Hawaii Beat
Sapolu among
By Bill Kwon
new Hawaii Sports
Hall of Fame inductees
Star-BulletinFootball stars Jesse Sapolu, Mosi Tatupu, Jeris White and Junior Ah You are among the 12 new inductees into the Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame.
They are joined by University of Hawaii pitcher Derek Tatsuno, boxers Stan Harrington and Andy Ganigan, Olympians Evelyn Kawamoto, Kevin Asano and Jon Stanley, bowler Taro Miyasato and sportscaster Les Keiter.
They bring to 69, the number of athletes and sports pioneers and contributors named to the Hall of Fame since its inception three years ago.
Members of the Class of 1999 will be introduced during pregame ceremonies at the Aloha Bowl tomorrow at Aloha Stadium.
They will be honored at a banquet Feb. 8 at the Stan Sheriff Center.
After an All-WAC career at UH, Sapolu played 15 years with the San Francisco 49ers, winning four Super Bowl rings.
Tatupu set a prep rushing record at Punahou School, lettered four years at USC and played 14 years in the National Football League, primarily with the New England Patriots.
White won first-team All-American honors as a defensive back at UH and played nine years in the NFL. He is the first Rainbow to play in the Super Bowl as a member of the Washington Redskins.
Ah You was a standout at Kahuku High School and an All-WAC defensive end at Arizona State. He played 11 years in the Canadian Football League, leading the Montreal Alouettes to five Grey Cup championships.
He is the only player from Hawaii in the CFL Hall of Fame.
Tatsuno is college baseball's first 20-game winner, and set a national strikeout record (234). He was selected to College Baseball America's all-time team.
Harrington, who died two years ago, helped to save local boxing as its biggest draw in the 1960s. Two of his 64 victories were over former middleweight champion Sugar Ray Robinson.
Ganigan was a popular draw and held two titles, including the World Athletic Association lightweight belt, during his popular reign locally 20 years ago.
Asano was a judo silver medalist at the 1984 Olympics, Kawamoto won two bronze
Records fall at lift meet
Tony Harris was named Champion of Champions and three new American records were set last Saturday at the 29th annual Hawaii State Powerlifting Championships at McKinley High gym.Harris was one of eight lifters who qualified for the U.S. national championships next July in Chicago. He was also named best in squat and deadlift, as well as the best open lifter.
Also qualifying for the nationals were: Derek Edralin, Fernando Corpuz, Quincy Guzman, Eric Funakoshi, Gary Ferstier, Tony Leiato and Malcolm Ahlo.
Eighteen state records were broken, including three by Lenard Ventura, who was named the top teen lifter. Other top awards went to Philip Guerrero (junior), Charles Tantog (masters) and Leiato (deadlift).