High School Athletics

By Wes Nakama Powered by senior Makayla Pagampao’s three monster home runs, Mililani blew past Kapolei, 13-2, Saturday night to capture its first OIA Division I softball championship since 2017. The victory at McKinley — shortened to five innings due to the 10-run rule — improved the Trojans to 14-1 and secured the league’s top […]

Wai’anae dominated in the OIA D2 Championship against Radford with an impressive 11-1 victory, ending the game after just five innings due to the mercy rule. This win marked their first league title since 2017, showing their strength on the field. With pure grit and skill, Wai’anae’s players left their mark in school history with […]

Give the Kailua High School baseball team an inch, and the Surfriders will take a mile. ‘Aiea learned that the hard way Friday night, as youthful Kailua pounced on Na Ali’i for a five-run third inning en route to an 8-1 victory and its first OIA championship since 2017. Freshman ‘Ale Kuhaulua and junior Jayden Hunt […]

In a thrilling ILH playoffs kickoff, Maryknoll’s team stunned Punahou with a late victory over Punahou in an intense 11-inning showdown. It seemed Punahou was poised for victory until Maryknoll’s Sheyzhelle Iokia went up to bat. Down 0-1 runs with 2 outs, 2 strikes, and at the bottom of the 7th inning. Iokia delivered a […]

By Wes Nakama KAILUA — The youthful Kailua High School baseball team is not waiting for the future to chase championships. The Surfriders, with only one senior on the roster, held off visiting Roosevelt, 6-3, on Wednesday afternoon to improve to 10-1 and clinch the OIA Eastern Division’s No. 1 seed for next week’s league playoffs. The […]

By Wes Nakama Flipping the script in prime time TV, Mililani routed defending state champion Campbell, 11-1, Thursday night at McKinley to take over sole possession of first place in the OIA Western Division. Freshman pitcher Hinano Bautista pitched a four-hitter and hit a solo home run in the top of the fifth inning to […]

By Wes Nakama In a stunning and inspiring ascension, Mid-Pacific held off visiting Kamehameha, 2-1, on Wednesday afternoon to climb atop the ILH baseball standings. Payton Dixon pitched a four-hitter with four strikeouts and one walk, and the Owls scored both of their runs in the bottom of the fifth inning as MPI won its […]

The Kalani Falcons ended the Roosevelt Roughrider’s four game win streak with a hard-fought five-set victory! The Falcons came out firing in the first set and took an early 1-0 set lead. However, the Roughriders clawed back to win sets two and three and nearly closed out the match in the fourth. Kalani kept the […]

The senior pitcher, Jenna Sniffen threw five scoreless innings against Mid-Pacific and held the Owls to one hit to help the Spartans win on senior day, 10-0. Seniors, Briana Sarae and Megan Sugano both had two hits each on the day! Mahalo to these sponsors for proudly backing Hawai’i high school sports, enabling us to […]

In Saturday’s ILH baseball matchup between Kamehameha and Saint Louis, the Crusaders came out on top, 3-1. Kamehameha scored 1 run in the second inning, but Saint Louis made a comeback with 3 runs in the fourth. Saint Louis, ‘Iolani and Mid-Pac are all tied up with a 7-3 record. Kamehameha is now 7-2. Photos: […]