Posted on: Tuesday, August 24, 2004

ISLE FILE
O'ahu 3-0 in pool play of Babe Ruth

Advertiser Staff

O'ahu pounded out 15 hits in a 12-0 rout of North Kitsap, Wash., yesterday in the Babe Ruth (age 14) World Series at Wilson N.C.

O'ahu improved to 3-0 in pool play and has outscored its opponents 39-3.

Reece Kiriu allowed three hits and struck out four in five innings, and Evan Yamamoto pitched the sixth in a game shortened because of the mercy rule.

Matthew Suiter batted 3 for 4 with a pair of RBI singles and Harrison Ishida Jr. went 2 for 4 with two RBIs. Kiriu was 2 for 3 and scored three times.

O'ahu will face Nash County, N.C., tomorrow at 11:30 a.m. (HST).

— By Travis Mayo

IN THE COURTS

Kahumoku charge won't be reinstated

The city Prosecutor's Office yesterday said it will not reinstate the misdemeanor assault charge against former University of Hawai'i volleyball star Lily Kahumoku.

Honolulu District Judge Barbara Richardson on Aug. 12 dismissed the charge after Kahumoku's former boyfriend, José José Delgado, the alleged victim, did not show up for the non-jury trial. But the judge gave city prosecutors 10 days to refile the charge.

The city Prosecutor's Office yesterday said it reviewed the case and Delgado clearly told the office through his lawyer that he is not willing to cooperate with the prosecution.

Kahumoku, 23, was accused of assaulting Delgado at an apartment on Ala Moana the early morning of April 9.

BASEBALL

David Eldredge will coach Southern Utah

After several years of searching for a Division I baseball coaching job, Punahou School graduate David Eldredge landed one at Southern Utah, the Mid-Continent Conference school announced yesterday.

Eldredge, 43, succeeds Kurt Palmer, who took an assistant coaching job at Wright State.

"After two years of applying at different places, we found just how tough it is," Eldredge said. "It gets tough for Hawai'i guys out here because so many of our ties are back home. But we kept trying for an opportunity here."

Eldredge, a 1979 Punahou graduate, was head coach for Hawai'i Pacific University from 1990 to 1995, leading the Sea Warriors to five NAIA district championships. Among the players he coached was Benny Agbayani, who is completing his first season with the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan. Eldredge also had assistant coaching stints with his college alma mater, Brigham Young, and at Loyola Marymount.

He said he will be recruiting players from Hawai'i for his program.

"I've always been a believer that Hawai'i boys can play," he said.

GOLF

Lynch leads by two at stroke play tourney

Defending champion John Lynch of Ko'olau Golf Course shot an even-par 72 to take a two-shot lead after the first round of the Aloha Section PGA Stroke Play Championship at Mauna Kea Golf Course on the Big Island.

Brendan Moynahan of the Experience at Koele is second, and Mauna Kea's Kevin Hayashi is third at 75.

Ron Kiaaina Jr. leads the senior division by two strokes after carding a 74.

Jack Guio and Larry Harris each shot an 86 and are tied for the lead in the super senior division.