Sean Scott of Kaneohe and Pepe DeLaHoz of San Diego captured the Men's Open Division championship and Beth Schuler and Angie Anner of San Diego won the Women's Open title in the Honolulu stop of the Jose Cuervo Gold Beach Volleyball Series yesterday at Ft. DeRussy. Scott-DeLaHoz
tandem reignsScott and DeLaHoz defeated Stein Metzger and Lee LeGrande of Honolulu, 15-10, in the men's final. Schuler and Anner edged Carrie Popinga and Lia Young of Honolulu, 15-3, in the women's showdown.
The first- and second-place teams earned berths in the Oct. 24-25 Jose Cuervo National Championships at Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
WAIMANALO, KOA KAI PADDLERS WIN: The women of Waimanalo won the Open Division championship in the OHCRA's E Lau Hoe long-distance canoe race from Magic Island to Pokai Bay yesterday, beating out the Healani and Hui Nalu I crews. Koa Kai II was first in the Masters Division, followed by Kalihi Kai and Anuenue.
KOP FALLS SHORT: Hawaii golfer Wendell Kop failed to advance to match play in the USGA Senior Amateur Championship at Glencoe, Ill., yesterday, shooting a 5-over-par 77 for a 36-hole total of 157 in qualifying play.
Medalist Jim Gibbons of Portland, Ore., fired a 1-under 71 for a 144 total.
FUKUMOTO KOREAN GOLF VICTOR: Kendall Fukumoto, a University of Hawaii junior, shot a 71 yesterday to win the 48th Korean Invitational golf championship by 10 strokes with a 36-hole aggregate of 147. Low net honors went to Paul Nunu at 133.
STOCK TEAM TAKES SCRAMBLE: Pro golfer Brian Stock and amateurs Larry Leonard, Randy Adolf, Dana Powers, Jim Dankworth and Kim Von Tempsky won a scorecard playoff with a team headed by pro Todd Murphy after each finished at 114 in Saturday's 22nd annual Aloha Section Classic Scramble at the Village Course at Kapalua, Maui.