Senior soccer players say goodbye

Hawaii will say aloha to six inspiring seniors this weekend when the Rainbow Wahine soccer team plays its final two home games of the season.

Taryn Fukuroku, Kelli-Anne Chang, Tehane Higa, Alexis Choi, Kori Lu and Kristen Oshiro will play their final home games at Waipio Peninsula Soccer Stadium against Utah State tomorrow and Louisiana Tech on Sunday.

Hawaii (5-5-4, 1-1-1 Western Athletic Conference) will try to gain ground against the league-leading Aggies (9-7-1, 4-0) before closing its home slate against the Lady Techsters (10-3-4, 0-1-3). Both games begin at 5 p.m.

BeachBoys tip CaneFires in HWB

Cyle Hankerd hit two home runs to lead Waikiki past West Oahu 9-8 yesterday in Hawaii Winter Baseball at Hans L'Orange Park.

Hankerd went 3-for-5 with five RBIs.

Yonder Alonso put the BeachBoys on top for good, 7-6, with a two-run homer to left-center in the fifth.

James McOwen's two-run single in the sixth made it 9-6 and Waikiki (9-11) held off the comeback attempt by West Oahu (10-10).

BeachBoys pitcher Blake Parker picked up the win, allowing one run in 11/3 innings of relief. David Pfeiffer gave up one run over the final two innings and earned the save.

» Cleveland Indians prospect Matt McBride had three hits, including a solo home run, to lead North Shore past Honolulu 7-0 in the nightcap at Hans L'Orange Park.

Jason Castro also homered for the Honu (8-12).

Jason Godin went five innings and gave up seven hits to earn the win for North Shore.

The HWB-leading Sharks (13-7) got three hits from Shintaro Masuda, and teammate Tony Cruz improved his league-best batting average to .444 with two hits.

Another win for Feldmann, Stubblefield

Andrew Feldmann and Larry Stubblefield captured the Aloha Section PGA 4-Ball Match Play Championships for the seventh straight time yesterday at Oahu Country Club.

The final match against Jerry Mullen and Damien Jamila was all even through the 18th and 19th holes before Stubblefield canned a 6-foot birdie to win it on the 20th hole.

Vercruyssen a winner in Colorado

Hawaii gymnast Nani Vercruyssen finished first in synchronized trampoline and second in individual trampoline at the Stars and Stripes Cup in Colorado Springs, Colo., recently.

The performance earned the 16-year-old Vercruyssen a spot on the U.S. senior team at the Pan American Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in early December.