UH-Hilo student-athletes were more than just Vulcans over the weekend.

It has been 84 years of history, and counting, for the Americans of Japanese Ancestry baseball tournament in Hawaii, and records show every team has had its championships.

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.