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Prep Beat

By Star-Bulletin Staff

Wednesday, March 15, 2000

Gunning for
another title

Here's a high school national championship team from Hawaii you've probably never heard of: the St. Louis School four- position smallbore rifle team.

The Crusader Gold team of Ryan and Michael Tanoue, Jeremy Young and Kenneth Tong fired an aggregate 1547 on Sunday to win the Hawaii sectional of the NRA Four Position Smallbore Championship.

St. Louis' score will now be compared with other sectional winners to determine if it successfully defended its national title. Last year it won with 1554.

Four-position smallbore is fired from 50 feet, with 10 rounds from prone, standing, sitting and kneeling positions.

OIA GIRLS' BASKETBALL

Kalaheo prepares
to defend title

The Kalaheo Mustangs have two big factors in their favor as they try to defend their Oahu Interscholastic Association girls' basketball championship: all-state point guard Sharon Wahinekapu and 5-11 center Brandy Richardson. Richardson was Ms. Basketball Hawaii of 1999.

Kalaheo visits Kaiser to start its season next Tuesday, one of four OIA East games that night. The West opens with Waipahu at Leilehua on Friday and four other games on Saturday.

BASEBALL

ILH gets under way
Saturday

The Interscholastic League of Honolulu baseball season starts Saturday with four varsity games at Ala Wai Field. Kamehameha, with the top pitching prospect in the state in Kahi Kaanoi, plays Damien at 6 p.m.

Also, the Oahu Interscholastic Association continues tuneups for West (April 25) and East (May 1) season openers. Roosevelt visits Moanalua and Kalaheo treks to Waianae tomorrow for 4 p.m. openers of the Leeward Baseball Tournament.

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Athletes of the Week

Tasha Kai

KAHUKU

The versatile Red Raider won three events and tied for first in another at Saturday's track and field meet at Punahou. She ran 16.00 in the 100 high hurdles, 50.17 in the 300 intermediates, high-jumped 5-5 and long-jumped 17-10

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Bucky Jencks

PUNAHOU

The two-time defending state tennis doubles champion is off to a good start this year. Last week he keyed a 3-2 victory over rival Kamehameha and is unbeaten in two singles and three doubles matches, leading the Buffanblu to a 5-0 team mark.

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Honor Roll

Outstanding performers in high school sports the previous two weeks included:

BOYS' TRACK AND FIELD

Todd Iacovelli, Punahou: Won the 3,000 meters (9:56.53) and the 1,500 meters (4:24.20) in Saturday's meet at Punahou.
Houston Ala, Kamehameha: A double winner in the discus and the shot put in his past two meets. His best throws so far are163-1 in the discus and 47-10 in the shot.

GIRLS' TRACK AND FIELD

Victoria Chang, Punahou: At a March 4 meet, the national cross country champion won the 1,500 meters in 4:46.9, nearly 25 seconds faster than the next runner. Last Saturday, she won in 4:43.32. Chang also won the 800 last Saturday, clocking 2:22.64.
Lauren Dignam, Iolani: Swept the dashes last Saturday at Punahou for the second week in a row. She won the 100 in 12.74, the 200 in 26.25 and the 400 in 59.56.

BOYS' GOLF

Joey Itagaki, Roosevelt: Shot 35-38-73 at Kalakaua Golf Course for low-score March 6.
Blaine Lee, Pearl City: Shot 37-34-71 to tie for the low score at Barbers Point on Feb. 29, leading the Chargers to a 203 team score
Earl Medeiros, Waianae: Fired a 33 on the back nine to finish at 71 and tie for the low score on Feb. 29. His score led the Seariders to a 315 score.

GIRLS' GOLF

Angela Apelu, Radford: Shot 37-39-76 on Feb. 29 at Barbers Point, and she and Eleanor Apelu combined for 159 to lead the Rams to the best team score in OIA girls play for the day.
Jaime Yoshimura, Kaiser: Was the low-scorer on March 6 with 38-38-76 at Kalakaua Golf Course. She led Kaiser to a 179 team score.

BOYS' RIFLERY

Ryan Tanoue, St. Louis: Won the NRA 4 Position Jr. Sectional Championship by shooting 396 out of 400. He broke the previous local record of 394 by Kristopher Schlund in 1999.

To nominate... A male and female athlete will be selected each week based on their performances of the previous week. To nominate, call the Star-Bulletin Sports Department between 7-11 p.m. Sundays at 525-8600; fax it to 525-5497; or e-mail tosports@starbulletin.com.