Hawaii Beat

By Star-Bulletin Staff

Thursday, June 5, 1997

Summer baseball
prep league formed

The Honolulu Interscholastic Baseball League, comprised of 21 teams representing 14 high school teams from Oahu, opens its inaugural season Monday.

The season runs through July 28 with day games Monday through Saturday at various high school fields. Affiliated with the Continental Amateur Baseball Association (CABA), the HIBL will send an all-star team to the CABA 18-under World Series in Homestead, Fla., in August.

"It's basically a continuation of the high school season," said Punahou School baseball coach Pal Eldredge, the league secretary. "The response has been tremendous. It's something we've talked about having for a long time and finally had the motivation and impetus to put it together."

From the ILH, Punahou and Mid-Pacific have entered three teams, Kamehameha and Iolani two, and Damien, St. Louis and University/Hawaii Baptist one. Representing the OIA are Mililani, Pearl City, Kaiser, Kalaheo, Kailua, Kaimuki, McKinley and Aiea.

The league commissioner is Dunn Muramaru of Mid-Pacific. Other board members include Dean Yonamine (Iolani), Vern Ramie (Kamehameha) and Dave Eldredge (Punahou).

UH SAILORS FINISH FIFTH: At Portland, Ore., the University of Hawaii sailing team took fifth place in the National Coed Dinghy Championship yesterday.

The Rainbows finished the three-day event with 172 points.

Tufts University claimed the championship with 87 points.

Boston University finished second, followed by College of Charleston in third and the U.S. Naval Academy in fourth.

SOFTBALL CAMP POSTPONED: The University of Hawaii at Hilo Vulcan Softball Camp has been postponed. New dates have not been selected.

For more information, contact Callen Perreira at 974-7703.

NEW MARYKNOLL AD: Jared Kaufmann will serve as Maryknoll's interim athletic director starting this fall. He replaces Pattie Heatherly, who will take a one-year leave of absence.

Kaufmann has been at Maryknoll for more than 35 years, serving as a principal, vice-principal and teacher. He also has served as ILH president for seven years.

TENNIS ON MAUI: Entry forms are available for the June 20-22 Maui County Tennis Championships and the July 3-6 Wailea Open Tennis Championships.

Both events will be held at the Wailea Tennis Club.

The Maui County Championships are open to Maui, Molokai and Lanai residents.

Play is in men's and women's singles and doubles in Open, A, B and C divisions.

The entry deadline, with a $30 fee, is 5 p.m. June 14.

The 13th Wailea Open also features play in men's and women's Open, A, B and C singles and doubles. The $30 entry fee is due by 5 p.m. June 28.

For entry forms, call the Wailea Tennis Club at 979-1958 (Maui).

RUFFOLO HONORED: Jeff Ruffolo, radio broadcaster for University of Hawaii volleyball matches played on the mainland, has been honored by the international organization governing the sport.

Ruffolo was given the 1996 Best Press Coverage of a Competition Award for his coverage at the Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta by the Federation Internationale de Volleyball.

Ruffolo, a Brigham Young University-Hawaii graduate, is developing the Big West Women's Volleyball Radio Network, which will debut in September.

PORTER, PTASZEK CITED: Dave Porter and Karin Ptaszek of Brigham Young University-Hawaii's tennis team are the Honolulu Quarterback Club's Sportspersons of the Month for June.

Porter coached the Seasider women to the NAIA singles, doubles and team championships last month in Tulsa, Okla. Ptaszek, a freshman from Denmark, won the singles championship by defeating teammate Teresa Stromberg in the final.

Porter and Ptaszek will be honored at Monday's Quarterback Club luncheon meeting at the Flamingo Chuckwagon.

Guest speakers are University of Hawaii men's basketball coach Riley Wallace and assistant football coach Doug Semones.

The meeting begins at 11:30.