ISLE FILE
Surgery ends Ching's pro soccer season
Advertiser Staff
San Jose Earthquakes forward Brian Ching, who was injured in the 10th minute of a 1-1 tie with New England on Saturday, will miss the remainder of the Earthquakes season, the team announced yesterday.
Ching was scheduled to undergo surgery yesterday to repair a ruptured right Achilles tendon.
Ching, a Kamehameha Schools alum from Hale'iwa, is third on the team with 14 points (six goals, two assists).
The Major League Soccer regular season runs through October. The Earthquake (10-3-7) are in first place in the Western Conference.
GOLF
Hayashi leads: Kevin Hayashi shot a 3-under-par 69 yesterday for the first-round lead of the Aloha Section PGA Assistant Professional Championship at Ko Olina Golf Course.
Hayashi, an assistant pro at Hapuna Golf Course, was a shot ahead of Jerry Mullen of Oahu Country Club. Shane Abe, also of Oahu CC, was third at 74.
The winner of the two-day tournament represents the Aloha Section at the National PGA/TaylorMade/Adidas Assistant Professional Championship, Nov. 6-9, on The South Course at the PGA Golf Club at the Reserve in Port St. Lucie, Fla.
McLachlin trails: Honolulu's Parker McLachlin shot a 6-over-par 76 yesterday and was tied for 152nd place after the first round of the U.S. Amateur Championship at the Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylavnia.
Ryan Moore of Puyallup, Wash., shot a 65 to take a two-stroke lead. The top 66 finishers in today's second round of stroke play advance to match play starting tomorrow.
McLachlin is a former Punahou School and UCLA golfer.
TRACK
Hawai'i athletes strike gold: Joy Upshaw-Margerum won four gold medals at the USA Track and Field National Masters Championships, Aug. 7 to 10, at the University of Oregon's Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.
Upshaw-Margerum won the 80-meter high hurdles, 100 meters, 200 meters and pentathlon in the age 40 division.
Sai Ching (400 meters, age 60), Jack Karbens (pentathlon, age 60), Ron Pate (3000 steeplechase and 8K run, age 55), Angie Miyashiro (5K run and 10K run, age 50) also won gold medals.
The Hawai'i Masters Track Club 400-meter relay team of Ching, Karbens, Lionel Low and Geoff Howard placed first in the age 60 division.
Hershey highlights: Sisters Kathleen and Kelsey Cadiente, of Lihu'e, Kaua'i, placed third (7 feet, 5 inches) and fifth (6-3) in the standing long jump in the 11-12 and 9-10 divisions, respectively, to highlight Hawai'i performances at the Hershey Youth Program National Track and Field Meet, Aug. 8 in Hershey, Pa.
The meet featured teams from the United States and Canada.
Other Hawai'i participants included:
Kirstie Sugimoto of Kailua (girls 9-10, 100-meter, 5th, 15.3 seconds); Kaenen Akau of Honoka'a (boys 9-10, 50m, 6th, 7.97); Kylee Ah Choy of Mililani (girls 13-14, softball throw, 7th, 171-9); Bronson Tanaka of Kane'ohe (boys 11-12, 200m, 7th, 26.16) and Walter Santiago of Kahuku (boys 9-10, softball throw, 8th, 114-8.)
VOLLEYBALL
Aloha no ka 'oi: The Aloha Team, a junior team from Hawai'i (ages 12-15), defeated Northern California Region A, 25-23, 25-23, 14-25, 25-14, to win the High Performance division of the Volleyball Classic 2003, July 23 to 26, at the Dixie Center in St. George, Utah.
Nue Wong (Waimea), Kelly Pang (Iolani) and Camilla Ahoy (Kahuku) were named to the All-Tournament team.
In the Youth National division (ages 16-17), the Aloha Team fell to the Bayou Region team, 18-25, 23-25, 25-19, 25-22, 16-14, in the title game. Mounia Nihipali (Kamehameha) was selected MVP.
