Softball

Those judging a softball player’s worth by on home runs and RBIs may miss the value in a player like Campbell’s Jayda Favela. She is a Jayda of all trades. A solid second baseman, she quietly fueled the top-ranked Sabers’ 7-6 comeback victory at home over No. 10 Leilehua on Saturday morning. This is what the kid sister of former Campbell standouts Elisa and Trinity Favela did: >> Reached base four times >> Went 2-for-3 by beating out two infield […]

This is the season of D’Asha Saiki, doing Babe Ruth kind of things. The Punahou senior picked up a new bat, courtesy of Mom and Dad, after breaking her old one. Great hitters simply wear out the old and bring in the new. She has not missed a beat. She batted .760 in preseason with 26 RBIs. In ILH play, after five games, she is batting .917 with an OPS of 2.584, 10 RBIs and eight runs scored. She has […]

Two St. Francis softball assistant coaches have started an online petition asking for support in their request for the ILH to immediately move the Saints up from Division II to D-I for league and state competition. “I fully support their effort,” St. Francis head coach Randy Langsi said Monday. “I’m really hopeful and I feel like the girls deserve it.” Langsi said he doesn’t know if the ILH can grant the request and referred that question to Saints athletic director […]

Campbell kept its spot at No. 1 in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser softball Top 10, but there was plenty of movement at other ranks. ‘Iolani was the biggest positive climber, up five spots to No. 3 after a 1-1 week in which the Raiders lost to No. 6 Punahou 9-3 and topped then-No. 7 Kamehameha 17-11. Two teams took big drops. Leilehua descended five places to No. 10, and St. Francis, which started the season at No. 4, tumbled out of […]

Liana Heshiki did what cleanup hitters are supposed to do, going 4-for-4 on Thursday to lead No. 6 Punahou to a 9-3 win over ‘Iolani in an ILH softball game at Ala Wai Community Park. In the No. 4 spot, Heshiki is proving to be right fit as a batting-order companion to the Buffanblu’s D’Asha Saiki, who is at No. 3 in the order. “I love her swing right now,” Eldredge said about Heshiki. “She’s swinging it really well and […]

‘Iolani softball coach Benny Agbayani and his staff spoke to the Raiders for about 20 minutes after their 9-3 loss to Punahou on Thursday. Surely, Agbayani had a lot of insights to share with them after a stinging first defeat in the ILH season. After starring in baseball at Saint Louis and Hawaii Pacific, he played from 1998 to 2002 in the major leagues with the New York Mets, Colorado Rockies and Boston Red Sox. After the girls were dismissed […]

No. 4 wasn’t even on the roster, but she made a major impact in her first varsity game. ‘Iolani freshman Lexie Tilton, who was just brought up from the intermediate team, went 3-for-3 with a two-run home run in her debut. Too bad for Tilton that it came in a losing cause. The Raiders, ranked No. 8 in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser Top 10, were beaten by rival and sixth-ranked Punahou 9-3 on Thursday at Ala Wai Community Park. Tilton, in […]

Leo Sing Chow is giving back at her alma mater and that smile on her face is hard to miss. The 2002 All-State player of the year by both the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and Honolulu Star-Advertiser is coaching Kamehameha’s varsity team for the first time this season and loving it. After going on to play at UH Hilo, Sing Chow spent the last three seasons coaching Kamehameha’s JV team. “This is a different level,” said Sing Chow, whose uncle Ty Sing […]