ISLE FILE
Pyewacket holds early lead in 44th TransPac
Advertiser Staff
Pyewacket took the early lead among the Division 1 boats that started Sunday in the 44th biennial Transpacific Yacht Race to Hawai'i.
In an 8 a.m. report yesterday, Pyewacket was headed generally southwest, making 13 knots, followed by Doug Baker's Magnitude 80 and Mike Campbell and Dale Williams' Peligroso and Bob Lane's Medicine Man, which tried the north for awhile before dipping back down on a parallel course.
The last of 74 boats in the biennial Transpacific Yacht Race left Rainbow Harbor in Long Beach, Calif., yesterday without one of the race's biggest names.
Roy Disney, who has sailed in 15 Transpacs from California to Hawai'i, decided to send off Pyewacket without him.
"I just decided to let the younger guys do it," Disney, 77, said in a story at the race's Web site.
Pyewacket is being co-skippered by Disney's son Roy Pat Disney and boat manager Gregg Hedrick. Also on board is New Zealand America's Cup skipper Dean Barker.
The elder Disney will fly to Hawai'i tomorrow to await the arrival of the boats, which will finish off Diamond Head.
Twenty-three boats — the larger and faster of the entries — left yesterday in balmy southeast zephyrs of 3 to 4 knots off Point Fermin.
For more details, go to www.transpacificyc.org.
BOWLING
'AIEA GRAD SAMBUENO NAMED TO U.S. JR. TEAM
Toby Sambueno, an 'Aiea High School graduate, was named to the United States junior national bowling team.
Sambueno finished eighth at the U.S. Bowling Congress Junior Gold Championships on Friday in Buffalo, N.Y. Sambueno led after the qualifying round, which had 1,080 bowlers, and the semifinals. He finished with a 6,139 total for 30 games.
Adam Martinez of Texas took top honors with a 6,189 total.
The top five finishers were named to the junior national team, along with three additional bowlers chosen by the junior national team committee.
Jarrett Mizo, a Roosevelt graduate, was 27th with a 5,911 total.
Other bowlers from Hawai'i who competed in the 18-game qualifying round were: Darin Villegas (165th, 189.22 average), Jaron Goto (226th, 186.83), Vaseem Anwar (241st, 186.17), Darren Hidani (268th, 185.28), Eric Tsukamoto (270th, 185.17), Kyle Nagamine (291st, 184.28), Dustin Hara (343rd, 182), Joshua Tajiri (399th, 180.50), Peter Mochizuki (538th, 176.11), Kellen Inafuku (586th, 174.28), Zachary Lee (613th, 173.39), Micah Kamiyama (835th, 164.72), Wyatt Hayashida (881st, 162.94), Andre Lara III (923rd, 161.06), Daniel Toyooka-Lim (160.83, 925) and Jordan Ono (1,041st, 150.94).
Girls from Hawai'i who bowled in the qualifying round were: Shaina Carnate (93rd, 180), Jordeen Koizumi (129th, 176.72), Seiko Santos (178th, 173.44), Jodi-Ann Gum (185th, 172.78), Suzana Signaigo (226th, 169.50), Tara Nishida (233rd, 168.72) and Renee Jong (345th, 161.83).
FOOTBALL
'AIEA COACH SAY WILL TAKE PART IN NFL EVENT
'Aiea High School football coach Wendell Say was selected by the NFL to participate in the NFL Youth Football Summit.
The Summit will be held July 25 and 26 in Canton, Ohio. One coach was chosen from each state and the District of Columbia. Coaches had to write an essay for the selection process.
"It's an opportunity you can't pass up — being selected and having the opportunity to go meet other coaches and talk football," Say said.
The Summit will feature seminars on leadership, character development, injury prevention, parent-coach-player relationships, officiating and steroids and supplements.
The Summit is held as a lead up the Pro Football Hall of Fame Weekend, which begins Aug. 2.
