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Sullivan selected MVP of X Games surfing
Advertiser Staff
Pancho Sullivan of O'ahu's North Shore was named the most valuable player of the ESPN X Games 12 surfing competition.
The contest was completed last month at Zicatela Beach, Mexico, but was televised nationally yesterday on ABC.
Sullivan was the top scorer for the victorious West Coast team. The two-day contest was held in 4- to 6-foot waves, and the West Coast beat the East Coast, 103.30-73.85.
Sullivan received a near-perfect score of 9.5 (out of 10) for a long barrel ride.
"I've always thought of surfing as the most extreme sport and it's great to get that recognition from ESPN while competing with people I respect most," Sullivan said. "It's an unreal feeling."
Sullivan was the only Hawai'i surfer on the West Coast team. Jamie O'Brien of O'ahu's North Shore was a wildcard selection on the East. O'Brien was the MVP of the 2005 X competition.
YOUTH BASEBALL
PEARL CITY SENIORS WIN
Bully Casarez had two hits and four RBIs, and Bryson Namba batted 3 for 4 as Pearl City trounced Alaska, 19-1, yesterday in the Little League Senior Division (ages 14-16) Western Regional at Salem, Ore.
Carlton Tanabe, Jeff Domingo and Jordan Dekneef each had two RBIs and Pearl City amassed 16 hits as Pearl City advanced to the semifinals with a 4-0 record.
Pearl City will play in today's second semifinal — at 4 p.m., Hawai'i time — against an opponent that was to be determined last night.
PEARL CITY JUNIORS WIN
A.J. Johnson batted 3 for 3, including a double and triple, and drove in five runs as Pearl City routed Alaska, 14-2, yesterday in the Little League Junior Division (ages 13-14) Western Regional at Beaverton, Ore.
Robert Brown added three hits for Pearl City, which improved to 4-0.
Pearl City will play its final game in pool play today, meeting Nevada at 3 p.m., Hawai'i time.
MILILANI PONY PREVAILS
Bronson Smithe had three RBIs and Bryson Kenolio had two RBIs as Mililani defeated Fullerton, Calif., 14-4, yesterday in the P.O.N.Y. Pony Division (ages 13-14) West Zone Regional at Fullerton, Calif.
Mililani scored eight runs in the fifth to improve to 1-1.
GOLF
WILSON WINS BY FOUR
Hilo's Gabriel Wilson, a senior at the University of Idaho, shot a final-round even-par 72 yesterday to win the 83rd Big Island Amateur Championship at the Mauna Lani Resort's Francis H. I'i Brown North Course.
Wilson, who also won the event in 1999, finished with a 54-hole score of 9-over 225 to win by four strokes over Hilo's Pono Calip, a sophomore at Kamehameha Schools on the Big Island, who closed with a 74.
Kona's Jeff Strang, who was within a stroke of the lead after making the turn at 3-under 33, faltered on the back nine and finished with a 75 and 236 total.
Kona's Jim Sheeley shot 246 to win A flight by two strokes over Honoka'a's Ron Abran and six over Hilo's Jim McCully.
Amanda Wilson, Gabriel's sister, became the first female amateur to compete in the tournament. She closed with a 78 to finish at 250 in eighth place of the championship flight.
TING TOPS MAUI FIELD
Desiree Ting shot a 74 at Maui Country Club yesterday to win low gross honors of the 52nd Maui Women's Invitational.
Ting had a 36-hole score of 150.
Kelly Nakashima won low net honors with 70—140.
WATER POLO
TROJAN 'A' TRIUMPHS
Trojan "A" defeated Paumalu, 10-5, yesterday in the championship match of the Men's National Water Polo Tournament at the University of Hawai'i's Duke Kahanamoku Pool.
Trojan "A" goalkeeper Adam Shilling was named the tournament's MVP.
