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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Tuesday, March 3, 2009

For the Record

Advertiser Staff

TRIVIA ANSWER

Michael Jordan, Karl Malone and Alex English.

Source: Orange County Register

SPORTS TODAY

SOFTBALL

College women, doubleheader, Pacific West Conference, Grand Canyon vs. Hawai'i Pacific, 1 p.m. at HPU Windward field.

College women, doubleheader, Lock Haven (Pa.) vs. Chaminade, 4:30 p.m. at Central O'ahu Regional Park.

TENNIS

High school, Interscholastic League of Honolulu. Boys: Le Jardin vs. UH/WOLA, 4 p.m. at Ke'ehi Lagoon. Girls: UH/LP/SF at 'Iolani, 4 p.m.; Maryknoll at Kamehameha, 4 p.m.; Hawai'i Baptist at Mid-Pacific, 4:15 p.m.; SA/SF at Punahou, 4:30 p.m.

SPORTS TOMORROW

BASEBALL

College, doubleheader, Concordia-Chicago vs. Hawai'i Pacific, 4 p.m. at Hans L'Orange Park.

BASKETBALL

College, Hawai'i-Hilo vs. Hawai'i Pacific at Neal Blaisdell Arena. Women at 5:30 p.m. Men at 7:30 p.m.

High school boys, Hawaiian Airlines Division I State Championships, first round. At McKinley: 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. At Radford: 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.

High school boys, Hawaiian Airlines Division II State Championships, first round. At Farrington: 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. At Kalani: 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. (Schedule on Page C2.)

SOFTBALL

College women, Pepsi Malihini Kipa Aloha Tournament, Mount St. Mary's vs. Hawai'i, 6 p.m. at Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium.

College women, doubleheader, Lock Haven (Pa.) vs. Brigham Young-Hawai'i, 1 p.m. at BYUH field.

TENNIS

High school, O'ahu Interscholastic Association, Eastern Division, Kahuku at Kalani, Farrington at Kaimuki, Roosevelt at McKinley, Moanalua at Kailua, Kaiser at Castle. Matches start at 2 p.m.

High school, Interscholastic League of Honolulu. Boys: UH/WOLA at Mid-Pacific, 4 p.m.; Saint Louis vs. Maryknoll, 4 p.m. at Ke'ehi; Kamehameha at Punahou, 4:15 p.m. Girls: Le Jardin at Kamehameha, 4 p.m.

WATER POLO

High school girls, Interscholastic League of Honolulu, Division II, Pac-Five vs. Le Jardin, 6 p.m. at Kamehameha.

BASEBALL

O'AHU AJA LEAUGE

At Ala Wai Field.

SUDDEN-DEATH PLAYOFFS, FIRST ROUND

MANOA 002 020 020— 6 8 2

MCCULLY 026 030 02X—13 13 6

Eric Lum, Ryan Tamashiro (5), Scott Yoshihara (8) and Alex Takemura. Fletcher Lee and Jared Maeda.

Leading hitters—Manoa: Keith Hue 3-4, 2 RBIs. McCully: Duane Ito 2-5, 2 RBIs; Scott Yasumoto 2-4, double, triple, 3 runs, 3 RBIs; Jacob Wong 3-4, double, triple, 2 runs, 2 RBIs; Maeda 2-5, 3 RBIs.

BASKETBALL

COLLEGE MEN

AP TOP 25

RECORD PTS PVS

1. CONNECTICUT (67) 27-2 1,792 2

2. NORTH CAROLINA (3) 25-3 1,678 4

3. PITTSBURGH (1) 26-3 1,612 1

4. OKLAHOMA 26-3 1,576 3

5. MEMPHIS (1) 26-3 1,543 5

6. LOUISVILLE 23-5 1,462 6

7. DUKE 24-5 1,340 7

8. MICHIGAN ST. 23-5 1,302 9

9. KANSAS 24-5 1,190 15

10. WAKE FOREST 22-5 1,158 13

11. VILLANOVA 23-6 913 10

12. LSU 25-4 894 18

13. MARQUETTE 23-6 860 8

14. GONZAGA 23-5 837 17

15. MISSOURI 24-5 795 11

16. WASHINGTON 22-7 704 21

17. XAVIER 23-5 629 19

18. CLEMSON 22-6 564 12

19. PURDUE 22-7 545 16

20. UCLA 22-7 497 22

21. ARIZONA ST. 21-7 347 14

22. BUTLER 25-4 302 24

23. ILLINOIS 23-7 287 20

24. FLORIDA ST. 22-7 272 23

25. SYRACUSE 21-8 99 —

Others receiving votes: Creighton 52, BYU 41, Utah 22, Saint Mary's, Calif. 13, Dayton 11, West Virginia 10, Davidson 9, Texas 9, California 8, Providence 7, South Carolina 7, Washington St. 4, Arizona 3, Oklahoma St. 2, American U. 1, Boston College 1, Rhode Island 1, Utah St. 1.

SOUTH

Alabama St. 90, Texas Southern 73.

Bethune-Cookman 64, Winston-Salem 49.

Davidson 90, Elon 78.

Hampton 59, N. Carolina A&T 58.

MVSU 62, Grambling St. 42.

Norfolk St. 85, Howard 71.

Prairie View 82, Alabama A&M 80.

S. Carolina St. 78, Florida A&M 69.

Savannah St. 69, N.C. Central 64.

The Citadel 74, Georgia Southern 53.

Wofford 80, Furman 55.

MIDWEST

Chicago St. 95, Houston Baptist 92.

Villanova 77, Notre Dame 60.

SOUTHWEST

Jackson St. 75, Ark.-Pine Bluff 66.

Texas 73, Baylor 57.

FAR WEST

Boise St. 104, New Mexico St. 92.

DIVISION II MEN

PACIFIC WEST CONFERENCE

At McCabe Gym.

UH-HILO (14-11, 6-5) 47 51—98

CHAMINADE (14-12, 7-5) 41 41—82

Leading scorers—UHH: John Smith 25, Jay DeMaestri 18, Jacob Briggs 17, Perry Baggett 13, Charlando Brown 11. CU: Mohamed Tangara 22, Cartier Carter 16, Rickey Clayborn 10. Rebounds—UHH: Briggs 10. CU: Tangara 16. Assists—UHH:Brown, Bryan Ngo, Smith 4. CU: Joel Smith 8.

COLLEGE WOMEN

AP WOMEN'S TOP 25

RECORD PTS PVS

1. CONNECTICUT (45) 29-0 1,125 1

2. STANFORD 24-4 1,043 3

3. OKLAHOMA 25-3 999 2

4. MARYLAND 25-4 971 5

5. BAYLOR 23-4 927 6

6. AUBURN 27-2 915 7

7. LOUISVILLE 26-3 887 8

8. DUKE 24-4 806 10

9. CALIFORNIA 23-4 743 4

10. TEXAS A&M 22-5 731 12

11. NORTH CAROLINA 25-5 710 9

12. FLORIDA ST. 24-6 603 11

12. OHIO ST. 24-5 603 14

14. PITTSBURGH 21-6 434 15

15. TEXAS 20-8 408 16

16. XAVIER 25-5 363 13

17. S. DAKOTA ST. 27-2 324 21

18. ARIZONA ST. 22-6 307 24

19. TENNESSEE 20-9 302 18

20. NOTRE DAME 20-7 291 23

21. FLORIDA 23-6 268 17

22. VANDERBILT 21-8 217 19

23. IOWA ST. 21-7 212 25

24. VIRGINIA 22-8 194 22

25. BOWLING GREEN 25-2 74 —

Others receiving votes: Kansas St. 63, LSU 27, Middle Tennessee 26, Wis.-Green Bay 12, DePaul 10, Georgia Tech 9, Marist 7, Michigan St. 7, Va. Commonwealth 2, Florida Gulf Coast 1, Gonzaga 1, Purdue 1, San Diego St. 1, Temple 1.

EAST

Connecticut 69, Rutgers 59.

Fairleigh Dickinson 54, Long Island U. 39.

Monmouth, N.J. 67, Cent. Connecticut St. 51.

Mount St. Mary's, Md. 71, Bryant 68.

Pittsburgh 79, St. John's 60.

Quinnipiac 77, Wagner 65.

Sacred Heart 60, St. Francis, NY 51.

Seton Hall 64, Georgetown 54.

South Florida 52, Villanova 50.

St. Francis, Pa. 74, Robert Morris 58.

Syracuse 78, Providence 72.

SOUTH

Bethune-Cookman 54, Winston-Salem 50.

Howard 72, Norfolk St. 54.

Liberty 71, Presbyterian 33.

MVSU 66, Grambling St. 45.

N. Carolina A&T 81, Hampton 73, OT.

N. Dakota St. 56, Centenary 52.

Prairie View 73, Alabama A&M 57.

Radford 53, UNC Asheville 48.

S. Carolina St. 82, Florida A&M 75.

Texas Southern 65, Alabama St. 47.

Winthrop 76, Coastal Carolina 68.

MIDWEST

DePaul 67, Cincinnati 47.

IPFW 68, UMKC 48.

Louisville 66, Marquette 61.

Notre Dame 72, West Virginia 66.

Oakland, Mich. 56, S. Utah 55.

SOUTHWEST

Ark.-Pine Bluff 71, Jackson St. 61.

S. Dakota St. 71, Oral Roberts 64.

FAR WEST

Louisiana Tech 80, Fresno St. 62.

BOWLING

HAWAI'I T.V. BOWLING

HAMMER OPEN SINGLES

Pearl Harbor Naval Station.

High qualifier: Chad Pojas 746. Stepladder matches: Scott Shiira def. Joe Yockman Jr., 238-232; Shiira def. Vaseem Anwar, 256-253; Shane Shimamoto def. Shiira, 216-204. Championship: Shimamoto def. Keith Odette, 197-181. (Air date: 4 p.m. Saturday on KWHE, Ch. 11).

GOLF

HIGH SCHOOL

O'AHU INTERSCHOLASTIC ASSOCIATION

At 'Ewa Beach Golf Club, par 72.

YESTERDAY

WESTERN DIVISION

BOYS

Team: 'Aiea 332, Mililani 347, Leilehua 366, Kapolei 371, Pearl City 408, Campbell 442.

Individual: 79—Mark Ito ('Aiea); 83—Bryson Watabu ('Aiea); 84—Matt Milton (Mililani), Ryan Kuroiwa ('Aiea), Jonah Fonacier (Mililani); 85—Drake Akiyoshi (Mililani); 86—Terrance Fong ('Aiea), Zakry Akagi-Bustin (Leilehua); 88—Nicholas Kahue (Kapolei); 89—Nilo Agbayani (Campbell); 90—Antonio Rodriguez (Kapolei), Makana Desoto (Wai'anae).

GIRLS

Team: 'Aiea 279, Pearl City 314, Mililani 315, Kapolei 372.

Individual: 80—Maryssa Shigesato (Mililani); 83—Loreece Magsanide (Campbell); 87—Sara Koizumi (Pearl City); 88—Celine Haole ('Aiea); 89—Christine Kobashikawa ('Aiea), Kristen Sawada (Mililani); 96—Rhea Cabalar (Campbell); 102—Natasha Fong ('Aiea); 103—Samantha Balboa (Pearl City).

EASTERN DIVISION

BOYS

Team: Moanalua 338, Kahuku 352, Kalani 358, McKinley 366, Castle 384, Roosevelt 393, Kailua 399.

Individual: 76—Wen Luo (McKinley); 79—David Saka (Moanalua); 81—Oliver Lam (McKinley); 82—Jesse Cabildo (Castle), Raymond Fortucci (Kahuku); 83—Jae Maeng (Moanalua), Nick Matsushima (Kalani); 84—Inoka Kahawaii (Kahuku); 87—Casey Arakaki (Moana-lua); Alex Chiya (Roosevelt).

GIRLS

Team: Moanalua 281, Kalani 324, Kahuku 433.

Individual: 78—Kristina Merkle (Moanalua); 89—Tiffany Oda (Moana-lua); 96—Kristy Carroll (Kalani).

HOCKEY

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Today's Games, Hawai'i Times.

Florida at Atlanta, 2 p.m.

Philadelphia at Boston, 2 p.m.

Los Angeles at Columbus, 2 p.m.

Carolina at Washington, 2 p.m.

Calgary at Ottawa, 2:30 p.m.

New Jersey at Toronto, 2:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay, 2:30 p.m.

Edmonton at Nashville, 3 p.m.

Anaheim at Chicago, 3:30 p.m.

Detroit at St. Louis, 3:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Vancouver, 5 p.m.

Dallas at San Jose, 5:30 p.m.

YESTERDAY'S RESULT

At Uniondale, N.Y.

COLORADO 0 1 1—2

N.Y. ISLANDERS 1 2 1—4

First Period—1, N.Y. Islanders, McAmmond 5 (Sim, Tambellini), 13:15. Second Period—2, Colorado, Smyth 22 (Stastny, Hejduk), :33 (pp). 3, N.Y. Islanders, Joensuu 1 (Sim, Callahan), 2:31. 4, N.Y. Islanders, Gervais 1 (Sim, Comeau), 13:04. Third Period—5, Colorado, Smyth 23 (Svatos, Salei), 1:02. 6, N.Y. Islanders, Tambellini 3 (Streit), 4:48. Shots on Goal—Colorado 6-7-9—22. N.Y. Islanders 12-12-7—31. Goalies—Colorado, Raycroft. N.Y. Islanders, Danis. A—11,298 (16,234). T—2:11.

SOFTBALL

COLLEGE

PACIFIC WEST CONFERENCE

BRIGHAM YOUNG-HAWAI'I (19-6, 4-4)

VS. GRAND CANYON (7-11, 3-3)

At BYUH Softball Field, La'ie.

G. CANYON 001 003 0—4 7 2

BYU-HAWAI'I 011 300 X—5 9 1

Jessica Palma, Sammi Tiefenthaler (4) and Erika Reay. Katresha Veazie and Kahealani Alohikea-Betham. W—Veazie. L—Palma.

Leading hitters—GC: Tracy Lubken 2-4, double; Reay 2-3, double; Randi Johns double. BYUH: Melissa Lehano 2-4, solo HR; Lauren Fielding 2-4, 2 RBIs.

G. CANYON 001 010 0—2 8 0

BYU-HAWAI'I 020 400 X—6 14 3

Natasha Dypchey, Sammi Tiefenthaler (4) and Erika Reay. Julianne Tialavea and Kahealani Alohikea-Betham. W—Tialavea. L—Dypchey.

Leading hitters—GC: Kara Holtorf 2-4; Kelli Bridges 2-3; Tracy Lubken, double. BYUH: Melissa Lehano 3-3, 2 RBIs; Ivy Sessions 2-4, Alohikea-Betham 2-4, double; Kimberly Artiaga 2-3; Brook Perriton 2-2, 2 RBIs.

TENNIS

COLLEGE WOMEN

BRIGHAM YOUNG-HAWAI'I 8,

PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE 1

At La'ie.

SINGLES

Elwen Li (BYUH) def. Abby Diminich, (PC) 6-1, 6-0; Yuan Jia (BYUH) def. Heather Isbell (PC) 6-3, 6-3; Jenny Chin (BYUH) def. Megan Davis (PC) 6-0, 6-1; Wen-Ling Wang (BYUH) def. Cara Caruso (PC) 6-1, 6-0: Ayako Ikeda (BYUH) def. Paige Oelke (PC) 6-2, 6-3; Shawni Porter (BYUH) def. Virginia Waldron (PC) 6-0, 6-0.

DOUBLES

Chin/Wang (BYUH) def. Diminich/ Davis (PC) 8-0; Porter/Ikeda (BYUH) def. Caruso/Isbell (PC) 9-7; Oelke/ Daryl Thompson (PC) def. Shenley Puterbaugh/Justine Gallaci (BYUH) 8-4.

UC SAN DIEGO 6, HAWAI'I PACIFIC 3

At La Jolla, Calif.

SINGLES

Zora Vlckova (HPU) def. Natalie Varnay (UCSD) 6-1, 6-2; Tinka Mihova (HPU) def. Ina Dan (UCSD) 6-3, 6-1; Anita Athavale (UCSD) def. Ingrid Cseh (HPU) 3-6, 6-2, 6-3; Valerie Tang (UCSD) def. Nina Mihova (HPU) 6-3, 7-6; Taskeen Bains (UCSD) def. Alexsandra Stankovic (HPU) 7-5, 7-5; Tessa Tran (UCSD) def. Lauren Shin (HPU) 4-6, 6-1, 7-5

DOUBLES

Cseh/Vlckova (HPU) def. Dan/Bains (UCSD) 8-6; Athavale/Varnay (UCSD) def. Anastasia Ageychik/Stankovic (HPU) 5-2 (default, injury); Tang/Tran (UCSD) def. Shin/Sandra Wikstrom (HPU) 9-8.

COLLEGE MEN

BRIGHAM YOUNG-HAWAI'I 7,

PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE 2

At La'ie.

SINGLES

Rong Ma (BYUH) def. Matt Martin (PC) 6-1, 6-2; Agnel Peter (BYUH) def. Michael Nicol (PC) 6-3, 6-0; No. 3 Manu Bajpai (BYUH) def. Patrick Fedluk (PC) 6-2, 6-3; Carlton Taylor (BYUH) def. Zach Sprouse (PC) 6-2, 7-5; Romeo Juhasz (BYUH) def. Andrew Lee (PC) 6-3, 6-2; Mark Cannatelli (PC) def. Joseph Beck (BYUH) 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (8).

DOUBLES

Ma/Peter (BYUH) def. Martin/Sprouse, (PC) 8-3; Nicol/Fedluk (PC) def. Bajpai/Taylor (BYUH) 9-7; Beck/Juhasz, (BYUH) def. Lee/Adam Herendeen (PC) 8-4.

HIGH SCHOOL

INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE OF HONOLULU

BOYS VARSITY

Mid-Pacific 5, Hawai'i Baptist 0.

Punahou 5, Saint Louis 0.

'Iolani 3, Punahou 2.

'Iolani 3, UH/combo 2.

GIRLS VARSITY

Le Jardin 4, Maryknoll 1.

TRANSACTIONS

BASEBALL

AMERICAN LEAGUE

KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Reassigned C Kiel Thibault to their minor league camp.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

ATLANTA BRAVES—Agreed to terms with RHP Manny Acosta, RHP Jeff Bennett, RHP Blaine Boyer, RHP Buddy Carlyle, RHP Jorge Campillo, RHP Charlie Morton, RHP Peter Moylan, INF Yunel Escobar, INF Martin Prado and OF Gregor Blanco on one-year contracts.

HOUSTON ASTROS—Renewed the contract of OF Hunter Pence.

BASKETBALL

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

NEW YORK KNICKS—Signed C Cheikh Samb to a 10-day contract.

FOOTBALL

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

ARIZONA CARDINALS—S Keith Lewis to a two-year contract. Re-signed P Ben Graham to a two-year contract and QB Brian St. Pierre to a one-year contract.

CINCINNATI BENGALS—Re-signed LB Darryl Blackstock and DL Orien Harris.

DENVER BRONCOS—Signed LB Andra Davis.

DETROIT LIONS—Signed WR Bryant Johnson to a three-year contract.

MIAMI DOLPHINS—Released DE Vonnie Holliday.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Signed TE Chris Baker. Re-signed OL Russ Hochstein.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Re-signed FB Moran Norris to a three-year contract.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Signed DT Colin Cole to a multiyear contract.

TENNESSEE TITANS—Agreed to terms with WR Nate Washington and DT Jovan Haye.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS—Released DE Jason Taylor.