ISLE FILE
Tanuvasa, Schwitters reach Hall of Fame
Advertiser Staff
Football star Maa Tanuvasa and tennis figure Jim Schwitters have been named to the Hawai'i Sports Hall of Fame and Cybermuseum.
Their inclusion as the class of 2006 will bring the membership in the nine-year-old shrine to 100.
Tanuvasa and Schwitters will be formally inducted at a banquet Feb. 7 at Honolulu Country Club.
Tanuvasa, a Mililani High graduate, played three seasons for the University of Hawai'i (1990-92), helping the Rainbows to an 11-2 record, the Holiday Bowl title in 1992 and the school's only Top-20 finish.
He played nine seasons in professional football and was a member of the Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos in 1997 and 1998. He shared the Broncos' team lead in sacks in 1998 and 1999 with 8.5 each season.
Tanuvasa is an assistant football coach at Mililani High.
Schwitters began a 38-year coaching legacy at UH as an assistant in 1964 and the following year became head coach of the men's team. In 1965-66 he took over the women's as well. In his career, his teams won 1,326 matches.
Schwitters was inducted into the U.S. Professional Tennis Association Hall of Fame in 2004.
Exhibits from the Hall of Fame are on display at the Bishop Museum, state airports and Aloha Stadium. Nominations for 2007 may be made through the Hall of Fame Web site, www.aloha fame.org.
BASKETBALL
16 HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS IN MAUI TOURNAMENT
Ten California high schools are part of the 16-team field at the Maui Christmas Classic, which begins tomorrow at Lahaina Civic Center.Also in the tournament are Baldwin and Lahainaluna from the Maui Interscholastic League, Kea‘au from the Big Island Interscholastic Federation and teams from Alaska, Colorado and Nevada.
Games start at 9 a.m. daily with the championship on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
Admission is $5 each day. The tournament is hosted by Ka‘ahumanu Hou Christian School.
Tomorrow’s schedule:
Fountain Valley (Calif.). vs. Kea‘au, 9 a.m.; Foothill (Nev.) vs. Century (Calif.), 10:30 a.m.; Beverly Hills (Calif.) vs. Westmont (Calif.), noon; Montclair Prep (Calif.) vs. Half Moon Bay (Calif.), 1:30 p.m.; Edison (Calif.) vs. Colony (Alaska), 3 p.m.; Fairview (Colo.) vs. Brentwood (Calif.), 4:30 p.m.; Campbell
VULCANS WIN OPENER IN COCONUT COAST CLASSIC
Hawai'i-Hilo hit 11 of 13 free-throw attempts in the final four minutes last night to defeat UC San Diego, 75-69, on the first day of the AmeriSports Coconut Coast Classic at Kailua, Kona.
UH-Hilo (5-3) led 36-31 at halftime, but the Tritons (1-6) rallied to take a 53-52 lead on a Clint Allard jumper. The teams exchanged leads before the Vulcans went ahead for good, 69-67, on a jump shot by Darryl Harris with 1:48 to go.
Justin Griffin led UH-Hilo with 18 points. Travis Sobers added 14, and Alex Graham and Joe Travis each had three blocks.
Allard scored 16 points.
SOCCER
HONOLULU UNITED TAKES MASTERS' CUP TITLE
Honolulu United won its sixth consecutive Men's Island Soccer Organization Masters' Cup with a 3-0 victory over AP Kika yesterday at Waipi'o Peninsula Soccer Stadium.
Ben Bystrom (assist from Kenan Knieriem) and Malcom Yee scored goals for Honolulu United. The team also was given another goal because AP Kika used a "guest player."
Ohana Masters defeated Silver Strikers, 4-2, for third place.
MISO will hold two other division championships today at Waipi'o. Vaiete Premier will play Faded at 1 p.m. for the Division II title. HPU Green meets HPU White for the Division I championship at 3 p.m.
VOLLEYBALL
HAWAI'I-HILO SIGNS TWO MIDDLE HITTERS
Wila Lavea, a 6-foot middle hitter from Honoka'a High, and Morgan Bonney, a 6-2 middle hitter from La Grande High School in Oregon, have signed to play at Hawai'i-Hilo next season.
Lavea was the Big Island Interscholastic Federation Division II Player of the year. Bonney was a first-team all-state selection for the La Grande Tigers.
