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The red birds of Kalani Valley are red hot. With a 2-1 win over No. 8 Kailua on Wednesday, the Kalani Falcons are a resounding 3-0 in OIA East play. Back up the tape and Coach Shannon Hirai’s team is on a hot roll. They went 3-0 in Mililani’s preseason-ending tournament, and before that, the Falcons haven’t lost since falling to Mid-Pacific in the Kitamura Tournament. The Falcons were newly-minted as a Star-Advertiser Top 10 team on Tuesday, just before […]

‘Iolani shortstop Matt Campos made a bunch of clean plays at shortstop on Wednesday in a 10-3 win at home over Kamehameha. He had seven assists and two putouts, including a running catch of a sharp liner to his right for the final out of the game. There was one bad play by Campos — and that can easily happen to any shortstop. He threw low to first on a sixth-inning grounder by Makoa Mau, who reached on the error. During […]

On one hand, Kalani coach Shannon Hirai can’t help to play the “what-if” game. With the addition of senior Connor Zalewski, a transfer from Mid-Pacific who has signed to play for the University of Hawaii next year, Hirai had a legitimate 1-2 punch at the top of his rotation with Zalewski and Reece Kakugawa, the Falcons’ ace from last season. Unfortunately Kakugawa is dealing with an arm injury that may prevent him from throwing the entire season. On the flip […]