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Fujikawa fires 6-over 76 to miss Honda Classic cut
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Tadd Fujikawa rallied with two birdies in the final three holes yesterday, but failed to make a pro cut for the 11th time at the PGA Tour's Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
Fujikawa, who shot 8-over 78 Thursday, shot a 76 yesterday and finished last in the field.
Fujikawa, a 17-year-old Moanalua High junior, birdied the par-4 16th and the par-5 18th but couldn't overcome four bogeys. He also bogeyed the second hole and birdied the third hole for nines of 39-37.
Fujikawa, whose success at the 2007 Sony Open in January launched a pro career at age 16, has yet to make a cut since turning pro last July.
For his two rounds, Fujikawa had four birdies, four bogeys and seven double bogeys.
WEIGHTLIFTING
YAMAUCHI EARNS SILVER
Kyle Yamauchi of Honolulu won the silver medal of the 136-pound weight class at the USA Weightlifting National Championships yesterday in Columbus, Ohio.
Yamauchi, 24, missed the gold medal by two pounds — totalling 548 pounds on his two lifts, the snatch and clean and jerk. Aaron Adams, of Shreveport, La., won with 550.
Yamauchi won a gold medal for his snatch of 242 pounds, and a silver for the clean and jerk of 306 pounds.
The competition is being held this weekend in conjunction with the Arnold Schwarzenegger Sports Festival, a multi-sport event that includes Olympic weightlifting, bodybuilding, powerlifting and 15 other sports.
SWIMMING AND DIVING
2 MORE GOLDS FOR 'BOWS
Magnus Frick and Darren Maxwell grabbed gold medals yesterday as the University of Hawai'i men's swimming and diving team remained in second place at the Conference USA Championships in Houston, Texas.
SMU leads with 648.5 points, followed by Hawai'i (553), East Carolina (452.5) and Cal State Bakersfield (290).
Frick won his second diving event of the championships, capturing the 3-meter with a score of 392.45. Mats Wiktorsson finished third with 369.45.
Maxwell won the 100-yard butterfly in 47.90 seconds, setting a pool record at the CRWC Natatorium. Greg Wilson placed third.
The 200-yard freestyle relay team of Davis Kane, Mark Higley, Miha Grzina and Ilia Reyes finished second in 1:22.33.
Also taking silver medals were Grzegorz Mroz in the 200 freestyle in 1:37.59 and Maxwell in the 100 backstroke in 48.58.
FRICK AIMS AT OLYMPICS
University of Hawai'i senior Magnus Frick earned an Olympic qualifying spot for his home country of Sweden during Monday's 3-meter springboard "B Final" at the 2008 FINA World Diving Cup in Beijing.
Frick placed seventh in a field of 37 divers, with a score of 409.60. Now Frick must wait to see if the Swedish Swimming Federation and Swedish Olympic Committee name him to the 2008 Olympic Team.
"This is a great day for Hawai'i diving, having a Rainbow diver qualify for the Olympics is wonderful," UH diving coach Mike Brown said. "Magnus just performed his two best lists ever at the world level, and showed that he deserves to be among the world's best divers at the Olympic Games."
SOFTBALL
RAINBOW WAHINE SPLIT
Courtney Baughman pitched a four-hitter and Kate Robinson launched a massive three-run homer as 15th-ranked Hawai'i beat Western Kentucky, 6-2, yesterday in the opening game of the Eller Media Stadium Classic at Las Vegas, Nev.
Baughman (7-0) struck out one and walked one and Clare Warwick had three hits, including a two-run double, for the Rainbow Wahine (11-3). Rebecca Horesky had an RBI single and solo homer for the Hilltoppers (7-4).
Robinson's home run carried high over the left-field fence, hitting off the top of the UNLV scoreboard in the bottom of the first.
Robinson suffered the loss in the second game when Long Beach State (9-6) beat Hawai'i, 4-0, behind Brooke Turner's three-hit, 10-strikeout complete game.
Robinson (4-3) lasted just two innings, giving up all four runs on three hits in the shortest stint of her UH career.
BASKETBALL
BYUH, HILO SPLIT
Lucas Alves had 27 points and eight rebounds as Brigham Young-Hawai'i rallied past Hawai'i-Hilo, 83-74, last night in a Pacific West Conference men's basketball game at the Hilo civic.
Trenson Akana added 19 points and Paul Peterson 13 for the Seasiders (17-7, 12-5), who trailed 36-29 at the half.
Vince Alvarado scored 15 points, and Rashad Bilal and Sam Wilhoite each added 10 for the Vulcans (13-12, 8-9), who failed to score in the game's final 3 1/2 minutes as BYUH pulled away from a 74-74 tie.
Earlier, Samantha Nordstrom scored 17 points and Sheila Azevedo 12 as Hilo (9-15, 9-8) beat BYUH (5-20, 5-12).
Lei Lolohea had 22 points and nine rebounds, and Agnes Tuilevuka added 10 points and eight rebounds for the Seasiders.
BASEBALL
HPU LOSES TWO
Andy Pottenger and Cory Warburton teamed on a seven-hitter, and Jimmy VanBeek hit a solo homer as Northwest Nazarene (Nampa, Idaho) beat Hawai'i Pacific, 4-1, last night to complete a sweep of a doubleheader at Hans L'Orange Field.
Pottenger yielded all seven hits and walked five in six innings, but he struck out seven and teamed with Pottenger to strand 11 runners in the seven-inning game as the Crusaders improved to 9-3.
Jacob Valentine and Danny Lee each had two hits for the Sea Warriors (10-5).
Earlier, VanBeek hit an RBI double and RBI triple to lead Northwest Nazarene to a 4-3 win.
Ivan Fujii and Jonah Hobson each had two hits and Aaron Asher hit a solo homer for HPU.
