Hawaii surfer Carissa Moore advances with near-perfect wave

Hawaii’s Carissa Moore notched a near-perfect 9.50 ride and added an 8.17 to post the highest score of the quarterfinal round of the Corona Open J-Bay in Jeffreys Bay, South Africa, on Wednesday.

Moore eliminated France’s Johanne Defay by a score of 17.67 to 12.50, advancing to the semifinals against American Caroline Marks. Should Moore, the No. 2 surfer in the world, win this event, she would move into the top spot in the standings, overtaking Australia’s Sally Fitzgibbons.

Also advancing were Hawaii’s Sebastian Zietz and Malia Manuel. Manuel advanced to take on American Lakey Peterson in the semifinals, while Zietz will take on Brazil’s Felipe Toledo in the men’s quarterfinals.

Chaminade hoops earns NABC award

For the fourth year in a row, the Chaminade men’s basketball team was honored by National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) for academic excellence.

The Silverswords won the 2018-19 NABC Team Academic Excellence Award after getting team grade-point average of 3.418.

Also, Nicholas Anderson, Andre Arissol, Tyler Cartaino, Telly Davenport, Erik Scheive and Masa Swain earned individual honors for maintaining a cumulative GPA of 3.2 at the end of the academic year.