Isle File
Area players tapped for elite camp
Advertiser Staff
Ashley Dutro of Punahou and Mounia Nihipali of Kamehameha were selected to join 32 other teen-agers at the USA High Performance Under-15 Volleyball Camp.
Both girls were invited to tryouts in Reno, Nev., and were selected from a group of about 1,200 nationwide.
The weeklong camp, which is being held at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., starts tomorrow, and the participants will follow a format similar to that of the U.S. national team.
SURFING
• Patacchia Jr. wins contest: Fred Patacchia Jr. of Waialua won the Red Pro Junior surf contest in 2- to 4-foot waves at Durban, South Africa, on Sunday.
Patacchia Jr., 19, was the only Hawai'i surfer competing on the last day of the three-day contest. In the four-man final, he defeated South Africans Peter Nicholson and Shaun Grossman, and England's Simon Fish.
Patacchia Jr. earned $2,500 for the victory. The contest was restricted to surfers ages 20 and younger.
GRAND OPENING
• Central O'ahu Regional Park: The grand opening of the highly anticipated Central O'ahu Regional Park in Waipahu will be Saturday.
The opening, which runs from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is open to the public, will feature youth baseball and soccer competitions, a semi-pro football game, and lacrosse, rugby and archery competitions. University of Hawai'i baseball coach Mike Trapasso will be among the guests.
GOLF
• Waialae Women's Invitational: Blustery conditions challenged the field in the first round of the Waialae Women's Golf Invitational yesterday.
In the championship flight, Bev Kim and Sanae Vierra remained tied for the low gross lead after shooting 76 on the par-72 Waialae Country Club course. Vierra leads the low net division at 66.
The A Flight gross and net leader is Incha Baughman, who shot an 80 overall, for a 66 net score. Nancy Hong leads the B Flight with an 86 gross score and 69 net. An 87 gave Kyoko Tachibara the lead in the C Flight, and a 67 net score. In the D Flight, Helen Higa and Diane Holzman are tied for the lead at 94. Higa is the net leader at 70.
CORRECTION
• Metzger-Wong fourth: Former Punahou athletes Stein Metzger and Kevin Wong finished fourth in a $180,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball Tour event in Lignano, Italy, on Sunday.
Metzger and Wong shared $11,000. Mariano Baracetti and Martin Conde of Argentina won the tournament.
An article in yesterday's Advertiser printed results from a previous beach volleyball tournament.
