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On the Valley Isle, there has always been an undercurrent of townies and Upcountry folks riding slightly different waves toward their destinations. Up north, though, living off the grid in the original gated community, recent Baldwin graduate Kawena Alo-Kaonohi gets a taste of the life he loves most. It’s not a heavy dose; he goes to Kahakuloa Village, miles up the coast from Wailuku, where the paved road ends, for weekend stays with his father, Chico. “Kahakuloa Valley, it’s a […]

The man with the black-and-orange bat and the smoothest method of collecting baseballs on the prep diamond is named after, well, a basketball legend. Jordan Macias picked up a (toy) bat and started swinging long before he could do much of anything else. Roughly 15 years later, the Campbell shortstop is the Star-Advertiser position player of the year. He hit .542 and stole 25 bases in 26 attempts. Besides that, he has stupendous range on the field and handles the […]

The Maryknoll baseball program has been on the up and up for quite some time, and it just received another boost. Spartans athletic director Ben Valle confirmed Friday that Eric Kadooka has accepted an offer to be the head coach. The final appointment won’t be made until it is accepted by the Hawaii Diocese of the Catholic Church. Kadooka won seven straight state championships as the Punahou head coach from 2004 to 2010. “Randy (Yamashiro) stepped down after the (spring) […]