Puns’ McLachlin commits to UCLA
By Pat Bigold
Star-Bulletin
Punahou's Parker McLachlin, the top junior golfer in Hawaii, has verbally committed to UCLA.The 1996 Hawaii High School Athletic Association individual champion said he chose the Bruins over the University of Hawaii, North Carolina, Washington and Santa Barbara.
He said he might also walk on with the Bruins' volleyball team. McLachlin has played three years of varsity volleyball for Punahou.
"I really liked UCLA," said McLachlin. "They're in a rebuilding stage and they have a new coach (Brad Sherfy) I like."
The 17-year-old McLachlin, who won the Junior America's Cup individual title in Vancouver, B.C., last summer, helped lead the Punahou golf team to three straight Interscholastic League of Honolulu titles.
Ray Fujino, who coached Kaimuki High's basketball team to a state title as well as OIA Eastern Division and league titles in 1993, has been named the school's permanent athletic director. FUJINO KAIMUKI AD
Fujino has appointed Stephen Lee to replace him as varsity head basketball coach. Lee was junior varsity head coach.
In seven years as Kaimuki's head coach, the 35-year-old Fujino compiled a 67-31 record.
"I want to carry on from my predecessor, Dwight Toyama," said Fujino. "He left a high standard for me to follow and a pretty stable environment."
Toyama is now HHSAA executive director.
OIA volleyball playoff games postponed last night will be played today. VOLLEYBALL TONIGHT
In the girls' playoffs at McKinley, Waianae will meet Roosevelt at 5 p.m. and Farrington will face McKinley at 6 p.m.
In the boys' playoffs at Moanalua, Waianae will play Leilehua at 5 p.m. and Pearl City will take on Moanalua at 6 p.m.
Last Friday's Cornell Rule tiebreaker finish between Farrington and McKinley in the quarterfinals of the OIA football playoffs surprised many people. TIEBREAKER CONTROVERSY
Why, they ask, was a such hard-fought game decided in such an unconvincing and unexciting format?
The tiebreaker rule allows each team four downs from the 50-yard line. The team with the most yards wins.
McKinley won the tiebreaker on the basis of having gained 19 yards to Farrington's 0. The Tigers ended the game with an interception of a Farrington pass.
The National Federation of State High School Associations rule book recommends that tie-breakers begin from the 10-yard line. But OIA football coordinator Richard Townsend, the Leilehua athletic director, said the federation procedure is optional.
He said that the OIA has followed the Cornell Rule as long as he can remember. The last time the rule was applied was in 1988 in a playoff between Leilehua and Kailua.
Townsend said he prefers the 50-yard line start because it is a quicker solution and therefore safer for athletes substantially fatigued from four quarters of play. The theory is that the longer a player is on the field beyond regulation time, the more chance of his getting hurt.
Under the 10-yard line format, the score could be tied over and over again.
The ILH championship tiebreaker would put teams at the 20-yard line.
Neither Townsend nor Farrington head coach Skippa Diaz favors an overtime period.
Diaz said he'd rather see the OIA adopt the college tiebreaker rule, which puts teams at the 25-yard line. He said it would be better for fans to see a tie resolved by points scored.
USA Track and Field's Level 1 Coaching Education School will pay a visit to Hawaii for the first time this year. TOP-LEVEL TRACK CLINIC
The clinic, normally held on the mainland, features some of the sports' best instructors. It will be held Nov. 29-30 and Dec. 1.
Successful completion of the clinic course will result in USATF Level 1 coaching certification.
The instructors include:
Glen Sefcik, head track and field coach at Stephen F. Austin University as well as chairman of the USATF Coaching Education Committee.
Kevin McGill, editor of Track Coach, the technical journal of USATF.
"Boo" Schnexnayder, jumps coach at Louisiana State University (six straight NCAA championships).
Ralph Lindeman, chairman of USATF hurdles development committee and head track and field coach at the U.S. Air Force Academy.
"This will probably be the only time we can bring the complete clinic to Hawaii, until we can get local coaches certified as instructors," said Duncan Macdonald, a clinic organizer.
For more information, contact Macdonald 263-4526 or Joy Margerum at 988-1299.
The undefeated Punahou girls' volleyball team is ranked No. 3 in the nation this week by the Mizuno rankings published in USA Today. PUNAHOU NO. 3
The Buffanblu face Kamehameha for the ILH title on Saturday at 6:45 p.m. at Mid-Pacific.
Second round standings
Team W L T PF PA St. Louis (5-0) 3 0 0 293 62 Iolani (1-4) 3 0 0 157 171 Punahou (4-1) 2 1 0 240 171 Damien (2-3) 1 2 0 142 260 Kamehameha (3-2) 0 3 0 207 220 Pac-Five (0-5) 0 3 0 119 273
Individual statisticsCar Yds Td Avg YdsPg Ordenstein, Kam 149 873 10 5.9 109.1 Makainai, Pun 130 744 7 5.7 93.0 Hicks, Dam 121 723 7 6.0 90.4 Igber, Iol 155 696 6 4.5 87.0 Ige, StL 62 377 7 6.1 47.1 Ala, Kam 54 353 5 6.5 50.4 Campbell, StL 37 196 3 5.3 28.0 Lumpkin, PF 52 186 5 3.6 23.3 Tuliao, Dam 32 182 2 5.7 26.0 Sugihara, Pun 14 175 1 12.5 21.9
Att Com Int Yds Td YdsPg King, Pun 241 141 13 1,900 15 237.5 Gesser, StL 141 81 1 1,618 17 202.3 Rose, PF 257 112 13 1,469 8 183.6 Wong, Iol 220 107 6 1,415 12 176.9 Centeio, Dam 186 111 13 1,379 8 172.4 Chan, Kam 98 47 10 667 6 95.3
Ct Yds Td Avg Uso, Pun 51 964 10 18.9 Korenaga, Iol 30 511 5 17.0 Delaura, Dam 24 497 4 20.7 Burns, PF 38 451 4 11.9 Chun, Dam 32 414 2 12.9 Pacheco, Iol 30 390 2 13.0 Schilling, StL 14 365 5 26.1 Akiona, StL 20 361 2 18.1 Sugihara, Pun 30 332 3 11.1 Stutzmann, StL 15 314 2 20.9 Ho, StL 10 293 1 29.3 Takasaki, Kam 12 230 2 19.2 Primm, PF 15 209 0 13.9 Sumida, PF 13 200 0 15.4
Td 1xp 2xp fg Pts Uso, Pun 12 0 0 0 72 Ordenstein, Kam 10 0 1 0 62 Lumpkin, PF 9 0 1 0 56 Igber, Iol 9 0 0 0 54 Ige, StL 8 0 0 0 48 Makainai, Pun 8 0 0 0 48 Hicks, Dam 7 0 0 0 42 Ala, Kam 6 0 1 0 38 Schilling, StL 6 0 1 0 38 Korenaga, Iol 5 0 1 0 32
Team statisticsYR YP Total YdsPg PF St. Louis 1,136 2,071 3,207 400.9 293 Punahou 958 2,105 3,063 382.9 240 Damien 912 1,470 2,382 297.8 142 Kamehameha 1,347 852 2,199 274.9 207 Iolani 763 1,428 2,191 273.9 157 Pac-Five 473 1,592 2,065 258.1 119
YR YP Total YdsPg PA St. Louis 248 1,281 1,529 191.1 62 Iolani 895 1,482 2,377 297.1 171 Punahou 808 1,603 2,411 301.4 171 Kamehameha 757 1,891 2,648 331.0 220 Damien 1,149 1,692 2,841 355.1 260 Pac-Five 1,717 1,489 3,206 400.8 273