ISLE FILE
UH's Flemings on leave
Advertiser Staff
Roderick Flemings is on a temporary leave of absence from the University of Hawai'i men's basketball team to be by the side of his ill grandfather in Texas.
Flemings, the crown jewel in this year's recruiting class, departed Honolulu last night for Dallas. He is not sure of a return date, and his status for Sunday's exhibition game against Hawai'i-Hilo is uncertain.
"Somebody who is very dear to him is gravely ill so it's more important for him to take care of that situation right now," Hawai'i head coach Bob Nash said. "We want him to miss as few days of class as possible, but how long he's out really depends on his family situation."
Flemings, a 6-foot-7 junior guard/forward, did not participate in yesterday's practice. He has been working with the first team at both small forward and shooting guard.
Without Flemings at practice, Lasha Parghalava started at shooting guard and Adhar Mayen was the first small forward yesterday.
Meanwhile, sophomore point guard Hiram Thompson returned to practice yesterday after sitting out the last week due to illness.
BASEBALL
5TH IN ROW FOR WAIKIKI
Mitsuo Yoshikawa permitted six hits over six scoreless innings and struck out nine as Waikiki beat Honolulu, 9-0, last night in Hawaii Winter Baseball at Hans L'Orange Park.
Buster Posey had four hits and three RBIs for the BeachBoys (12-11), who won their fifth in a row while handing the Sharks (13-10) their fifth straight loss.
Tony Cruz had two hits for Honolulu.
Earlier, Jason Castro and Ronald Rivas each had two hits and two RBIs as North Shore (9-14) rolled to a 7-3 victory over West Oahu (12-11). Mark Hallberg had three hits for the CaneFires.
VOLLEYBALL
BYUH, HPU PREVAIL
Ane Vea had 11 kills and Agnes Tuilevuka added 10 as Brigham Young-Hawai'i swept Chaminade, 25-18, 25-15, 27-25, last night in a Pacific West Conference match at McCabe Gym.
Melanie Manutai had 16 digs for the Seasiders (15-5, 12-0).
Trina Kauliakamoa had 12 kills and 14 digs for the Silverswords (10-14, 4-9).
Elsewhere, Julia Gruszecka had 15 kills as Hawai'i Pacific beat Academy of Art (Calif.), 25-20, 13-25, 25-20, 23-25, 15-13, in a non-conference match at St. Andrew's Priory gym.
Natasha Bell added 13 kills and 10 digs, and Tricia Yoshimura had 31 digs for HPU (10-11). Dan Yang had 15 kills for AAU (16-9).
