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Sheraton Hawaii Bowl renewable tickets on sale

Renewable tickets for the Christmas Eve Sheraton Hawaii Bowl at Aloha Stadium are on sale through Aug. 5.

Tickets for the general public begin Sept. 19. Prices are $15, $25 and $40, the fourth consecutive year that prices have remained the same.

ESPN will televise the game live at 3:30 p.m. The bowl features a matchup between the Western Athletic Conference and Conference USA. For more information, call 523-3688. The Web site is www.sheratonhawaiibowl.com

5 Transpac boats break 24-hour mark

Hasso Plattner's Morning Glory led a five-boat assault on the 24-hour distance record for the Transpacific Yacht Race to Hawaii, sailing 393 nautical miles on the big boats' first full day of the centennial event.

The former record was 356 miles by Philippe Kahn's Pegasus 77 in 2003. Also besting the old mark were Roy Disney's Pyewacket (385 miles), Randall Pittman's Genuine Risk (381), Doug Baker's Magnitude 80 (372) and Doug DeVos' Windquest (361).

Morning Glory's time was logged between the initial Monday morning and yesterday morning position reports from the fleet -- the basis for a Transpac 24-hour record.

Roger Sturgeon's Rosebud turned 312 miles to assume first place overall on projected corrected handicap time for the 75-boat fleet.

Pearl City, Kauai, Mililani teams advance

Pearl City rallied from a three-run deficit after three innings to defeat Aiea 4-3 and claim the Junior Little League (13-14 year-olds) Hawaii State championship Monday at Iron Maehara Stadium in Kahului, Maui.

Pearl City advances to the West Regional in Forest Grove, Ore., Aug. 2-11. The World Series is in Taylor, Mich., Aug. 14-20.

» Kauai beat Waianae 4-1 to win the Hawaii PONY Baseball Regional Pony Division (ages 13-14) state title yesterday at Central Oahu Regional Park.

Kauai pitchers Travis Shigeta and Trent Allianic combined on a three-hitter. The team advances to the West Zone tournament Aug. 6-10 in Fullerton, Calif.

» Mililani topped Aiea 13-0 to take the PONY Baseball Pony 13 Division yesterday at CORP.

Mililani moves on to play in the West Zone tourney, starting Saturday in Fullerton, Calif.

2 still playing in clay-court tennis nationals

Kalei Gora of Honolulu and Waipahu's Larson Oliva were the only two Hawaii tennis players out of 10 to advance in the USTA National Clay Court Championships.

Gora, the two-time Hawaii state singles champion, is still alive in girls 18 singles after winning her consolation match against Alaina Trgovich of Indiana, 5-7, 6-3, 6-1, in Memphis, Tenn.

In the Boys 14s tournament at Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Oliva won two consolation matches to advance to the third round.

The other Hawaii competitors were eliminated in their respective age groups: Holden Ching (Kamuela), Michael Lim (Honolulu) and Hyatt Bailey (Honolulu) in Boys 18s at Rockville, Md.; Brooke Doane (Ewa Beach) and Christie Pagatpatan (Waipahu) in Girls 16s at Virginia Beach, Va.; Jackie Owens (Lahaina) and Nikki Castel (Kailua) in Girls 14s at Plantation, Fla.; and Erik Pang, Oliva's doubles partner, also in Boys 14s.

Results are under the tennis section on this page.

Teams sought for Maui Golf Invitational

Foursomes are being sought to play in the EA Sports Maui Golf Invitational, Nov. 20, at Kaanapali's Tournament North Course.

The event is open to boosters and fans of the eight basketball teams competing in the Nov. 21-23 Maui Invitational at the Lahaina Civic Center. Five foursomes representing each school will compete for the Booster Cup and other prizes.

Needed to fill out the field are two foursomes for Kansas; three foursomes for Chaminade; four foursomes for Gonzaga and Maryland; and five foursomes for Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut and Michigan State.

The entry fee is $900 per foursome (no singles). For entries and information, e-mail mauiinvitational@kempersports.com.