Due to the loss in class time, the Hawaii High School Athletic Association has had to amend the format for next month's state baseball tournament at Aloha Stadium. The tournament field has been cut from 12 to eight teams. To really see who the best high school team in the state is, a double-elimination tournament is necessary. The current system doesn't always determine who is the best.
Baseball is a game where any team can beat another team at any given time.
Look at Maryknoll in the Interscholastic League of Honolulu. The team's record isn't very good, yet it has been a giant killer, beating St. Louis, Kamehameha and Punahou in succession. Then we can look at the Rainbows. They went to Texas earlier in the month and took two of three from nationally ranked Rice. One of the beauties of baseball is the way the ball bounces.