Brooke Baptiste pitched a one-hitter with seven strikeouts in Kapaau and Leiloa Bustamante collected three hits as Kamehameha beat Kohala 9-3, moving one win from an unbeaten BIIF softball regular season.

UH-Hilo’s baseball team put itself in a whole earlier this season with an unfortunate three-game stretch at Hawaii Pacific in which the Vulcans surrendered 53 runs.

We have events to accommodate all serious runners in the area, from the Big Island Marathon to the Hilo-to-Volcano ultra, and there are half-marathons, 10ks and 5ks, enough for dedicated runners all year.

When Waiakea’s Raelyn Ai-Yoneda and Hilo’s Ashley Lavarias meet on the judo mat there is little in the way of surprises.

Kamehameha’s considerable pitching depth was tested when co-ace Zakaia Michaels essentially was wasted Tuesday when the game he started against Konawaena was wiped away by darkness.

Being a tennis coach at Hawaii Prep takes its share of patience.

Honokaa’s softball team wasn’t executing its game plan against Kohala ace Mikayla Kekoa until Shaela Jardine hit a home run in the fifth inning to finally put the Dragons on the scoreboard.

KEAAU – Kealakehe distance ace Leann Hamilton already had won the 400-meter run, and as she gained on Konawaena’s Jadyn Hanks in the final leg of the 4×400 relay she appeared on her way to another win.

What follows is the usual disclaimer for a West Hawaii golf course: All bets are off if the wind whips up.

Saturday at Waiakea

Yes, UH-Hilo’s softball team was tired, but any fatigue factor was outweighed by the fact the Vulcans were more tired of all the drama.

It would have been perfectly understandable if Ka’u coach Donovan Emmsley wished for a heavy dose of rain about halfway through Wednesday’s softball game at Waiakea.

KEAAU – Watch animated Hilo water polo coach Malia Tallett work for a few seconds Saturday, and it was easy to tell her focus: defense. Defense. DEFENSE!