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12 football players to be honored
Advertiser Staff
All-State first-team football players Spencer Hafoka of Kahuku, Aaron Kia of Mililani, Jayson Rego of Kamehameha and C.J. Tausaga of 'Aiea are among 12 Hawai'i high school seniors who will be honored Sunday as football scholar-athletes for the 2004-2005 academic year.
Each of the honorees will receive a $1,000 scholarship provided by friends of football in the community, and one will be nominated to represent Hawai'i in the national scholar-athlete recognition program of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame.
The other honorees are: Kekoa Crowell (Kaua'i), Michael Hanakahi, Jr. (Word of LIfe), Jared Ha'o (Kealakehe), Raphael Ieru (McKinley), Richard Kiesel-Kauhane ('Aiea), Shaun Lauvao (Farrington), Kevin Sullivan (Saint Louis) and Viliami Tilini (Kahuku).
In addition, veteran Wai'anae coach Larry Ginoza will be recognized for his lifelong service as a high school coach, and booster Bert Kobayashi will be similarly recognized for his outstanding support of high school and college football.
The recognition banquet, the seventh annual scholar-athlete banquet of the Hawaii Chapter 242 of the NFFCHF, will be 6 p.m. at the Monarch Room of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel.
Richard Kazmaier, who won the Heisman Trophy while at Princeton in 1951, will deliver the keynote address.
MORE FOOTBALL
Tryout at Kaimuki
The tryout for Team USA Hawaii has been moved to Kaimuki High School field at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday.
It originally was scheduled to be held at Radford High.
Team USA Hawaii is scheduled to play a team from Japan on July 14 at the Tokyo Dome. Organizers are seeking 45 Hawai'i players to make the trip.
Athletes will be tested for the 40-yard dash and a shuttle run. Players must be 21 to 35 years old with college playing experience.
For details, call Ronald Oyama at 330-4514.
SOFTBALL
HPU sweeps CU
Brandi Peiler and Clerisse Lemke teamed on a two-hitter as Hawai'i Pacific beat Chaminade, 5-1, yesterday to complete a sweep of a Pacific West Conference doubleheader.
Lemke worked the final three innings, allowing no hits while striking out four.
Dayna Berry pitched a six-hitter as HPU won the opener, 6-2, and improved to 31-15 overall and 12-6 in the PacWest.
Chaminade is 10-37 and 3-17.
