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*               -==** HAWAII SPORTS NEWS **==-                  *
* The following is a summary of the 5/19/98 Hawaii Sports News  *
* compiled from a variety of sources. Email Dayle Turner        *
* (turner@hawaii.edu) if you have any comments or suggestions.  * 
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** Sports Shorts **

Earlier this month at Biloxi, Miss., Tuese Ah Kiong, 28, became only the
second boxer representing Hawaii to win a National Golden Gloves title.
Fighting in the superheavyweight (201+ lbs.) division, the 5-11, 203-pound
Ah Kiong won five consecutive matches over much heavier and taller foes.
"They looked at me as kind of a joke," he said.  Raised in San Francisco,
Ah Kiong moved to Hawaii a year ago and is a math teacher at Kaimuki High
School.  In 1976, Julio Rodriguez was Hawaii's first Golden Gloves
titlist, winning the flyweight division.
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A fourway deadlock for the lead now exists in the Tokyo Summer Grand Sumo
Tournament. Tied with 8-2 records are champions Musashimaru (Waianae's
Fiamalu Penitani) and Wakanonaha along with Takatoriki and Kotonishiki.
Grand champions Akebono (Chad Rowan of Waimanalo) and Takanohana are in a
group of eight rikishi with 7-3 marks.
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The pre-conference foes appear formidable for next season's UH men's
basketball team with seven potential opponents having earned spots in the
1998 NCAA Tournament held two months ago.  In November and December, the
Rainbows will host 4 four-team  tournaments and the 8-team Rainbow
Classic. Possible Rainbow opponents that made the Big Dance this past
season were Princeton, Florida State, Murray State, NC-Charlotte, Oklahoma
State, Northern Arizona, and Nicholls State.  In a related story, guard
Chad Hook, citing disatisfaction with the UH program, has indicated that
he'll transfer to another school.  He averaged 1.2 points and .7 rebounds
per game this past season.
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The 1998 Hawaii High School Girls State Basketball Tournament opens today
with four first-round match-ups.  At McKinley High, Konawaena will take on
Kahuku, and Maryknoll will face Waipahu.  At Kamehameha's Kekuhaupio Gym,
Kauai High will meet Nanakuli, and McKinley will square off against
Lahainaluna.  The tournament's four top seeds--Kalaheo, Punahou, Waiakea,
and Baldwin--have drawn byes into tomorrow's quarterfinals to be held at
UH's Stan Sheriff Center.

** Oahu Surf Report **

North shore: 2 to 3 feet
South shore: 1 to 2 feet
East shore : 2 to 3 feet
West shore : 2 to 3 feet

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Aloha sports fans,

--DKT

Dayle Kalama Turner             |=|=|=|  Leeward Community College 
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