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Lady Trojans keep streak alive

For a ninth week in a row, Mililani is No. 1 in the Star-Advertiser Softball Top 10. The past eight weeks have been a unanimous selection by the panel of coaches and media. The Trojans collected all 11 first-place votes.

Mililani is 7-0 in OIA West play (17-2 overall) with three games on the slate this week. The Trojans play at Kapolei today, then at Leilehua on Thursday and Saturday. All are makeup games.

Previously scheduled intradivision matchups with Kalani, Castle and Kailua have been canceled. Intradivision games, a new twist to the league schedule, do not count in the league standings.

While rainouts continued to wreak havoc on schedules, ‘Iolani returned at No. 10 after posing a 17-0, five-inning win over Mid-Pacific, and a 13-3, TKO loss to Kamehameha.

The Raiders have four games in a five-day span this week. They are 4-6 in ILH play, battling to stay in the third-seed position with Punahou (2-9).

Warriors a near-unanimous No. 1

Kamehameha remains at the top of the Baseball Top 10 after a 7-5 win at Mid-Pacific last week. The Warriors had three more games rained out, but will meet fast-rising Punahou today at Ala Wai Community Park.

At 7-0 (16-2 overall), Kamehameha leads Pac-Five (5-1), Punahou (4-1-1), Mid-Pacific (3-2-2), Saint Louis (3-4) and ‘Iolani (1-6-1) in the ILH standings.

Pac-Five (9-4 overall) rose one spot to No. 3 this week. The Wolfpack play ‘Iolani today at Patsy T. Mink Central Oahu Regional Park, then battles No. 6 Punahou on Thursday at Ala Wai.

Kaiser returned to No. 4 after a 13-10 win over Tesoro (Calif.) and a 10-3 intradivisional victory at No. 10 Pearl City.

Hoops coach Kapeliela steps down at Kohala

After guiding the Cowboys to four Division II state championships, Kihei Kapeliela is calling it a wrap.

“We had a great run,” Kapeliela said on Monday. “Time to hand the reins off to the next generation.”

The former Kohala sharpshooter led the program to its first state crown in 2020. That state final was a raucous, physical, no-holds-barred scrum of a game that the tough-nosed Cowboys adjusted to in a 51-48 win over Roosevelt.

Kohala fell to a deeply talented Maui Prep squad in the ’22 semifinal round, but bounced back with a 40-38 win over University in the final of the ’23 state tourney.

A year later, in ’24, Kohala edged Seabury Hall, 49-45, in overtime for the koa trophy. The next season, standout guard Layden Kauka transferred to Utah Prep, then returned after a half-season. He suffered an ankle injury in the state tourney, and Seabury Hall went on to win the ’25 state crown.

This year, the Cowboys put it all together again, beating ILH title contender University and De La Salle of Chicago along the way. Kohala outlasted Seabury Hall, 49-35, in the state final.

For a third time in four seasons, Kohala went unbeaten in a regular-season slate that includes all D-I and D-II teams.

HONOLULU STAR-ADVERTISER SOFTBALL TOP 10

Sunday, April 12, 2026

Rank

School (1st)

Record

Pts

LW

Mililani (11)

bye (rainouts)

next: at Kapolei, Tuesday, April 14, 3 p.m.

17-2

120

1

Maryknoll

def. Punahou, 13-0 (5 innings)

next: at No. 4 Kamehameha, Monday, April 13, 4 p.m.

next: vs. No. 4 Kamehameha, Wednesday, April 14, 4 p.m.

17-2

107

2

Kapolei

bye (rainouts)

next: vs. No. 1 Mililani, Tuesday, April 14, 3 p.m.

15-5-1

92

3

Kamehameha

won at ‘Iolani, 13-3 (5 innings)

next: at No. 2 Maryknoll, Wednesday, April 15, 4 p.m.

19-4-1

88

4

Campbell

def. Leilehua, 25-0 (3 innings)

next: vs. No. 8 Pearl City, Monday, April 13

next: at Kaiser, Tuesday, April 14, 3 p.m.

18-5

68

5

Moanalua

def. Kaiser, 13-5

next: vs. Leilehua, Tuesday, April 14, 3 p.m.

16-5-1

48

6-t

Kapaa

bye (rainouts)

next: vs. Waimea, Wednesday, April 15, 6 p.m.

14-7

47

6-t

Pearl City

def. Waianae, 13-0 (5 innings)

next: at Moanalua, Wednesday, April 15, 3 p.m,.

13-7

43

8

Kalani

bye (rainouts)

next: vs. Kailua, Wednesday, April 15, 3 p.m.

12-5-2

18

9

‘Iolani Raiders

lost to Kamehameha, 13-3 (5)

next: vs. Pac-Five, Monday, April 13, 4 p.m.

next: at Mid-Pacific, Tuesday, April 14, 4 p.m.

10-11-1

13

NR

No longer in Top 10: Punahou (No. 10).

Also receiving votes: Radford 5, Kaiser 4, Punahou 3, Baldwin 2, Mid-Pacific 1, Pac-Five 1.

STAR-ADVERTISER BASEBALL TOP 10

Sunday, April 12, 2026

Rank

School (1st)

Record

Pts

LW

Kamehameha (7)

won at Mid-Pacific, 7-5

next: vs. No. 6 Punahou, Tuesday, April 14, 3:30 p.m., Ala Wai

16-2

79

1

Waiakea (1)

def. Kealakehe, 12-0 (5 innings)

next: at Konawaena (2), Wednesday, April 15, 1 p.m.

12-1

71

2

Pac-Five

bye (four rainouts)

next: vs. ‘Iolani, Tuesday, April 14, 3:30 p.m., CORP

9-4

52

4

Kaiser

won at Pearl City, 10-3

next: vs. Aiea, Monday, April 13, 3 p.m.

next: at Farrington, Wednesday, April 15, 3 p.m.

16-4

48

5

Baldwin

lost to KS-Maui, 5-2

next: vs. Maui, Tuesday, April 14, 3:30 p.m., Iron Maehara

13-4-1

38

3

Punahou

bye (rainouts)

next: vs. No. 1 Kamehameha, Tuesday, April 14, 3:30 p.m.

9-4-1

37

8

Mid-Pacific

lost to Kamehameha, 7-5

next: vs. Maryknoll, Wednesday, April 15, 3:30 p.m.

11-5-2

35

7

Mililani

def. Kalani, 4-3

next: at Leilehua, Monday, April 13, 3 p.m.

next: vs. Moanalua, Wednesday, April 15, 3 p.m.

18-8

33

6

Saint Louis

def. ‘Iolani, 12-8

next: vs. Damien, Tuesday, April 14, 2:30 p.m., CORP

9-7

20

9

Pearl City

lost to Kaiser, 10-3

next: at Kalani, Wednesday, April 15, 3 p.m.

11-11-1

13

10

Also receiving votes: Kamehameha-Maui 8, Kailua 2, Leilehua 2, ‘Iolani 1, KS-Hawaii 1.

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