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*               -==** HAWAII SPORTS NEWS **==-                  *
* The following is a summary of the 5/7/98 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 **

An agreement between the Aloha Bowl and Western Athletic Conference
giving the UH football team an automatic berth in the December bowl game 
if the Bows win a set number of games is on the verge of being hammered
out.  The victory total the Bows will need to qualify, 7 or 8, has yet to
be determined.  UH last appeared in a bowl game in 1992, a Holiday Bowl
victory, and have been passed over for postseason play six times
despite winning seven or more games since becoming a Division I team.
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LA Lakers officials announced that the NBA team will conduct preseason
workouts in Hawaii this coming October.  The Lakers, who held preseason
camp elsewhere last season after holding October workouts in Hawaii from
1987-'96, will also play exhibition games at the Stan Sheriff Center on
Oct. 14 and 16 against a yet-to-be-named opponent.
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The UH Wahine are seeded fourth for 12-team Women's Water Polo
National Collegiate Championships that begins tomorrow at USC and Long
Beach State pools.  Hawaii (27-10) is bracketed with San Diego State (5th
seed) and Princeton (12).  Earlier this season, Na Wahine split a pair of
matches with the Aztecs and blitzed Princeton. Bracket winners will
advance to Saturday's Final Four.  
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The OIA baseball playoffs swung into action yesterday with four games at
Aloha Stadium.  Pearl City edged Castle, 2-1; Kaiser nipped Waipahu, 1-0;
Waianae snuck by Kalaheo, 2-1; and McKinley beat Campbell, 4-2.  In
today's quarterfinal games, also at Aloha Stadium, Kaiser takes on
Mililani, Waianae squares off against Kalani, McKinley meets Aiea, and
Pearl City faces Roosevelt.  
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Hawaii's entry in the Professional Indoor Football League, the Honolulu
Hurricanes, will play their first-ever regular season home game when they
take on the Green Bay Bombers on Saturday night at Blaisdell Arena.  The
Hurricanes are 1-1 and last played two weeks ago when they beat the Texas
Bullets, 46-40.
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The UH Wahine softball team is ranked 10th in this week's USA Today Top 25
Poll.  Na Wahine (45-13) have completed their regular season and are
awaiting an invitation to the NCAA Tournament.

** Oahu Surf Report **

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

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Aloha sports fans,

--DKT

Dayle Kalama Turner             |=|=|=|  Leeward Community College 
Language Arts Division          |=|=|=|  96-045 Ala Ike
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