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— Closest to the pin: Diane Raats (5); Darlene Peters (8, 13); Sylvia Albright (17)

Waverider Volleyball Classic seeks teams

The Waverider Volleyball Classic will be held Feb. 24-25 at the Kealakehe High School gymnasium. The entry fee is $50 per team, and the tournament is limited to 12 teams.

For more information, contact coach August Dias at 542-7135 or by email to august.fordhawaii@gmail.com.


Cattle Barons’ Ball and golf tourney March 3

The inaugural Cattle Barons’ Ball-Hawaii Golf Tournament will be held 10 a.m. March 3 at Waikoloa Beach Resort Kings’ Course. Proceeds from the tournament will benefit the American Cancer Society of Hawaii Island.

Teams and sponsors are now being sought. Four-man teams can register for $1,000. Three levels of sponsorship are also available, silver ($1,250), gold ($1,500) and platinum ($1,750). All sponsor levels include a four-man team and a tee sponsorship.

For reservations, please contact tournament coordinators Lane Uchimura or Carol Kawakami at 533-5000 or email to ckawakami@dckww.com.


USSF soccer clinic this weekend

The U.S. Soccer Foundation referee certification clinic times have been changed. The entry clinic will be Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The recertification clinic will be Saturday from noon to 1:30 p.m. Clinics are at Hilo High School, room BB-202. Please reserve your clinic spot by contacting Ted Bennett at 2011bisrassignor@gmail.com, or by calling Joy Memmer at 895-8876 or emailing her to redcardjoy@yahoo.com.


Bicycling time trials upcoming

Hawaii Cycling Club will be sponsoring a free, 10-mile time trial for interested cyclists at 8 a.m. Feb. 18, starting at the intersection of Queen Kaahumanu Highway and Kaiminani Drive.

Non-HCC members are invited to join and will be required to sign up for a free one-day membership. Registration will be held from 7:15 to 7:45 a.m. Riders will start at 8 a.m. on 30-second intervals.

A 12-mile time trial will be held from Waikoloa at 8 a.m. March 18. Registration will begin at 7:15 a.m. at Bike Works Beach & Sport in the Queens’ Marketplace Waikoloa Beach Resort.

Volunteers are needed for both events. To volunteer, or for more information, please contact Dawn Henry at 808-756-1996 or by email to aloha@healingislandmassage.net.


Honokaa High fundraiser golf tournament Feb. 19

The inaugural Honokaa Dragon Baseball Golf Tournament will be held at 8 a.m. Feb. 19 at Makalei Golf Club.

The tournament will be a two-person scramble. The entry fees are $150 per player or $250 per team.

For more information or to obtain a registration form, contact Terry Edwards at 775-1878.


Phenom basketball exposure camps upcoming

Phenom Top 150 and Junior Phenom camps designed to give high school basketball players exposure to college programs will be held soon on Oahu.

The Jr. Phenom Hawaii Regional, for students in fifth through eighth grades, will be held Saturday and Sunday at the Kaiser High School gymnasium.

The Phenom 150, for students in ninth through 12th grades, will be March 10-12 at the Manoa Valley district park gyms.

The cost for each camp is $195 per player.

The regional camps are designed to allow Phenom to select players for its national camps in the summer. The national camps will have college coaches in attendance.

For more information, contact either John Noland by phone at 747-9887 or by email to madeinhawaiitv@yahoo.com, or Regional Camp Director Kalani Silva by phone at 557-9001 or by email to kalani@phenomhawaii.com. For more information on the summer camps, visit adidasjrcamp.com and phenom150.com.


Local golf tourney results

M&M’s Ladies Golf Club

Tuesday’s results

— A flight scores: 1. (tie) Louise Fenton 53; 1. Diana Butler 53; 3. Yuko Suzuki 54

— B flight scores: 1. Linda Hogan 52; 2. Marian Mark 56; 3. Gayle Scoggin 57

— Chip-ins: Norma Julia (2, 17); Mitsuyo Oshima (14); Louise Fenton (6)

— Low putts: Louise Fenton 29

— Note: Members played “throw out two worst holes, full handicap.”


Lea Lea Women’s Golf Club

Tuesday’s results

— Scores: 1. Sara Ito 19; 2. Ann Wilkie 17; 3. Susie Daly 15; 4. Joan Shepherd 8

— Low putts: Pualani Willing 33; Cathy Gumm 33; Sally Wamba 33; Ann Wilkie 33

— Chip-ins: Randi Wilson (15); Gayle Osterloh (17)

— Closest to the pin: Karin Hughes (12); Vangie Isenhour (17)

— Note: Members played “train wreck.”


Thursday’s results

— Scores: 1. Ann Wilkie 39; 2. Debbie Mitchell 35; 3. Gayle Osterloh 30; 4. Debbie Dunagan 28

— Low putts: Ann Wilkie 30

— Chip-ins: Judy Burger (1); Yuko Suzuki (8); Debbie Mitchell (17)

— Closest to the pin: Yuko Suzuki (12); Judy Burger (17)

— Note: Members played “Stableford.”


Keauhou Kona Men’s Golf Club

Saturday’s results

— A flight low net scores: 1. (tie) Tandy Kualii 67; 1. Steve Kimes 67; 3. (tie) Cullen Burgess 69; 3. Jon Wamba 69

— B flight low net scores: 1. (tie) Jim Currier 69; 1. Larry Terpening 69; 3. (tie) Bill Jaeger 70; Alan Clark 70; 3. Steve Pierce 70

— Closest to the pin: Cliff Dias (3); Larry Terpening (5); Bill Hawkins (12); Steve Kimes (17A); Bruce Cook (17B)

— Low gross scores: 1. (tie) Tandy Kualii 74; 1. Cullen Burgess


Big Island Country Club

Wednesday’s results

— Scores: 1. Ray Poston/Diane Raatz/Rodney Kebo/Frosty Johnson 19 under; 2. Al Akana/Jack Albright/Dick Peters/Don Wood 17; 3. Jim Stafford/Swen Willadsen/Shirley Akana/Sylvia Albright 16 under

— Individual low net score: Al Akana 66

— Closest to the pin: Diane Raats (5); Darlene Peters (8, 13); Sylvia Albright (17)