Baseball

Hawaii Elite 2G is in turbo mode. The conglomeration of the top high school baseball players in the islands won the Perfect Game title in Iowa two weeks ago. “We had our full team. A couple of our pitchers had scheduled shutdown periods, but for the most part, we had everyone. We had Aiva (Arquette) and (Beau) Sylvester,” Elite coach Brandon “Bu” Toro said. Beau Sylvester (‘22, HI) blasts one to the moon!!! His second HR of the day, this […]

There’s a lot of ability in Saint Louis senior Nu‘u Contrades. Reliability. Availability. Add versatility and flat-out talent, and schools across the West Coast were yearning to land the standout baseball player. Contrades, who recommitted from Cal State Northridge in August, made an oral commitment to Arizona State on Thursday. “I feel good. I actually feel great. It’s a very good feeling being able to put that behind me and focus on just playing baseball,” Contrades said. “It was definitely […]

The MLB Combine debut came and went, giving Caleb Lomavita a chance to leave his mark. The versatile Saint Louis graduate did that on the first day of the combine, ranking fifth overall with a 105.7 mph maximum exit velocity on a single batted ball. The Cal signee was not among the Top 250 prospects, but had a higher exit velocity than Tommy White (No. 103) and Ryan Spikes (No. 197). Then, day two — Saturday — arrived. Lomavita went […]