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Hawaii Beat

By Star-Bulletin Staff

Saturday, January 29, 2000

Aztecs defeat Vulcans

Star-Bulletin staff

HILO - Ben Rosenthal's two-run double was the key hit in a five-run eighth-inning rally that carried San Diego State to a 7-3 victory over Hawaii-Hilo last night at Wong Stadium.

Rosenthal, Paul Lockhart and Garrett Cook each had two hits for the Aztecs (1-1). UH-Hilo (5-4) was led by Brandon Chaves, who stroked a double and two singles in four at-bats.

San Diego State	000  011  050 - 7  10  3
Hawaii-Hilo	000  020  100 - 3   7  2

Chris Hartshorn, John Skinner (6), Don Tolen (7), Mike Garber (8) and Ben Rosenthal; Thomas Ford, Robert Shimabuku (6), Ben Siff (8), Jason Lippert (8) and Dana McCracken, Todd Jinbo. W-Tolen (1-0). L-Siff (0-1). Sv-Garber (1).

Leading hitters-SDSU: Ben Rosenthal, 2-4, 2b, 2 RBIs; Garrett Cook, 2-3, RBI; Paul Lockhart, 2-5. UH-Hilo: Brandon Chaves, 3-4, 2b, RBI.

Arizona, BYU land
Kailua’s Fraser, Alo

Two Kailua High School football players have made verbal commitments to mainland schools, according to Kailua head coach Darren Johnson.

Johnson said Keoki Fraser, a 6-foot-3, 310-pound guard, will go to Arizona, and 6-foot, 205-pound running back Rocky Alo will go to Brigham Young.

Fraser was an Oahu Interscholastic Association first-team all-star last season.

Alo, a former OIA all-star, was limited to four games in 1999 due to an injured foot. But he was productive, according to Johnson.

Five named to Circle of Honor

Football standout Blane Gaison, NCAA long-jump champion Gwen Loud, basketball stars Willie Lee and Fred Furukawa, and broadcaster Les Keiter were inducted into the University of Hawaii Sports Circle of Honor yesterday.

Gaison, who prepped at Kamehameha, played quarterback and safety at UH, won the Jack Bonham Award in 1981 and started the traditional "Senior Walk." He went on to play five NFL seasons with the Atlanta Falcons.

Loud won the 1984 NCAA long-jump title, becoming UH's first track and field All-American.

The 6-foot-5 Lee and 6-4 Furukawa, dubbed the "twin towers," went to the hoop for the Rainbows in the early '50s.

Keiter covered UH sports for 21 years, including Rainbow basketball in the 1970s.

Perfect swim slate for Wahine

The University of Hawaii Wahine swim team capped off a perfect regular season with a 177-115 win at UC-San Diego yesterday.

Jamie Dvorak won three individual races and also swam a leg of the medley relay, which UH (16-0) won.

Top seed into USTA semis

No. 1 seed Paul Goldstein was the lone American remaining as the inaugural Hilton Waikoloa USTA Challenger tennis tournament moved into the semifinal round today.

Goldstein, from Rockville, Md., beat eighth-seed Gaston Ellis of Argentina, 6-3, 7-5, in the quarterfinals yesterday.

Goldstein was to play unseeded Italian Cristiano Caratti today.

The other semifinal pitted No. 7 seed Andre Sa of Brazil against Stefano Pescosolido of Italy.