Corpuz ties for fifth at Junior PGA Championship

Honolulu’s Allisen Corpuz matched the day’s best round, but it wasn’t enough to win the 38th Junior PGA Championship, which ended Friday at Potomac Falls, Va.

Corpuz, a Punahou sophomore, fired a 4-under-par 68 to finish tied for fifth at Trump National with a 72-hole score of 282. California’s Amy Lee rallied from three shots back in the final three holes, sinking a 15-foot par putt on the 18th to shoot 69 and win by one, at 280.

Mariel Galdiano, Corpuz’s classmate at Punahou and this year’s state high school champion, tied for 10th at 72—287. Pearl City’s Brittany Fan was another shot back after a final-round 76. Moanalua senior John Oda also snagged a top-10 finish. The 2012 state high school champion closed with a 71 to tie for eighth, at 279. Winner Tyler McDaniel, from Kentucky, shot 69—274.

Miyahshiro’s 14 digs help U.S. team beat Russia

Kaneohe’s Tama Miyashiro collected 14 digs to help Team USA defeat Russia 25-20, 17-25, 25-21, 25-12 in the FIVB World Grand Prix opener on Friday in Campinas, Brazil.

The top-ranked U.S. is trying to become the first team to win four consecutive Grand Prix events. It set a record against Russia with its 17th straight win. Team USA plays Poland today and Brazil on Sunday to complete Pool A. Offensively, the U.S. was led by first-year players Kelly Murphy and Kim Hill, who combined for 31 points.

First-year coach Karch Kiraly is now 9-0. One of his assistants is Hilo’s Reed Sunahara.

UH men’s hoops adds swingman from Oregon

Freshman swingman Jack Hackman is confirmed as the latest addition to the Hawaii men’s basketball team. The 6-foot-5, 185-pound shooting guard/small forward, a 2012 graduate of perennial Oregon Class 6A state champ Jesuit High in Portland, will be a preferred walk-on with the Rainbow Warriors for the 2013-14 season and expects to arrive later this month.

"I’m really excited about the opportunity. I think it’s a great situation there," Hackman said in a phone interview. "I really like the coaching staff, they all seem like really good guys and also know what they’re doing on the basketball court. I think the team’s going to be really good this year. We’ll have a chance to potentially win the league, and who knows from there. I think it’ll be a good year and I’m really looking forward to it."

He is the seventh newcomer for the upcoming year and the 17th player total on what’s become a massive roster. Hackman’s biggest asset is his 3-point shooting. Hackman averaged about 23 points, eight rebounds and four assists this summer for the Elite 24 AAU team, and about 10 points for a stacked Jesuit team his senior year, Elite coach Greg Dundon said. He shot at or close to 40 percent from 3-point range in AAU ball.