The 2018-19 Oahu AJA Baseball season opens on December 16, 2018 (Sunday) with 2 games @ Ala Wai. Sheridan vs defending champion Pearl City will open with the 10am game while the 1pm game will feature Waipahu vs Ewa. On December 19, 2018 (Wednesday), in the 7pm game, Waialae vs Kaneohe opens their season at Ala Wai. On December 20, 2018 (Thursday), the last remaining 2 teams Manoa vs McCully will open their season with a 7pm game at Ala Wai.
There are a major few changes for the season. Regular season games will be 7 innings with no new inning to begin after a 2 hour 15 minutes time limit. Playoff games will be 9 innings with no time limit.
The 2018-19 season opens with the league divided into a Town & a Country Division. In the regular season, teams will play teams within their Division twice and teams in the other Division once for a total of 10 regular season games per team. The Town Division is made up of Manoa, McCully, Sheridan, & Waialae. Ewa, Kaneohe, Pearl City & Waipahu belong to the Country Division.
A six team End of Season Championship Tournament will be played again this year. A Single Sudden Death Elimination game will feature the regular season’s 2nd place team vs the 3rd place team from the Town Division playing each other with the winner advancing to play the Town Division #1 seed for the Town Division Championship in a best of 3 series. The Country Division will similarly have their Single Sudden Death Elimination game between the regular season’s 2nd place team vs the 3rd place team from the Country Division with the winner advancing to play the Country Division #1 seed for the Country Division Championship in a best of 3 series. The 2 winners will then move on to play each other in a best 2 of 3 League Championship Series to determine the Oahu AJA Baseball League Champion. The Championship Tournament is scheduled to begin March 3, 2019 and culminate with the League Champion being crowned on March 17, 2019.
The Oahu AJA Baseball League Champion will represent Oahu in the 84th Annual Hawaii State Championship Tournament hosted by Hawaii AJA Baseball on April 6-7, 2019 in Hilo’s Wong Stadium.