Isle File
Punahou grad Dwyer advances in U.S. Amateur golf
Advertiser Staff and News Services
Bridget Dwyer of Kailua, a 1999 Punahou School graduate, qualified for today's match play round at the 101st U.S. Women's Amateur Golf Championship in Andover, Kan.
Dwyer, who will be a junior at UCLA, shot a 1-over-par 73 yesterday and her 152 total made the qualifying cut by four strokes.
Two other golfers from Hawai'i failed to qualify. Joan Shimozaki, a 2001 Seabury Hall graduate, shot 80—165 and Merynn Ito, a 2001 'Aiea High graduate, shot 84—167.
Two Southeastern Conference golfers shared medalist honors at Flint Hills National Golf Club. Celeste Troche, a junior at Auburn, shot a 74 to go with her 69 Monday. Her 143 total was tied by Meredith Duncan, a senior at Louisiana State, who shot a 73 yesterday after Monday's 70.
Troche, 20, of Paraguay, said she kept her game simple under the windy, humid conditions.
Duncan, 20, had three birdies in her round. She battled a stiff south wind, which made the par-4 7th and 12th holes "ridiculously long," she said.
"I have been working on my knockdown shot all week and before I left," Duncan said. "I executed really well today."
Mallory Code, 16, of Tampa, Fla., started the day even, but bogeyed two of her last four holes to finish with a 2-over 73, one shot back.
The low round for the day belonged to Emily Bastel of Upper Sandusky, Ohio, who shot a 1-under 70. She was two shots back of Troche at 145.
Also advancing was 1973 winner Carol Semple Thompson. She shot a 74 after a 75 Monday to qualify for match play — the 36th time since 1965. Thompson, 52, said she has missed only the 1977 championship.
Thompson said the younger and international flavor of the game hasn't discouraged her from returning. As a former champion, she is exempt from qualifying.
"It used to be that there were 20 good players, now there are 75 good players," she said.
The 144-player field was cut to 64 for match play.
MORE GOLF
• Eighth in Flagstaff: Hawai'i is tied for eighth after the first round of the 2001 Pacific Coast Amateur Championship at Forest Highlands in Flagstaff, Ariz.
The team tournament uses the best two scores of the three-man team. Tony Okano led Hawai'i yesterday with an even-par 72, followed by Jim Seki Jr. (73) and Parker McLachlin (78). McLachlin, coming off two victories in Hawai'i, played with borrowed clubs after his were lost by the airlines.
Hawai'i's 145 total is four shots off the lead of the Southern California Gold team. Three players are tied for the individual lead at 69.
HIGH SCHOOLS
• Kahuku A.D: Linda Semones takes over today as interim athletic director at Kahuku High, leaving Hartwell Lee Loy, the Red Raiders' A.D. for the past 10 years, at least temporarily without an assignment.
Lee Loy's appointment as athletic director at Waipahu High has been pending for more than two months. Superintendent of Schools Paul G. LeMahieu has not acted on principal Patricia Pedersen's recommendation that Lee Loy replace Keith Morioka, who moved to Hana High on Maui.
Semones has been an assistant athletic director and a math teacher at Kahuku and has also coached softball and track. Her husband, Doug Semones, was formerly head football coach at Kahuku and an assistant at the University of Hawai'i. Last season he helped coach the Kahuku junior varsity football team.
If LeMahieu does not approve Lee Loy's move to Waipahu, "I guess I come back here," Lee Loy said yesterday. In the meantime, he's out of a job, but still on the payroll.
BASEBALL
• 'Aiea triumphs: 'Aiea defeated Washington, 11-3, yesterday in a Little League Junior (ages 13-14) Divisional Tournament game at Salem, Ore.
'Aiea improved to 2-1.
Elsewhere, Maui beat Montana, 7-1, on Monday in a Little League Senior (ages 14-16) Divisional Tournament game at Vancouver, Wash.
