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Dream come true

Beth Arnoult, ranked in the top 20 internationally in singles wheelchair tennis, begins competition Monday in the Paralympic Games. Photo courtesy of BETH ARNOULT
September 6, 2008

When Mauian Beth Arnoult missed making the U.S. Paralympic tennis team in 2004 by one spot, she thought her chance to represent her country on the largest international stage had passed. Today, in Beijing, China, she will enter the Bird’s Nest stadium in USA gear. On Monday, she will begin competition in wheelchair tennis as one of the top-ranked players in the world. Arnoult is ranked in the top 20 internationally in singles and she and U.S. partner Kaitlyn Verfuerth drew the No. 4 seed for doubles in these games. ‘‘You know, I am going to be one of 220 American athletes and to be one of those, it is a dream I never fathomed as a child,’’ Arnoult said before departing for the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., where the Americans gathered before departing for Beijing earlier this week. ‘‘Now, to know that I am in that position, it is just incredible. I watched several medal ceremonies in the (recent) Olympics and I was in tears just like any other American.

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Dragons sweep Na Alii

September 6, 2008

PUKALANI — The Hana High School girls volleyball team worked through any nerves or anxiousness it may have had, opening its season away from home with a 25-8, 25-19, 25-21 victory over King Kekaulike in a Maui Interscholastic League match Friday nigh

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Warriors open with victory over Trojans

September 6, 2008

PUKALANI — For the two-time defending Maui Interscholastic League Division I champions from Kamehameha Schools Maui, it was a solid beginning.

For St. Anthony, there were some good signs as well.

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MIL VOLLEYBALL ROUNDUP: Farmers roll past Tiger Sharks

September 6, 2008

Danna-Lynn Hooper recorded 10 aces as the Molokai High School girls volleyball team started its Maui Interscholastic League season with a three-set victory over Kihei on Friday night at the Farmers’ gym.

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Bears boys and girls sweep past Lunas, remain atop standings

September 6, 2008

WAILUKU — Mika Uyeno recorded a game of 221 to lead the Baldwin High School girls bowling team to a 3-0 victory over Lahainaluna on Wednesday at Maui Bowling Center.

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FROM MAUI TO THE MAJORS

September 6, 2008

Statistics for 1999 St. Anthony High School graduate Shane Victorino of the Philadelphia Phillies and 2001 Baldwin graduate Kurt Suzuki of the Oakland Athletics:

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