Hawaii Beat

By Star-Bulletin Staff

Wednesday, July 10, 1996


Pavao opens defense of Manoa Cup

Defending champion Mike Pavao scored a pair of 5-and-4 victories to advance into today's third round of the Manoa Cup at the Oahu Country Club yesterday.

Pavao, the reigning Western Athletic Conference individual golf champion from the University of Hawaii, beat Francis Olina in the first round and then eliminated John Nakano by the same score in the afternoon's second round.

Reynold Lee, the 1994 Manoa Cup champion, ousted medalist David Ishikawa, 5 and 4, in the afternoon after beating Tony Okano, 2 and 1, in his first match.

"I played steady with a lot of pars in the first match," Pavao said. "I hit it funky but putted well in the afternoon." He sank a 30-foot eagle putt on the par-5 second hole in the victory over Nakano.

"I'm ready to play two weeks straight," added Pavao, who qualified for next week's U.S. Amateur Men's Public Links Championship at Wailua, Kauai.

The Manoa Cup, emblematic of the State Amateur Match Play Championship, continues tomorrow with the 36-hole semifinal round scheduled for Friday and the 36-hole final for Sunday at the par-71 OCC course.



PYEWACKET SETS RECORD

Pyewacket, skippered by Roy Disney of Los Angeles, was the first boat to cross the Maui finish line yesterday in the Victoria to Maui Yacht Race, completing the 2,308-nautical-mile trip in nine days 19 hours, 36 minutes and 30 seconds.

Luna Barbara, sailed by Tony Sessions of Vancouver, British Columbia, arrived two hours 46 minutes 31 seconds later, also bettering the crossing record set in 1992.

The old record was nine days 23 hours 15 minutes and 59 seconds.

Farr-Ari, skippered by Bill Walton of Des Moines, Wash., leads Division 2. Kismet, sailed by Charlie Guildner, led Division 3.



ILLUSION IN THE LEAD

Illusion, a Cal 40, is the unofficial leader of the West Marine Pacific Cup yacht race after two days of sailing.

Illusion is being sailed double handed, captained by Sally Lindsay and navigated by Stan Honcy.

Yesterday was the second day the four-day starting procedure with 11 boats crossing the starting line at the Golden gate Bridge.

The race is 2,070 miles from San Francisco to Kaneohe Bay.



SURFING POSTPONED

At Jeffreys Bay, South Africa, competition in the CSI Billabong Pro surfing meet was postponed yesterday due to small, onshore conditions.

The men's division is down to the quarterfinal round. The women's semifinal round remains. Rochelle Ballard is Hawaii's only surfer left in the competition.



HAWAII GOLFERS STRUGGLE

At Scottsdale, Ariz., Elisha Au of Waikoloa and Honolulu's Anna Umemura were well off the pace after the first round in the American Junior Golf Association's Tournament of Champions.

Amie Lehman, from Pittsford, N.Y., and former Hawaii resident Grace Park, from Phoenix, were tied for the lead at 69.

Au shot 38-46-84 while Umemura had 42-45-87.



KEAUHOU VOLLEYBALL WINNERS

At Keauhou Bay, Hawaii, Lisa Bragado and Laurie Kemp won their third consecutive women's open title at the ninth Bud Light Keauhou Open beach volleyball tournament that concluded Sunday.

The second-seeded duo of Stevie Li and Alika Williams upset top seeds Adam Lockwood and Jon Andersen in the men's open championship match. The coed title went to Keoki Shupe and Peka Malae, who came out of the losers' bracket to twice defeat Troy Hotz and Jaci Marks.



OUTRIGGER FINISHES SECOND

At San Jose, Calif., the Outrigger Canoe Club junior boys' volleyball team placed second at the Junior Olympics held last weekend.

Coached by Scott Rigg and Ralph Smith, Outrigger was runner-up to the Los Angeles Athletic Club. Balboa Bay (Calif.) was third and Santa Monica (Calif.) placed fourth.

Outrigger's Scott Wong was named a first-team All-American and second-team honors went to Dillon Fern. Rounding out the roster were Craig Gamble, Koa Ostrem, Clay Stanley, Milo Haneburg, Dominic Griffin, Nate Jim and Linsey Breeden.



HORIUCHI COMPETING

Chad Horiuchi of Waipahu is representing Hawaii in the international Coca-Cola Youth Bowling Championships that began today and end Saturday in Columbus, Ohio.



JARDIN IN FIRST

John Jardin of Kalaheo, Kauai, is the current Hawaii lead in the 1996 Exide Nautilus Batteries Big Bass World Championship.

Jardin caught a 5.3 pound large-mouth bass caught in McBryde Reservoir. If he continues to hold the top spot through Aug. 15, he will qualify for the BBWC finals, Oct. 18-19, in Oklahoma.



VULCANS SIGN TWO

Kristi Jenkins, from El Capitan High School in Lakeside, Calif., and Danielle Struble, from Butler High School in Butler, N.J., have signed letters of intent to run cross country for the University of Hawaii at Hilo.



INLINE REGIONAL TOURNAMENT

The first USA Hockey Inline Pacific Regional Championships will be held in Hilo, Thursday through Sunday. The Pacific Region includes Hawaii and Alaska.

The winning team in each bracket (12, 14 and 17 and under) will receive an invitation to the National Championships in Minnesota next month.



RAINBOW VOLLEYBALL CAMPS

Spaces are still available in all five University of Hawaii Rainbow men's volleyball camps scheduled for the next four weeks.

Session I of the youth camp runs 1-5 p.m. July 17-19 and 8 a.m.-4 p.m. July 20. Session II is scheduled for 1-5 p.m. July 24-26 and 8 a.m.-4 p.m. on July 27.

The adult "fantasy" camps are held from 6-10 p.m. July 15-19, July 22-29 and July 29-Aug. 2. All camps are at the University of Hawaii athletic complex.

The camps feature UH coaches Mike Wilton and Tino Reyes, and current and former Rainbow players. The cost is $120.

For information, call 956-4505.



WAIPAHU HOSTS SLAM-O-RAMA

World League Wrestling and the Waipahu Parents Boosters will present Super Sunday Slam-O-Rama July 21 at the Waipahu High School gym.

The event, which starts at 7 p.m., is a benefit for the Waipahu Parents Boosters.

Tickets cost $15 (ringside), $10 (general admission) and $5 for students under 18 and senior citizens. Tickets are available at all Sears Ticket Outlets and Our Summer Sales Representatives.

For additional information, telephone 571-1694 (pager).



UTAH JAZZ CAMP

The Utah Jazz will be conducting their seventh annual Camp and Clinic, Aug. 8-10, at Pearl Harbor's Bloch Arena.

Boys and girls, age 8-12, will meet from 8 a.m. to noon with boys and girls, age 13-18, meeting from 1 to 5 p.m. The cost is $115.

The featured player is Jeff Hornacek. For further information, call Warren Lim at 988-8036.




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