Sato steps down
as St. Louis coach

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Dean Sato has resigned as head baseball coach at St. Louis School.

Sato notified St. Louis athletics director Cal Lee of his resignation in a letter last Friday.

Sato, a 1977 St. Louis graduate, cited uncertainty over whether his contract would be renewed for the 2003 season as a reason for leaving the job.

The Crusaders were 9-9 in the Interscholastic League of Honolulu this spring and went 20-15 in Sato's two seasons as coach. Sato's successor will be St. Louis' fourth head baseball coach in the last five years.

Hawaii shines in national karate

Hawaii competitors earned 61 medals at the USA National Karate-do Federation national championships held last weekend in Norfolk, Va.

The 28-member Hawaii contingent brought home 25 gold medals, 25 silver medals and 11 bronze medals at the meet, which included 3,000 participants from 50 states. Competition was held in kata (form), kumite (sparring) and weapons in various age divisions.

Aaron Oandasan won a gold medal in kata and earned a spot on the U.S. national team for the Pan American World Championships to be held Sept. 2-8 in Venezuela. Eight-year-old Ty Nakamoto swept his division, winning gold medals in all three events.

Other Hawaii gold medalists were Susan Baumann, Keanu Chee, Lauren Fayloga, Millie Ann Jovenal, Jarvis Losbog, Patrick Martin, Howard Takahashi, Rebecca Takahashi, Ashley Turner, Ryan Weinmann, Wesley Yoshikawa, Marla Ocampo, Bradley Nishibata, Brooke Yorita and Randall Ganigan.

Local silver medalists were Michelle Lam, Fred Turner, Tyler Yamasaki, Elena Watson, Kapena Chee, Chad Watson, Ruddy Pedro and Tim Steinberger.

Bronze medalists were Allan Honma, Kawika Robertson and Steve Dische.

The USA National Karate-do Federation will hold its Junior Olympics and masters division championships at the Blaisdell Arena on Nov. 2.

Stars to tackle Storm in Tsunami Bowl X

The Maui Stars take on the Hilo Storm in Tsunami Bowl X on Saturday for the Hawaii Football League championship.

Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. at Malama Field in Hilo.

The Storm went 7-0 in the seven-team semipro league and is making its first appearance in the Tsunami Bowl.

Maui went 6-1 to earn its eighth berth in the HFL championship game.

Takebayashi leads Waialae Invitational

Tamiko Takebayashi shot an 8-over-par 80 to take the first-round lead at the 46th Waialae Women's Golf Invitational yesterday.

Takebayashi shot 40s on both the front and back nines to card the low gross score of the day in the Championship Flight. Kamiko Suzuki is second at 84.

Chaleon Nagahiro and Tina Cole took the lead in the A Flight with rounds of 84. Cole also turned in the day's low net score with a 68.

Hyun Suk Suh shot an 88 to lead the B Flight. Harriette Fujio led the C Flight with a 92 and Soon Young Miyamoto shot a 93 to lead the D Flight.