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Coach Thomas Perkins gave this advice to his second-ranked Kamehameha Warriors after Friday’s loss to Punahou: “Today’s done. We’re just gonna come back and be who we are and play our game.” It’s a huge day Saturday in Interscholastic League of Honolulu baseball. A regular-season champion could be determined, but if both Kamehameha (11-3) and Saint Louis (11-3) win, another game would be held next week to determine that title and a spot in the state tournament. But if one […]

Somewhere between the seven baseball state championships (2004-10) at Punahou and this first season as head coach at Maryknoll, Eric Kadooka has transformed and evolved one step at a time. Losing, though, still leaves a bitter taste. When he looked across the diamond at his former program, Kadooka saw the Buffanblu, a 7-5 team in a ruthless ILH chase, armed with talent and experience and depth up and down the roster. His own Spartans? Young. Just three senior starters, including […]

Major league scouts don’t announce themselves when they show up to a Hawaii high school baseball game and they don’t wear a badge identifying who they are. But they are here in Hawaii this spring checking out a handful of talented players and bringing back their reports to the big clubs. Many Hawaii fans are already aware of the MLB scouts’ interest in Kailua left-handed pitcher Joey Cantillo and Kamehameha right-hander Hunter Breault. But the scouting has not been limited […]