CaneFires walk past Sharks

West Oahu took advantage of 14 walks issued by Honolulu to rout the Sharks 13-5 in Hawaii Winter Baseball yesterday at Hans L'Orange Park.

West Oahu starter Cody Scarpetta pitched four effective innings for the win as the CaneFires evened their record at 14-14. The Sharks fell to 14-14.

» Waikiki edged North Shore 8-6 last night at Hans L'Orange Park.

Tony Thomas, Roger Kieschnick and James McOwen hit solo home runs to lead the BeachBoys.

San Diego takes huge Kauai golf lead

San Diego took a nine-shot lead over the nearest competitor yesterday in the second round of the Kauai Collegiate Invitational golf tournament at Puakea Golf Course.

The Toreros were at 15-under 553, followed by Drake at 6-under 562, heading into today's final round.

Jay Myers of San Jose State held the lead at 6-under 134 after his 7-under 64 yesterday. Jake Yount of San Diego State was one stroke back.

Hawaii freshman T.J. Kua, who shot 1-under 70 yesterday, entered the final round tied for 16th at 1-under 141.

UH finished the day 12th out of 14 teams at 15-over 583.

» Leland Lindsay and Travis Toyama finished at 19-under 125 to win the Aloha Section PGA's Bridgestone Pro-Scratch Championship at Pearl Country Club yesterday.

Lindsay and Toyama won the $2,000 first prize, finishing one shot ahead of brothers Norman-Ganin Asao and Kellen-Floyd Asao.

The 40-team field (with one pro and one amateur on each team) played a two-man scramble in the first round on Monday and a best-ball format in yesterday's final round.

Wahine named scholar-athletes

Five University of Hawaii softball players were announced as National Fastpitch Coaches Association scholar-athletes for 2008.

Julie Franklin, Brandi Peiler and Clare Warwick all were cited for the third time. Traci Yoshikawa and Courtney Baughman are first-time honorees.

A 3.50 cumulative GPA for the fall and spring semesters is required.