Isle File
St. Louis wrestler 5th at nationals
Advertiser Staff
St. Louis senior Travis Lee took fifth place yesterday in the National High School Seniors Wrestling Championship in Easton, Del., and won All-American designation.
Three other Hawai'i state champions participated.
Lee, a three-time state champion, was in a field of 50 seniors (all state champions or runners-up) in the 119-pound division that was considered the best of the tournament, said his coach, Todd Los Banos.
Lee defeated Shawn Bunch, a two-time All-American and two-time Kansas state champion, 7-1, in the fifth-place match. It was payback for Bunch beating Lee, 8-5, in the championship bracket quarterfinals.
Earlier, Lee beat three-time West Virginia champion Matt Stevens, 15-6. In the consolation bracket he beat two-time Florida state champion Tymer Cooper, 13-2, and pinned three-time California state champ Jacob Palomino in 3:58.
Lee lost his chance to finish third when he was beaten 3-0 by three-time national champ Nick Simmons of Michigan. Simmons brought a career record of 195-0 and 190 pins to the event, Los Banos said.
Grant Nakamura of Baldwin High, also in the 119-pound class, pinned the Maine champion and defeated a two-time West Virginia champion, 4-3, before losing two in a row, the last to Cooper, to be eliminated.
Troy Takahashi of St. Louis lost both his 112-pound matches. Jansen Fukuda of Mid-Pacific Institute lost both his 160-pound matches.
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BASEBALL
• HPU sweeps: Hawai'i Pacific staved off late-inning rallies in both games to sweep host Cal State Stanislaus, 9-5 and 7-5, yesterday in non-league play.
The Sea Warriors improved to 18-19 while Stanislaus slipped to 15-17.
Ryan Blood, Tom Peters and Corey Hansen each drove in two runs for HPU in the first game.
In the second game, Jeremiah Yacap hit a three-run homer to spice a six-run third inning for HPU.
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SOFTBALL
• Hilo sweeps: Kristine Kahoalii and Taysha Anderson each pitched three-hitters as Hawai'i-Hilo swept Chaminade, 4-0 and 4-1, in a Pacific West Conference doubleheader yesterday in Hilo.
Hilo is 22-16 overall and 9-7 PacWest. Chaminade is 17-18 and 8-10.
