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Hawaii Beat

By Star-Bulletin Staff

Wednesday, October 11, 2000

Kodama second,
Rainbows fifth in
Nevada golf

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Star-Bulletin staff

Freshman Matt Kodama shot a final-round 71 to finish second individually and lead the University of Hawaii men's golf team to a fifth-place showing in the Wolf Pack Classic at Reno, Nev., yesterday.

Nevada's Sprague Kolp took medalist honors with a 36-hole total of 140, three strokes better than Kodama, and the host Wolf Pack totaled 579 to win the team title by 10 over Washington State. UH had a 598 total.

UH sophomore Scott Carlyle had a 148 total to tie for 11th place individually.

Carlyle has had three consecutive top 20 finishes and Hawaii has been among the top 10 teams in its last three tournaments.

HPU still No. 1

The undefeated Hawaii Pacific women's volleyball team remained No. 1 in the AVCA Division II coaches poll for the sixth consecutive week.

The Sea Warriors (12-0, 5-0 Pacific West) received all 25 first-place votes and are one of two undefeated teams in the country. The other is fifth-ranked Cal State Los Angeles (19-0).

Defending national champion BYU-Hawaii (8-4) moved up three spots to No. 8 this week.

Mata 26th in meet

Chaminade's Monique Mata placed 26th at the Willamette (Ore.) Invitational cross country meet last Saturday.

Mata was timed in 18 minutes, 39.8 seconds over the 3.1-mile course. Hanna Smedstad of Oregon won the race in 17:04.5

The Silverswords finished 15th overall.

More than 40 teams from six different states participated in the 26th annual meet, tabbed the largest on the West Coast.

USTA weekend at Kapalua

Free clinics are a part of the 14th annual USTA Hawaii Pacific Section Tennis Weekend on Nov. 3-5 at the Kapalua Tennis Garden on Maui.

The clinics will be hosted by tennis coaches Wayne Bryan and Greg Patton.

Three days of activities are planned, including Ekolu League championships, round-robin competitions and the annual USTA/HPS awards banquet.

The clinics for all ages are scheduled at various times throughout the day on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 4-5.

For more information, call 955-6696.

Bus service to stadium

TheBus is offering express bus service to Aloha Stadium for University of Hawaii football games.

The fare is $2 each way. Transfers are not accepted. Buses are wheelchair lift and bicycle rack equipped. Buses leave 15 minutes after the game, but won't leave without you.

Buses leave from Ala Moana Center, the Alapai Transit Center downtown, Hawaii Kai Park & Ride and Kahala Mall on Waialae Ave. far side of Kilauea Ave.

Also from Kaimuki fronting Liluokalani School, Palolo at McDonald's, UH by Sinclair Library, Kapolei, Mililani Mauka Park & Ride, Village Park at Royal Kunia Park Ride, Waikiki at the Kapiolani Park Bandstand and several Windward Oahu sites.

For information on departure times, call 848-5555 between 5:30 a.m. and 10 p.m.

Junior Achievement golf

The Junior Achievement Golf Classic, sponsored in part by the Sukamto Foundation and the Selohssa Club, will be played on Nov. 1 at the Hawaii Prince Golf Club.

It is a three-person scramble with a noon shotgun start.

The entry fee of $420 includes lunch, goodie bags and a special awards program with buffet and door prizes. Corporate and tee sponsorships also are available for $1,000 and $600, respectively.

For more than 40 years, Junior Achievement of Hawaii has educated and inspired young people to value free enterprise, business and economics to improve the quality of their lives. Last year, more than 16,500 students state-wide participated in Junior Achievement classes.

For more information, call 486-8806, ext. 14.

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Mailbox

It's time to classify prep football on Oahu

Your column of Sept. 25, 2000 (Dave Reardon, "Monday Evening QB") was exactly on point. When people wonder why Pac-Five or Damien can't get students to play football -- they need not look any further than getting hammered by Kam or St. Louis, year after year, without any let up. The most logical system for football would be to incorporate the six ILH schools into the OIA red, white and blue -- with Kamehameha and St. Louis moving into the top division; Punahou and Iolani in the middle; and Pac-Five and Damien moving into the lower. Once they arrive there, then they could move up or down just as the other OIA schools do, depending on their record. The success of the Kamehameha and St. Louis programs have diluted the football across the state -- it's killed the JV program in the ILH.

But just because it's logical and makes sense doesn't mean it will be done.

I disagree with your point about the roster limitations. I think the limit will eventually result in a change. Why I think the roster limitations are important is that we must get over the attitude that it is so important to be on a winner. I am certain there are many, many quality football players on the St. Louis roster that are on the third or fourth string; who may or may not see any action in an entire season. But it doesn't matter with them -- they get the "ring" at the end of the season. And in the future, when they are sitting around the tailgate party, it won't matter a lick that they never played a down, but they are the champion.

When I was growing up, it didn't matter what the record was -- it was the playing that was important. We need to return to those days and that would help the other schools in the ILH as well as their neighborhood OIA schools. As a Punahou parent and longtime football fan, I watched the dilution of football talent at a school with a tremendous football legacy.

In spite of the best efforts of Coach Ane and Coach Morrison, before him, we've just not had the depth to compete -- as evidenced by the good efforts of the Buffanblu this season against Kam and St. Louis -- but the lack of depth -- results in, in the end, significant losses. And it must be even worse for the Pac-Five and Damien players and their parents.

No one should ever lose 80 something to nothing -- or even 50 something to nothing. Without significant change -- it won't happen. I'm sure Pac-Five and Damien are getting awfully tired of "moral" victories.

Douglas L. Vincent
VIA THE INTERNET

Clarification from Punahou coach

We don't want to take anything away from the Kamehameha victory that night (boys' volleyball, Oct. 3). They coached and played an incredible match. Both articles the following day, however, indicated the ineligible substitution which decided the match was due to our "losing track" of our substitution allotment, which was not the case, as the player we intended to enter did have one more entry. The violation was actually "delay of game" after we decided not to make the substitution. We expected a warning, yet officials decided to assess a timeout, which we did not have, and the game was over.

Obviously, a tough way to end a match like that, yet it was a judgment call that did not go our way. Such is sports. Guess we'll have to wait for another shot at a state berth. ... The second round is going to be a dogfight!

Scott Rigg
PUNAHOU BOYS VARSITY VOLLEYBALL COACH