The company that operated the ill-fated Aloha, Oahu and Hula football bowl games in Hawaii has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Aloha Sports Inc. and its parent company, ASI Acquisitions, made the filing Thursday at U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

The Aloha Bowl was part of the NCAA bowl season since 1982. The Hawaii bowl game ceased to operate in 2000 after dwindling attendance.

The Oahu Bowl became the Seattle Bowl and was played in 2001 and 2002 but was not NCAA-certified in 2003. The Aloha Bowl moved to San Francisco but was never certified.

Some of the company's biggest debts are to:

» The Mountain West Conference, owed $266,674.

» University of Oregon, owed $207,159, the balance due for the 2002 Seattle Bowl participation fee.

» New York-based ABC Sports Inc., owed $195,212 in a settlement agreement.

» Wake Forest University, $166,869, also a balance due for the 2002 Seattle Bowl.

Aloha Stadium is also owed $31,779 for unpaid rent for the 2000 Oahu and Aloha Bowls, as well as $31,073 in general excise tax owed on ticket receipts for those games. Jostens, a Minneapolis-based ring maker, is also owed $33,540 for player rings.

Parent company ASI owes former owner and executive director Frederick “;Fritz”; Rohlfing $108,000 in promissory notes that were due June 2006, according to the filing.

Lenny Klompus, also a former owner and currently Gov. Linda Lingle's senior adviser on communications, is owed $313,056 in stock he has in Aloha Sports.

Klompus declined comment.

The court filings list Richard Banner and Terry Daw as directors and shareholders in the company. The company's attorney, Don Gelber, was not available for comment yesterday.