St. Francis junior Kailee Mahelona was in no rush to leave Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium after the Saints’ 10-0 victory over Kamehameha-Hawaii in the Division II final of the DataHouse/HHSAA Softball Championship on Friday. She didn’t have a choice really. While Mahelona celebrated the Saints’ second state title and first since 2005, her father, David, was preparing for the Division I final as Punahou’s pitching coach. “I have to (stay),” Kailee said after the Saints’ postgame meeting. “That’s my ride […]

Maryknoll softball coach John Uekawa insisted the Spartans’ path to a second straight ILH championship wasn’t similar to the route they followed last year. “It’s not similar,” Uekawa said. “it’s exactly (the same).” Other than a change of venue for the championship game, the Spartans indeed took the long road to the title the last two seasons. They captured the program’s first league crown with a win at Kamehameha a year ago. This time, Maryknoll traveled just across Wilder Ave. […]

Gratified but not satisfied. Maryknoll clinched a state tournament berth and earned a shot at the overall ILH softball title with a resounding 15-2 win over ‘Iolani in six innings on Tuesday in the league’s tournament final and left Sand Island Park looking forward to the next step. “As a team it was a relief for us, but we still definitely need to work on a lot of stuff,” Maryknoll senior Kahilu McNicoll said. “I feel we didn’t really hit […]

Even in the midst of a run of three consecutive state championships, the OIA title has proven elusive for the Campbell softball program. The Sabers have capped each of the last three seasons with a celebration following the state tournament final at Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium, but not since 2013 has Campbell entered states as the OIA champion. Roosevelt’s OIA title drought stretches back to 2009 as the league’s power structure shifted heavily out West since. The Sabers and Rough […]

Maryknoll had remarkably chopped a seven-run deficit to one when Kiana Arcayena stepped into the batter’s box with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning on Thursday at Sand Island. But Arcayena still needed to reach base to extend the Spartans’ season, and by extension, her career. With Logan Carlos representing the tying run 60 feet away and Maryknoll trailing Kamehameha 11-10 in an ILH softball tournament semifinal, Arcayena took two balls then watched […]