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U.S. water polo team in gold medal match

The U.S. men's Olympic water polo team, with Punahou School product Brandon Brooks in goal, advanced to the championship of the Belgrade Trophy tourney at Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro.

The Americans edged Croatia 12-11 in sudden death yesterday and will take on Serbia and Montenegro today for the gold medal.

The match was tied at 6-6 after regulation. After Tony Azevedo's goal gave the U.S. a 12-11 lead, Brooks made his ninth save of the match, slapping down a shot by Dubravko Simenc to secure the win.

Hawaii teams enjoy successful Surf Cup

The Leahi Soccer Club Under-16 girls battled their way into the U-16 Super Division championship match at the San Diego Surf Cup Aug. 2, but lost to the Southern Cal Slammers 1-0.

Leahi, 2-1 in pool play, defeated North Cal Mustang Blast 3-2 on penalty kicks after a 1-1 tie in the quarterfinal round. Samantha Teramae scored the Leahi goal, then scored the only goal in a 1-0 victory over the North Cal Hot Tamales in the semifinal match.

None of the other Hawaii girls' teams advance beyond pool play, but none had a losing record.

The Honolulu Soccer Club Bulls girls finished 2-1 in the U-17 Gold Division, but lost the tiebreaker in their pool. Leahi's U-19 girls had a 1-0-2 record in the Gold Division. Kool Too, a team from Aiea, was 1-1-1 in the girls U-15 Division. HSC's U-13, U-12 and U-11 teams all finished with 1-1-1 records.

In boys competition, the Mililani Soccer Club U-10 boys advanced out of pool play and beat De Anza Blue Force 3-1 on goals by Jensen Toner, Devonte Small and Matthew Fronda. MSC then lost to FC Barcelona 2-1 in double overtime in the title match. Toner scored for Mililani.

The MSC Strikers were 1-2 in pool play in the boys U-19 Gold Division. The Hurricanes from Wailuku went 2-1 in the boys U-15 Division and moved on to the quarterfinal round where they lost to Texas Red 1-0. The HSC Bulls U-14 team was 1-2.

Pate captures gold medal

Ron Pate of Honolulu won the gold medal yesterday in the 3,000-meter steeplechase on the second day at the United States Track & Field Masters Championships at Decatur, Ill.

Pate's winning time was 12 minutes, 43.20 seconds.

Hawaii athletes medal at Transplant Games

Twelve Hawaii athletes brought home nine medals from the 2004 U.S. Transplant Games at Minneapolis that ended Aug. 1.

All athletes at the games are transplant recipients and, as successful survivors, disprove without a doubt the viability and worth of getting a "second chance at life."

Ray Agaran Jr. won gold medals in the boys 50-meter dash and long jump. Calvin Nakamoto took a silver medal in men's table tennis. Abby Lorica and Sandy Webster each won silver medals in women's singles tennis, then partnered to win the gold medal in women's doubles tennis. Rachael Wong took the bronze medal in women's singles tennis. Martin Hee won a gold medal in the men's softball throw and picked up a silver medal in the long jump.

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