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Hawaii Beat
Star-Bulletin staff
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Coach and former athlete Frias dies of cancer
Memorial services for Doug Frias, a prominent athlete at Punahou in the 1960s and a highly-regarded coach at Saint Louis for decades, will be held tomorrow at St. Patrick's Catholic Church beginning at 5 p.m. with services at 8. Graveside services are 10 a.m. Friday at Oahu Cemetery.
He died Sept. 20 at age 56, ending a battle with cancer. Frias was an Interscholastic League of Honolulu all-star running back in football and guard in basketball at Punahou. In college, he played football at Willamette (Ore.) and the University of Hawaii.
At Willamette, his offensive coordinator was Cal Lee, who went on to be head football coach at Saint Louis and lead the Crusaders to the most wins and championships in Hawaii high school football history.
When Frias returned to Hawaii, he began a long, mostly behind-the-scenes coaching career at Saint Louis. Frias coached intermediate and junior varsity football at Saint Louis, helping prepare players for the Crusaders' varsity team during their long championship run.
"His heart was with Saint Louis," said Ron Lee, Cal's brother and longtime Saint Louis offensive coordinator. "He really helped us build the program. We're going to really miss him. He's always been around."
Frias also coached Division II varsity basketball at Saint Louis.
"He was a good coach," said UH football player Ross Dickerson. "He was very understanding about football being my first love, but I learned a lot about basketball from him."
McCloskey is WAC defensive player of week
Hawaii senior Kelly McCloskey was named the Western Athletic Conference's defensive player of the week award in soccer.
McCloskey, from Santa Cruz, Calif., scored the game-winning goal in Hawaii's 2-1 win over Detroit Mercy last Friday night. It was her first goal this season and second game-winner of her career.
Laan gains second WAC cross country honor
Hawaii junior Chantelle Laan received the Western Athletic Conference's cross country athlete of the week honor yesterday.
Laan won her third individual race title last week at the Brigham Young-Hawaii Invitational. She finished with a personal-best 18 minutes, 37 seconds on the 5-kilometer course.
The Rainbow Wahine also won their third team title at the meet.
Lee earns conference's offensive honors
Lindsey Lee, a junior outside hitter for the Fairfield Stags, was named the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference's offensive player of the week after helping the Stags win three matches.
Lee (St. Joseph '04) averaged 4.50 kills and 4.33 digs along with a .478 attack percentage. Against Saint Peter's on Sept. 18, Lee became the eighth Stag to reach the 1,000-dig mark for her career with 17 digs. She also had 14 kills for her seventh double-double of the season.
» Sanoe' Eselu, a senior outside hitter for Menlo College, was named the California Pacific Conference's volleyball player of the week yesterday.
Eselu (Moanalua '03) had 27 kills in 58 attempts with only five errors (.379 hitting percentage). She added six digs and four total blocks for the week as the Oaks improved to 4-0 in conference.
Vulcans finish eighth in Washington
Hawaii-Hilo finished in eighth place yesterday at the Viking Invitational hosted and won by Western Washington.
The Vulcans turned in a three-round total of 25-over-par 889. They were 35 shots behind the winning Vikings.
UH-Hilo's Daniel Kitayama tied for 14th individually at even-par 216.
Brigham Young-Hawaii ended up in last place out of 14 teams at 85-over 949. The Seasiders' Spencer Adkins tied for 30th at 6-over 223.
