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You are the BEST! That was an amazing game and I'm proud of you all. You GET 'EM! What a way to represent the Aloha State. Good luck with the rest of the tournament.

Aloha,

Myla Morales & Jessie Tomas

YOU GUYS are the BEST ............ God Bless you all.

God is on your side .........

NEW Hope — Ewa Midweek

To the players & coaches..... This team is special, very special. The confidence and poise this team has shown is unbelievable! I get emotional thinking what great ambassadors for the State of Hawaii each and every one of you are. Congratulations and good luck!

Pukalani, Maui

da waipi'o baseball boys......

wassup eh right on every year i check to see if one of the hawaii teams is in the world series either the bronco or little league....i live up in San Diego now but a graduate of waipahu high 96....played some college ball up here last year got to watch the Maui Bronco team win the Bronco World Series up in Monterey CA.. now it's your turn Waipi'o boys.......good luck and no scade

um.....let them know how us hawaiianz do it on the field.....aloha'z

alika macias

Just wanted to drop a line on Coach Clyde and the boys in Williamsport. You guys are doing a hell of a job up there and are making things pretty exciting around my house. Watching you guys on T.V. and witnessing your accomplishments have swept me away like everyone else. Believe in yourselves, have a great time and we wish you continued

success..............Go District-7...............IMUA WAIPIO!

Coach Kimo & Family.

To all the players and coaching staff of the Wai'pio All Stars, mahalo for making this old California Hawaiian proud to be from Hawaii. Good luck the rest of the way but, no matter the outcome, you just made one kanaka very proud of you. .. .

Ben Holokai, Westminster, California

Best of luck Waipio. We've been watching your games here in the Pacific NW and cheering you on. Although we now live in Oregon, our hearts are still in Hawaii... and we're so proud that you are representing the Aloha State. Imua all the way !!!

Aloha nui loa, the Paulinos

hello waipio, hi i'm the hilo natinol 2nd basemen. great job on the feild today, nice pitching kurt, throwing gas ya and a clutch homerun travis. i'll be rooting 4 u guyz. good luck. win one for hawaii.

T.J. yasuhara

I'd like to express my aloha and congratulations to the Waipi`o team, especially Jansen, Jonathan, Sanoe, and Daniel and other students from Kanoelani! I'm watching your games and supporting you back here at home! I am really proud of you and wish the best of luck to you all!

Love, Miss Di Meo

Congratulations! I 'mua.

A Kama'aina at heart

Evelyn E. Meyers

Waipio LL baseball team: You have fans all over the country rooting for you. My husband and I have been following your team and shouting our lungs out for you. You've played marvelously and are really making everyone proud. Just continue to play your best with honor and you'll always be winners. Cindy KodamaWashington, DC

Good Luck in the coming games. You are all winners! To Coach Tanabe, great job. No matter what the outcome, we are all very proud of you and the team.

PAPERKAK

Congratulations!! You are truly an inspiration to everyone here in Hawaii. Keep it up!! Win or lose, no matter what, Hawaii will be proud of you and all of your accomplishments.

We are all behind you!! Go for it.......NO FEAR!!

Aloha!!

Your Friends from AIEA LITTLE LEAGUE

P.S. - Aloha Clyde, Delbert & Gordon......keep up the outstanding work!!

Congratulations to the Waipi'o Little League Team! We are all proudly rootin' for you! You are an awesome team! You represent the State of Hawaii with an A+ style. To Isaac "Kama" Moises--the Coloma's are very proud of you. You are "da bomb" baby! May the Good Lord continue to watch over each of you. Please continue to have fun, and have a safe trip home. GOOD LUCK and BRING IT HOME!!!

Fans from Waialua,Don, Melody, Shanay, and Lovelyn

First of, I would like to thank ESPN, sponsors and Honolulu Advertiser for such a special feature of Little League World Series Baseball.

Yes, like many others, I've been rooting for Hawaii!!! You guys are great! Very well disciplined and such great plays!

I don't normally write about my opinions on what I see on TV esp. sports but this one, I just gotta! I had to! You guys are phenomenal! Great kids! Great plays!

We may not be at the stands but we're with you all the way and can definitely feel the excitement. Our TV never got this loud let alone have this much commotion in our living room whenever we watch you guys play. My family enjoy every minute of the live telecast.

With all the hard work and pressure, you've come this far. Win or lose, you guys are the bomb! We are proud of you.

To coach Tanabe, great job you did on the kids and great decision on every step. The kids play very well and are well composed!

Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

Go!!! HAWAII!!!!

More power,

AnnaB.
(a fan from Las Vegas, NV)

CONGRATULATIONS WAIPIO!!! ALOHA FROM THE MAKAHA SONS!

MOON, JOHN, & JEROME

aloha,keep persevering and your wins are very inspiring and exciting. keep your head up no matter what! show the world what the team from da "rock" can do! i'm so stoked for you kids cause when i played little league i wasn't that good. so, basically your successes represent the whole state and our longstanding baseball tradition. good luck and go win it all!!!

aloha, cale char

We've been following you since Molokai and watched you yesterday. We're so proud of you! We know how much it takes to accomplish as much as you have...keep enjoying THE GAME...HAVE FUN! Go Waipio!

Cabael Kaahanui

Aloha from Arroyo Grande, California. Imua Waipi'o Ohana. Us Hawaiians up Hea are rooting for you guys and Wahine Sanoe Aina. Awesome. We are proud to be from Hawaii and show the Spirit of Aloha in San Luis Obispo, California.. Aloha Bill and Kelly Oku

Good luck to the Waipio Little League Team! You guys earned the chance so have fun and play your okoles off!!........Fan in Seattle.

Boda5

I just wanted to wish the waipio team good luck and go get um...I'm in new york and i'm watching the little league on tv here.......When the homerun was hit in the 6 th inning I got chicken skin to the max.....That was a great game .........phil

They are all awesome players and deserve all the rewards they haved worked so hard for. We all will be watching them Sunday and win or lose we are proud of them.

Kristy Tamashiro

ALOHA! WE THE PEOPLE OF JOHNSTON ISLAND WANTS THE WAIPI'O LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM

TO KNOW WE'RE PULLING FOR THEM. NO MATTER WHAT THE OUTCOME IS, YOU GUYS HAS

MADE A NAME FOR HAWAII. GO WAIPI'0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FROM THE GANG AT BARRACKS 250, 251, & 252. JOHNSTON ISLAND

The Higa Family from Hilo, Hawaii would like to send our congratulations and best wishes to all of you!! Win or lose, you are all champions! We are enjoying watching you play and feel such a sense of pride that you are representing us all from Hawaii. You are receiving so much media attention, but remember to stay humble, and encourage each other, especially when the going gets rough! Enjoy your moment of fame, but keep things in perspective. Remember, baseball is a game....have FUN!!!

Gerald, Lynne, Jon and Brian

Montana is wishing you the very best in the tournament. What a joy to see you all there. We have the best of two worlds in Montana and Hawaii to call home.

With you all the way, Margie and Jake

As a Maui boy living in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, it makes me proud to brag about you little leaguers from Waipio. I will be watching you tomorrow and rooting you on. Sock to Texas.

Wailukuwillie

LOCAL FROM MAUI LIVING IN MICHIGAN WISHES YOU BOYS THE BEST OF LUCK!!!! WILL BE WATCHING TOMMORROW ON ESPN AT 300P/ET. IMUA!!!!! WILSON PADILLA

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Good luk and have fun

Dennis

To The Coach, Players, Family, and Fans,

Congratulations on your Little League World Series Victory! You make a person such as myself and the many Soldiers/Sailors/Airmen/Marines serving our Country here overseas in the Middle East that are from Hawaii, very Proud. In true "Island Kine Style" you saved the best for last. Keep up the good work on the field and off the field.

Mahalo and Aloha.

Efrem Williams

HEY! KIDS, KEEP COOL AND BEST OF LUCK IN YOUR UP AND COMING GAMES.

DON'T LET THE SIZE OF THE OTHER TEAMS GET TO YOU JUST HANG IN THERE AND DO YOUR BEST AND MAKE HAWAII PROUD OF ALL OF YOU, HAWAII IS ALREADY PROUD OF WHAT YOU ALL HAVE ACCOMPLISHED ALREADY. GOD BE WITH YOU ALL.

A FAN!!!!!!!

Keiki o ka aina o Waipi'o: Yesterday was a terrible day for me.........i am without a job...........went to the bank and found out i am broke...........went boogie boarding to forget.........waves were junk.........on my way to my car i dropped one of my fins without realizing it..........went back to look but somebody had already stolen it..........i was totally wiped out and depressed.......such a terrible day! Then i went home and flipped on the TV.....by chance happend to come upon ESPN2 where they were showing a replay of your came (needless to say, i had not known the outcome of the game)..........sat their transfixed.............your hard play made me temporarily forget my troubles........i sat there silently rooting for you and hoping that at least one thing would go right for me that day...........and thanks to all of you, it did!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Roland Nip

Wow! The whole state is behind you and so so proud. I am a Tutu-age 74--with a grandson now almost 17-playing in Florida no-on more than one AllStar team and his whole life since age 4 and T-ball has centered on baseball.(plays other sports as well) However, always remembering that his education is foremost, as a sports career can always be shortened by injuries. He played Little league here in Hawaii until age 12 and their move to Florida. He is good, but you--the Waipio team--have shown your true team spirit, at the same time reflecting the spirit of our Hawaii for the whole nation and world to see. I have to tell you--this Tutu- cried with emotion throughout your game yesterday--and probably will today! The tears came on the first hand injury and it wasn't even our team! I just didn't want any youngster to miss playing at Cooperstown--after getting there!

Enjoy every moment of this experience. I am geting "chicken skin" just writing this message to you. I know every Tutu---every parent of Little Leagers here in Hawaii are having the same emotions, even if their team is
not there. The whole state has become "your team" and that love will surround you throughout your endeavors there. As your coach says just--"do your best and have fun"!!! Just play with the same spirit you have shown in this your first "World Series" game, and win or lose--we will still be proud.

IMUA and God Bless. aloha nui loa,
Ruth Willenborg

Great job and Good Luck in the World Series..... 

Len Chow
Boise, Idaho