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Hawaii Beat

By Star-Bulletin Staff

Monday, February 7, 2000

Samoan athletes honored

By Barry Markowitz, Special to the Star-Bulletin
Former Michigan football star Bob Apisa, left, and Benny Agbayani of the
New York Mets were honored at the annual Samoa Sports Banquet
Saturday at the Polynesian Cultural Center. They are joined by
American Samoa Congressman Faleomavaega Hunkin, right.

Hilo pro wins Pearl Open

Star-Bulletin staff

Kevin Hayashi shot a final-round 67 for a 54-hole total of 202 and a one-stroke victory yesterday in the Hawaii Pearl Open.

The $12,000 top prize will come in handy for Hayashi. The Hilo Municipal pro plans to play on the Golden Bear Tour in Florida this summer.

Tatsuo Takasaki finished second at 202 after a 6-under 66 at the Pearl Country Club course.

Hayashi, who also won the Pearl Open in 1994, thought he trailed Takasaki by two strokes after 12 holes, not realizing the Japanese pro had taken an illegal drop, costing him a stroke.

"I made my mind up to go all out for the flags," said Hayashi, who birdied 13, 14 and 15.

Iolani top seed in boys’
state soccer field

Star-Bulletin staff

Top-seeded Iolani, No. 2 Mililani, No.3 King Kekaulike of Maui and No. 4 Hilo have drawn byes into the quarterfinals of the Outrigger Hotels and Resorts Boys State Soccer Championship Tournament, which starts Wedenesday with two first-round matches at Mililani and two others at Pearl City.

At Mililani, Hawaii Prep plays Leilehua at 5:30 p.m. and Aiea tackles the Kauai entry - to be decided in a playoff between Kapaa and Waimea - at 7:30.

At Pearl City, it will be Baldwin facing Castle at 5:30 p.m. and Pearl City taking on Kealakehe at 7:30.

The quarterfinal round also will be played at Mililani and Pearl City. Friday's semifinals and Saturday's title match are scheduled for Aloha Stadium.

FutureBrawl 2000 tomorrow

Josh Barnett, winner of the recent SuperBrawl XIII heavyweight title, takes on three-time ultimate fighting champion Dan "The Beast'' Severn in tomorrow's main event of FutureBrawl 2000 at Blaisdell Arena.

There will also be eight bouts on the undercard featuring fighters from Jesus Is Lord Gym, The Shark Tank, Team Florida and Egan Inoue's Grappling Unlimited. The event begins at 7 p.m.

Tickets are on sale at the Blaisdell box office and all ticket outlets. Reserved seating tickets are $25 in adavance and $29 the day of the show.

There also will be a limited number of VIP ringside seats available for $50 each. For more information, the Web site is http://www.superbrawl.com.

The fighters will be available for autographs at today's 1 p.m. weigh-in at the 24-Hour Fitness on Kapiolani Blvd.

Vuls split with Vols

Left-hander Thomas Ford pitched a seven-inning two-hitter as Hawaii-Hilo blanked Tennessee, 4-0, for a split of their baseball doubleheader yesterday at Hilo.

The Vols won the opener, 4-3, on Brandon Crowe's RBI double in the 10th inning.

Zeug new QB Club president

Mark Zeug, president of the Aloha State Games and Hawaii Senior Olympics, was elected head coach/president of the Honolulu Quarterback Club for the coming year. He previously served as treasurer.

Also elected on Jan. 31 were Albert Minn, vice president; Lydia Lake, secretary, and Daniel Spencer, waterboy/treasurer.

Re-elected to the board of directors were Kenneth Kau and Les Keiter. Elected as new directors were Neal Everett and Elizabeth Rathburn.

Directors with one more year on their terms are Paul Durham and Bob K.C. Young. The board also includes Earl Galdeira, immediate past head coach/president.