Prep Notebook

By Star-Bulletin Staff

Wednesday, July 31, 1996


Farrington to tackle Morse
at stadium

A preseason game between Farrington High School and San Diego football prep power Morse High School will be played on Aug. 24 at Aloha Stadium.

Morse, which was ranked 15th statewide in California last season, carries several Division I prospects on its roster.

The game was originally scheduled to be played Aug. 23 at Castle High. The game will start at 5 p.m.

Morse, which was 8-1-2 last season, has a 6-foot-4, 230-pound tight end named Lonnie Ford. Ford has a 36-inch vertical leap.

The Tigers also will bring in Anthony Gabriel, a 6-2, 225-pounder who has a 172-foot discus throw, and tailback Mike Yancy, who runs the 40 in 4.5. Yancy is expected to set the career rushing record at Morse.



JAPANESE IN TOWN

A contingent of 24 Japanese prep athletes is in town this week to compete in volleyball and basketball with Oahu Interscholastic Association players at McKinley and Mililani high schools.

The Japanese are here as part of the Hawaii/Fukuoka Sister-State Educational, Athletic and Cultural Exchange program.

Hawaii is represented by 12 boys and 12 girls from the OIA Western Division and 11 boys and 12 girls from the Eastern Division.

The boys will play volleyball and the girls will play basketball.

The McKinley contests were held yesterday and the Mililani competitions will be held tomorrow, starting at 9:45 a.m. with volleyball.

In basketball yesterday, the OIA East defeated Fukuoka, 59-50, as Hinano Higa scored 12 points and Darolyn Custodio added 10.



LOCAL GIRLS EXCEL

Several Hawaii girls spent July 9-12 at a Blue Star basketball camp at UCLA. Hilo forward Onaona Miller won the Hustle Award on the first day and Punahou guard Lisa Kowal won it on the second. Honokaa guard Dayna Gambill, who recently played for Team Hawaii at the Nike National Championships in Las Vegas, won the 3-point shooting award.



By Pat Bigold, Star-Bulletin




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