ISLE FILE
Seki advances to next stage of PGA Q-school
Advertiser staff
Punahou graduate Jim Seki tied for seventh at the PGA Tour Qualifying School First Stage in Hollister, Calif., yesterday, earning the right to move on to a second stage next month.
Seki closed with his only over-par round, a 1-over 73, to finish at 11-under 277 at San Juan Oaks Golf Club. The top 20 and ties advanced. Michael Putnam and Doug Garwood earned medalist honors at 271.
Seki, who was a Pac-10 champion at Stanford, joins fellow Punahou graduate Parker McLachlin in the second stage. Seki was the 1998 Hawai'i high school champion. McLachlin won the state title in 1996.
MORE GOLF
PCC'S LEE TIED FOR 15TH
Pearl Country Club's Regan Lee shot an even-par 72 in yesterday's opening round of the 2005 TaylorMade-adidas Golf PGA Assistant Professional Championship. The tournament is being played at The PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, Fla.
The tournament was postponed a day after the course was hit by strong winds and 8 inches of rain this past week due to Hurricane Wilma. The second round will be played today and, after a cut to the low 70 and ties, the final two rounds are scheduled for tomorrow.
Lee is tied for 15th, four shots off the lead of Georgia's Shawn Koch. Mililani's Joey Tadeo shot 76.
KAYAKING
ILH REGATTA CANCELED
The Interscholastic League of Honolulu's kayaking regatta scheduled for 9 a.m. today at the Ala Wai canal has been canceled.
A Board of Health test yesterday found the water quality unacceptable for public use, according to ILH officials.
VOLLEYBALL
BYUH TOPS CHAMINADE
Yu Chuan Weng had 27 kills as 21st-ranked Brigham Young-Hawai'i beat Chaminade, 30-21, 30-23, 30-26, last night in a Pacific West Conference match at Chaminade.
Heitiare Wallace had 16 digs for the Seasiders (18-3, 6-3 PacWest).
Trina Kauliakamoa had 13 kills and 14 digs for the Silverswords (9-12, 0-8).
HPU BEATS UH-HILO
Flavia Brakling had 25 kills and Barbara Martin added 23 as second-ranked Hawai'i Pacific defeated UH-Hilo, 30-32, 25-30, 30-13, 30-22, 15-10, in a Pacific West Conference women's match at Hilo.
Brakling also had 22 digs for the Sea Warriors (19-1 overall, 7-0 PacWest).
Taina Savage had 12 kills for the Vulcans (12-8, 3-4).
BOWLING
HBA WINS ILH TITLE
Hawai'i Baptist Academy defeated Kamehameha, 2.5 to .5, to clinch the Interscholastic League of Honolulu girls bowling title yesterday at the Fort Shafter lanes.
HBA finished with 33.5 points on the season. Mid-Pacific, which beat Iolani, 3-0, yesterday, finished in second place with 31 points.
The Hawai'i Baptist and Mid-Pacific teams will represent the ILH in the HHSAA Bowling Tournament, Nov. 10-11, at Fort Shafter, along will 16 other individual ILH bowlers who will qualify based on their season's average.
