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Full circle on the diamond: MIL softball coaches lead with legacy and local roots

For the first time, every Division I softball coach in the Maui Interscholastic League is led by a female coach, all of whom played within the league growing up, creating a true full circle and unique moment in Maui Softball history. Madison Maddela coaches for Kamehameha Schools Maui, Lithe Pokipala-Waiohu for Lahainaluna, Sanoe Kekahuna for H.P. Baldwin, Kylie Asher for King Kekaulike and Lei Nakamura for Maui High. Maui is a close-knit community, and for Kamehameha Maui’s coach Maddela, that sense of connection is evident in the familiar faces she now shares the coaching field ...