Softball

The numbers say a lot about Roosevelt’s ace pitcher. Jaeda Cabunoc is 3-1 with an 0.91 ERA (as of Saturday) as the Rough Riders make their mark in the OIA East. This spring, the junior is stronger on the mound and at the plate, where she is hitting .412. All her statistics are up from last year’s solid sophomore season. That’s a big reason why coach Kris Fujii-Dias is optimistic about Roosevelt’s season. Coming into this week, the Rough Riders […]

The world has gone full circle. Campbell, which began the season as the No. 1 team in the Star-Advertiser Softball Top 10, is back on the throne this week. The Sabers, 5-1 in OIA West play, received seven of 10 first-place votes to replace Kamehameha at the top. Kamehameha (5-1 ILH) dropped to second in the Top 10 after losing to Maryknoll at the Spartans’ Sand Island field. The Warriors picked up one first-place vote. Leilehua (4-2 OIA West) which […]

The Kamehameha Warriors finally reached the top of the Star-Advertiser Softball Top 10 this week. After outscoring five ILH opponents by a total of 47 runs in five games, it appeared that there wasn’t much the league could do to stop the talented, young juggernauts. Leave it to an experienced, cagey Maryknoll squad to change momentum. The Lady Spartans rallied from a 4-0 deficit to stun No. 1 Kamehameha 7-6 on a cool, overcast afternoon at Sand Island. Nohea Hee, […]

Kaiser has taken the lead in the OIA East softball race after a 6-4 home win over Roosevelt. Both teams were undefeated heading into Tuesday’s matchup, but the Cougars gained an early edge thanks in large part to the Aholelei sisters. All four of them had a hand in the victory, helping the Cougars improve to 6-0 while the Rough Riders dropped to 5-1. Primrose Aholeilei tossed a complete game, striking out four and walking one while giving up eight […]

The softball shuffle is simply stunning. For the third time in four weeks of the Star-Advertiser Softball Top 10, there is a new No. 1. Kamehameha moved up from No. 2 to the top spot today after collecting six of the 10 first-place votes. The Warriors are 10-2 overall and 5-0 in the Interscholastic League of Honolulu. They overpowered Mid-Pacific 13-1 in five innings last week. Campbell, which was atop the throne in the opening week of the poll, gathered […]

It wasn’t checkers or chess. Punahou vs. Maryknoll on a summer-hot afternoon at Tiger Softball Stadium was more like Risk. Every decision, every pitch, everything that could change momentum played out from start to finish as the Buffanblu pulled out a 5-4 win in eight innings. The rankings — Punahou entered tied at No. 6 and Maryknoll is No. 4 — will fluctuate with an Interscholastic League of Honolulu Division I cast of teams that is impossible to predict. Parity […]

Nanakuli athletic director Andrew Moody says the school is in the process of recruiting Golden Hawks girls athletes to see if they want to help keep the softball team in competition for the rest of the season. “We’re trying to hustle up some other athletes to get out there,” Moody said via cellphone Wednesday. “We have eight players, just under the nine needed to play. There are some prospects supposedly who will come out today to start working out. If […]

No. 3 Campbell had the psychological edge Tuesday against No. 9 Pearl City. Winning breeds winning and the Sabers, who are three-time defending Division I state champions, were playing on their home field. And the Sabers are a good team again this year. But how good? There are a lot of young faces in the lineup … just like Pearl City. So when those two teams met Tuesday, there was a pretty good chance fans were in for a good, […]