Wayne Yamauchi gets credit for putting together a resurgent 15-and-under team that’s named after his father, and Tony De Sa is a smashing success as a first-time coach in the RBI program.
Not to diminish their hard work, but it was made much easier when Ryan Ragual decided to join the Hawaii Juniors team. No summer is complete without youth baseball heroics courtesy of Ragual.
He delivered a virtuoso performance Sunday in Santa Ana, Calif., hitting his third home run is as many days to back his complete game on the mound as Nobu Yamauchi of Hilo routed Arizona 10-1 to claim its first West Regional since 2002.