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Robb, Bacalso wins titles at U.S. Open of Surfing

Advertiser Staff

Hawai'i surfers won two of the four championships in the prestigious Philips U.S. Open of Surfing yesterday at Huntington Beach, Calif.

Kalani Robb of O'ahu's North Shore won the pro men's division of Philips U.S. Open of Surfing yesterday at Huntington Beach, Calif. Hawai'i's Kekoa Bacalso won the junior division of the event.

Hawai'i's Kalani Robb high-fives a young surf fan after winning the men's final of the U.S. Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach, Calif. Associated Press

Robb, 25, won three heats yesterday, including the four-man final, in 1- to 3-foot waves.

He received a total score of 18.43 for his top three rides to edge Australian Trent Munro (17.27). Robb opened the final with rides of 7.0 and 6.0 to give him a lead he would not relinquish.

Robb earned $10,000 for the victory, which was his first professional win in two years.

The contest did not count toward surfing's World Championship Tour ratings. However, the U.S. Open is considered the largest pro surfing event in the United States, drawing more than 600 entries and thousands of spectators.

Bacalso dominated the junior final, posting a three-wave total of 20.77. Tim Reyes of California was second with 17.64.

Bacalso earned $2,500 for the victory. Two other Hawai'i surfers made the final: Joel Centeio of Kapolei placed third, and Jordy Brough from the Big Island was fourth.

Joel Tudor of California won the longboard surfing division. Hawai'i's Kapono Nahina was eliminated in the semifinals.

Pauline Menczer of Australia won the women's longboard surfing division.

GOLF

• HSWGA Stroke Play Championship: Michelle Wie will not defend her title at this week's Hawai'i State Women's Golf Association Stroke Play Championship, but 2000 winner Rachel Kyono and reigning Match Play champion Bobbi Kokx will be at Mid-Pacific Country Club.

The 54-hole tournament, the last of the three Hawai'i women's majors, tees off at approximately 8:45 a.m. tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday.

Wie, the 12-year-old who qualified for her third LPGA event last week, won the Jennie K. in May.

Kokx captured the match play title in June.

• Girls Junior Americas Cup: Lindsay Hong, Kira-Ann Murashige, Stephanie Kono and Lehua Wise represented Hawai'i in the 25th Girls Junior Americas Cup Team Matches, placing third out of 18 teams at the Crane Creek Country Club in Boise, Idaho, July 30-Aug. 1.

The foursome shot a three-day total of 715 (240-245-230). Southern California shot a 687 to win and Northern California shot a 692 to finish second.

BASEBALL

• PONY Mustang (9-10): Mililani won two games, both featuring 11-run innings, on Saturday at the West Zone Mustang Regional Tournament in Chino Hills, Calif.

In the first game, Mililani trailed Mira Mesa, 9-1, before scoring 11 runs in the bottom of the third inning. Mililani went on to win 17-13.

In the second game, Mililani scored 11 runs in the first, and Brett Kakugawa and Preston Pacolba combined to shut out Palmdale, 16-0.

• PONY Bronco (11-12): TJ Escolito hit home runs against the Titans (Wash.) and Morgan Hills (Calif.) to lead Mililani to a pair of victories at the West Zone Bronco Regional Tournament in Whittier, Calif.

Mililani beat the Titans, 12-1, and Morgan Hills, 8-1.

• Little League Seniors (14-16): Maui fell to Coronado, Calif., 7-5, yesterday at the Senior Division I Tournament in Missoula, Mont.

SOFTBALL

• Mililani wins 3A title: Miya Quinn scored the go-ahead run on a double by Dara Pagaduan in the top of the 14th inning as the Mililani-Waipi'o All-Stars defeated Milpitas (Calif.), 2-0, in the championship game of the American Girl 3A Bobby Sox Tournament of Champions at Pico Rivera, Calif.

Pagaduan later scored on a throwing error by the Milpitas catcher.

Kylee Ah Choy pitched all 14 innings for the win.

Earlier in the day, the 11 & Under team placed third.

Mililani-Waipi'o 13 & Under Team: Kylee Ah Choy, Tierra Cuba, Kiane Dalit, Makani Duhaylonsod, Alyssa Dumlao-Dickinson, Jennifer Eugenio, Kelli Ann Lum, Dara Pagaduan, Cassie Pruner, Miya Quinn, Rena Tsutsui, Skye Virtudes, Manager Boni Ah Choy, Chaperone Diane Dalit, Coach Tony Cuba, Coach Glen Eugenio, Coach Hannah Tuatagaloa, Coach Allan Duhaylonsod.

• ASA Junior Olympics: The Blastaz, from Leeward O'ahu, scored five runs in the bottom of the fifth inning in a 6-2 victory over the West Texas Storm in the ASA Junior Olympic Fastpitch Softball 16-and-under B Nationals in Midland, Texas, on Saturday.