Low and Ching
win Gatorade honor

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Iolani junior Derrick Low and Kamehameha senior Megan Ching are the Gatorade Hawaii High School Basketball Players of the Year.

Low averaged 14 points, 5.5 assists and 3.5 steals in leading the Raiders to the state title last month.

"He's the heart and soul of our team," Iolani coach Mark Mugiishi said. "A famous quote about K.C. Jones applies to Derrick: 'When we win by 20, he'll score two, when we win by two, he'll score 20.' "

Low is the reigning Star-Bulletin Mr. Basketball.

Ching, the 2002 Star-Bulletin Ms. Basketball, guided Kamehameha to the state championship last spring. She averaged 10.8 points, five rebounds, four assists and three steals her junior year.

"Megan has played every position for us," Warriors coach Clay Cockett said. "She plays smart, is a solid ball handler, an aggressive defender and offensive threat, but also is a team player who understands how to prepare herself mentally to compete.

"She continues to be a positive influence on her teammates and supportive of their effort, yet able to offer advice and direction," he said.

She is also a 4.0 student and is a member of the National Honor Society.

Gatorade selects winners from 50 states and the District of Columbia, before choosing the national player of the year in mid-April.

Recent winners from Hawaii include Punahou's Becky Hogue (2002) and Kalaheo's Brandy Richardson (2000, '01) for girls and Kalaheo's Skyler Wilson (2001) and Maryknoll's Kenneth Lindsay (2000).

Watumull honored as Komen race chair

Vik Watumull, chair of the Susan G. Komen Hawaii Race for the Cure the past eight years, will be inducted into the Wall of Fame at Compadres Bar & Grill on April 8 as an "unsung hero in the community."

The Komen Race for the Cure raises funds for the fight against breast cancer.

Reservations for the 11:30 a.m. lunch are still being accepted. The cost is $50 per person, $500 for a table of eight.

For information and reservations, call 732-7733.

Guillermo wins at U.S. Amateurs

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. >> Waipahu's Samson Guillermo beat Shawn Weyer of Minnesota 23-8 yesterday at the U.S. Amateur Boxing Championships at the Olympic Training Center.

Guillermo fights at 119 pounds.

Honolulu's Deutsch Puu lost to George Garcia of Arizona 33-7 at 201-plus pounds.