramble provides just one state berth. That means Damien’s win, […]