• Furtado doing well in Clinton • USGA Girls qualifiers named at Mauna Lani • Taser used to subdue Jaguar Chris Naeole • Southshore takes lead in Babe Ruth baseball Furtado doing well in Clinton Micah Furtado, a 1999 graduate
• Furtado doing well in Clinton
• USGA Girls qualifiers named at Mauna Lani
• Taser used to subdue Jaguar Chris Naeole
• Southshore takes lead in Babe Ruth baseball
Furtado doing well in Clinton
Micah Furtado, a 1999 graduate of Kapa‘a High School and the 2003 20th round draft pick of the Texas Rangers led the Clinton (Iowa) Lumber Kings to split a four-game series with South Bend over the weekend.
Furtado was recently acknowledged for leading the Arizona Instructional League in on-base percentage (.446), finished third in walks, and fourth in stolen bases and runs scored.
His effort paid off with an advancement to the Rangers’ Class “A” Midwest League affiliate where he is currently the starting secondbaseman for the Lumber Kings.
Furtado, who stands 5’7,” recently recovered from a rotator cuff injury and leads the Kings with a .329 batting average in 23 games.
With the split, Furtado will be heading to Lansing, Michigan.
Southshore takes lead in Babe Ruth baseball
Southshore took the lead in the Babe Ruth summer baseball league with a 4-2 win over Lihu‘e Saturday.
The victory gives Southshore a 5-2 standing and first place by half a game with the Waimea Poi Boi’s on their heels with a 4-2 record.
Southshore will tangle with Lihu‘e Monday at Vidinha Stadium where they can extend their lead before meeting with the Poi Boi’s Tuesday at Hanapepe Stadium.
Games start at 4:30 p.m.
USGA Girls qualifiers named at Mauna Lani
Ayaka Kaneko and Kayla Morinaga of O‘ahu shot a two-over-par 74 at the Mauna Lani South to earn the top two of three berths for the USGA Girls Junior tournament that will be played at the Mira Vista Golf Club in Fort Worth, Texas.
Kimberly Kim of Hilo finished with a 75 for the third slot while Kelly Nakashima of Maui ended with a 77 for the first alternate position, rounding out the field of 15 golfers who tried to qualify on the 5,940-yard, par 72 course. Sarah Sheffield of Kea‘au shot an 81 for the second alternate position.
Dennis Rose, Director of Golf and the staff at Mauna Lani tended to the girls’ needs while Wade Nishimoto of the HSJGA did the course marking.
Taser used to subdue Jaguar Chris Naeole
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Police used a Taser to subdue Jacksonville Jaguars guard Chris Naeole before arresting him on a charge of disorderly conduct.
Naeole, 29, got into a shoving match with employees of the Ritz Bar in Jacksonville Beach as the bar was closing early Sunday, according to a police report. Despite a police officer’s order to stop, Naeole lunged again at an employee, and the officer used the Taser, the report said.
Naeole, who is 6-foot-3 and about 320 pounds, was taken to the Duval County jail, and later released, a jail official said.
Naeole was a first-round draft choice in 1997.
