The "Starcomm Prep Beat," a one-hour weekly radio show dedicated completely to high school sports, makes its debut today at 9 a.m. on KUMU AM 1500.

Co-hosted by David Kawada and Lad Panis, the show will feature previews for the weekend's high school football games, interviews with coaches and administrators, prep news updates and contests with prize giveaways.

Today's guests will include Kamehameha football coach David Stant, Punahou coach and associate athletic director Kale Ane, Farrington athletic director and O'ahu Interscholastic Association football coordinator Harold Tanaka, and Interscholastic League of Honolulu spokesman Georges Gilbert.

"The focus will be on football, but we plan to also touch on the other sports and news issues that come up," Kawada said.

HBA'S PALMER HELPS SERVE UP A VICTORY

Hawai'i Baptist sophomore Sarah Palmer went to the serving line last Thursday with her team trailing Maryknoll 11-10 in the third game of an extremely tight match.

The Eagles had just sided out for the rally point, and then the 5-foot-9 Palmer — a left-side hitter — ran off 15 straight service points to give HBA a shocking 25-11 victory to close the match.

The scores were 23-25, 27-25, 25-11.

"It was crazy," Eagles athletic director Deren Oshiro said. "Maryknoll had served for the match, and then we scored three straight to force the third game."

Palmer, considered to be one of HBA's top hitters, notched six aces during her run, which Maryknoll tried to break by calling two timeouts.

"She was really serving tough," Oshiro said. "She was sending it left, right, deep middle, just ripping it. Even after the timeouts."

The Eagles are 4-2 in the ILH; Maryknoll is 5-2.

STATE TOURNAMENT SCHEDULES RELEASED

The Hawai'i High School Association has released its state tournament schedule for 2007-08, with the dates set for 30 tournaments but some sites still to be determined.

The first tournament will be Air Riflery Oct. 23 at Blaisdell Exhibition Hall. The Division I girls volleyball tournament has secured Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium in Hilo as its site for all matches Oct. 31 through Nov. 3.

Also, the cheerleading state tournament will be held in December for the first time. It was held in March for its first five years of existence and then moved to January last season after originally being scheduled for December. Cheerleading was classified as a fall sport in 2006 by the HHSAA executive board.

Here is the complete state tournament schedule:

Air Riflery: Oct. 23 at Blaisdell Exhibition Hall; Girls Volleyball: Oct. 31 to Nov. 3 at Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium, Hilo (Division I) and O'ahu sites TBA (Division II); Bowling: Nov. 1 and 2 at Hilo Lanes; Cross Country: Nov. 2 at Kapalua Village Golf Course; Football: Nov. 16, Nov. 24, Nov. 30 at sites TBA and Aloha Stadium; Cheerleading: Dec. 2 at Stan Sheriff Center

Girls soccer: Jan. 30 to Feb. 2 at Waipi'o Peninsula Soccer Park; Boys soccer: Feb. 6 to Feb. 9 at Waipi'o Peninsula Soccer Park; Girls basketball: Feb. 12 to Feb. 15 at O'ahu sites TBA; Boys basketball: Feb. 20 to Feb. 23 at O'ahu sites TBA; Swimming and diving: Feb. 22 and Feb. 23 at Maui (site TBA); Canoe paddling: Feb. 29 at Ke'ehi Lagoon; Wrestling: Feb. 29 and March 1 at Blaisdell Arena

Softball: April 30, May 1 to May 3 at Patsy Mink Central O'ahu Regional Park (Division II) and Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium; Girls golf: May 6 and May 7 at Wailua Golf Course; Tennis: May 7 to May 10 at Big Island (site TBA); Girls water polo: May 7 to May 10 at Patsy Mink Central O'ahu Regional Park; Baseball: May 7 to May 10 at Patsy Mink Central O'ahu Regional Park (Division II) and Les Murakami Stadium; Judo: May 10 at Stan Sheriff Center; Boys golf: May 13 and May 14 at Wailua Golf Course; Boys volleyball: May 14 to May 17 at Maui site TBA (Division I) and O'ahu sites TBA (Division II); Track and field: May 16 and May 17 at Mililani High School

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