DRIVING LESSON

GEORGE F. LEE /GLEE@STARBULLETIN.COM
Honolulu Ford's Garland Gant drove in for a shot against
Central Medical Clinic's Joshua Stanhiser during an NCAA
Summer League basketball game Friday night at Roosevelt
High School.

Kaimiloa cruises to second win

Dave Nottage's Kaimiloa finished first in the PH-1 class for the second straight day at the Asahi Super Cup Yacht Race off Oahu's South Shore.

Kaimiloa, the defending champion in its class, completed the 14-mile round-trip course from Waikiki to Koko Head 47 seconds ahead of Skip Winterbottom's Desperado.

Desperado moved into second place in the overall standings after yesterday's race, the longest of the three-day series.

Sitting in third place is Team Koajiro, on Mike Kelly's Puff.

Team Rat Patrol, on board Urban Renewal, and the mixed Japanese/local crew on Ho'okipa are third and fourth overall in the PH-1 class.

Team Constellation -- a team of Japanese dentists sailing on Ho'onanea with Kaneohe dentist David Brown -- is tied with Team Naomi's Kurrewa for first place in the PH-2 division.

Kailua's Tanaka 42nd in Junior PGA tourney

Reyn Tanaka of Kailua finished in a tie for 42nd in the boys division of the Westfield Junior PGA Championship completed yesterday in Westfield Center, Ohio with a four-day total of 322.

Taylor Hall of Georgia won the tournament by three strokes with a 280 finish. In the girls division, Ayumi Hori of Honolulu tied for 15th at 315, 24 strokes behind Korean-born winner In Bee Park of Florida.

Sellitto to headline Monday's QB Club

Outgoing Hawaii Pacific University basketball coach Tony Sellitto will be the featured speaker at Monday's Honolulu Quarterback Club meeting at the Pagoda Hotel's International Ballroom.

Air riflery national champion Ryan Tanoue of St. Louis and his coach, Zeig Look, as well as Jim Donovan from the University of Hawaii will also speak.

Lunch begins at 11:30 a.m. followed by the noon program. For more information, contact Al Minn at 261-5143.

Metzger and Wong move into FIVB semifinals

Stein Metzger and Kevin Wong advanced to the semifinals yesterday for the second consecutive tournament.

Fourth-seeded Metzger and Wong defeated 12th-seeded Jose Loiola and Ricardo Santos of Brazil, 21-19, 19-21 and 17-15.

The Hawaii duo advanced to today's semis when their next opponent forfeited. They face No. 3 seed Mariano Baracetti and Martin Conde of Argentina today. The Argentine team won last week's FIVB stop in Italy.

Hawaii's Own

Benny Agbayani, Mets: The St. Louis and Hawaii Pacific alumnus went 2-for-4 with an RBI while batting third. He singled to right center in the fifth inning, driving in Joe McEwing from third. Leading off the eighth, Agbayani singled to shallow right. He was replaced by McEwing in the top of the next inning for defensive purposes.

Mike Fetters, Dodgers: The Iolani product regained his form in the 8th inning of a 22-7 blowout win, pitching the full inning without giving up a run. Fetters allowed the first two batters to reach base but got out of the jam by forcing Brent Butler to hit into a double play and getting Terry Shumpert to fly out to center field.

Timeout

Name: Pat Tanibe
Age: 62
Occupation: Retired sales representative for Jockey International

Pat Tanibe is a familiar face to local basketball fans as one of the state's leading game officials, but most of his work these days is done far from the court.

"Maybe two or three nights a week I'll be at a gym," he said. "Most of the time I'm at home on the phone making assignments, which is the biggest headache."

As coordinator for the State Association of Hawaii Basketball Officials, Tanibe is responsible for making sure basketball contests -- from the college level to park and youth leagues -- are played within the rules by assigning SAHBO's 65 referees to officiate games throughout Oahu.

"We do basketball pretty much 365 days a year," Tanibe said.

Tanibe played prep basketball at Iolani and in the Air Force. But the military wages led him to a career as an official in 1961.

"Air Force pay wasn't very good," said Tanibe, who was stationed at Misawa Air Force Base in Japan. "So I figured if I officiate a game for $3 and do three or four games a night, I could make some extra spending money."

He worked his way up to collegiate level games in the late 1960s with the growth of the Rainbow Classic and was a member of the officiating crew for Chaminade's upset of top-ranked Virginia in 1982.

Tanibe continues to work University of Hawaii men's and women's games as well as local NCAA Division II and Interscholastic League of Honolulu contests. He also participates in free officiating clinics to help the development of younger referees.

"I don't think any official has ever had a perfect game," Tanibe said. "You just strive to become better and as long as I feel I can be good for the game I hope to still be out there."

In addition to his duties as an official and coordinator, Tanibe has also organized the NCAA Summer League for the past nine years.

"The college players who are around during the summer need a league to improve their skills," he said. "It's been good for the college players as well as the high school players who are looking to play in college."

While officiating can be thankless and requires a high tolerance for verbal abuse, Tanibe credits his job for keeping him fit and he's grateful for the opportunity to stay involved in the game.

Jason Kaneshiro, Star-Bulletin

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[Winners & Losers]

WINNERS

>> Evan Dobelle: The new sheriff came into town with both guns blazing. He looked at some of the things the UH athletic department did recently and immediately reversed them, citing a lack of common sense and leaving no doubt as to who will really be running things.

Anthony Carter: The former UH guard earned his money the old-fashioned way, waiting for starting point guard Tim Hardaway to become too old before inking a $12.6 million dollar deal.

Parker McLachlin: Local golfers may start to wish the former Punahou standout and UCLA senior would just stay in California over his summers. He destroyed the field at the Oahu Country Club's Invitational last week, giving him a win in each of the last two months.

LOSERS

>> Chris Webber: It's not about the money. Unless of course, it's all about the money. Webber re-signed with the Kings after telling people all summer long how much he wanted to leave.

Sandy Alderson: "Hunt for strikes." That was Alderson's edict to Major League Baseball umpires last week, ordering them to enlarge the strike zone to shorten games and fit in a little bit more time for important things -- like beer commercials.

John Binkowski: If your football team needs to gear up for the season by beating up the band, you are probably in more than a little bit of trouble. The Northern Illinois strength and conditioning coach was fired last week after ordering 20 of his troops to turn a band competition into a tackling drill.