IRVING, Texas -- The reeling Dallas Cowboys' offense sustained another hit yesterday when the team learned that left tackle Mark Tuinei's partially torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee will keep him out of Sunday's game at Texas Stadium against the 5-1 Jacksonville Jaguars. Knee injury takes
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Tuinei out of lineupCowboys coach Barry Switzer said he does not anticipate having Tuinei, who sustained the injury in Monday's loss to the Washington Redskins, for the Cowboys' game at Philadelphia the following week, either.
"Right now, we're looking at rehabbing him for a week to two weeks," team trainer Jim Maurer said. "Really, it's week-to-week and see how he responds to that."
The partial tear occurred on the part of the ligament that Tuinei had surgically repaired during the 1987 season. Additional surgery for what is termed a sprain is not being considered, Maurer said.
Tuinei, the former Punahou School and University of Hawaii star, likely will be replaced in the starting lineup by George Hegamin, who has started one game in four seasons.
Tuinei missed only one start last season, when he was held out along with a number of other starters in the final regular-season game. He played the entire season with a torn medial collateral ligament in his right knee and had surgery in the off-season.
Senior PGA Tour pro Jerry McGee and his four-man team of Michael Johnson, Gust Kouvaris, Steve Hill and Bob Longhi shot a 21-under-par 50 for a one-stroke lead after yesterday's first round of the Hyatt Regency Maui Kaanapali Classic Pro-Am golf tournament. McGee team leads
Kaanapali Pro-AmThe low pros were Jim Colbert, Hugh Baiocchi and Walter Hill, all with 66s.
ABUBO ADVANCES: At Barra Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Hawaii's Megan Abubo made the most of a chance to compete as a seed replacement in the international Kaiser Summit Surf contest today, advancing into the quarterfinals.
Abubo was offered a start in the tournament after Australian Kylie Webb officially retired from the ASP Kahlua World Championship Tour.
SEA WARRIORS LOSE: At Costa Mesa, Calif., Southern California College defeated Hawaii Pacific University, 5-4, in a double-overtime women's soccer match yesterday.
Scoring for HPU (5-6-0) were Jannicke Snildal, Desiree Holstein, Kahiau Garza and Myrissa Olanda.
WAHINE NEXT TO LAST: At Redmond, Wash., the University of Hawaii women's golf team finished 14th in the 15-team Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational yesterday.
Sophomore Linda Appelblad led UH with a 235 in the 54-hole tournament.
Tulsa won with an 881. The Wahine score was 975.
WAILUKU -- Calvin Pickering belted a three-run homer in the first inning to lead the Maui Stingrays to a 4-0 victory -- their fifth straight win -- over the West Oahu CaneFires in a Hawaii Winter Baseball game at Ichiro "Iron" Maehara Stadium last night. Stingrays remain unbeaten
All three first-inning runs were unearned.
Maui pitchers Jake Viano, Luther Hackman and Kevin Gryboski combined on a five hitter.
Sharks 12, Stars 4: At Rainbow Stadium, Honolulu took a 4-2 lead with a three-run fifth inning. The big blow was a two-run double by Damon Minor.
The Sharks put the game away with a five-run eighth. Norman Hutchins doubled in one run, Nelson Castro and Gabe Kapler singled in two more, Carlos Villalobos walked with the bases loaded and the fifth scored on a fielder's choice.
W L Pct. GB West Oahu 2 3 .400 -- Honolulu 2 3 .400 --
W L Pct. GB Maui 5 0 1.000 -- Hilo 1 4 .200 4West Oahu vs. Maui, 6 p.m., Ichiro "Iron" Maehara Stadium.
Hilo vs. Honolulu, 6:55 p.m., Rainbow Stadium.
Hilo 100 011 001--4 8 2 Honolulu 010 031 25x--12 15 1Ryan Glynn, Brian O'Connor (5), Del Mathews (7), Kyle Kawabata (8) and Tucker Barr; Motoyuki Akahori, Jeremy Lee (6), Walker Chapman (8) and Giuseppe Chiaramonte. W--Akahori (1-0. L--Glynn (0-2).Leading hitters--Hilo: Adam Kennedy, 2-3; Michael Zywica, 2-4, Billy Deck, 2b, 2 RBI; Mark Budzinski, 2b. Honolulu: Norman Hutchins, 2-6, 2b; Damon Minor, 2b, 2 RBI; Gabe Kapler, 2-3, 3b; Jonathan Rivers, 2b; Carlos Villalobos, 3-4, 2b, 3 RBI; Brent Abernathy, 2b, 2 RBI.
West Oahu 000 000 000--0 5 2 Maui 010 031 25x--4 7 0Keith Evans, Teddy Warrecker (4), Masaki Daito (7) and Steve Lomsaney; Jake Viano, Luther Hackman (5), Kevin Gryboski (8) and Jay Jones. W--Hackman (1-0). L--Evans (0-1).Leading hitters--West Oahu: Nobuhiko Matsunaka, 2-4; Mike Barrett, 2-4. Maui: Eugene Kingsale, 2-4; Calvin Pickering, 2-3, HR, 3 RBI.
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