Stephens Media’s Kevin Jakahi contributed to this report. Connors earns Most Outstanding Player ADVERTISING Honokaa senior midfielder Robert Connors didn’t need to score a lot to be viewed as an outstanding player at the Division II state soccer tournament. Connors
Connors earns Most Outstanding Player
Honokaa senior midfielder Robert Connors didn’t need to score a lot to be viewed as an outstanding player at the Division II state soccer tournament.
Connors scored one goal in the Dragon’s 5-1 victory over Mid-Pacific in the semifinals. In the championship match, he didn’t score, but he provided steady ball-handling and controlled the tempo in Honokaa’s 1-0 win over Kapaa.
In a vote by the Hawaii High School Athletic Association staff, in consultation with coaches, Connors was named the Most Outstanding Player on Monday.
The list of players named to the team is on Page 3B.
Last season, Connors was named the BIIF Player of the Year in the West division, despite not leading the league in goals scored. This season, the league played a round-robin format.
No BIIF players were named to the Division I all-tournament team.
USA girls volleyball tryout
A USA girls volleyball high-performance tryout will be held at 6 p.m. March 12 at Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium. Check-in is at 5 p.m.
The cost is $65 for online registration, and the deadline is 6 a.m. March 9. The late or walk-up fee is $100.
Participants are required to bring an online receipt of payment and medical form.
To register online, visit usavolleyball.org/volleyball-disciplines/high-performance-indoor.
For more information, call Carla Carpenter-Kabalis at 987-5679 or email to kabalis@msn.com.
Kayak fishing clinic Saturday and Sunday
P&P Kayaks is holding a kayak fishing clinic Saturday and Sunday.
Safety and fishing techniques will be covered at their store Saturday, followed by an on-the-water trip Sunday. The $29 fee can also be applied to P&P’s Pelagic Pursuit Fishing Tournament March 24-25. For more details or to sign up, call Kelly or Garth at 880-1400.
Super Bowl referee on Emily Gail Show
Bob McElwee, a three-time Super Bowl official now retired, is a guest on this week’s Emily T. Gail Show, available at espnhawaii.com under “lineup” or at facebook.com/emilytgailtalkstory.
McElwee officiated Super Bowls in three different decades. His final game was the Pro Bowl in 2003. He will discuss some of his experiences from his 27 years with the NFL, and he will discuss this year’s game.
Pacific Radio Group high school football broadcaster J.E. Orozco will give an update on the national and local ESPNHawaii.com sports programming and website features. He will have information on the KAPA Radio Slippah Golf Tournament at Makalei Golf Course set for March 31 to cap off the KAPA Hawaiian FM Hawaii Island Way March school supply drive.
For information on the Emily T. Gail Show, contact Gail at 896-6780. Past shows are available at facebook.com/emilytgailtalkstory.
Keauhou Canoe Club $1,000 scholarship
The Keauhou Canoe Club will offer two $1,000 scholarships to any West Hawaii graduating senior who was a member of a high school paddling team or club-level paddling organization within the past 18 months.
The first is an academic scholarship awarded to a student with a minimum 2.9 grade-point average. Transcripts are required.
The second scholarship is the Mike Haines Memorial Merit Scholarship awarded to a graduating senior who has contributed to his or her paddling club or to the community at large through leadership, volunteerism and service.
Students may apply for only one scholarship.
Applications are available at local high schools, and the application deadline is March 31. For more information, contact KCC scholarship chair Tina Clothier at 329-0091 or tinaclothier@yahoo.com.
Bicycling time trial upcoming
Hawaii Cycling Club will be sponsoring a free, 12-mile time trial in Waikoloa at 8 a.m. March 17. Registration will begin at 7:15 a.m. at Bike Works Beach & Sport in the Queens’ Marketplace Waikoloa Beach Resort.
Volunteers are needed for the event. To volunteer, or for more information, please contact Dawn Henry at 756-1996 or by email to aloha@healingislandmassage.net.
Phenom basketball exposure camp upcoming
The Phenom Top 150 camp designed to give high school basketball players exposure to college programs will be held next month on Oahu.
The Phenom 150, for students in ninth through 12th grades, will be March 10-12 at the Manoa Valley district park gyms.
The cost for each camp is $195 per player.
The regional camps are designed to allow Phenom to select players for its national camps in the summer. The national camps will have college coaches in attendance.
For more information, contact either John Noland by phone at 747-9887 or by email to madeinhawaiitv@yahoo.com, or Regional Camp Director Kalani Silva by phone at 557-9001 or by email to kalani@phenomhawaii.com. For more information on the summer camps, visit adidasjrcamp.com and phenom150.com.
Cattle Barons’ Ball and golf tourney March 3
The inaugural Cattle Barons’ Ball-Hawaii Golf Tournament will be held 10 a.m. March 3 at Waikoloa Beach Resort Kings’ Course. Proceeds from the tournament will benefit the American Cancer Society of Hawaii Island.
Teams and sponsors are now being sought. Four-man teams can register for $1,000. Three levels of sponsorship are also available, silver ($1,250), gold ($1,500) and platinum ($1,750). All sponsor levels include a four-man team and a tee sponsorship.
For reservations, please contact tournament coordinators Lane Uchimura or Carol Kawakami at 533-5000 or email to ckawakami@dckww.com.
Konawaena baseball fundraiser golf
tourney March 11
The Konawaena Dugout Club will sponsor a golf tournament to benefit the Konawaena baseball team March 11 at Kona Country Club. The tournament will try to raise money for postseason traveling expenses to the Big Island Interscholastic Federation tournament in Hilo and the Hawaii High School Athletic Association tournament on Oahu.
The Dugout Club is seeking hole sponsors, money donations, prize donations and golfers. For more information, contact Claudia Chang at 323-2287 or by email to cschang713@yahoo.com.
Big Island Candies tournament May 11
The Big Island Candies Senior Golf Tournament is scheduled for May 11 at the Waikoloa Beach Resort Kings’ Course. The event is open to all Big Island residents 55 and older.
The registration fee is $90 per person, and it includes green fee, cart, lunch, and gratuities. Slots are available to the first 140 entrants on a first come, first serve basis. The tournament format is 18 holes, low net with an established handicap index as of March 2012.
The maximum handicap index is 40.
All USGA and special course rules will apply. Golfers will be divided into four flights: men and women aged 55-64 and men and women aged 65 and over.
Tournament entry forms will be available beginning March 1 at the West Hawaii Special Programs office (West Hawaii Civic Center, Building B), Hilo Kamana Senior Center, Keaau Community Center and by appointment at the Naalehu Coordinated Services for the Elderly office.
Tournament fees must accompany completed registration forms to be confirmed. The deadline for submission of entry forms and payments is April 27. Completed forms and payments will only be accepted at the West and East Hawaii Elderly Recreation offices.
For more information, contact Kelly Hudik at 323-4340.
Local golf tourney results
M&M’s Ladies Golf Club
Tuesday’s results
— Low net team scores: 1. Yuko Suzuki/Mitsuyo Oshima/Wanda Goldscharek/Vangie Isenhour 62; 2. Pualani Willing/Shoko Ioh/Aleksandra Veble 63; 3. Diana Butler/Bettina Linke/Hanni Kozler/Marion Mark 65; 4. Patty Wall/Phyllis Maffi/Kasie Wessels/Linda Takai 68
— Closest to the pin: Randi Wilson (2, 5); Linda Hogan (12); Louise Fenton (15)
Na Wahine O Waikoloa
Women’s Golf Club
Thursday’s results
— A flight scores: 1. Shelly Sanders 30.5; 2. (tie) Joy Aslett 32; 2. Dee Dee Kosa 32
— B flight scores: 1. Carole Abarcar 31; 2. (tie) Rita Eder 32; 2. Kaylyn Lyells 32
— Closest to the pin: Hawn Hawkins (3); Kasie Wessels (6); Betty Box (12); Shelly Sanders (16)
— Longest putt: Kay Bryant (9)
— Note: Members played “cross country, half handicap.”
Keauhou Kona
Men’s Golf Club
Saturday’s results
— A flight low net scores: 1. Steve Kimes 65; 2. Peter Liljeholm 66; 3. (tie) Tandy Kualii 67; 3. Walt Welton 67
— B flight low net scores: 1. Joe Goldscharek 64; 2. (tie) Bill Andrews 67; 2. Larry Terpening 67
— Closest to the pin: Jon Wamba (3); Walt Welton (5); Bill Hawkins (12); Bob Harvey (17A); Cliff Dias (17B)
— Low gross score: Peter Liljeholm 74
Big Island Country Club
Wednesday’s results
— Scores: 1. Barbara Poston/Garland Lowe 21 under; 2. Bob Raatz/Diane Raatz 17 under; 3. Steve Rickard/Nozomi Wood 16 under
— Closest to the pin: Barbara Millslagle (5); Garland Low (8); Swend Willadsen (13); Rick Dvorak (17)
— Note: Members played “two-person modified scramble.”
Makalei Kolepa Hui
Saturday’s results
— A flight low net scores: 1. Jerry Conner 67; 2. (tie) Neil Lau 73; 2. Ralph Sallee 73
— B flight low net score: Dave Puckett 72
— C flight low net score: 1. Bobby McComber 74; 2. Pete Hansel 75
— Closest to the pin: Harvey Honda (3, 17); Dano Pieadro (5); Jerry Conner (14)
Stephens Media’s Kevin Jakahi contributed to this report.
