Even as he pursued a Division I college football career at Nevada, Marc Ma already had plans to return to ‘Iolani to give back to the Raider program. “He told me on more than one occasion, ‘when I’m done with football I’m going to come home and I want to coach, because I want to help kids,’ ” said Matthew Ma, Marc’s older brother and fellow ‘Iolani graduate. “He wanted to give back to the school and he wanted to […]
The incoming members of the HHSAA Hall of Honor were preparing for the leap to high school when the class of 2012 was being lauded for its accomplishments on the prep level. While the Hall of Honor’s 34th class will be formally inducted on Sunday at Dole Cannery’s Pomaikai Ballrooms, several of the 2012 honorees wrapped up successful college careers this spring. Most recently, Punahou graduate Mysha Sataraka completed her run with the UCLA softball program on Saturday and launched […]
After completing a deep postseason run, Kapolei softball coach Tony Saffery is probably due some time off from the field. He’ll give himself one day before getting back on the dirt. “Summer season starts as soon as we’re done here. We practice on Sunday,” Saffery said with a laugh Friday night. “It’s back to work. “It’s like no rest for the weary. I love it though, I truly do. I love the kids.” Along with leading Kapolei during the high […]
It took five innings, but Kapolei found its timing just in time to put together a rally that propelled the Hurricanes into Friday’s title game of the DataHouse/HHSAA Division I Softball Championship. Outside of Sadie Kapaku-You’s swing on the first pitch of the bottom of the fourth inning in Thursday’s semifinal game, Kapolei was kept off balance by Pearl City junior Tyanna Kaaialii’s offspeed offerings while the Chargers executed at the plate to take a 5-1 lead. Kapaku-You’s home run […]
A few notes heading into today’s All-OIA West semifinal round of the DataHouse/HHSAA Division I Softball Championship at Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium. Today’s schedule (with Star-Advertiser rankings) — No. 2 Campbell vs. No. 4 Mililani, 4:30 p.m. No. 1 Kapolei vs. No. 6 Pearl City, 7 p.m. >> Campbell swept the regular-season series with Mililani. Campbell junior Danielle Cervantes took a no-hitter into the seventh inning in a 5-0 win on March 22. Elisa Favela went the distance in the Sabers’ 3-1 win […]
Danielle Cervantes cringed a bit while acknowledging she had a no-hitter on her mind late in Campbell’s 8-0 win over Kamehameha on Wednesday at Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium. The junior right-hander took the no-no into the sixth inning before giving up a clean two-out single to Kamehameha’s Kalaihoku Kaneshiro. But Cervantes closed the inning with her 14th strikeout then struck out the side in the seventh to cap a day of remarkable pitching performances in the quarterfinal round of the […]
No-hitters have become almost commonplace for Pearl City. Tyanna Kaaialii and Kristin Frost faced one batter over the minimum in the Chargers’ third no-hitter in their last six games and Pearl City rolled into the semifinals of the DataHouse/HHSAA Division I Softball Championship with a 14-0 win in five innings over fourth-seeded Waiakea today. After holding off ‘Iolani in Tuesday’s late game, Kaaialii got the start today and struck out the side in the first inning with Waiakea’s lone baserunner […]
Mililani senior Aubree Kim threw a no-hitter with 17 strikeouts and the Trojans advanced to the semifinals of the DataHouse/HHSAA Division I Softball Championship with a 6-0 win over third-seeded Maui today at Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium. A day after striking out 16 while throwing 157 pitches in a win over Kaiser, Kim turned in a far more efficient performance while recording the second no-hitter in a state tournament in her career. She threw the first as a sophomore in […]