Hawaii Beat

By Star-Bulletin Staff

Tuesday, November 10, 1998

Mansfield’s perseverance
pays off in Football Fever

One of the many ballots he sent in
gets the weekly prize

The wait is over for Shaun "Boomer" Mansfield.

After sending in countless ballots trying to win the Star-Bulletin's Football Fever contest, the owner of a women's clothing business in Hawaii is finally a winner.

"I was hoping I won this week," Mansfield said.

"I've been entering your contest for two years and I usually send in two-to-10 (ballots) each week. I sent in eight or nine this week. I haven't been discouraged that I didn't win before.

"I'm an avid football fan and I think your contest is fantastic."

Mansfield, the president of Boomer's Hawaii, picked 9 out of 10 correct and is the 10th weekly winner of $500 and four tickets to the Jeep Oahu Bowl on Christmas Day.

His ballot was the first picked among those whose results were equal to or better than the best of our celebrity panelists.

Herbert Chow Hoy, last week's Football Fever winner, led the panel with an 8-2 record.

Mansfield's only wrong pick this week was the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who lost to the visiting Tennessee Oilers, 31-22.

"If you looked at the game, Tampa Bay never lost at home," said Mansfield.

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Funk-Corrigan team
prevails in TieBreaker
at Waikoloa

PGA touring pro Fred Funk and his amateur partner, Mike Corrigan, defeated Gary McCord and Danny Kaleikini, 2-up, in yesterday's championship match of the fourth annual Waikoloa Hilton TieBreaker golf tournament on the Big Island.

Funk and Corrigan beat Mark Rolfing and Pard Erdman, 2-up, and topped Tom Purtzer and Tom Warde, 4 and 3, on the way to the final.

KALAMA-POLAKOW WINDSURFING FINAL: Unseeded Maui windsurfer Dave Kalama and reigning Wave World champion Jason Polakow of Australia were to meet today in the championship final of the Swatch Aloha Wave Classic off Ho'okipa Beach on Maui.

Kalama defeated Anders Bringdal of Sweden and Polakow edged American Kevin Pritchard in the semifinals yesterday.

PRO BOWLERS TO VISIT: The Professional Bowlers Association Western Region will stage two tournaments in Hawaii next month -- the 21st annual Storm/Boss Hawaii Open Dec. 4-6 at Leeward Bowl and the fourth annual Sam Choy's Restaurant Open Dec. 7-8 at Aiea Bowl.

The tournaments are open to Hawaii bowlers as well as those from the mainland.

Pro-ams will be held at Leeward Bowl on Friday, Dec. 4, at 6 p.m. For more information, call 453-1055.

BYUH WINS TENNIS OPENERS: The Brigham Young-Hawaii men's tennis team blanked Chaminade, 7-0, and the BYUH women swept a doubleheader from the Silverswords, 4-1 and 3-2, in season openers yesterday at Laie.

HAWAII SKATERS PLACE: Hawaii's Asia Nakakura placed fourth in the Intermediate Ladies event of the Central Pacific Regional Figure Skating Championships at San Jose, Calif., last weekend.

Nakakura qualified for the Pacific Coast Sectional Championships Dec. 7-12 at Scottsdale, Ariz.

Geremy Campos of Hawaii was fourth in the Preliminary Boys 10 and Under competition at San Jose.