Posted on: Friday, April 30, 2004

ISLE FILE
Hale named Moanalua boys basketball coach

Advertiser Staff

Dan Hale, a former basketball player for the University of Hawai'i and Chaminade University, was named the Moanalua High School boys varsity head basketball coach, Moanalua athletic director Dana Dias announced.

Hale, who is a media teacher at Moanalua, was a three-time Advertiser All-State first-team selection as a center for Punahou from 1978 to 1981.

He is succeeding Byron Cheng.

SOFTBALL

• Pitcher signs with Hilo: Britni Rodriguez, a right-handed pitcher from Mater Dei High School (Calif.), has signed a national letter of intent with the University of Hawai'i at Hilo, according to Hilo softball coach Callen Perreira.

"Britni is an intense pitcher who averages more than a strikeout per inning," Perreira said. "She has good movement on her pitches with a rise ball as her dominant pitch."

According to Perreira, Rodriguez is currently 6-2 with a 0.41 ERA at the Santa Ana, Calif., school. She has pitched 51 2/3 innings, giving up five runs — three earned — 23 hits and six walks while striking out 68.