Brian Viloria of Waipahu, Antonio Rodriguez of Wailuku and Lyndon Patricio of Waianae won their bouts yesterday, advancing to the quarterfinals of the Everlast U.S. Amateur Boxing Championships at Colorado Springs, Colo. Hawaii boxers Viloria,
Rodriguez, Patricio winFour other Hawaii fighters were beaten.
Viloria won his 106-pound bout when Ray Shawn Abram of Omaha, Neb., retired in the third round. Rodriguez outpointed Shane Stoneman of Provo, Utah, at 119 pounds and Patricio outpointed Tim Lindgren of Cass Lake, Minn., at 125.
Thomas Pestano of Waianae lost a decision to Prince Badi Ajamu of Camden, N.J., in the 178-pound class. Jerry Saribay of Honolulu dropped a 147-pound verdict to Juan Ortiz of San Antonio.
Heavyweights (201-plus) Tuese Ah-Kiong of Honolulu and Jesus Libero of Molokai were outpointed by Diallo Lawson of Oakland, Calif. and T.J. Wilson of Atlanta.
SIX-GAME SWEEP FOR HPU: Hawaii Pacific beat Christian Brothers, 14-9 and 18-1, last night at Hans L'Orange Park to complete a six-game baseball sweep and raise its season record to 18-6.
UH TENNIS TEAMS LOSE: Pennsylvania edged the Hawaii men's tennis team, 5-4, and the Rainbow Wahine fell to Illinois State, 7-2, yesterday at the UH courts.
RAINBOWS' SAILORS FIFTH: The Hawaii coed sailing team placed fifth among 10 schools with an 8-4 record in the Jeremy McIntyre Team Race Intersectional last weekend at Redwood City, Calif.
The College of Charleston (S.C.) won with a 13-2 record.