Florence and Patacchia advance in Bali

Hawaii’s John John Florence and Fred Patacchia won their third-round heats today in the Oakley Bali Pro in Keramas, Indonesia.

Florence bested Kauai’s Sebastian Zietz 16.07 to 13.87 to move into the fourth round.

Patacchia defeated South Africa’s Jordy Smith 12.50 to 10.34 in the 6- to 8-foot waves to also move into the fourth round of the Association of Surfing Professionals World Championship Tour event.

Sataraka blasts 3 homers for U.S. team

Honolulu’s Mysha Sataraka hit three home runs for the U.S. Junior Women’s National Team in an exhibition doubleheader on Monday in Glenville, W.Va.

The Punahou graduate went 3-for-3 with two homers and drove in six runs in the junior national team’s 12-0 win in the first game of its doubleheader with the Glenville All-Stars. Sataraka, who just competed her freshman season at UCLA, hit a tie-breaking homer in the fifth inning of a 6-3 win in the second game.

The exhibition was part of the junior national team’s tour leading into the International Softball Federation Junior Women’s World Championships (19-and-under) set for July 1-7 in Brampton, Canada.

Miyata qualifies for public links tourney

Kauai’s Kenji Miyata shot a two-round total of 149 on Monday at a sectional qualifier for the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship at Poipu Bay Golf Course.

Miyata finished nine shots clear of Keegan Loo and Jamie Amimoto, who shot 158s. Loo beat Amimoto in a playoff to become the first alternate.

Miyata qualified to play in the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship, which will be held at Laurel Hill Golf Course in Lorton, Va., July 15-20.

Waterman Hall of Fame to induct 5

Five notable kamaaina, including late Olympic gold medal swimmer Bill Smith, will be inducted into the Hawaii Waterman Hall of Fame on Aug. 22 at the Outrigger Canoe Club.

The Class of 2013 also includes: the late Tommy Conner, who won 11 Molokai Hoe outrigger canoe races; Linda Kaiser, the first person and only woman to swim all nine of Hawaii’s ocean channels; Steve Borowski, champion swimmer and coach; and China Uemura, longboard surfing champion and community volunteer.

This is the fourth class for the Hawaii Waterman Hall of Fame, which was created in 2010 to honor lifetime achievements of Hawaii’s top watermen and waterwomen.

Individual tickets are $100 and tables of eight are available for $1,200, $2,500 and $3,500. The event begins at 5:30 p.m.

Proceeds benefit the Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku Foundation.

Honda is new Punahou wrestling coach

Former state champion wrestler Yoshi Honda is the new wrestling coach at Punahou.

Honda has not been active at the high school varsity level since coaching at ‘Iolani six years ago. In 12 years under him, the Raiders won the boys state title in 2003 and the girls state crown in ’05.

"I’m very excited to be working with the kids. I look forward to coaching again. It is my hope to maintain the commitment to excellence that Matt Oney and Jimmy Takatsuka instilled over their 23 years," Honda said.

Under Oney’s direction, the Buffanblu won six consecutive boys titles from 2007 to ’12. They also won two state girls titles in ’09 and ’10.

Honda won state individual titles at Radford in 1981 (126-pound weight class), ’82 (126) and ’83 (138).