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Lynch wins Aloha Section Stroke Play

Advertiser Staff

John Lynch of Ko'olau Golf Club shot a 4-under-par 68 yesterday to successfully defend his title in the Aloha Section PGA Stroke Play Championship at the Mauna Kea Resort Golf Course.

Lynch finished with a 54-hole total of 3-under 213 for a five-stroke victory that netted the $2,500 first-place check.

Kiahuna's Ron Castillo Jr. finished second with 72—218.

Larry Stubblefield shot a 2-under-par 70 to successfully defend his title in the senior division. Stubblefield finished at 222 to overtake Ron Kiaaina Jr. (77—226).

Kalakaua's Kerry Greenwood (87—255) won the super senior division.

BASEBALL

O'ahu advances to Babe Ruth semifinals

Paul Snieder pitched a five-hitter with seven strikeouts, and Zachary Kometani hit a two-run single as O'ahu defeated Nash County, N.C., 3-1, yesterday to reach the semifinals of the Babe Ruth World Series for 14-year-olds at Wilson, N.C.

"We're comfortable in games like this," O'ahu manager Eric Kadooka said. "You try to get ahead and stay ahead."

O'ahu actually fell behind after Nash County scored in the top of the first. But O'ahu tied the score on an error in the bottom of the second and Kometani untied it with a bases-loaded single in the fifth.

O'ahu will next play tomorrow at 2 p.m. HST.

Nash 100 000 0—1 5 1
O'ahu 010 020 X—3 7 0

Justin Shannonhouse, Scott Tharrington (5) and Alex Pearce. Paul Snieder and Zachary Kometani. W—Snieder. L—Shannonhouse.