Vulcans split doubleheader against Sharks
Vulcans calling on all arms for six-pack of baseball against Hawaii Pacific
It’ll be all arms on deck for the UH-Hilo baseball team, which will get its pitching depth tested with a six-game series against Hawaii Pacific at Les Murakami Stadium.
Vulcans, Alvarado look to add to gaudy stats
Callen Perreira doesn’t make it a routine to walk up to Valerie Alvarado and tell her, “Hey, throw another shutout.”
Okunami, ‘Voice of the Vikings,’ did ‘everything from the heart’
Royden Okunami, known as the “Voice of the Vikings” as the public address announcer for basketball, baseball and football games for 38 years since 1979, died on Monday night. He was 86 years old.
Vulcans add to Chaminade’s frustrating day
As expected, Chaminade came out angry as a hornet’s nest but still lost in four sets to the UH-Hilo volleyball team, which hit better in the last three games to win its fifth straight.
‘Relentless’ Kaawaloa finds connection with UHH volleyball
Taira Kaawaloa was built to be a perfect puzzle piece for the UH-Hilo volleyball team, which relies on teamwork and intensity to constantly push each other for sharpened improvement.
UH-Hilo roundup: Alvarado aces again as Vuls beat Sharks twice
If UH-Hilo ace Valerie Alvarado, who has been the most dominant arm in the PacWest Hawaii pod season, is in the softball pitching circle, good luck to the other team.
Baseball: Vulcans expect Sharks to bring more bite this time around
UH-Hilo baseball coach Kallen Miyataki knows Hawaii Pacific will be wearing the same uniforms but won’t be the same team.
Softball: Powered by pitching, Vuls look to continue surge on Oahu
In her first start of the season, UH-Hilo ace Valerie Alvarado produced four double plays to waltz to a 6-1 win over Hawaii Pacific at the Walter Victor complex, showing the ability to extinguish an opponent’s spark before it turns into a fire.
Battle-tested Vulcans volleyball team seeks to add efficiency to arsenal
The UH-Hilo volleyball team has a lower hitting percentage than Chaminade and Hawaii Pacific but sits above both in the PacWest Hawaii pod standings.
Batter up! High schools ‘grateful’ to have baseball again
The Big Island Wood Bat Academy league is getting ready to play ball.
Through fright and flight, Vuls salvage split with HPU
The UH-Hilo baseball team won a wild one against Hawaii Pacific 9-7 in a PacWest Hawaii pod game on Sunday, rallying from a three-run deficit with a five-run sixth inning, to claim a split at its campus field.
Sasa says “new challenges” await; Vuls big man Vuksanovic to turn pro
It’s goodbye to Sasa Vuksanovic, UH-Hilo’s multi-skilled post with an efficient scoring ability and an engaging personality who fostered great team chemistry, and hello to Kameron Ng, the best Hawaii prep player two years running as a multi-skilled guard out of Saint Francis and a UH-Manoa sophomore transfer.
Right as rain: Vuls ‘ready to go’ against Sharks – if conditions allow
The UH-Hilo baseball team campus field is damp, the weekend forecast calls for rain and all the marbles are pushed in the middle.
101 reasons to celebrate Kaupu’s legacy: The Iron Man of BIIF officials was a mentor, advocate, friend
Bobby Kaupu, the Cal Ripken Jr. of BIIF umpiring, died Sunday, five days after turning 101.
UHH volleyball off to 3-1 start “with thing to work on’
Round 1 of the PacWest Hawaii pod merry-go-round goes to the UH-Hilo volleyball team, which finished with a 3-1 record.
UHH softball, volleyball both earn daily sweeps
Chaminade is not the PacWest pushover the UH-Hilo softball team remembers, so the Vulcans had to work extra hard to eke out a victory.
Battle for Hawaii: No titles on line, but at least Vulcans – unlike UH Wahine – are playing volleyball
There’s no NCAA Division II championship to chase for the UH-Hilo volleyball team, which looks loaded for its first PacWest title run since 2009.
Won and done: Behind Alvarado and Liilii, UHH beats HPU before rain hits
With rain on the forecast, the UH-Hilo softball team was lucky to get one game in, and it was a master class in hitting by Vevesi Liilii, the senior slugger, who had a .523 slugging percentage in 21 games during the pandemic shortened season last year.
Regattas rejected: Moku O Hawaii cancels paddling season, though long distance races still an option
It was no surprise that the Moku O Hawaii Outrigger Canoe Racing Association race directors from the island’s 14 clubs voted to cancel the regatta season on a Zoom call on Saturday.
