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*               -==** HAWAII SPORTS NEWS **==-                  *
* The following is a summary of the 5/8/98 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 **

Castle's Bryan Clay is one of the top individual performers in Hawaii high
school track and field this year.  The 5-10, 170-pound senior was the top
qualifier in the 100, 200, 110 high hurdles, and long jump at Wednesday's
OIA trials.  At last week's Eastern Division championships he won those
events; in addition, he was the high jump winner and was Castle's
first-place 4x400 relay team. The OIA Finals will be held tonight at
Kaiser.
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UH still has a shot at a berth in the six-team WAC baseball tournament to
be held May 13-16 at San Diego State.  In order to qualify, the Rainbows
msut sweep their 3-game home series against San Jose State this weekend 
and hope other teams lose. Currently, UH (10-17 WAC) is battling with San
Jose State (12-14), UNLV (12-15), BYU (11-16) and New Mexico (10-15) for
the final at-large berth in the tournament.  Grand Canyon, Rice, TCU, San
Diego State, and Fresno State have already clinched spots.
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HPU won its first-round game at the NAIA Far West Regional yesterday at
Costa Mesa, Calif., beating Point Loma Nazarene, 1-0.  The Sea Warriors
will play two games today, the first against Cal Baptist.  
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Roosevelt, Waianae, Mililani, and Aiea earned state tournament berths
after winning OIA baseball quarterfinal games yesterday at Aloha Stadium.
The Rough Riders nipped Pearl City, 1-0; Waianae topped Kalani, 2-0;
Mililani beat Kaiser, 5-2; and Aiea shut out McKinley, 3-0.  In tonight's
semifinals, Roosevelt will take on defending champion Mililani, and Aiea
will battle Waianae.  Yesterday's losers are still in contention for the
league's fifth and final state berth.
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In ILH baseball, St. Louis and Kamehameha avoided being ousted from that
league's postseason double-elimination tournament by notching wins over
previously unbeaten foes at Ala Wai Field.  The Crusaders beat Iolani,
5-2, and the Warriors pounded regular season champ Mid-Pacific, 14-3.  St.
Louis and Iolani square off again tomorrow as will Kamehameha and MPI.
The losers will be eliminated from the tournament and the winners will
meet on Tuesday night at Aloha Stadium for the tourney title and the ILH's
second state berth.  MPI has already earned a spot in the states.
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The OIA girls basketball tournament began last night with four games.  At
Pearl City gym, McKinley beat Moanalua, 42-31, and Castle edged Pearl
City, 46-42.  At Roosevelt, the Rough Riders upended Radford, 46-40 in OT,
and Campbell outscored Farrington, 64-50.  At Damien Gym, St. Francis
caputured the ILH Division II title by topping Hawaii Baptist, 35-31.

** Oahu Surf Report **

North shore: 3 to 6 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 
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