Villaflor named to boxing commission
Former world junior lightweight champion Ben Villaflor has been appointed to the Hawaii State Boxing Commission, it was announced.
Villaflor, 59, is among four new appointees confirmed by the Senate.
Villaflor, who serves as Senate Sergeant-at-Arms, was 53-7-6 (31 knockouts) between 1966 and 1976. He won the World Boxing Association title in 1972, lost it and reclaimed it in 1973, and retained it until 1976.
"Ben does a wonderful job here at the State Capitol and I’m confident that he will serve the boxing commission well with his expertise and love for the sport," Senate President Shan Tsutsui said.
Terms for Villaflor, Myoung Oh and Snooky Fujikawa will expire June 30, 2016. Commission chairman Abe Pacheco, who was reappointed, will serve until June 30, 2015. Villaflor earlier served on the commission from 1988 to 1996.
BYUH, HPU to play for PacWest tennis title
Top-seeded Brigham Young-Hawaii rolled over Academy of Art 5-0, and Hawaii Pacific University did the same against Grand Canyon on Friday and will play for the Pacific West Conference title in women’s tennis today at San Rafael, Calif.
The winner will get a bye to the NCAA National Championships. The loser of the match will likely host the NCAA West Regional.
Marietta Tuionetoa and Marika Kobayashi had 6-0, 6-0 wins in singles, and Tuionetoa teamed with Yuan Jia for a doubles win. Kobayashi partnered with Tanja Rebholz for another doubles win. I-Hsuan Hwang and Shoazhuo Lui also won in doubles.
The Sea Warriors’ doubles teams of Celina Goetti and Ielyzaveta Rybakova, Vivian Hansen and Magdalena Smejova and Zora Vlckova and Lea Kruse-Utermann all won for a 3-0 lead.
Hansen won 6-0, 6-0, and Carrie Shuler avenged an earlier loss to Grand Canyon’s Cecilia Vergnet by beating her 6-0, 6-2 to clinch the victory.
Also at the championships Friday, Chaminade defeated Dominican 5-2 and University of Hawaii-Hilo beat Dixie State 5-0 and will play for fifth place today.
9 Hawaii surfers in contention in Panama
Hawaii has nine surfers remaining as it positions itself for the gold after Day 6 of the DAKINE ISA World Junior Surfing Championship in Panama.
The six remaining boys are Kain Daly, Kaoli Kahokuloa and Koa Smith in the Under 18 division and Kalani David, Josh Moniz and Ian Gentil in the Under 16.
The three remaining girls, all in the Under 18, are Mahina Maeda, Tatiana Weston-Webb and Dax McGill.
Waipahu’s Williams wins for L.A.
ANAHEIM, Calif. >> Howie Kendrick had three hits and three RBIs, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-3 on Friday to end a three-game losing streak and hand Brian Matusz his 12th straight loss.
Former Waipahu High star Jerome Williams (1-1) allowed three runs and seven hits in 62/3 innings, striking out six and walking one.
Matusz (0-3) was charged with six runs — four earned — and eight hits in five-plus innings with three walks and six strikeouts. His streak is the longest by any active major leaguer, and one shy of the Orioles record set by Mike Boddicker between August 1987 and May 1988.
