Hawaii Beat

By Star-Bulletin Staff

Thursday, August 5, 1999

Andrews-Su doubles
team in semifinals

The fourth-seeded team of Dave Andrews and Wei-Yu Su defeated Michael Bruggemann and Bucky Jencks, 6-1, 6-2, last night in a quarterfinal match of the Kailua Men's Night Doubles tennis tournament at the Kailua Racquet Club.

Rain washed out the other scheduled quarterfinal pitting David Lam and Howard Tacub against second-seeded Andrew Csordas and Chris Leong. That match will be played tonight at 6, followed at 7:30 by the first semifinal in which Andrews and Su face top-seeded Ryan Ideta and Alex Sugai.

The other semifinal is scheduled for 6 p.m. tomorrow.

The championship will be decided at 6 p.m. Saturday.

QB Club cites Clay, Anderson

Bryan Clay, the decathlon gold medalist in the recent Pan American Junior Track and Field Championships, and Kari Anderson, who coached the Asics Rainbows 14-and-under girls to a national volleyball title, are the Honolulu Quarterback Club's Sportspersons of the Month for July.

They will be honored at Monday's QB Club luncheon/meeting at the Pagoda Restaurant.

BYUH signs soccer standout

First-team all-state sweeper Noah Rolf has signed to play soccer at Brigham Young-Hawaii, the university announced yesterday.

Rolf, who led Mililani High School to the OIA title last season, was chosen as a member of Hawaii's 1998 Olympic development team and now plays for the Honolulu Bulls Soccer Club.

Rolf is the son of David and Sheri Rolf of Mililani.

Yamauchi brothers excel

Brothers Bryce and Kyle Yamauchi took first place in their respective age/weight classes during an Olympic weightlifting meet last weekend at Cleveland.

Bryce took top honors in the 103-pound division for 14-15 year-olds. He had a 132-pound snatch and a 165-pound clean and jerk. He also won the Best Lifter Award for his age group.

Kyle was first in the 103-pound division for 16-17 year-olds. His best lifts were 176 pounds in the snatch and 209 in the clean and jerk.

Isle team 5-1 in AAU tourney

Hawaii's 11-and-under team overcame a 3-2 deficit with three runs in the top of the sixth and final inning, then waited out a 2-hour rain delay before completing a 5-3 victory over North Carolina yesterday in the AAU National baseball tournament at Orlando, Fla.

With its fifth victory in six games, Hawaii advanced to the Championship Round along with 11 other teams in the original field of 46.

Matthew Solomona was the winning pitcher, Steven Dannaway got a save and Belford Felise homered for Hawaii.

Hawaii trio 19 shots back

The Hawaii team of Jim Seki (74-150), Shane Hoshino (77-153) and Norman Asao (80-159) was tied for 15th place with a 303 total after the second round of the Pacific Coast Golf Championship at Seattle yesterday.

Oregon Diamond led the 24-team field with a 284 aggregate, one stroke better than Washington Gold.