Prep Beat

By Star-Bulletin Staff

Friday, May 9, 1997

Asao, Umemura
state golf champs

Star-Bulletin staff

Hawaii Baptist Academy junior Norman Asao finished five strokes ahead of the field to win the David Ishii/Hawaii High School Athletic Association golf tournament yesterday at the Wailua Golf Course.

Punahou's Anna Umemura won her second girl's title with a 153, 13 strokes better than teammate Kathy Cho.

The 5-foot-3, 135-pound Asao, who finished 24th last year and 22nd in 1995, had a two-round total of 145. Kauai High's Jamie Matsumura was second at 150 and 1996 champion Parker McLachlin of Punahou third at 151.

"He's small but he has really good wrists and he can hit it long," said HBA coach John Hom.

Punahou won its third straight state team title with a 620 score. Waiakea was four strokes behind.

"After I made my last putt, Parker came over and congratulated me," said Asao, who was in the same group as McLachlin. They were tied after the front nine.

"I was so pressured out and nervous until we made the turn and I saw I was tied with Parker," said Asao, who finished fourth in the Interscholastic League of Honolulu championships. "That kind of settled me down."

Asao took the lead on hole 11 with a par 4 while McLachlin hit a water hazard and bogeyed.

McLachlin battled back to tie with a birdie on hole 13 while Asao shot par 5.

On 14, Asao made par 3 while McLachlin bogeyed again.

Asao had yet another birdie on 15 to take a two-stroke lead over McLachlin, who made par.

The critical hole was 16 when McLachlin double-bogeyed and Asao took a commanding four-stroke lead with par 4.

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Geolina leads
Radford advance

Star-Bulletin staff

Radford, Kaiser, Castle and Waianae won opening-round games last night in the Oahu Interscholastic Association girls' basketball playoffs.

Radford 58, Kahuku 50: At Radford, Taryn Geolina led the Rams with 19 points while Alumita Tuisuvura topped the Red Raiders with 14 points.

Kahuku	 	8	21	7	14--50
Radford 	16	13	12	17--58

Kahuku: Tuisuvura 14, Vimani 11, Gemmell 8, Tavele 5, Renaud 5, Piei 3, Enos 2, Schlachter 2, Mahganoy 0, Fonoimoana 0, Soliai 0.

Radford: Geolina 19, Benford 12, Kapefi 10, Galon 7, Kauo 5, Schuster 3, Rivera 2, Tokarek 0, Valdez 0, Massey 0, Morris 0, Terell 0, Walker 0, Irebaria 0, Van Herpen 0, Thaxter 0.

Kaiser 37, Pearl City 36: At Waianae, Brandie Norr scored eight points in the fourth quarter, including the winning points on two technical free throws.

Pearl City 	6	6	15	9--36
Kaiser  	6	6	14	11--37

Pearl City: Luis 11, Pacheco 8, Moe 8, Aguilar 4, Kahakai 2, Yuen 2, Isumu 1, Makue 0.

Kaiser: Norr 16, Ushio 6, Nueku 9, Char 2, Sunabe 2, Ifuku 2, Umemoto 0, Wright 0, Hamilton 0.

Castle 47, Aiea 36: Kuulei Kaanoi scored 16 points and Agnes Sevelo added 13 for the Knights.

Aiea		5	6	11	14--36
Castle		10	12	12	13--47

Aiea: Jan Yukumoto 2, Aileen Acosta 7, KeriAnn Iwaki 0, Carol Siores 0, Jennifer Miguel 0, Melissa Pottori 0, Trisha Fukumoto 0, Waynette Miyashiro 0, Carissa Manangan 6, Melanie Warlick 6, Courtney Yee 4, Kiana White 7, Barbara Ecknoff 0, Teresa Rivers 4, Lauren Ho 0. Cast: Kim Balles 7, Kuulei Kaanoi 16, Agnes Sevelo 13, Lyza Halas 8, Shyla Santos 0, Kim Lum 2, Jo Sepaluna 0, Eva Cordeiro 0, Vanesa Stewart 1.

Waianae 51, Kaimuki 43: At Waianae, Tasha Haynes scored 15 points -- nine in the first half -- for the Seariders.

Kaimuki 	12	12	6	13--43
Waianae 	14	11	9	17--51

Kaimuki: Haynes 15, Faimealelei 8, Frye 6, Kateyama 6, Fujimoto 3, Lucas 3, Webb 2, Caneda 0, Kaaina 0.

Waianae: Acosta 16, Reinhardt 14, Fletcher 10, C. Acosta 4, Mendez 4, Lorenzo 3, Aldeguer 0, Irvine 0.

In regular-season Interscholastic League of Honolulu play:

Kamehameha 38, Maryknoll 35: At Damien, Kodee Domingo scored 11 of her game-high 15 points in the second half to rally the Warriors from a 19-14 halftime deficit.

Maryknoll  	3	16	4	12--35
Kamehameha 	8	6	8	16--38

Maryknoll: Song 11, Gabriel 7, Washington 5, Vincent 4, Makainai 3, M. O'Brien 2, De. Fukuda 2, Da. Fukuda 1, Ver 0, Filououlski 0, McLeod 0, K. O'Brien 0.

Kamehameha: Domingo 15, Chang 6, Kiaha 5, Hodson 4, Keahiolalo Ventura 0, Self 0, Copp 0, 2, Enos 0, Porter 0, Kapeli 0, Searle 0.

Sacred Hearts 42, Mid-Pacific 26: At Sacred Hearts, Casey Correa scored six of her game-high 13 points in the third quarter as the Lancers beat the Owls.

Mid-Pacific 	3	7	4	12--26
Sacred Hearts 	14	7	8	13--42

Mid Pacific: Savusa 8, Vincent 7, Ramos 3, Shimizu 3, Watamura 2, Takra 1, Chee 1, Kubota 1, Kurisu 0, Sayson 0, Eji 0, Bauer 0, Foster 0, Corwin 0.

Sacred Hearts: Correa 13, Hamachi 8, Tong 6, Fernandez 4, Ortas 4, Abragar 4, Ohelo 2, Inouye 1, Araghya 0, Simon 0, Rivera 0, Yin 0.

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Wayne's pitching
paces Punahou

Star-Bulletin staff

Punahou broke a tie for third place in Interscholastic League of Honolulu baseball yesterday with a 6-4 victory over Kamehameha at Joey DeSa Field.

Justin Wayne struck out 12, walked three and scattered seven hits as the Buffanblu improved to 12-5 and the Warriors fell to 11-6.

Punahou  	003	030	0--6	7	1
Kamehameha 	002	002	0--4	7	1

Justin Wayne and David Sugihara; Adrian Contreras, Lanakila Niles (5), Dane Sardinha (7) and Sardinha, Jesse Aloy (7).

Leading hitters--Punahou: Scooter Martines, 2-3; Scott LaFountaine, 2-3, 2 RBIs. Kamehameha: Shane Chan, 2-4; Mike Okouchi, 2-4.

St. Louis 15, Maryknoll 5: At Ala Wai Field, Chad Santos stroked two home runs and Gordon Schilling added another round-tripper for the second-place Crusaders (13-5).

St. Louis	002	043	6--15	19	2
Maryknoll	031	010	0--  5	7	3

Chad Santos, Gordon Schilling (7) and Joe Cabansag. Brian Higa, Rob Richards (6), Dale Ibara (7) and Mark Bagayas.

Leading hitters--St.Louis: Jandin Thorton-Murray 2-5; Santos 3-4, 2b, 2 HRs, 3 RBIs; Kona Sampaio 2-4; Robin Ing 2-4; Cabansag 3-4, 2 2bs, 3 RBIs; Schilling HR, 2 RBIs; David Harbottle 2-5, 3b. Maryknoll: Jon Teraizumi 2-4; Bryce Higa 2-2.

Iolani 6, UHBA 3: At Iolani, Danny Kimura slugged two home runs and went 3-for-4 as the first-place Raiders (17-1) defeated UHBA (3-16).

UHBA 	200	001	0--3	5	0
Iolani 	000	321	x--6	11	1

Rob Lee and Ganialongo; Marvin Wong, Akoni Ah Yat (6), Danny Kimura (6) and Scott Tajima. W--Wong. L--Lee.

Leading hitters--UHBA: D. Cambra, 2-3, 2b; Jenson Muraoka, 3b. Iol: Kimura, 3-4, 2 HRs, 2 RBIs; Thad Estrada, 2-3, HR; Wong, 2-3, 2b.

Mid-Pacific 13, Damien 7: At Ala Wai Field, Darren Imada went 2-for-2 with a triple and drove in four runs as the Owls (11-7) handed the Monarchs their 16th loss against two wins.

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Chad Tanaka, Brandon Fujimoto (4), Blake Sing Chow (7) and Chad Ramos; Guy Lancaster, Chad Agustin (5), Oscar Marcos (6), Shannon Lau (6) and Jeremy Vergason. W--Fujimoto. L-Lancaster.

Leading hitters--MPI: Lane Nogawa 2-3; Imada 2-2, 3b, 4 RBIs; Kenjo Takahashi 2-4, 3b, 2 RBIs. Damien: Agustin 3-4, 2b, 3b, 4 RBIs; Scott Hicks 2-4, 2b, 2 RBIs.

Nanakuli 3, Kalaheo 2: At Kailua Recreation Center, in a makeup OIA first-round playoff game, Nanakuli won it in the 11th inning.

Statlin Ganeau drove in pinch runner Alika Brown from third base with a fly ball deep to center.

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