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Hawaii Beat
Rick Corbett of Wailea, Maui, and Team Excellence; Doug Rorie of Raleigh, N.C., and Old South Marlin Club Team 2, and Mark Pheiffer of Chesterfield, Mo., and the Heartlands Fishing Club all earned 250 points for their teams with tag and release hookups of Pacific blue marlin in Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament action yesterday. Billfish teams
score pointsThe tournament resumes tomorrow after a day off today.
The Pajaro Valley Game Fish Club is in first place with 300 points after two days of fishing.
Movers host tournament
The Hawaii International Baseball Championship Tournament begins tomorrow with a doubleheader at Rainbow Stadium.The Portland (Ore.) Aloha Knights play the Kansai Universities All-Stars at 4:30 p.m.
The Hawaii Island Movers take on the Hiroshima Big Six Universities All-Stars at 7:30 p.m.
Single round-robin play continues daily through Saturday.
Sunday's finals have the third-place game starting at noon and the championship game at 3 p.m.
Kenwood Cup under way
Twenty-nine yachts began the first day of racing in the Kenwood Cup yesterday in light winds off Waikiki.The winds ranged from 3 to 8 knots, which made sailing a challenge and slow.
The wind was so light that the morning triangle race was postponed almost two hours. The second race, the windward/leeward course, was abandoned.
The Kenwood Cup is a 10-race international yacht racing series running through Aug. 9.
HPU hires coach
Vien Schwinn, an all-district runner for Hawaii Pacific University in 1991 and 1992, has been hired to coach the Sea Warrior men's and women's cross country teams.Schwinn has coached sprinters, middle distance and cross country runners at Iolani School the past three years.
A native of Laos, she graduated from HPU in 1993 with a bachelor's degree in business administration.
Inline hockey sign-ups
The Oahu Inline Hockey League will register youth players, age 7-17, and adults, age 18 and up, Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Wilson Park.The registration fee is $85. For more information, call 735-8756, 395-7830 or 239-6306.
USO races scheduled
The USO Hawaii 5- and 10-kilometer races will be held Aug. 13 at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe.A team competition has been added to the event this year and all finishers qualify for the drawing for door prizes.
Applications are available at most fitness stores, military base locations or by calling 836-3351.
Vulcans to open camp
The University of Hawaii at Hilo women's volleyball team opens preseason camp Sunday.Head coach Sharon Peterson will greet seven new players to start her 23rd season.
They will be joined by returning letter winners Brandi Hori, Ann Haggerty, Kauikeolani Nani'ole, Marie Tuifao and Cheriesse Shiroma-Ming.
Season tickets are on sale for $40 for adults and $20 for boosters and students.
Weightlifting event set
The third annual "Doc" Yogi Olympic Weightlifting Championships are scheduled for Sept. 2 at the Kaahumanu Shopping Center Stage.Competition is in the snatch and clean and jerk.
Action starts at 2 p.m. For information, call (808) 573-1423.