ISLE FILE
St. Mary's captures coed sailing; UH third

Advertiser Staff

University of Hawai'i's Molly O'Bryan and Sarah Hitchcock, in boat No. 9, left, jockey for position at the Intercollegiate Sailing Association/Gill North American Dinghy Championship at Ke'ehi Lagoon. St. Mary's of Maryland won; UH was third. Bruce Asato • The Honolulu Advertiser

St. Mary's of Maryland finished with a meet low 203 points after 18 races each in A division (112) and B division (91). Harvard (113, 97) scored 210 points, and UH (80, 139) 219.

St. Mary's was in third behind Harvard and Hawai'i after 16 races, but its A division team spurred a strong finish in the last two races with first and second finishes.

St. Mary's Brent Jansen and Galen Largay were first in B division and Danny Pletsch, Jen Vandemoer and Dave Perkowski were second in A division.

Hawai'i's Bryan Lake and Jennifer Warnock finished first in the A division and Molly O'Bryan, Joey Pasquali, Sarah Hitchcock and Lindsey Peters were ninth in the B division.

Eighteen teams participated in the three-day meet, the last of three national championship meets at Ke'ehi Lagoon.

FOOTBALL

Damien changes coaches: Chris Bisho has resigned as head football coach at Damien High School, and has been replaced by two of his assistants, Rudy Alejo and Dean Nakagawa, Damien president Br. Greg O'Donnell said yesterday.

"About ten days ago Chris asked if he could continue to coach here and not be a part of the teaching faculty but we declined that offer," O'Donnell said. "Our strong desire is to have as many on-campus coaches as possible, though that is not always something we can achieve."

Bisho was 2-17 in two seasons at Damien. He could not be reached for comment yesterday.

New league begins: The O'ahu Football League will open its inaugural season today at Central O'ahu Regional Park.

The Westside Wildcats will play Na Toa at 4 p.m. in a game of 8-man tackle football.

Tomorrow, the Hawaiian Warriors play the 2nd City Titans at 3 p.m.

Organizers said many of the amateur league's players are former college and high school players from Hawai'i and the Mainland.

There is no admission charge for the games. For more information, call 676-4714 or visit www.oahufootballleague.com.

Final tryouts: The Pacific Blast women's professional football team will hold its final tryouts today and Sunday at Central O'ahu Regional Park in Waipi'o Gentry.

The team, which expects to begin its inaugural season in August, will have tryouts from 9-11 a.m. each day. Players can register online at www.pacificblast.com or call 286-5150. Registration fee is $25, which includes a T-shirt.

VOLLEYBALL

USA wins: Logan Tom scored 22 points and former University of Hawai'i Rainbow Wahine Heather Bown and Therese Crawford added 10 apiece to lift the U.S. Women's National Team to its first victory at the Montreux Volley Master in Montreux, Switzerland.

The U.S. (1-2) defeated the Netherlands, 17-25, 25-22, 25-20, 18-25, 15-12.

In consolation play today, Team USA will face Brazil. The best the U.S. can finish is fifth.