High School Softball

by Wes Nakama The Maryknoll softball team proved Tuesday night that walking can actually be a high-impact exercise after all. The Spartans took advantage of 11 bases on balls in addition to nine hits to pull away from Kamehameha, 13-3, in an ILH showdown at McKinley shortened to six innings due to the 10-run rule. […]

Moanalua dominated the game with a 17-1 victory over Kaimuki, collecting 15 hits while Kaimuki struggled with just 3 hits and 5 errors. Moanalua will face Castle in their next two games on April 5th and 10th, while Kaimuki will play Kalani on April 10th. Mahalo to these companies for supporting our ESPN Honolulu Hawai’i […]

By Wes Nakama Facing its toughest test of the ILH season so far, Punahou held off visiting Kamehameha, 4-2, in tense softball action Thursday afternoon. Senior pitcher Paige Brunn scattered seven hits and got a key strikeout to end the game with the bases loaded in the top of the seventh as the Buff ‘n […]

By Wes Nakama After opening the OIA East softball season with an 8-3 loss at Kaiser three weeks ago, the Kalani bats have awoken in a big way and stayed hot Tuesday afternoon in a 10-5 victory over visiting Moanalua at Kilauea District Park. Senior shortstop Ashlyn Sera went 3 for-4 with a home run […]

By Wes Nakama Last year the Punahou softball team barely missed qualifying for the state tournament, falling just one game short. This season, the Buff ‘n Blue are off to a clean 4-0 start in the ILH, making it known they want to be the team to beat. They made a huge statement toward that […]

By Wes Nakama Picking up pretty much where it left off last year, defending softball state champion Mililani powered past Campbell, 13-5, in the teams’ OIA Western Division softball opener Tuesday night. A light crowd of about 100 at McKinley’s Tiger Stadium and a statewide TV audience on Spectrum OC16 Sports watched sophomore pitcher Hinano […]

Mahalo to UH Baseball’s Jordan Donahue & Hunter Faildo, Mililani Soccer’s Maya George & Jas Cayetano, and Mililani Softball’s Makanalei Watkins-Villegas & Kamryn Aoki for joining us at Raising Cane’s for the #StudentSection show of 2025! Mahalo to Raising Cane’s, HCAMP, and HawaiiUSA FCU for supporting ESPN Honolulu’s The Student Section Show!

Kapaʻa stays perfect and Mililani dominates as both teams win their divisionʻs state tournament with a mercy rule. On this episode of Road To The Ship, presented by Hawaiian Financial Federal Credit Union, we recap the semi-final and championship games in the 2024 HHSAA DI and DII Softball State Tournament. Kapaʻa takes down the defending […]

The Kapa’a Warriors clinched the DataHouse/HHSAA Division II Softball State Championship with a decisive 13-1 victory over defending champions PAC-5 at Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium. Kapa’a, the top-seeded team and KIF champions, ended their season with a perfect 15-0 record, securing their first state title since 2022. The Warriors’ offense exploded with 12 hits, building […]

By Wes Nakama Mililani ended its 10-year state title drought in a huge way Friday night, trouncing Kamehameha, 14-1, to win the HHSAA/Data House Softball Championship. The game at Rainbow Wahine Stadium was shortened to five innings due to the 10-run rule, after senior center fielder Sunni Kahanu hit two home runs — including  a […]