Taguchi homer breaks
Hawaii Pacific record

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Wade Taguchi blasted a two-run homer to right field in the seventh inning last night at Aloha Stadium to become Hawaii Pacific's career home run leader.

HPU lost to Tusculum College (Tenn.) 16-13 in the finale of the five-game series.

Taguchi, a senior from Aiea, hit a 390-foot shot for his 15th career homer.

He had shared the school mark with Benny Agbayani, Jon Dias and Gabe Gerhart.

Ikaika DuPont also homered for the Sea Warriors (16-12), but the Pioneers (11-10) pounded out 19 hits.

Hawaiian Islanders greet fans tomorrow

Hawaiian Islanders players and coaches will greet fans at the Blaisdell Arena tomorrow at 6 p.m.

Admission is free. Fans can pick their seats for season tickets and can try to kick a field goal on the new arena field.

Drawings will be held, giving fans a chance to win a trip to Las Vegas or season tickets. In addition, the Islander Girls cheerleading squad will be performing.

The new arenafootball2 league team opens its season on March 30 at the Blaisdell against the Fresno Frenzy.

Al Noga, a former NFL star and the team's defensive coordinator, and former boxing champion Jesus Salud, the team's director of community relations, will sign autographs.

Trojan Invitational at Mililani this weekend

Mililani hosts eight of Oahu's top high school baseball teams this weekend in the 10th annual Trojan Invitational Tournament.

Defending state champion Kailua and state runner-up Mid-Pacific are joined in the field by Iolani, St. Louis, Kamehameha, Aiea, Roosevelt and Mililani.

The tournament starts tomorrow and runs through Sunday.

In tomorrow's first-round games, Iolani hosts Kailua, St. Louis plays Aiea at Aiea Recreation Center, Mililani hosts Kamehameha and Mid-Pacific hosts Roosevelt. All games start at 3:45 p.m.

The final two days of the tournament will be played at Mililani. The championship game is 3 p.m. Sunday.

Wahine finish 15th at Spartan Invitational

Kristin Scholl shot a 4-over-par 76 to finish tied for 54th place, but Hawaii ended in 15th place at the Spartan Invitational women's golf tournament yesterday.

California edged Pepperdine and Washington to win the tournament by a stroke.

South Carolina's Kristy McPherson kept her hold on the top spot individually with a 1-under 71 for a total of 211.

Scholl started the day tied for 66th individually, but fired her best round of the three-day event to finish with a team-best 238. Hawaii finished with a 978, well behind 14th-place Oregon State.

Lady Sea Warriors drop tennis match

Division I Cal State Sacramento beat the Hawaii Pacific women's tennis team 4-2 yesterday at the Oahu Club.

HPU got a strong performance from No. 1 Stephanie Kovacic, who beat Gabriella Lundquist 6-4, 6-3, but the Division II Sea Warriors lost four of the next five singles matches.

The Lady Sea Warriors (3-3) play next against Westmont College on March 14.

State champion Raiders crack national ranking

After winning the state championship last month, Iolani broke into the Student Sports Inc. boys basketball rankings this week.

The Raiders made their debut ranked 15th in the West Region. Kalaheo, the state runner-up, is listed as "on the bubble."

Iolani went 15-0 in local competition this season, but its 61-59 loss to Fairfax (Los Angeles) in the Iolani Prep Classic in December also worked in its favor. Fairfax is ranked fourth in the region and 21st in the national Fab 50.