Hawaii Beat

By Star-Bulletin Staff

Tuesday, October 22, 1996


Rugby time at Kapiolani

The 25th annual Hawaii International Rugby Tournament starts Thursday and runs through Sunday at Kapiolani Park.

Several Hawaii teams will be joined by squads from Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Samoa, Argentina, Fiji and the mainland.

The host team is the Hawaii Harlequins, and games - including masters, open, 7-a-side, touch and old boys divisions - will run daily from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. All of the finals will be played on Sunday.

Local teams include the Oahu champion Laie Rhinos and the University of Hawaii.

For more tournament information, call 922-RUCK.



VERIATO TOPS QUALIFIERS

Steve Veriato, formerly of Hilo, shot a 4-under-par 67 to lead the four qualifiers yesterday for the Hyatt Regency Maui Kaanapali Classic this weekend at the Royal Kaanapali North Course on Maui.

Also making the 82-player field for the Senior PGA Tour event were Frank Sanchez Jr. of Honolulu, who shot a 70, while Californians Randy Wood and George Hunter posted par-71s in yesterday's qualifying.

Kapalua's Dick McClean was given a sponsor's exemption for the 54-hole tournament, which begins Friday after pro-am rounds tomorrow and Thursday.

The field includes the Senior Tour's top two money leaders - Jim Colbert and Hale Irwin - as well as defending champion Bob Charles, who also won in 1990. Besides Colbert (1991), other former winners entered are Bob Murphy (1994), Tommy Aaron (1992), Don Bies (1988-89) and Orville Moody (1987).



BYUH NO. 1

The Brigham Young University at Hawaii women's volleyball team retained its No. 1 ranking in the latest NAIA poll, released yesterday.

The Seasiders, 20-0, received all nine first-place votes.

Hawaii Pacific moved up one notch, from 12th to 11th. The Sea Warriors are 13-4.



HIAC STARS NAMED

Steve Gonzales of the University of Hawaii at Hilo and Sylvia Fisher of Hawaii Pacific University head up the Hawaii Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men's and women's all-star cross-country teams, respectively.

Joining Gonzales on the men's team are teammates Fidel Zavala and Juan Vega, along with Jason Noriega and Brandon Nicolaus of Chaminade University.

Selected to the women's team with Fisher are Stephanie Goaslind and Kristi Schauerhamer of Brigham Young University-Hawaii and the Vulcans' Dawn Ratay and Lisa Nelson.

Norman Kaluhiokalani of BYUH is the women's coach of the year.

Hilo's Mike McFate and Chaminade's James Oshiro shared the men's coach of the year award.



UH BASKETBALL TICKETS

Thursday is the deadline to renew season tickets for the University of Hawaii men's basketball season.

Season-ticket sales to the general public begin Nov. 6. Tickets to individual games go on sale Nov. 18.



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