Posted on: Friday, February 18, 2005

ISLE FILE
BYUH, HPU win in PacWest basketball

Advertiser Staff

Jake Chrisman scored 28 points on a near-perfect shooting night as Brigham Young-Hawai'i trounced Montana-State Billings, 115-84, last night in a Pacific West Conference men's basketball game at Cannon Activities Center in La'ie.

Chrisman shot 10 of 11 from the field and 8 of 9 from the free-throw line as the Seasiders improved to 14-7 overall and 9-3 in the PacWest.

Austin Smylie added 21 points and Thomas Watkins 19 for BYUH.

Justin Hassell scored 23 points and Cameron Munoz 21 for the Yellowjackets (16-7, 8-5).

Elsewhere in the PacWest, Audrius Peciukas scored 19 points and Finis Harwell 17 as Hawai'i Pacific beat Western New Mexico, 84-70, at Blaisdell Arena.

Aleks Jakovcjevic had 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Sea Warriors (9-13, 3-9).

Kris Taylor had 10 points and 10 rebounds for the Mustangs (6-18, 1-12).

BASEBALL

Hilo loses, HPU splits

Brandon Buckman batted 4 for 5 and Brandon Fusilier hit a three-run homer as Nebraska rallied past Hawai'i-Hilo, 12-4, last night in a college baseball game at Wong Stadium in Hilo.

Dustin Timm pitched 5¡ innings of five-hit, one-run relief to earn the victory for the Cornhuskers, who were playing their first game of the season.

Hilo (1-13) scored once in the first — David Chu's groundout scoring Sean Tamura — and twice in the third to take a 3-0 lead. Mark Veneri doubled home a run and Ryan Taiariol drew a bases-loaded walk to bring home the other.

Elsewhere, Mario Ramirez pitched a four-hitter and Greg Benoit drove in two runs as Hawai'i Pacific beat Sonoma State, 3-2, to split a doubleheader yesterday at Ke'ehi Lagoon Field.

Jherell Miller hit an RBI double for the Sea Warriors (6-3).

Matt Wilhite drove in two runs as Sonoma State (5-4) won the second game, 2-1.

CLINICS

Speed at Cooke Field

Feeling a need to improve his speed, Ryan Keomaka enrolled in the Hawai'i Speed and Quickness clinics last year.

This week at the University of Hawai'i's Cooke Field, Keomaka ran 40 yards in 4.4 seconds, the fastest time among Warrior football players. The defensive back's improvement can be traced to his work with plyometrics and resistance training — techniques that will be offered at the Hawai'i Speed and Quickness clinics tomorrow and Sunday.

There are sessions for ages 7 to 12 from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. and for ages 13 and older from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Each session is $10, a fee that includes a Jamba Juice coupon.

For details, call 739-5444 or log on to: hawaiispeedandquickness.com.

Fitness at Blaisdell

Members of the University of Hawai'i's football, soccer and women's volleyball teams, as well as from the Hawai'i Speed and Quickness clinics, will conduct several youth clinics during this weekend's Great Aloha Run Family Fitness Expo at the Blaisdell Exhibition Hall.

Tomorrow's schedule: soccer, 10:30 a.m. to noon; football, 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.; volleyball, 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Sunday's schedule: volleyball, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.; football, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

There is no charge for the clinics.

Admission to the expo is $4 for adults, and $3 for seniors 65-older, youths 7 to 12 and military with ID. Admission is free for those entered in Monday's Great Aloha Run.