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MEDIA RELEASE Fun, sun and exciting competition highlighted this year’s Poi Pounder Baseball Classic held during the Veterans Day holiday weekend in Hilo. The four-day tournament attracted 24 teams of children ages 9 to 14 years old. After 51 games played under modified Pony League rules, one Kona and two Hilo- based teams emerged as [...]

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The County of Hawai‘i Department of Parks and Recreation has temporarily closed Hilo’s Walter C.K. Victor Baseball Complex to perform annual maintenance work.

Following a busy summer season that saw the return of professional baseball to Hilo, the three ball fields are receiving new sod and being manicured in preparation for the 2012 Poi Pounder Baseball Tournament to be held in November.

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The Hawaii State Champion Waiakea High School baseball team was welcomed home Saturday night (May 12) by Mayor Billy Kenoi, friends, family and supporters at Hilo International Airport.

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Hawaii 24/7 Staff Waiakea won its first state baseball title Friday evening on Oahu, taking out Baldwin, 5-2. Waiakea stand-out pitcher Quintin Torres-Costa led his team to the Division I crown by shutting down the Baldwin bats. Torres-Costa struck out 13 batters, including a run of 12 straight strike outs. Torres-Costa eventually had to leave [...]

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Hawaii 24/7 Staff No. 3 seed Waiakea is posed to play in the Division I baseball state championship game Friday against No. 4 Baldwin on Oahu. OC16 will have live coverage of the game beginning at 7 p.m. In Thursday’s semi-final, Waiakea pipped defending state champion Pearl City, 2-1. Waiakea came in third in 2004, [...]

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Hawaii 24/7 Staff Wednesday was a good day for Big Island teams at the state baseball tournament on Oahu. In Division I, No. 3 seed Waiakea and unseeded Hilo are into the semi-finals. On Thursday, Waiakea faces unseeded Pearl City and Hilo takes on No. 4 Baldwin. In Division II semi-finals Thursday, No. 4 seed [...]

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Hawaii 24/7 Staff Unseeded Hilo toppled Punahou 5-3 in its opening game at the Division I state baseball championships Tuesday on Oahu. On Wednesday, Hilo takes on No. 1 seed Kailua, while No. 3 seed Waiakea begins its campaign against Castle. Meawhile, Division II action also begins Wednesday, with two Big Island teams making their [...]

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Na Hoku Hanohano Awards recording artist Mark Yamanaka will be performing in a benefit for the University of Hawaii at Hilo baseball program on Sunday, October 30 in the Naniloa Volcanoes Resort’s Crown Room.

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Treated to a parade, proclamation, honors, autograph session and a day at the Hawaii County Fair the Big Island’s world championship baseball team had a pretty good Sunday.

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MEDIA RELEASE A parade honoring the 2011 Senior Little League World Series Champions is 11 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 18. The parade begins at the Liliuokalani Gardens (near Restaurant Nihon) and will proceed into the Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium grounds where the 61st Hawaii County Fair will be ongoing. The public is invited to meet and greet [...]

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It was all cheers, applause, hugs and leis Sunday evening at Hilo International Airport when the Big Island’s world championship baseball team touched down.

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Mayor Billy Kenoi will join friends, family and supporters at Hilo airport Sunday evening to greet the World Champion Hilo All-Stars team as they return after their victory in Bangor, Maine. The Hilo team led by Manager Kaha Wong defeated Rose Capital East Little League of Tyler, Texas 11-1 in five innings for a decisive Senior League World Series victory Saturday.

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