High School Baseball

By Wes Nakama Bringing an abrupt end to a long and arduous ILH baseball season, Kamehameha pounced on ‘Iolani, 9-3, Tuesday afternoon at Moanalua to win its third straight league championship. Cade Wehrsig went 2-for-4 with the go-ahead three-run homer in the bottom of the fourth inning and four pitchers combined on a six-hitter to help […]

By Wes Nakama MILILANI — After a painful one-year hiatus from the baseball state tournament, Mililani punched its 2025 ticket early and with authority Thursday afternoon with a 12-4 victory over visiting Roosevelt in OIA quarterfinal action. Kendall Miyasato and Aukai Araujo-Waiau each blasted a 3-run homer in the bottom of the fifth inning to break […]

By Wes Nakama WAIPI’O — After a relatively smooth journey through the ILH’s treacherous baseball gauntlet, Kamehameha clinched at least a tie for the regular season title Tuesday afternoon by holding off Damien, 5-1, at Patsy T. Mink Central O’ahu Regional Park. The Warriors improved to 11-1, two games ahead of second-place Saint Louis (9-3) with two games […]

Iolani secured a 6-2 win over Mid-Pacific, highlighted by a six-run fifth inning fueled by back-to-back home runs from Kaimana Lau Kong and Judah Ota. The Raiders rallied from a 2-0 deficit, with Brady Minami’s single and Jadon Anzai’s double setting up the big inning. Brennan Kim earned the win in relief, throwing two scoreless […]

By Wes Nakama After losing only one senior from last year’s OIA champion roster, Kailua entered this season as the overwhelming favorite in the Eastern Division. But after seven games, the surprise leader in the East standings is Kaiser, which improved to 6-1 after a 5-2 home victory over rival Kalani on Wednesday afternoon. The […]

Kalani edged out Roosevelt 6-5 in a closely contested game, with Joseph Yamauchi earning the win after pitching 4 innings and giving up just one run. Roosevelt’s Luke Tausivi had a standout performance with 4 hits, but Kalani’s offense, led by Evan Cavaco who went 2-for-4 on the day and Chase Konishi who scored two […]

By Wes Nakama In an already wild and crazy ILH baseball season, Kamehameha has been the steady hand. And on Thursday afternoon, senior right-hander Elai Iwanaga had the steady arm — allowing just three hits in six shutout innings while striking out seven and walking none to help the visiting Warriors blank Mid-Pacific, 4-0. Kamehameha […]

On this edition of the Student Section, our guests were Mililani Baseball’s Aukai Araujo-Waiau (UH commit) & Malosi Mataafa-Alferos (Oregon commit), Mililani Girl’s Flag Football’s Zen Nelson & Kizia Mahuka, and University of Hawaii Women’s Soccer’s Jordyn Eldridge Sagapolutele & Julia Ortega! Mahalo to Raising Cane’s, HCAMP, and HawaiiUSA FCU for supporting ESPN Honolulu’s The […]

By Wes Nakama KAILUA — Defending OIA baseball champion Kailua was a young team with only one senior a year ago, but is now a veteran team that made a big statement in its league opener Wednesday afternoon. The Surfriders overcame an early 3-0 deficit and pounded out 19 hits in a 17-7 victory over visiting […]

Mililani secured a 4-0 victory over Leilehua, powered by a stellar complete-game performance from Kai Hirayama. The right-hander struck out 12 while allowing just two hits and one walk over seven shutout innings. The Trojans jumped ahead early, scoring two runs in the first inning and adding two more in the sixth. Jonah Parker led […]