Hawaii Beat
Star-Bulletin staff
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UH official, coach headline QB Club
Hawaii associate athletic director Marilyn Moniz-Kaho'ohanohano, women's volleyball head coach Dave Shoji, and Honolulu Advertiser sportswriter Stephen Tsai are scheduled to speak tomorrow at the Honolulu Quarterback Club's weekly luncheon at the Pagoda Hotel's International Ballroom.
Moniz-Kaho'ohanohano is entering her 17th year at Hawaii and will speak about the upcoming sports season. She will also introduce Lori Castillo, Hawaii's new women's golf head coach.
Shoji, whose Rainbow Wahine are ranked No. 12 nationally entering the season and expected to win the Western Athletic Conference championship again, will answer questions pertaining to his team and talk about his former players representing the United States in the Beijing Olympics.
Tsai will report on Hawaii football and talk about what he's observed during fall practices.
The luncheon is open to the general public and begins at 11:30 a.m. with the program starting at noon.
FL MORRIS / FMORRIS@STARBULLETIN.COM
Waianae's John Smith chased Punahou's Galen Arakawa during the Buffanblu's 37-21 win yesterday.
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Punahou teaches Waianae a lesson
For the Waianae Seariders, taking on some of the best competition early in the year is the only way to go.
"It's a big learning lesson," running back Danny Kekoanui said after the Seariders lost 37-21 at Punahou yesterday afternoon. "We just gotta come out firing again next game and just forget about this."
Ching defends OCC championship
Alex Ching shot a 3-under-par 68 in the final round to repeat as the champion of the Oahu Country Club Men's Invitational yesterday.
Ching finished the tournament at 9 under, four strokes better than first-round leader David Fink. Travis Toyama took third place at 4 under par.
Wilson steps up in FedExCup
Former Kaneohe resident Dean Wilson shot a 4-under 67 yesterday at The Barclays and finds himself just four shots off the lead entering today's final round of the first tournament in the FedExCup playoffs.
Wilson carded six birdies and a double bogey at the par-4 seventh. He is tied for 11th at 4-under 209 for the tournament held in Paramus, N.J. Little-known Kevin Streelman is the leader at 8-under 205, but has the likes of Vijay Singh, Mike Weir and Sergio Garcia just one shot back.
As for Wilson, he is currently 70th on the FedExCup list, but should improve that number dramatically if he can land a top-10 finish.