• Puakea’s Ito finishes in eighth-place • UH wahine open up in the 13th slot • Rivers and Chargers continue to battle • Greek players test positive • Horse racing inducts hall of famers • Seattle’s Martinez calls it a
• Puakea’s Ito finishes in eighth-place
• UH wahine open up in the 13th slot
• Rivers and Chargers continue to battle
• Greek players test positive
• Horse racing inducts hall of famers
• Seattle’s Martinez calls it a quits
• Point guard relief for Rockets
Puakea’s Ito finishes in eighth-place
Paul Ito of the Puakea Golf Course is the top Kaua‘i finisher (8th, 147, $600.00), followed by Po‘ipu Bay Golf Course’s Joey Castillo (10th, 149, $437.50), and Ron Castillo Jr. of Kiahuna Golf Course (14th, 151, $350.00) at the 2004 Aloha Section PGA Club Professional Championship held on Lana‘i at The Experience at Koele.
Brendan Moynahan, head pro at the Experience at Ko Olina is the champion (139, $2,500), followed by John Lynch of Ko‘olau Golf Course (141, $1,500), and Makena Golf Course’s Brian Sasada (143, $1,000).
In addition to Moynahan, Lynch, and Sasada, Kevin Carll (Ko Olina GC), Kevin Hayashi (Mauna Kea Resort), and Matt Pakkala (Kukio G&BC), also qualified for the western regional.
The event is a 36-hole qualifier to determine six spots representing the Aloha Section PGA in the Western Regional of the Club Professional Championship to be held October 14-17 at Diablo Grand Resort/Legends West Course in Patterson, CA.
UH wahine open up in the 13th slot
The USA Today/CSTV Top 25 Coaches’ Preseason Poll puts the University of Hawai‘i Rainbow Wahine at 13.
This is one of the lowest positions in the preseason poll that the UH team has received in recent years.
The wahine finished with a 36-2 record, en route to a third-place finish in last year’s final poll.
PAC-10 powerhouse USC picked up all but nine of the first-place votes, coming off of an undefeated season last year at 35-0, which was capped off with a national title.
Nebraska got five first-place votes and is in the second spot, followed by UCLA, Florida, and Minnesota to round out the top five.
Meanwhile, BYUH women’s volleyball team will start the season as the 18th-ranked team according to the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Top 25 Poll.
The Seasiders, who garnered one first-place vote and 218 points in the poll, were unranked at the end of last season. BYU Hawai‘i is the only team appearing in the initial poll this season that was not ranked in last year’s final poll.
Jansen’s season ends in exhibition
CANTON, Ohio — Jon Jansen ruptured his left Achilles’ tendon in the first quarter of Washington’s 20-17 exhibition victory over Denver in the Hall of Fame game.
Jansen, a six-year player who has never missed an NFL start, was helped off the field by trainers and teammates and sat on the bench for several minutes, his hand covering his face.
He then was carted off.
The injury will sideline Jansen for the season.
Davis makes his retirement official
DENVER — Former Denver Broncos running back Terrell Davis officially retired from the NFL. Degenerative conditions in both knees led Davis to cut his career short after helping the Broncos to two straight Super Bowl titles.
Davis, who missed the 2002 season and then told the Broncos last year that his knees would not be strong enough to pass a physical, was the MVP of the 1997 Super Bowl and rushed for 2,008 yards the next season on his way to becoming league MVP.
Davis ran for a team-record 7,607 yards and scored a team-high 65 career touchdowns.
Rivers and Chargers continue to battle
CARSON, Calif. — The San Diego Chargers broke off talks with unsigned rookie quarterback Philip Rivers. Rivers, chosen by the Giants with the No. 4 pick in the draft, was acquired by the Chargers in the deal that sent quarterback Eli Manning to New York.
Manning was selected by San Diego with the No. 1 overall pick.
Rison in childish trouble
DECATUR, Ga. — A judge ordered the arrest of former star receiver Andre Rison for failing to pay $107,350 in child support. Superior Court Judge Cynthia Becker ruled that Rison is in contempt of court and should be jailed for 20 days.
She asked that other jurisdictions outside the state assist in the arrest. Rison was not at court.
Rison hasn’t paid his $3,500-a-month child-support payment for his 16- and 18-year-old children since August 2002, the order said.
The child-support total is $87,500, with the additional amount coming from interest and attorney’s fees.
Trouble in Greece
ATHENS, Greece — The boyfriend of a Greek judo champion who fell from a third-floor balcony jumped from the same spot and was also critically injured.
Giorgos Chrisostomides, 24, was on life-support in the intensive care unit of Athens’ Evangelismos hospital with injuries to the head and back after jumping from his girlfriend’s apartment, police said.
Eleni Ioannou, 20, was in critical condition at another Athens hospital after she fell from the balcony Saturday following an argument with Chrisostomides.
Greek players test positive
ATHENS, Greece — Two players on the Greek Olympic baseball team tested positive for banned substances. Andrew James Brack and Derek Nicholson, both U.S.-born Greek citizens, tested positive in samples taken Aug. 5, the Greek Olympic Committee.
Brack tested positive for the steroid stanozolol, while Nicholson, an alternate on the team, tested positive for diuretics, officials said.
Horse racing inducts hall of famers
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Trainer Shug McGaughey, jockey Kent Desormeaux and 1998 Horse of the Year Skip Away were inducted into thoroughbred racing’s Hall of Fame. Flawlessly, perhaps the most successful offspring of 1978 Triple Crown winner Affirmed, entered in the contemporary female horse category.
Jimmy Winkfield, a two-time Kentucky Derby winner in the early 1900s, was enshrined in the historic jockey category, and Bowl of Flowers entered in the historic horse category.
Among McGaughey’s top feats were winning six stakes races in one day, campaigning champion Personal Ensign through a 13-race unbeaten career, and sending Easy Goer out to win the 1989 Belmont Stakes.
Seattle’s Martinez calls it a quits
SEATTLE — Two-time AL batting champion Edgar Martinez announced that he will retire at the end of the season, ending his 18-year career with the Seattle Mariners as one of baseball’s greatest designated hitters. Martinez, 41, was a seven-time All-Star.
He batted over .300 in 10 seasons, and led the league in hitting in 1992 and 1995.
Phillies pick up Lidle
PHILADELPHIA — Trying to bolster a rotation depleted by injuries, the Philadelphia Phillies acquired starting pitcher Cory Lidle from the Cincinnati Reds for two minor leaguers and a player to be named.
Lidle, who is 7-10 with a 5.32 ERA in 24 starts, will step into an inconsistent rotation that had been missing Kevin Millwood and Vicente Padilla. Lidle is tied for second in the NL with three complete games, and he led the Reds with 149 innings pitched.
Cincinnati obtained Class-A outfielder Javon Moran and left-handed pitcher Joe Wilson in the trade.
Point guard relief for Rockets
HOUSTON — The Houston Rockets signed free agent guards Charlie Ward and Bob Sura.
The Rockets are in need of a new point guard after Steve Francis was traded to the Orlando Magic in a seven-player deal that sent two-time league scoring champ Tracy McGrady to Houston. Ward, spent most of his career with the New York Knicks. He will be reunited with Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy, who led the Knicks from 1995-02 Sura, a nine-year veteran who can play either guard spot, started his career with Cleveland, before moving on to Golden State, Detroit and Atlanta.
