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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Thursday, April 29, 2010

For the Record

Advertiser Staff

TRIVIA ANSWER

Bill Russell, who replaced Red Auerbach after Auerbach's Celtics beat the Lakers in 1966 for their eighth straight NBA title.

Source: Associated Press

Trivia Answer Correction: The Minneapolis Lakers relocated to Los Angeles in 1960, not 1970, as AP reported.

SPORTS TOMORROW

BASEBALL

College, Western Athletic Conference, Nevada vs. Hawai'i, 6:35 p.m. at Les Murakami Stadium.

College, Pacific West Conference, Academy of Art vs. Hawai'i Pacific, 6 p.m. at Hans L'Orange Park.

SOFTBALL

College women, Western Athletic Conference, Fresno State vs. Hawai'i, 6 p.m. at Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium.

ATHLETIC AWARDS

University of Hawai'i-Hilo

Athletes of the Year—Justin Smith and Fabiane Seben. Coach of the Year—Bruce Atkinson. Academic/Athlete of the Year—Timothy Glick, Brian Yannutz, Emily Tooker. Volunteers of the Year—Clyde Hirayama and Tina Miyataki. Booster of the Year—Jack Gifford. Vulcan/UHH Faculty Award—Dr. Robin Takahashi. Vulcan/Staff Award— Haouli Lee. Volunteer/Part-time Coaches of the Year—Fred Entilla, David Kaneshiro. Vulcan Staff Member of the Year—Audrey Hirayama. Behind the Scenes Award— Shawn Fitzsimons. Outstanding Freshmen of the Year—Arlie Johnson (baseball), Joshua Wong (baseball), Kirsty Imai (basketball). Sophomores—Zachary Wilde (basketball), Amber Waracka (softball). Juniors—Justin Smith (basketball), Katie Swenson (volleyball). Seniors—Bryan Ngo (basketball), Ronel Trias (baseball), Josimara Pinheiro (volleyball).

TEAM AWARDS

Baseball: Academic/Athlete of the Year—Kurtis Sherer. Pure Vulcan—Shane Kessel. Most Valuable—Ronel Trias.

Basketball–Men: Academic/Athlete of the Year—Steve Schicker. Pure Vulcan—Vince Sanekane. Most Valuable—Andrew Gipson.

Women: Academic/Athlete of the Year—Mana Camara. Pure Vulcan— Leesa Deniz, Kayce Kirihara. Most Valuable—Hina Kimitete

Cross Country—Men: Academic/Athlete of the Year—Brian Yannutz. Pure Vulcan—Stefano Barbis. Most Valuable—Garrett McAllister. Women: Academic/Athlete of the Year—Kirsta Andrew. Pure Vulcan—Nina Hagemann. Most Valuable—Malia Williams.

Golf–Men: Academic/Athlete of the Year—Ryan Felix. Pure Vulcan—Ryan Felix. Most Valuable—Neil Cabico. Women: Academic/Athlete of the Year—Nicole Aoki. Pure Vulcan—Dayna Bersamin. Most Valuable—Randi Ono.

Soccer–Men: Academic/Athlete of the Year —Timothy Glick. Pure Vulcan—Gene Okamura. Most Valuable—Jaaziel Garcia. Women: Academic/Athlete of the Year—Shanna Brown. Pure Vulcan—Lynn DuPont. Most Valuable—Shanna Brown

Softball: Academic/Athlete of the Year—Sierra Green. Pure Vulcan—Sierra Green. Most Valuable—Sierra Green.

Tennis–Men: Academic/Athlete of the Year —Ross Sugiyama. Pure Vulcan—Aaron Tada. Most Valuable—Kevin Tamura. Women: Academic/Athlete of the Year—Christie Pagatpatan. Pure Vulcan—Justine Abella. Most Valuable—Christie Pagatpatan.

Volleyball: Academic/Athlete of the Year—Emily Tooker. Pure Vulcan—Morgan Bonney. Most Valuable—Fabiane Seben.

GOLF

Casey Nakama Jr. Tour

Sunday

At Mākaha Resort Golf Club

18-holes, Par: 71

A-Flight: 71—Blaine Fujimoto. 79—JT Trevathan, Tyler Ichiki. 81—Justin Kurihara, Kyle Kurihara. B-Flight: 78—Matthew Shen. 83—Zackary Kaneshiro. 85—Ty Cuban. 86—Devin Nakata, Ryan Kunihisa. Girls: 79—Margaret Min. 80—Kelli-Anne Katsuda. 84—Marissa Suehiro. 85—Iris Kawada. 87—Keilyn Ing.

9-holes, Par: 35

C-Flight: 39—Evan Kawai. 43—William Shu. 44—Ethan Finau. 47—Ren Roth. 48—Hideyuki Noda, Jonathan Morikawa, Acey Yanagishita. D-Flight: 39—Kolbe Irei. 40—Evan Sakamoto. 41—Melissa Yago. 42—Dane Trevathan. 43—Adam Chiya.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

Scoring Leaders

Through Yesterday

GP G A PTS

Sidney Crosby, Pit 6 5 9 14

Mikael Samuelsson, Van 6 7 4 11

Henrik Zetterberg, Det 7 6 5 11

Michael Cammalleri, Mon 7 5 5 10

Alex Ovechkin, Was 7 5 5 10

Daniel Sedin, Van 6 4 6 10

Nicklas Backstrom, Was 7 5 4 9

Joe Pavelski, SJ 6 5 3 8

Pavel Datsyuk, Det 7 5 3 8

Evgeni Malkin, Pit 6 4 4 8

Matt Cullen, Ott 6 3 5 8

Mike Richards, Phi 5 2 6 8

Daniel Alfredsson, Ott 6 2 6 8

Jonathan Toews, Chi 6 2 6 8

Ryane Clowe, SJ 6 1 7 8

SOCCER

CONCACAF Champions

2010—Pachuca, Mexico

2009—Atlante, Mexico

2008—Pachuca, Mexico

2007—Pachuca, Mexico

2006—America, Mexico

2005—Saprissa, Costa Rica

2004—Alajuelense, Costa Rica

2003—Toluca, Mexico

2002—Pachuca, Mexico

2000—Los Angeles Galaxy, United States

1999—Necaxa, Mexico

1998—D.C. United, United States

1997—Cruz Azul, Mexico

1996—Cruz Azul, Mexico

1995—Saprissa, Costa Rica

1994—CS Cartagines, Costa Rica

1993—Saprissa, Costa Rica

1992—America, Mexico

1991—Puebla, Mexico

1990—America, Mexico

U.S. OPEN CUP

Major League Soccer Qualifying

First Round

Tuesday

New York 2, Philadelphia 1

Semifinals

April 13

Kansas City 1, Colorado 2

April 14

San Jose 3, Real Salt Lake 3, OT, Real Salt Lake advanced 5-3 on penalty kicks

Yesterday

D.C. United 4, FC Dallas 2

Wednesday, May 12 (Time Hawai'i)

New England at New York, 2 p.m.

tennis

ATP World Tour Internazionali BNL d'Italia

Yesterday

At Foro Italico

ROME

Purse: $2.965 million (WT1000)

Surface: Clay-Outdoor

Singles

Second Round—Robin Soderling (5), Sweden, def. Paolo Lorenzi, Italy, 6-1, 7-5. Filippo Volandri, Italy, def. Julien Bennetau, France, 6-2, 6-0. Santiago Giraldo, Colombia, def. Michael Llodra, France, 6-3, 6-2. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, def. Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, 6-2, 6-3. Rafael Nadal (3), Spain, def. Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, 6-1, 6-3. Stanislas Wawrinka, Switzerland, def. Tomas Berdych (10), Czech Republic, 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6). Fernando Verdasco (6), Spain, def. Simone Bolelli, Italy, 7-6 (11), 6-3. Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, def. John Isner (14), United States, 7-6 (7), 7-5. Ivan Ljubicic (11), Croatia, def. Nicolas Almagro, Spain, 7-5, 7-6 (3). Jo-Wilfred Tsonga (7), France, def. Viktor Troicki, Serbia, 6-2, 6-3.

David Ferrer (13), Spain, def. Potito Starace, Italy, 7-5, 6-2. Feliciano Lopez, Spain, def. Martin Cilic (8), Croatia, 2-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4.

WTA TOUR PORSCHE GRAND PRIX

Yesterday

At Porsche-Arena

Stuttgart, Germany

Purse: $700,000 (Premier)

Surface: Clay-Indoor

Singles

First Round—Jelena Jankovic (4), Serbia, def. Gisela Dulko, Argentina, 6-2, 6-2. Samantha Stosur (7), Australia, def. Marion Bartoli, France, 6-2, 6-1. Yanina Wickmayer (8), Belgium, def. Francesca Schiavone, Italy, 6-3, 6-3. Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic, def. Selima Sfar, Tunisia, 2-6, 3-0, retired. Victoria Azarenka (6), Belarus, def. Flavia Pennetta, Italy, 6-1, 6-4. Justine Henin, Belgium, def. Julia Goerges, Germany, 7-6 (3), 6-1. Second Round—Shahar Peer, Israel, def. Agnieszka Radwanska (5), Poland, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-2. Li Na, China, def. Svetlana Kuznetsova (3), Russia, 6-3, 7-5.

WTA TOUR GRAND PRIX DE SAR LA PRINCESSE LALLA MERYEM

Yesterday

At Royal Tennis Club de Fes

Fez, Morocco

Purse: $220,000 (Intl.)

Surface: Clay-Outdoor

Singles

Second Round—Alize Cornet, France, def. Arantxa Parra Santonja, Spain, 6-2, 6-2. Laura Pous Tio, Spain, def. Anabel Medina Garrigues (3), Spain, 6-3, 6-2. Iveta Benesova (7), Czech Republic, def. Claire De Gubernatis, France, 6-2, 6-4. Angelique Kerber (5), Germany, def. Bojana Jovanovski, Serbia, 6-2, 6-2. Renata Voracova, Czech Republic, def. Katie O'Brien, Britain, 6-0, 7-5. Patty Schnyder (2), Switzerland, def. Ioana Raluca Olaru, Romania, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2. Simona Halep, Romania, def. Olga Savchuk, Ukraine, 6-3, 6-1. Anne Keothavong, Britain, def. Carla Suarez Navarro (1), Spain, 5-6, retired.

VOLLEYBALL

HIGH SCHOOL

Interscholastic League of Honolulu

Boys Varsity

Hawaiian Mission def. Christian Academy 25-9, 25-14, 25-8

Boys JV

Punahou Blue def. 'Iolani Black 25-20, 25-20

O'AHU INTERSCHOLASTIC ASSOCIATION

Boys Varsity

Red Tournament

Leilehua def. Farrington 25-16, 26-24, 25-15

Roosevelt def. Wai'anae 25-16, 25-13, 25-10

Kalani def. Castle 25-22, 25-19, 25-13

Pearl City def. McKinley 27-25, 25-235, 21-25, 25-19

White Tournament

Kapolei def. Kaiser 27-25, 25-22, 26-24

Kaimukī def. Waialua 19-25, 25-19, 25-23, 25-17

TRANSACTIONS

BASEBALL

American League

Boston Red Sox—Selected the contract of LHP Alan Embree from Pawtucket (IL). Designated INF Kevin Frandsen for assignment. Assigned RHP Santo Luis outright to Portland (EL).

Texas Rangers—Activated RHP Tommy Hunter from the 15-day DL and assigned him to Oklahoma City (PCL).

National League

Los Angeles Dodgers—Selected the contract of RHP John Ely from Albuquerque (PCL).

Washington Nationals—Recalled OF Roger Bernadina from Syracuse (IL).

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

NBA—Fined Orlando C Dwight Howard $35,000 for public criticism of the officiating that appeared on his personal blog.

Football

National Football League

Chicago Bears—Traded S Kevin Payne to St. Louis for an undisclosed 2011 draft pick.

Cleveland Browns—Claimed DB DeAngelo Smith off waivers from Detroit. Waived DB Matterral Richardson.

Dallas Cowboys—Signed DB Alan Ball.

Seattle Seahawks—Released CB DeAngelo Willingham and P Tom Malone. Agreed to terms with LS Matt Overton and S Quinton Teal.

Washington Redskins—Signed DE Trey Jacobs and S Anderson Russell.

College

UNLV—Announced junior F Matt Shaw has been throw off the men's basketball team after failing a post-game drug test in the team's NCAA tournament loss.