ISLE FILE
Sakaue leads Hickam Invitational by two
Advertiser Staff
Joey Sakaue fired a 5-under-par 67 for a 141 total and a two-shot lead heading into today's final round of the Hickam Invitational at Mamala Bay.
Lorens Chan (69), Alex Ching (66), Michael Kawata (70) and Doug Williams (72) are tied for second at 143.
Three-time champion Brandan Kop (71), David Fink (72), Sergio Meneses (72) and Taison Tanaka (71) are four shots back at 145.
The leaders go out at around 8:30 a.m. today.
PADDLING
CANCER CRUSADE AT SEA
Jessie Eames and Jaimie Kinard will be paddling in a pink canoe to raise awareness for cancer prevention during today's Rhino Kaiwi Channel Relay World Championship.
Eames and Kinard — who are teammates for Hui Lanakila Canoe Club — will be one of the top teams in the female division.
They will represent Imi Hale, which is a program aimed at reducing the incidence of cancer among Native Hawaiians. They are also trying to raise awareness for breast cancer prevention.
Around 250 paddlers are expected to participate in today's 40.2-mile race. It will start at 8 a.m. at Kaluako'i Beach, Moloka'i, and the first finishers are expected to reach Magic Island, O'ahu, around 1:30 p.m.
BASEBALL
HPU, HILO SPLIT
Spencer Omalza scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch in the top of the eighth inning as Hawai'i Pacific beat Hawai'i-Hilo, 5-4, yesterday to split a non-conference baseball doubleheader at UHH Baseball Field.
Omalza walked to lead off the eighth, advanced to third on a ground out and throwing error, and scored on the errant pitch for HPU (31-18-1).
In the first game, Thomas Brown III had two run-scoring singles and Dayne Ogawa added another RBI hit as the Vulcans (15-27) held off HPU, 3-2.
TENNIS
FOWLER, GOLDFELD WIN
Houston's Harry Fowler and Ester Goldfeld of Brooklyn, N.Y., won the boys and girls singles titles yesterday in the Hawai'i International Tennis Federation Junior Tournament at the Patsy T. Mink Central O'ahu Regional Park Tennis Complex.
Fowler beat Robert Howe of Sydney, Australia, 6-2, 7-5. Goldfeld beat Brynn Boren of Laguna Niguel, Calif., 6-4, 6-1.
Goldfeld and Rio Kitagawa of Ojai, Calif., beat Charlotte Calhoun of Dallas and Juliana Gajic of San Antonio, Texas, 6-2, 6-2 for the doubles title.
