H.B.’s Igarashi moves on to Final 16; Simpson ousted at U.S. Open

Kanoa Igarashi and Brett Simpson represented Huntington Beach on Friday at the Vans U.S. Open of Surfing at the Huntington Beach Pier.

Neither of them was able to come up with a heat win in Round 4 of the men’s competition, but one of them is moving on to the Final 16.

Surfing in the sixth of eight three-man Round 4 heats, Igarashi posted a best two-wave score of 12.50 and took second place, just 1.17 points behind heat winner Torrey Meister of Australia, who posted a 13.67 score.

Igarashi, who came into Friday’s heat having won his first two heats of the Open earlier in the week, still was able to secure a spot in Saturday’s Round 5. He will take on Conner Coffin of Santa Barbara in the fifth of eight two-man heats Saturday.

Meister, who placed second in his Round 1 heat but has won his last three heats, will face Bino Lopes of Brazil in Heat 6. Lopes was shaded by Coffin (10.13-10.04) in Heat 5 on Friday but still advanced.

Simpson wasn’t as fortunate Friday. The two-time Open men’s winner, who had won a Round 2 heat and finished second in a Round 3 heat Thursday, finished third in the final heat of the day Friday. He was third (8.70) behind winner Carlos Munoz of Cosa Rica (13.94) and Maxime Huscenot of France (12.83) and did not advance.

Both Munoz and Huscenot moved on to Round 5.

Saturday’s Round 5 of the men’s Open starts at 9:40 a.m. On Sunday, the quarterfinals start at 8 a.m., semifinals at 1 p.m. and final at 2:35 p.m.

The Round 5 Saturday heats are as follows: Heat 1: Mitch Crews (Australia) vs. Ryan Callinan (Australia); Heat 2: Ethan Ewing (Australia) vs. Mitch Coleborn (Australia); Heat 3: Sebastian Zietz (Hawaii) vs. Davey Cathels (Australia); Heat 4: Adriano de Souza (Brazil) vs. Nathan Yeomans (U.S.); Heat 5: Kanoa Igarashi vs. Conner Collins; Heat 6: Torrey Meister (Australia) vs. Bino Lopes (Brazil); Heat 7: Filipe Toledo (Brazil) vs. Maxime Huscenot (France); Heat 8: Carlos Munoz (Costa Rica) vs. Michel Bourez (French Polynesia).

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U.S. Open Women

Courtney Conlogue of Santa Ana (she attended Sage Hill School in Newport Beach) is one of eight women left in the chase for the title. The quarterfinals start at 10 a.m. Sunday.

Quarterfinal winners advance to surf in the semifinals at noon Sunday. The women’s final is 2 p.m. Sunday.

Saturday’s quarterfinals: Heat 1: Lakey Peterson (Santa Barbara) vs. Sage Erickson (USA); Heat 2: Courtney Conlogue (Santa Ana) vs. Tatiana Weston (Hawaii); Heat 3: Tyler Wright (Australia) vs. Keely Andrew (Australia); Heat 4: Stephanie Gilmore (Australia) vs. Malia Manuel (Hawaii).

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Pro Junior

The women’s and men’s competitions are down to the semifinals. The women’s start at 8 a.m. Saturday. The men’s heats start at 8:50 a.m.

The women’s final begins at 1:40 p.m. Saturday, followed by the men’s final at 2:10 p.m.

Saturday’s women’s semifinals heats: Heat 1 includes Caroline Marks (U.S.), Macy Callaghan (Australia), Alyssa Spencer (U.S.) and Leilani McGonagle (Costa Rica). Heat 2 is Maddie Peterson (U.S.), Bethany Zelasko (U.S.), Kirra Pinkerton (U.S.) and Brisa Hennessy (Hawaii).

Saturday’s men’s semifinals heats: Heat 1: Ethan Ewing (Australia), Yuri Mori (Japan), Nolan Rapoza (U.S.), Kei Kobayashi (U.S.). Heat 2: Ryland Rubens (U.S.), Luis Diaz (Canary Islands), Jake Marshall (U.S.), Christopher Kervin (U.S.).

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Joel Tudor Duct Tape Longboard Invitational

Justin Quintal and Troy Mothershead emerged with semifinals round victories Friday.

The four-man final is set for 2:40 p.m. Saturday.