Advertiser Staff
Slotback Dylan Ching of Lahaina has agreed to a two-year contract with the Saskatchewan Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League. Terms of the contract were not revealed except that it includes an option for the team to extend it.
Ching, an all-state player at Kamehameha in 1995 who went on to set pass receiving records at the University of San Diego, joined the Rough Riders as a third-round pick (15th overall) in the CFL College Draft last year.
He caught 19 passes for 302 yards and one touchdown last season, played on special teams and was the holder on field goals and converts.
"We’re expecting Dylan to play a bigger role in our offense this season," coach Danny Barrett said.
Ching is considered a non-import since he lived in Vancouver for several years as a child. He is a native of Honolulu.
MORE FOOTBALL
 Tiger turns Husky: 1999 McKinley High graduate Francisco "Cisco" Tipoti, a 6-foot-5, 315-pound tackle who played on JC Grid-Wire national championship teams the past two seasons at City College of San Francisco, has signed with Washington.
SuperPrep magazine ranked Tipoti as the nation’s best junior college offensive lineman and second best JC player overall. He was a first-team All-American pick by JC Grid-Wire and Rivals.com gave him four of a possible five stars in its prospect ratings.
Although he won’t be available for spring practice, Tipoti is on schedule to earn his AA degree in May, and Seattle sources say he has a good chance to start for the Huskies next fall.
Tipoti told RealDawg, a Husky fans Website, that the thing he is looking forward to the most is coming out of the tunnel at Husky Stadium for the first game. "Oh man! I keep thinking about it. I can’t wait for that experience, the roar of the fans there and the siren. I think about it a lot," he said.
Tipoti originally committed to Colorado, but didn’t qualify academically.
Washington also signed ‘Iolani offensive lineman William Kava of Kane‘ohe and St. Louis all-state linebacker Joseph Lobendahn. Kava may go on a two-year Mormon church mission before he enrolls at Washington.
BASEBALL
Local angle: New Mexico senior center fielder Mark Okano (‘Aiea ’97) hit a two-run single to chase Nebraska All-America pitcher Shane Komine (Kalani ’98) from the game in the sixth inning this past Friday in Albuquerque. But Komine, staked to a big early lead, and the Cornhuskers won, 15-7.
Komine (1-1), a junior, struck out seven in 5á innings, becoming the second player in Nebraska history to record 250 career strikeouts.
"Komine was throwing gas, and his curve was unhittable," New Mexico spokesman Bryan Satter said. "(He) just got it up a little.
"He was a surprise starter — he had hurt himself playing ping pong earlier in the week and was not going to pitch, but their other starter got the flu."
Milestone victory: Jack Hodges, a 1965 graduate of Kamehameha, won his 300th game yesterday as coach at Saddleback (junior) College in California. Saddleback defeated Treasure Valley of Oregon, 21-7, in a nonconference game at Mission Viejo, Calif.
Saddleback is off to an 11-1 start in Hodges’ 12th season there. His record is 300-183-3.
Isaac Harbottle (St. Louis) and Kaleo Lopez (Kapa‘a) each pitched one inning of relief yesterday.
Hodges played football and baseball at Stanford, where he was the backup quarterback to Jim Plunkett.
TRACK & FIELD
Running swiftly: Oregon sophomore Eri Macdonald (Punahou ’99) improved her indoor-season best by five seconds in the 800 to 2 minutes, 15.75 seconds in a meet at the University of Idaho’s Kibbie Dome.
[back to top] |
