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Not long ago — March 23, to be exact — Dylan Lum pitched perhaps his finest game of the season. The Saint Louis senior went the distance against Kamehameha, allowing no earned runs and just four hits, but it wasn’t enough. The Warriors won 1-0 and went on to secure first place in the ILH baseball regular-season standings, along with an automatic state-tournament berth. Turn the page to April 12, and Lum showed no signs of decline. In fact, the […]

When Kila Kaaihue talks, it’s easy to tell what’s important to him regarding his Kaiser baseball team. Is it winning? Yes. That’s the name of the game. But that is far from the only concern. The Cougars are 1-0 in playoff games under Kaaihue after Wednesday’s 9-5 home victory over Aiea. Today will be a tougher test — at top-seeded, undefeated Campbell (12-0), the second-ranked team in the state. “Going into it (against Aiea), this (a slugfest) is not the […]

The OIA baseball playoffs are always a wild four-day event with this year expected to be no different. The semifinals and final in Division I and the championship game in Division II will be held at Les Murakami Stadium. Defending OIA champion Kailua is the No. 1 seed out of the East while Campbell, which won three consecutive OIA titles prior to last season, is the top seed out of the West. Waianae ran through Division II with a perfect […]

Kamehameha baseball coach Thomas Perkins has sensed for a while now he’s coaching a special group of kids. “They might not be the most talented guys out there, but they play well together and they support each other 100 percent,” he said Tuesday. “They’ve bought into the plan that we don’t panic. We play the whole seven innings and we’re not going to stop until (the game) is done.” The Warriors showed that exact trait against Saint Louis at Ala […]