• NYC Labor Day race scheduled • Montana State tailback filling big shoes NYC Labor Day race scheduled The Nawiliwili Yacht Club will host its annual Labor Day Weekend Races and Hanalei Beach Party starting Saturday, Sept. 3. Sailors are
• NYC Labor Day race scheduled
• Montana State tailback filling big shoes
NYC Labor Day race scheduled
The Nawiliwili Yacht Club will host its annual Labor Day Weekend Races and Hanalei Beach Party starting Saturday, Sept. 3.
Sailors are invited to race from Nawiliwili to Hanalei with the first flag waving at 9 a.m. for the Monohulls and Multihulls. Sports cats will leave at the 10 a.m. flag.
The public is invited to view the start of the race from the harbor jetty, and are also invited to attend the Arrival Party at the Hanalei Pavilion starting at 3 p.m.
A potluck to share as well as personal food for grilling on the coals is encouraged.
NYC hot dogs and beverages will be available for a small contribution.
A casual beach party is on the agenda for Sunday, Sept. 4 starting at around 1 p.m. on the lawn near the Hanalei lifeguard station on the pavilion grounds.
Games will include bocce ball, croquet, and horseshoes.
Meals include leftover potluck from Saturday and a cooler of beverages.
The race back to Nawiliwili will be held on Monday, Sept. 5 with all classes self starting at 9 a.m.
The public is invited to view the start of this leg of the race from the Hanalei Pier.
For more information, please call Rear Commodore Mel Wills at 332-0181, or visit the NYC website at www.nawiliwiliyachtclub.org.
Montana State tailback filling big shoes
BOZEMAN — Michael Bass is built low to the ground.
So low that just one player in the Big Sky Conference is listed as being smaller than Bass’ 5-feet, 6 inches: Northern Arizona’s Brandon “Speedy” Anthony, at 5-5.
Bass, who like Anthony is a running back, hasn’t let size matter.
As a true freshman at the University of Hawai‘i, Bass led the Warriors with 558 rushing yards. But his numbers tumbled in each successive season, and last year, he carried the ball twice for five yards before a knee injury ended his season — and his Hawai‘i career.
Because of the injury, Bass was granted a medical redshirt — and one final year to play.
When Bass signed to become a Bobcat in May, his reasoning was simple: “They run the ball.”
Bass got a little taste of Big Sky Conference football as a freshman, when Hawai‘i played the University of Montana in Maui. He had 72 yards that day in a 30-12 win.
When asked to compare Division I-A to I-AA, Bass said, “just watching practice, we’ve got a lot of athletes out there; some just as good, if not better, that I had at the University of Hawai‘i. I don’t look at it as I-AA. It’s Division I football.”
“I’m not going to be here that long,” he said. “I’m just looking to have a good senior year, go far, win a national championship, basically.
“Even though I’m new to this program, I’m no longer a rookie.”
