Salesman, Truck Driver Share SCGA Lead

James Camaione shot a second-round 68 at the Southern California Golf Assn. amateur championship Friday at Lakeside Country Club in Toluca Lake for a share of the lead.

Camaione, a 42-year-old manufacturing salesman from Upland, has a two-round total of three-under-par 137.

Mark Johnson of Helendale is tied with Camaione. Both players shot 69-68 Friday. Johnson, a 43-year-old who drives a beer truck, has trophies from the 1996 California state amateur, the ’96 Tournament of Club Champions, ’94 Pacific Coast amateur, and the ’93 and ’94 SCGA mid-amateurs.

Jason Semelsberger of Newhall is one stroke back, Jason Gore of Valencia is tied with two others at 139 and Westlake High school junior-to-be J.T. Kohut is tied with Don Baker of Canoga Park at 140.

Three-time SCGA champion Craig Steinberg of Van Nuys and David Olsen of Encino head a group of six players at 141.

County golfers making the cut include Eric Wang of Cypress, who is seven strokes back (144), Jeff Wright of Dove Canyon and Don Dubois of Coto de Caza (145) and Han Lee of Fullerton (147).

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Alicia Allison of Santa Ana won her morning round but lost in the afternoon and failed to advance to the semifinals in the Championship Flight of the 67th Trans National Amateur Championships in Aiken, S.C.

Allison, who was in the lower bracket, beat Paula Patterson of Vancouver, Wash., 6 and 4, in the morning quarterfinal round but lost on the first extra hole in the afternoon against Virginia Grimes of Montgomery, Ala.

Kellee Booth of Coto de Caza, a student at Arizona State, lost her first match when Houston’s Jenny Bartley beat her, 1-up.

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Candie Kung of Fountain Valley finished sixth after shooting a 79 in the final round for a 306 total of girls’ 15-17 division in the Junior World Championships at Torrey Pines North. Connie Wei of Taipei, Taiwan, won the division with a four-round total of 288.

Kevin Stadler of Englewood, Colo., like his father, PGA Tour veteran Craig, did 27 years ago, won the boys’ 15-17 division title. He shot nine-under 279 at Torrey Pines South.