Hawaii Beat
POSTED: Saturday, October 18, 2008
Bryan Clay autograph signing
Castle graduate and decathlon gold medalist Bryan Clay will be signing autographs for the Wheaties box on which he is now featured. The signing will take place at Longs Drugs, Kahala Mall tomorrow from 3 to 5 p.m.
There is a one signature limit per person and no personalized photos are allowed.
Hatcher comes up big for West Oahu
Florida Marlins prospect Chris Hatcher hit a two-run home run in the eighth inning and the West Oahu CaneFires came back to beat the North Shore Honu 6-5 in Hawaii Winter Baseball last night at Hans L'Orange Park.
The CaneFires scored three of their runs in the eighth inning.
Daiki Kiyohara earned the win with a scoreless eighth for West Oahu, and Clifford Flagello shut out the Honu in the ninth for his second save.
Shawn Nottingham blew the save for the Honu and took the loss.
» In another HWB game, Waikiki beat Honolulu 8-1 at Les Murakami Stadium last night.
PACWEST PLACE
Title shot for BYUH doubles team
Brigham Young-Hawaii's doubles team of Elwen Li and Jenny Chin claimed the NCAA Division II portion yesterday at the ITA National Small College Championships in Alabama.
Li and Chin will meet other divisional winners today for the overall championship. They won three matches to gain the NCAA II title.
Li will also compete for third place in singles after falling in the semifinals.
» The BYUH doubles team of Rong Ma and Agnel Peter finished in fifth place in the NCAA II portion of the ITA National Small College Championships yesterday.
Ma will play in today's third-place match after falling to top-seed Alex Grubin of Concordia in the semifinals.
Grand Canyon tops HPU in soccer
Kaylen Jackson scored two goals for Grand Canyon in a 2-0 win over Hawaii Pacific yesterday in Arizona. Nichole Elias assisted on both goals.
The Antelopes improved to 3-2 in the PacWest, and the Sea Warriors dropped to 1-4.
Rebels fight off Sea Warriors
Dixie State came back from one set down to defeat Hawaii Pacific 20-25, 25-22, 25-20, 25-23 last night at the St. Andrew's Priory gym.
The Rebels improved to 8-10 overall and 4-4 in the conference.
Natasha Bell had nine kills and 17 digs for the Sea Warriors (7-11, 4-4).