Isle File
Pearl City remains undefeated in Babe Ruth
Advertiser Staff
Erin Sing Chow hit a home run and had three RBIs to lift the Pearl City Pearls to a 11-1 victory over Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., in the championship round of the Babe Ruth World Series (16-under) at Abbeville, La.
Pearl City improved to 5-0, with Sing Chow earning her third pitching victory of the series.
Sing Chow's homer was the first hit out of the park in the series.
The Pearls pounded 12 hits, led by Charity Senas, who had three singles and an RBI. Shelly Joslin had two hits for Pearl City.
YOUTH BASEBALL
• 'Aiea stays in contention: Lance Powell doubled home Kyson Morikuni and Kyle Kiyonaga in the bottom of the sixth to give 'Aiea a 3-1 victory over Bronx, N.Y., yesterday in the Junior League World Series at Heritage Park in Taylor, Mich.
New York struck first in the second inning, but 'Aiea came back to tie the game in the bottom of the fifth after winning pitcher Blaze Moleta was hit by a pitch then scored on a bloop single by Kyle Sakamoto.
Moleta pitched a four-hitter.
'Aiea (1-1), the defending World Series champion, needs to beat St. Joe Central of Fort Wayne, Ind., today or face elimination.
The United States and International championship games will be played tomorrow with the winners meeting for the overall title Saturday.
SWIMMING
• Sun sets personal best: Hongzhe Sun of Iolani Swim Club finished first in the 'B' final and ninth overall in the 200-meter backstroke at the Phillips 66 Summer National Championships at Clovis, Calif., yesterday.
Olympian Joshua Davis of Austin, Texas, won the event in 1 minute, 58.58 seconds.
The 'B' final was for swimmers who finished Nos. 9-16 in the preliminaries.
Sun finished in 2:02.41 yesterday, improving on his previous personal best of 2:04.25. In the preliminaries, he finished 12th in 2:04.05.
Sun is expected to swim in the 100 backstroke tomorrow.
BASKETBALL
• Akana hired: Brandyn Akana, a 1999 graduate of Brigham Young-Hawaii, has been named an assistant basketball coach at his alma mater.
Akana succeeds David Evans, who recently left to begin a professional basketball career in Norway.
Akana, who played for the Seasiders in 1992-93, and in 1995-98, ended his career in the school's top 10 in nine statistical categories, including No. 2 in free-throw percentage at 84.4 percent.
"This is like coming home," Akana said. "Having played and graduated from here, I think I will be able to relate well to the players."
Akana served as student-assistant at BYUH for one year after his playing career, and has coached several camps in the past five years, including the Pre-NBA camp in Los Angeles and the Pete Newell Big Man Camp.
GOLF
• Hawai'i team seventh: A team from Hawai'i, — Ayumi Hori, Rie Ganir, Kiilani Matsuyoshi and Lindsay Hong — placed seventh in the Girls Junior America's Cup Aug. 7-9 at Mesa Verde (Calif.) Country Club.
They shot a three-day team total of 701. Southern California won with a 660.
Hong shot a 307, 17 strokes behind Katie Bruphy of Washington, who led the field. Hori shot a 310, Ganir 320 and Matsuyoshi 334.
• UH tryouts: The University of Hawai'i men's golf team is inviting walk-ons to tryout for the squad.
Anyone interested must contact head coach Ronn Miyashiro at 956-4527 by Aug. 24.
