The Hilo Pony 13s followed their recipe and laid down a winning foundation Thursday, all without utilizing too many pitching resources.

It was a fitting soccer send-off last weekend for Kamehameha graduate Jonathan DeMotta.

Scott Nakahara is a black belt in karate, but his arm can be twisted if the cause is good enough.

There is something to be said for getting your bearings, getting rid of the butterflies and finding your comfort zone.

There is something to be said for getting your bearings, getting rid of the butterflies and finding your comfort zone.

Waiakea boys soccer has another reason to think big.

Defeating the team to beat for the second time in as many days proved too tall of a task for Nobu Yamauchi RBI.

On the main soccer field Saturday at Hilo Bayfront, the Chicas’ vintage edition paved its the way to the championship game, and a little while later across the stream the club’s next generation did the same.

The storm has passed, and the grass at Hilo Bayfront soccer fields has been manicured and fertilized and is open for business.

Pomaikai translates to lucky, and in Hawaii Kupuna Softball circles it also means good.

There was, of course, the obligatory “you don’t look a day over 70” joke heard on the field, and considering the sheer number of games, it probably wasn’t the only one.

There probably aren’t too many similarities between Louisville, Kentucky and Hilo, but Cardinals assistant tennis coach Kevin Fulton managed to bridge the gap of some 4,250-plus miles.

It’s been 55 years for three of them, even more for one since they last played Little League baseball together in Hilo for Joe Estrella.

Thirty-five years later, Stan Lawrence decided he had done his time as organizer, marketing and publicity agent and all-around Mr. Do Everything of the Quiksilver-Maui Jim Sunglasses Pro-Am Surfing Trials at Honolii.

Standing in the circle at UH-Hilo softball field, Honolulu 13-year-old Jenna Sniffen already looked the part.