Kamehameha scooped up seven of nine first-place votes to the No. 1 ranking away from Saint Louis in the Star-Advertiser Baseball Top 10 on Monday.
The Warriors edged Saint Louis, 6-5, on Tuesday, then defeated Damien, 10-4, and Punahou, 8-4, to remain unbeaten. Kamehameha is 5-0 in ILH play (9-0 overall) and at the top of the rankings for the first time this season.
“Nope, not surprised in the slightest. This team is awesome and playing awesome baseball right now,” Warriors senior catcher Beau Sylvester said on Tuesday morning.
Saint Louis (11-1-1, 3-1-1 ILH) slipped to No. 2 while Punahou (6-3-1, 3-2) and Mid-Pacific (9-3, 3-2) remained at the third and fourth slots. Baldwin moved up one notch to No. 5 after a bye week in the MIL.
Pearl City made a big leap from No. 10 to No. 6 after a nine-inning, 6-4 victory over Aiea and a 2-1 nail-biter over Mililani. The Chargers are 3-0 in OIA West play.
Maryknoll (No. 7), Hilo (No. 8) and Campbell (No. 10) landed in the Top 10 for the first time this season.
Star-Advertiser Baseball Top 10
Mar. 21, 2022
Rank School (1st-place votes) Pts LW
1. Kamehameha (7) (9-0, 5-0 ILH) 87 87 2
2. Saint Louis (1) (11-1-1, 3-1-1 ILH) 76 1
3. Punahou (6-3-1, 3-2 ILH) 70 3
4. Mid-Pacific (9-3, 3-2 ILH) 58 4
5. Baldwin (2-2, 0-0 MIL) 38 6
6. Pearl City (3-0 OIA West) 32 10
7. Maryknoll (5-2-1, 3-1-1 ILH) 30 NR
8. Hilo (2-0 BIIF) 27 NR
9. Waiakea (1) (2-0 BIIF) 23 8
10. Campbell (3-0 OIA West) 17 NR
No longer in Top 10: ‘Iolani (No. 5), Maui (No. 7), Mililani (No. 9).
Also receiving votes: ‘Iolani 16, Kailua 14, Kalani 5, Kalani 1, Roosevelt 1.
Only one day after this comes out, and already need to look for a new number 1 team.
Knoll is takin no prisoners!
Hard to have a Top Ten Baseball Poll weekly, with 2 to 3 games weekly, #1 and other teams can lose quickly, especially in the tough ILH League. the real Poll that counts would be at the end of the season.
^^^Looks like they took your advice and stopped writing about the polls. LOL