Hawaii Sports

On this date in 1973, George Anzai‘s star-studded Aiea crew scored two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to beat last-place Pearl City 2-1. Na Alii weren’t the only favorites to need a rally. East division leader Kalani gave up four runs in the top of the first inning before blasting rival Kaiser 21-4. Aiea that year boasted of 1-2 punch Gerry Ako and Derek Tatsuno, possibly the best starting combination in state history. Ako helped bail Na […]

On this date in 1982, the OIA East was all Glen Nakama of Kaiser had. Nakama led the league in batting average, hits, home runs and RBIs. But that was only half of his contribution, as he was 10-0 with a league-leading 0.74 ERA in 48 1/3 innings. Steven Takara of Pearl City was the only hitter on Oahu who got a hit in half of his at-bats and Danny Kapea of Waipahu and Aiea’s Alan Higuchi were battling to […]

On this date in 1917, Godfrey Bergman‘s Punahou baseball team assembled during the start of Easter break with a captain already named. Pitcher Ernest “Sleepy” Baldwin, who went on to play at Hawaii and Oregon, was bestowed the honor the previous year in anticipation of taking the title from Saint Louis. It didn’t happen, though, as the Crusaders won the ILH. The season was cut short when weather left too many games left before Kamehameha’s commencement in June.

On this date in 1972, the OIA East baseball race was thrown into chaos when Calvin Shiroma, Kerry Kiyabu and Gordon Costa helped Farrington beat Kailua. The result put the Governors in a tie with the Surfriders and Kaimuki with Kalani just a half game back due to an earlier tie. The Bulldogs ended up winning the race in a playoff over Kailua behind pitcher Clyde Hayashida. Farrington finished just a game back. Aiea went on to win the first […]

On this date in 2011, Little League World Series heroes Kaeo Aliviado and Iolana Akau helped Saint Louis over Mid-Pacific in a battle of No. 1 vs. No. 2 on the Owls field. Saint Louis ended up winning the ILH and both schools lost their first games at states. They were supposed to finish with a matchup against each other for fifth place but the game was canceled due to rain. Click the image to zoom.