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McLachlin to turn pro at Boise Open

Parker McLachlin, a Punahou School and UCLA graduate, competes in his first professional golf tournament today when he tees it up at the Albertsons Boise Open in Idaho.

The $600,000 Nationwide Tour stop also features Punahou freshman Michelle Wie and Kamehameha Schools product Keoke Cotner. Wie, playing on a sponsor's exemption, is the first female junior amateur to compete in a PGA Tour-sanctioned event.

Wie is seeking to become the first female in 50 years to make the cut at a men's professional golf event. The top 60 golfers will advance to Saturday's third round.

Vulcans Sing Chow, Steele cited

Hawaii-Hilo softball players Leo Sing Chow and Sarah Steele have been honored as National Fastpitch Coaches Association Scholar-Athletes for 2002-03.

To qualify for the recognition a player needs at least a 3.5 grade-point average for the school year.

Sing Chow, a Kamehameha Schools standout, earned NCAA Division II All-West Region second-team honors and was also named the Pacific West Conference's Freshman of the Year. She amassed a 14-3 record with 70 strikeouts, and led the PacWest with a 0.66 ERA. Steele had a 2-5 record and 3.00 ERA in 12 games.

Garbin earns Pac-10 soccer honor

Baldwin High graduate Nicole Garbin, a sophomore forward for the University of Oregon soccer team, was named the Pac-10 Player of the Week yesterday.

Garbin, the Star-Bulletin's Player of the Year in 2001, scored two goals and had one assist to lead the Ducks to a 3-1 win at Sacramento State and UO's first 5-0 start in school history.

Garbin's point total (five) was one shy of the school single-game record set by Chalise Baysa in 1998.

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