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Keys, Higa to head Radford basketball teams
Advertiser Staff
Radford High School has named Wayne Keys varsity boys basketball head coach and Tani Higa varsity girls basketball head coach.
Keys, who played at Brigham Young University-Hawai'i, takes over for Kai Enos, who stepped down in April after guiding the Rams to the O'ahu Interscholastic Association playoffs in each of his seven seasons. Radford advanced to the state tournament this past season, losing in overtime to Moanalua in the quarterfinals.
Higa coached Radford's JV boys to the 2004 OIA championship and was an assistant to Enos this past season. She takes over for David Lane, who stepped down on May 18 for health reasons after six successful seasons, including a 63-20 record in the regular and postseason and four OIA Western Division championships.
The Rams advanced to the state quarterfinals this season.
TENNIS
BYUH'S USTYUZHANINA NATION'S TOP SENIOR
Brigham Young-Hawai'i senior Yuliya Ustyuzhanina was named the Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Senior Player of the Year.
BYUH junior Dori Magas was selected as the National ITA Player to Watch.
The Seasiders won their second consecutive NCAA Division II women's title and finished the season with a 33-0 record.
For the West region, BYUH coach David Porter was named the Wilson/ITA Women's Coach of the Year and Seasider Maggie Deng was the ITA Rookie Player of the Year.
Men's West region awards include BYUH's Junyoung Kim as the ITA Senior Player of the Year and Hawai'i Pacific's Hendrik Bode as the ITA Rookie Player of the Year.
