Fotis win North Shore Classic

Brothers Jim and John Foti, both veteran paddlers, teamed up to capture the first Molokai Ranch North Shore Classic one-person outrigger canoe race yesterday.

The 42-mile race, along Molokai's north shore from Halawa Valley on the east to the Kaluakoi Resort on the west, pitted 12 of the islands' top paddlers based on their finish in the Kaiwi Challenge Molokai-to-Oahu race in May.

The Fotis, switching paddling chores along a course that neither had raced before, finished at 4:32:32, just one minute ahead of second-place Walter Guild and Mark Rigg of the Outrigger Canoe Club. The Foti brothers represented the Lanikai Canoe Club.

MOVERS FALL

The Hawaii Island Movers lost, 10-4, to the Anchorage Bucs at Mulcahy Stadium in Anchorage, Alaska, last night. Willy Hill and Damien Kolb hit home runs for the Bucs, who banged out 16 hits.

PACIFIC CUP UNDER WAY

The ninth West Marine Pacific Cup yacht race, from San Francisco to Oahu's Kaneohe Bay, was launched yesterday morning from under the Golden Gate Bridge. The yachts will cover 2,070 miles across the Pacific.

Hawaii entries include Peristroika, a 39.4-foot slop skippered by Gib Black, and Oa Oa, a 30-foot sloop from Maui being handled jointly by Jay Pary and Alan Thoma.

The race is held biennially in even-numbered years and is open to all mono-hulled sailboats over 24 feet long.

Daily reports are available via the West Marine Cup Hotline at 262-5574 or through the following internet location: http://www.worldvoyager.com/races

JR. OLYMPICS SILVER

The Outrigger Canoe Club's Boys 18 team lost a 2-0 match to the L.A. Sports Club and thus finished second in the Junior Olympics Volleyball Tournament in San Jose, Calif. The event, said to be the biggest junior boys' volleyball tournament in the nation, had 96 teams. Outrigger's Scott Wong was named a first team All-American.

LITTLE LEAGUERS ADVANCE

The Ekahi-Kahaluu/Kaneohe Senior Little League team has advanced to the regional playoffs in Billings, Mont.

Ekahi defeated the Kailua Americans, 8-1, on Saturday and rolled past the same team again on Sunday, 11-1.

BALLARD SURVIVES

Kauai's Rochelle Ballard is the only Hawaii surfer left in the CSI Billabong Pro at Jeffrey's Bay, South Africa. Other Hawaii surfers were not as lucky in the chilly three- to four-foot waves.

PAVAO TO DEFEND GOLF TITLE

Mike Pavao began defense of his Manoa Cup title today as the State Amateur Men's Match-Play Championship started with first- and second-round matches at the Oahu Country Club.

Pavao, who beat Regan Lee 1-up last year, was scheduled to meet Francis Olina in the first-round match this morning.

David Ishikawa was the medalist in the 64-player field with a 1-under-par 71 in yesterday's qualifying. Pavao shot a 72 but drew the top-seeded spot as the defending champion.

The tournament will continue tomorrow and Thursday, with the 36-hole semifinals scheduled for Friday and the 36-hole final Sunday.

HAWAII TEAMS PLACED

Twenty Hawaii girls' teams participated in the recent Kaepa Volleyball Festival at Davis, Calif.

In the 14's Division, the Kamehameha Volleyball Club, coached by Sheri Cariaga, finished sixth. The Asics Rainbow Team 14-1, coached by Howard Wallace, came in 11th while the Asics Rainbow Team 14-2, coached by former Ohio State middle blocker Dawn MacDougall, placed 25th.

Ho'oikaika Blue from Waimea, Kauai, coached by Richard Bucasas, finished 31st and the Asics Rainbow Team 14-3, coached by Suzanne Eagye Cox, was 41st.

In the 16's Division, Outrigger Canoe Club, coached by Kisi Haine, finished in 17th place. The Asics Rainbow Team 16-2, coached by Daryl Wong, was 35th.

In the 18's Division, the Asics Rainbow Team 18-2, coached by Angelica Ljundquist, placed 55th out of 253 teams.

WEST HAWAII WINS

At Kamuela, Hawaii, West Hawaii came from behind to defeat Kapiolani, 11-9, and win the State Little League Baseball Tournament title for 9- and 10-year-olds last week.

Members of the winning team, representing District III, were: Kekoa Eskaran, Kina'u Puhi, Tyler Ryan, Joey Medeiros, Kai Bowman, Shannon Cazimero, Chris Rodrigues, India Soo, Marsha Heimuli, Pono Kahuanui, Kurt Nakamura, Kekai Nakamura, Kekoa Libron and Frankie Collo.

By Star-Bulletin Staff