Baseball

Quietly, Jameson Hussey has gone about his business. The Kamehameha corner man — he plays first base and third base — batted 4-for-9 for Team Hawaii in the Arizona Senior Fall Classic over the weekend. That caps a fun baseball escape in an otherwise bleak COVID-19 pandemic that cut the spring high school season short. “I enjoyed facing new competition because it feels like we play the same people over and over again here in Hawaii. To face different competition […]

The glove is often golden, and the bat is smoking hot. By Pa‘a Elarionoff’s standards, however, a weekend in the Arizona Junior Fall Classic wasn’t peak-performance level at the plate. Playing third base for Team Hawaii, he kept his focus on the squad. “I wish I could say I had a great tournament, but statistically, it’s not something to brag about. My bat seems to be sleepy,” he said from Arizona. “My dad (Grad) always says to contribute something no […]

Baseball has been very, very good to Aiva Arquette. When the two-sport standout wasn’t firing up jump shots with Coach Derrick Low during the summer, Arquette was getting constant reps on the diamond. The 6-foot-3 junior added some game action to his offseason calendar, socking a home run with Team Hawaii at the Arizona Junior Fall Classic. Junior Fall Classic 2020. Many thanks to Team Hawaii and @TB_SoCalTeams for the oppurtunity to get back on the diamond. pic.twitter.com/DMajtQmfCs — Aiva […]

It was smokin’ hot in Arizona last weekend, and the weather was a scorcher, too. ‘Iolani right-hander Zacary Tenn provided the heat at the Arizona Junior Fall Classic. The junior brought a fastball timed at 87 mph to help TB SoCal, coached by Benny Bonilla and Ryan Thompson. “My favorite highlight was just being able to pitch because back home, we haven’t had any games in a while,” said Tenn, who will also pitch in the Arizona Senior Fall Classic […]

Beau Sylvester knows the long way around the baseball diamond well. That’s why a road trip with his 6-year-old brother, Gage, and 77-year-old grandfather, Jim, was the sweet spot of all journeys this fall. Sylvester, an outfielder-catcher at Kamehameha, gave his support crew a thrill or two for the generations. He hit a home run and threw out a baserunner from the outfield, and finished 4-for-6 at the plate during Arizona Junior Fall Classic play with his teams, Team Hawaii […]