ISLE FILE
Honu power past BeachBoys, 14-5
Advertiser Staff
Corey Brown and Kyle Martin hit two-run homers as the North Shore Honu overpowered the Waikiki BeachBoys, 14-5, last night in Hawaii Winter Baseball at Hans L'Orange Park.
Brown and Kenji Sato each had two hits and three RBIs for the Honu (5-9). North Shore starter Yasutaka Hattori (2-1) allowed three hits and two earned runs over five innings while striking out eight and walking one.
Damon Sublett and Roger Kieschnick each had two RBIs for the BeachBoys (6-8).
The 3 p.m. game between the Honolulu Sharks and West Oahu CaneFires was canceled due to heavy rain. No make-up date has been set.
VOLLEYBALL
HPU BEATS DIXIE STATE
Kelly Balanay had 15 kills as Hawai'i Pacific defeated Dixie State, 25-19, 28-26, 16-25, 25-19, last night in Pacific West Conference match at St. Andrew's Priory gym.
Julia Gruszecka had nine kills and Tricia Yoshimura 13 digs for HPU (7-10, 4-3 PacWest).
Cami Johnson led Dixie State (7-10, 3-4) with 13 kills.
GOLF
UH WOMEN MOVE UP
The University of Hawai'i women's golf team shot a 305 — the day's fifth-best round — to move from 15th place to seventh yesterday after two rounds of the Price's Give 'Em Five Invitational at Las Cruces, N.M.
The Rainbow Wahine have a 617 total entering today's final round at the par-7 New Mexico State Golf Course.
UC Irvine leads the 17-school field with 302—595, with Oklahoma second at 299—598.
Missouri's Julia Potter shot a 3-under 69 to take the individual lead with 2-under 142. UC Irvine's Jane Chin is second at 74—144. Freshman Kelci Kawano leads UH with 74—150, good for a share of 12th.
FACILITIES
UH RENOVATION STARTS
Groundbreaking and blessing ceremonies were held yesterday to mark the start of installation of a new artificial surface for the University of Hawai'i Ching Field, formerly known as Cooke Field.
Installation was originally set to begin in August and be completed Oct. 31, but it faced protests in the bidding process. The state last month finally cleared the way for renovations to begin on the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletic Complex.
In early August, Gov. Linda Lingle released more than $1.2 million for installation of new turf with the Ching Foundation providing $5 million for the athletic complex.
The previous turf was removed due to extensive deterioration, leaving the current surface unfit for UH football practices, track and field, marching band practices, intramural sports use, ROTC practices and other activities.
