• Kapa‘a battles Bonita Vista • UH Wahine find first win • Sanders calls on athletes to give to relief effort Kapa‘a battles Bonita Vista By Duane Shimogawa Jr. – The Garden Island Kapa‘a, who was the first KIF team
• Kapa‘a battles Bonita Vista
• UH Wahine find first win
• Sanders calls on athletes to give to relief effort
Kapa‘a battles Bonita Vista
By Duane Shimogawa Jr. – The Garden Island
Kapa‘a, who was the first KIF team to play in front of its home crowd this season, will be the last squad to hit the field before the regular season begins on September 9.
The Warriors were victims of their own mistakes against Hawai‘i Prep on August 20 at Vidinha Stadium.
“We just made crucial mistakes and crucial times, but our defense played extremely well,” Kapa‘a assistant coach Steve Kaui said.
The Ka Makani went on the win the contest, 9-0.
Tonight at 7:30 p.m., the Warriors will battle California power, Bonita Vista at Vidinha Stadium, which will end the 2005-06 KIF preseason schedule.
The game will be aired live on KQNG AM570.
The KIF regular season kicks off on September 9 at Vidinha Stadium, with the Warriors facing off against the Menehune.
The JV contest begins at 5 p.m. and the varsity game starts at 7:30 p.m.
UH Wahine find first win
HONOLULU — After opening the season with back-to-back losses, the University of Hawaii women’s volleyball team got on track Thursday night with a 30-23, 30-27, 33-31 victory over Southern California at the Wahine Volleyball Classic.
Victoria Prince scored the last point of the match with her second ace of the night. She ended with a match-high 17 kills.
Alicia Arnott had 12 kills and teammate Jamie Houston added 10 for the Rainbow Wahine, who are ranked No. 4 in the CSTV/AVCA Women’s Volley-ball Poll.
Diane Copenhagen led the No. 7 Women of Troy (1-2) with 13 kills.
Hawaii was set to face No. 5 Penn State on Friday night. UH lost to the Nittany Lions at last week’s AVCA/NACWAA Volleyball Showcase in Omaha, Neb.
Penn State defeated Western Michigan 30-19, 30-26, 30-22 in classic action earlier Thursday.
Sanders calls on athletes to give to relief effort
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens cornerback Deion Sanders challenged all professional athletes to donate at least $1,000 apiece through payroll deductions to benefit the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Flanked by teammates and Louisiana natives Ed Reed and Alan Ricard, Sanders on Friday called for each team in the NFL, NBA and Major League Baseball, as well as other pro sports, to help him reach a goal of $1.5 million to $3 million for the cause.
“The recent devastation of Hurricane Katrina in the aftermath of her wrath, there has been a loss of life, property, finances, homelessness and a multitude of atrocities. The people affected by this disaster is astronomical,” Sanders said.
Also Friday, Atlanta Falcons running back Warrick Dunn, a Louisiana native, challenged every NFL player to donate $5,000.
The Ravens players also called for fans to donate money, clothing and supplies to the ravaged Gulf Coast.
“Through unity, we can touch thousands,” Sanders said. “This is in our own backyard. We feel this. Ed, Alan, feel this.
I have friends, relatives that feel this pain. Help in any way you can.”
Added Reed, “This is my backyard, this is a city we walked on just last week to play a game we love to play. This is real. Football is something we get to do, basketball, baseball. We’re reaching out to other athletes.”
Reed, last season’s NFL Defensive Player of the Year who played high school football at St. Rose, La., has established a Web site, www.reedhurricanerelief.com, for people to donate funds to the American Red Cross.
The Ravens organization, which plans to donate $25,000 in addition to the players’ efforts, will collect donations for victims of Hurricane Katrina on Sept. 11 when the team opens the season against the Indianapolis Colts.
