The Hilo Yacht Club team landed a 357-pound marlin -- almost the same size and in the same area as its previous catch on Monday -- to retake the lead into today's final round of the 40th Hawaiian Billfish Tournament at Kailua-Kona. Patterson's catch gives
Hilo team billfish leadJim Patterson boated the day's top prize after a two-hour battle off Milolii, giving the Hilo team 576 points and a four-day total of 1,1155. The PORF Save Our Billfish '97/Port Moresby team slipped from first place to second with 975 points.
Tetsuyo Toda caught his second and third tag-and-release marlin of the tourney, carrying his Indiana Jones Tokyo Fishing Club into third place with 900 points.
No ahi were taken yesterday and the Bay of Island's Sportfishing Club of New Zealand remained first in that division.
KANESHIRO WOMEN'S GOLF CHAMP: Dawn Kaneshiro fired a 2-under-par 70 in yesterday's final round to edge Christel Tomori by one stroke in the Hawaii State Women's Golf Association Stroke Play Championship at Mid-Pacific Country Club.
Kaneshiro rallied from five strokes off the pace to finish with a 223 total in the 54-hole event. Tomori, the second-round leader, skied to a 76 yesterday.
KENWOOD CUP LEAD IN QUESTION: Australia's narrow team lead over New Zealand after the fifth heat of the Kenwood Hawaii International Offshore Series for racing yachts -- the 148-mile Molokai Race -- appeared even more precarious due to a protest by the Kiwis that was to be heard today by the International Jury.
Starlight Express of New Zealand, Class A winner in the Molokai race, filed the protest against Australia's Ragamuffin, claiming a foul at the start.
There was a skin-tight finish in Class B, with Japan's G-Shock Nippon Challenge edging Germany's illbruck-PINTA.
CSORDAS-LEONG TEAM IN FINAL: The fourth-seeded team of Andrew Csordas and Chris Leong upended top-seeded Daniel and Mark Willman last night for a spot in tomorrow's 6 p.m. final of the Kailua Night Doubles tennis tournament at Kailua Racquet Club.
Csordas and Leong, who outlasted the Willman brothers, 7-6 (7-4), 3-6, 7-5, will meet the winners of the other semifinal, which was postponed because of rain last night and will be played this evening. It pits second seeded Ryan Ideta and Alex Sugai against No. 3 Russel Santos and John Van Helmond.
LONGBOARDERS AT THE BOWLS: "Blue Hawaii Toes at the Bowls," the Hawaiian Longboard Federation's fifth surfing event of the season, will be held tomorrow at the Ala Moana Bowls, starting at 8:30 a.m.
Waves in the 4-foot range are expected for the event, final ASP qualifying meet this season for Pro Division surfers.
KOLEKOLE PASS RUNS: More than 4,000 runners and walkers are expected in tomorrow's 16th Kolekole Pass Half-Marathon and 6-mile runs.
The 13.2-mile race begins at 6 a.m. at Schofield Barracks and progresses through Kolekole Pass to the finish line at the Lualualei Naval Magazine.
The 6-mile downhill walk/run starts at 7:30 a.m.
The race is open to the public. Late entries will be accepted tomorrow morning at the half-marathon starting line on Watts Field, Schofield Barracks.
GOLFERS NEEDED: The Kaneohe Community Family Center is looking for 40 golfers to play 100 or more holes in its Aug. 14 Golf Marathon at Bay View Golf Park.
The dawn-to-dusk event will raise funds for the family center through per-hole pledges by the participants. For more information, call 235-7747.
SURF TRIPLE CROWN GOING LONG: The Triple Crown of Surfing will add a longboard division for the first time this year when the G-Shock Hawaiian Pro event is held at Haleiwa.
Also, for the first time, a women's event will be held on a neighbor island, the Kauai Classic on the west side of the Garden Isle.
Contest owner Vans, a maker of athletic footwear, and umbrella sponsor G-Shock, a manufacturer of sports watches, have increased the prize money as well. Total purse in the men's division will be $280,600. The women's purse will be $58,000.
The G-Shock Hawaiian Pro has the men competing at Haleiwa.
The Rip Curl World Cup puts them at Sunset Beach, which is where the wahine compete in the G-Shock Hawaiian Pro and the Quiksilver Roxy Pro.
The last men's contest ends the world tour at the Banzai Pipeline with the Mountain Dew Pipe Masters.