Penn, MacDonald to fight Dec. 8 on FOX

Penn, MacDonald to fight Dec. 8 on FOX

Tribune-Herald

Hilo’s BJ Penn will fight Rory MacDonald on the UFC on FOX 5 event scheduled for Dec. 8 at a location still to be announced.

Penn, who will turn 34 on Dec. 13, came out of retirement to face the 23-year-old Canadian phenom.

Penn (16-8-2), the former UFC lightweight and welterweight champion, was to have fought MacDonald (13-1) in UFC 152 on Sept. 22 in Toronto, but the bout was postponed after MacDonald suffered a cut in training.

The free-TV card will be headlined by a lightweight title bout between reigning champion Benson Henderson against top contender Nate Diaz. The co-main event will feature rising Swedish light heavyweight star Alexander Gustafsson against former UFC champ Mauricio “Shogun” Rua.

UHH basketball,
baseball tryouts

University of Hawaii at Hilo students interested in participating in baseball or men’s basketball are required to attend the following meetings:

l Basketball: 1 p.m. Aug. 22 in the UH-Hilo Athletic Department Complex Building 320C, Room 119.

For more information, contact coach Jeff Law at 974-7701.

l Baseball: 3:30 p.m. Aug. 22 in UCB 100. For more information, contact Joey Estrella at 974-7700.

HI-PAL basketball tourneys upcoming

The Hawaii Police Department’s traffic services section and the Hawaii Island Police Activities League will conduct Click It or Ticket 3-on-3 Basketball Tournaments on the following dates:

l Aug. 24-26: Honokaa Parks and Recreation sports complex

l Sept. 8: Naalehu gymnasium

The tournaments offer five boys age divisions (5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14), a high school boys division, three girls age divisions (10-and-under, 12-and-under, 14-and-under) and a high school girls division.

For more information, call Joseph Botelho at the East Hawaii HI-PAL office (961-2220) or Randy Morris at the West Hawaii HI-PAL office (326-4646, ext. 258).

Youth coaching workshop Aug. 28

The Positive Coaching Alliance Big Island and the Hawaii County Department of Parks and Recreation will host a free “coaching for winning and life lessons” workshop at 6 p.m. Aug. 28 at the Waimea Community Center. Registration and check-in are at 5:30 p.m., and the workshop will go until 8 p.m. The workshop is mandatory for all youth coaches who will use county facilities for practices and games.

The workshop is free, but there is a fee of $6 to cover the cost of a PCA workbook. Each participant will receive a two-year certification for all parks and recreation leagues and youth leagues.

The registration form is available at the recreation division office at 799 Piilani St. in Hilo and online at hawaiicounty.gov/pr-recreation/ and can be dropped off or faxed over to the office. Attendees can pay for the book at the workshops. Walk-in registrations will also be accepted on the date of the workshop.

For more information, call Darrell Yamamoto at 961-8735, ext. 25 or email dyamakoa@gmail.com.