Game 18 of the ‘Iolani Prep Basketball Classic presented by Hawai‘i Pacific Health (boys tournament) features Kaua‘i vs. Kaimuki on Thursday, Dec. 21. Tipoff in the Lower Gym is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. (HT).
The ‘Iolani Classic, one of the nation’s premier high school basketball tournaments, annually features eight girls teams and 16 boys teams. The the boys tournament field consists of St. John Bosco High School (Bellflower, Calif.), Oak Ridge High School (Orlando, Fla.), DeMatha Catholic High School (Hyattsville, Md.), Christ the King High School (Queens, N.Y.), Pace Academy (Atlanta, Ga.), The Master’s Academy (Oviedo, Fla.), Vashon High School (St. Louis, Mo.), Kaimuki, Kamehameha-Kapalama, Kamehameha-Maui, Kaua‘i, Mid-Pacific, Mililani, Moanalua, Saint Louis and host ‘Iolani.
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Aloha kakahiaka welcome to day four of the 2023 eani classic presented by Hawaii Pacific Health we are in our second game of the day the KEH High Red Raiders versus the kuky Bulldogs we’re going to listen to Maurice melino ad andani give us a low down on the starting lineups
Bulog let’s welcome our starters for today’s contest you should first for the Bulldogs number one Jason Lupa number two Jeremiah white number five prin p number 33 Peter Alo and number 55 Harman SEO your head coach for the Bulldog Gren SP and now for the Red Raiders of Hawaii number two Kai
Estan number five Josh Rego number 10 Reese Jenkins yeah number 14 Brian Brown and number 21 Cameron H ho your head coach for the Red Raiders [Applause] yoshioka thank you Mr melino appreciate it those are your starting lineups same starting lineups as previous couple of games looks like both
Teams both teams coming off of losses yesterday Kami Bulldogs tough one to the kapalama Warriors K kapalama Warriors and the Red Raiders dropped match up to Mid Pacific ow so here they are find themselves Thursday morning as the Bulldog will start off with the ball Red Raiders in manto man Harmon
Seal launches one early brown with the rebound and here comes Rego quickly up cour eson Jenkins Runner Baseline gets [Applause] it nice to see Jenkins in control we saw him yesterday get a lot of energy but sometimes little his feet were a little too happy white surveying kicks it the Seal
Seal back to back Jace nothing doing there regel so quickly up guard here the hpu baseball commit showing his athleticism and not to pick on Jenkins because I think that was the case with a lot of Red Raiders uh they’re a little jumpy and uh out of control at
Times Bulldogs intend to sit in a extending a Zone here eight to shoot for the Red Raiders ronal size it up back R can’t get it Holt hole car a rebound but miscommunication with Rego hold hole was zigging and Rego was zagging so creates in a turnover and it’s an early two lead here for Red [Applause] Raiders Lupa up top Fritz B at four threes yesterday make it five for this morning picks up where he left off be careful with Co got to be careful
With that cuz he’s unassuming he doesn’t look like much going to happen and he lets it go what white strong to the hoop it’s called for a charge remember I said he gets called for a charge I’m not sure he committed a charge right the key is the defender
Must establish legal guarding position I don’t know if that was the case Jenkins left side Brown looking to [Applause] rotate coach yoshioka imploring them to attack the gaps here against the zone Jenkins ball fake nice move and white will get tagged for his second foul am I mistaken here let me see [Applause] here yeah so white picks up his second early that really hurts the Bulldogs as
He is their leading scorer and Senior Captain hold hole nice little soft short corner of Jay and we have an early time out out from coach gr and asenda he sees something he does not like looks like it’ll be a 30 yeah as you said with white in early
Foul trouble and really early 2 minutes and 12 seconds into it as a coach that’s one of the worst things that can happen because you spend all morning game planning all night and now this messes up your lineup messes up your rotation messes up your
Defense um impacts the game in a lot of ways because you expect him to be in there hey I mean at especially this early like you understand okay we might get first half foul trouble but not two minutes into the first quarter you haven’t even gone into your
Rotation yet you haven’t even made your first sub well Mandi F uh fam comes into the replace white So he gets called into action early Co up top Bulldogs spreading out these Red Raiders here their motion Lupa contested top of the three ke3 no goal but gets fouled Brian brown brown catches Lupa on his release and he’ll get three converts the first two Lupa gets all three nice free throw
Shooting nice rotation in all three shots regel South ball lets it Go you know Rego he he’s not concerned about his pitch count he’s not absolutely absolutely good call Lupa gets his own rebound puts it back up and in and this is where quickly UPC here Browns attacking he’ll get up in in as well great Push by esta yeah beautiful
360 stayed in control a nice balance on his lift this is where Lupa kind of needs to step up he and white are a nice senior tandem here for the Bulldogs and you know when you get one guy to go down early you got to pick up the slack fam he can hit
That nothing doing Jenkins Controls speaking early fouls estabon for the Red Raiders yesterday fouled out actually in the third quarter um that really really put them in a bad spot so what happens when you’re oh your senior point guards go down go to the bench early here fouls on Lupo his First that was a tough call on him too Lo like could have been a moving screen see strong drive there by dragons and estabon will inbounds quick one H H tries to se when two doesn’t get but there’s Rego on the Spoto Josh Rego ties this game up eight a
Piece brown with pressure fams out of control and a foul call on Brian Brown that’ll be his second another tough call look like he was trying to avoid contact fam looked like he was out of control totally agree but Lu ventes does not F forces the issue Jenkins gives it
Right back Lupa considers it AXS on it gets it D3 by [Applause] Lupo Harman seal trying to figure out how to avoid a travel he gets called for [Applause] it impressed so far with L’s shooting nice Arch on his ball nice rotation Jenkins strong take down the
Lane can’t get it to go challenged by Fritz ptiu ALU into the game for the Bulldogs Red Raiders extending their pressure 15 to shoot for the Bulldogs nice little mess up eston and Lupa two senior guards rupa’s in trouble with five to shoot tries to sneak up
Behind the back estabon saves it at the buzzer Fritz ptiu Fritz ptiu Second three of the game for Fritz Rego Aon pass out of Bounds that’s not boy did everything right in that possession defensively and sometimes in life well nice job by Fritz ptiu you know the shot clock going down but he didn’t just fling it up there he squared nicely got off a nice release and it went in myy picks fam’s pocket fam
Compounds it trying to get it Back that’ll be his first it’s the team’s fourth next foul on the Bulldogs will put the Red Raiders in the two shot bonus High entry pass nice giv and go here by estabon and hold ho textbook action by the Red Raiders well executed Some may lose his track of Joselyn he’ll drive Baseline and get a hanging kiss off the Glasser Co josin post entry hold hole nice kick eston not ready for it gets all the way down the lane he gets a tap on the had and he’ll get two Fitz B reaches
In it’s his first fou shot second nice uh move to the basket in a row for estimon you know he’s got quickness if he can find lanes and penetrate an attack theit basket like that get to the line you know that’ll add a lot to this game the quickness is there
He’s got that explosive First Step M’s got to shore up that middle as eston back to back gets a stroll down Main Street converts both times makes one of two shrugs his shoulders as he get a shot he didn’t really want to leave that short say he didn’t get any
Legs under that it was all yeah all R Harman seal flings one in there a little too hot for Joselyn to handle Red Raiders will get the ball back down five here minute and a half left in the first quarter loose pass by Brian Brown easy conversion by Lupa and that’s a
Veteran play there the guard baited the cross score pass easy conversion for pick six pick two however you to call it t he’s got three steals already Today just under a minute left Bulldogs up seven into seal patient losing that big body that is beautiful textbook balanced move by Harmon seal so Isaac myy deep three Bulldogs barely get it [Applause] over [Applause] oh see what we got Here5 armman seal gets his second foul excuse me it’s his first team six but after five it really doesn’t matter nowadays that’s one when they look at the film Seal’s going to want to want back because I mean he was in position to get that rebound that ball was all
His he Let It Drop and the Kawaii player picks it up and then and then he compounds by committing a foul uh that should have been a rebound and put back for seal all all the way estabon goes one for two Again lead still at five for the Bulldogs with 10 to shoot in the quarter Lupa six on the clock still way out top looks like he’s going to take it himself loses it on the way to the hoop and that’ll do it for the first quarter Taps his chest and
Said my bad I lost control there Kami leads this early match up 20 to 15 like to thank our sponsors Hawaii Pacific Health anchoring our sponsorship of the 2023 e classic but where does everybody stay to stay at the good old twin fin on the beach in Wy key check it out We’re back for quarter two here in the day four of the UL classic Bulldogs are sitting on a five-point lead here to start the second H hole quickly inside seal gets away with a reach there quickly up cour to Fritz ptiu and he’ll convert great look three4 Court pass
Perfectly timed caught it in stride easy layup jenssen steps into a three shorta eats up that board Bulldogs will getting their one4 set here I think this is jobi Paul uh number 52 He’s listed as 50 but I believe they had a jersey switch so that’s going be Paul oh my heavens Apologies difficult to separate the fan from the announcer but uh Isaac myay picks up his first foul we’ll leave it at that Jeremiah white back in the game who’s was put on Ice early in the first first quarter with two quick fouls so he’s back in trying to warm things up
Bulldogs will set 15 on the clock white quickly in the seal As It Gets a good look up over H hole can convert this is Christian VTO in the corner hold hole gets it kicks it out to myy going one way other guy going the other yeah that that seems to happen often
With Kawaii they’re just not quite in sync intent is there as a right pass po execution right Hol hole’s giv up quite a few lbs to Harman seal so something to keep an eye on see if he can use his length to negate some of seal’s girth Jenkins travels
And turns it over to the Bulldogs there’s that happy feed that I was talking about in the first period you know his brain is moving so fast he but you know his his body’s not quite in syn and not catching up to the brain shuffled his feet that’s a travel you
Know unforced errors right turnovers I mean that’s that’s such a Difference Maker in this game you can limit those you really give yourself a chance Jenkins riding Malo so Jenkins will get called for a foul fou number 10 that’s the other great thing about this tournament is not just the opportunity
Experience of playing these top Elite teams but watching them and when you watch those national rank teams I mean they’re they’re fast and they’re quick but they’re in control you know I mean they’re able to play at a speed without all these turnovers right on Q another turnover
Eson gets gets one from fam hard off the glass but Rego right there to clean up the business easy put back for Rego again using as athleticism to get up court support his lead dribbler in open court there fam up top wases right down the middle Runner doesn’t quite get it seal
Big rebound can’t get it right up the top and puts it in the Bulldogs putting pressure on his defensive rebounding of the Red Raiders Christian VTO will launch a three seal another rebound white long two no Good shaking hold hole great body control puts it away nice dime from Jenkins and white had to be careful you know already saddled with two fouls he didn’t want to come in his third not even Midway through the second period good call sometimes you just got eat those points and live to fight
Another possession so much more important on the court than on the bench with three it’s worth more than two right yes dangerous pass by fris matu famine pressure here we got 10 to shoot Malo tough contested three gets bailed out on a light whistle and there he is he gets his third foul
EXC it’s early apologies that’s K estabon with his first of the game as go to the line [Applause] andt andyman classic Barkley Gilman for the red wrist checks in and forgot to tuck his shirt in and coaches do it all folks it ain’t just X is and O’s shoelaces and shirt
Tails strong take by Lupa and again Lupa senior leadership here carrying this Bulldog team Early bolo puts down veto’s attempt Here Comes Joselyn in the open court Lupa dangerous pass to White considers Lupa attacks the middle it’s been open all morning and converts again Lupa is heating up and coach yoshioka has seen enough he’s going to burn a timeout here as the
Bulldogs have stretched their lead to 10 so halfway through the second quarter Bulldogs open up a 29-19 lead here strong play by their senior guard Jason Lupa well especially with white in foul trouble they needed somebody to step up and he has in a big way I mean he’s been shooting from
Outside he’s penetrating getting to the rim um showing like you said a lot of senior leadership there he’s got at least 12 and looks like he’s not going to slow down here so we’ll see last time out there coach yoshioka strongly suggesting to his Red Raiders
That they not allow the ball down the middle of the paint too much dribble penetration there Rego up top Red Raiders taking their time kind of what you want to see out of a timeout VTO 12 to shoot nice dime in to myy White gets called for reach and foul and
Again we’re going to see here it is in fact Jeremiah white with his third foul and you know at some point gets a little frustrating as a staff right just the bad habit of poking in there he’s trying to make a play but you got to know the situation
Here mentioned a nice Baseline Drive and dish by Christiano as he looks uh looks in and gets guidance from a a relative letting him giving him why you got to reach just play you know coaches aren’t just on the bench folks right it’s coaches all over the place myy converts a
Second cuts the lead the eight more importantly for the raid Raiders they get white back on the bench the two fouls so here’s molo doesn’t look too comfortable with it but he’ll escape the pressure here’s fam against Gilman up top my blitzes it creates a turnover here and there’s Gilman gets on the
Floor looks like it’s going to be a jump ball and the Bulldogs lucky to keep possession here headyy play by my to put pressure on fam with his head down dribbling blitzed it Harman seal back in for the Bulldogs somebody’s uncovered under the hoop they didn’t see it they got an easy
Layup there oh my goodness Balo too easy too easy 10-point lead for the Bulldogs Gilman Hard To The Hoop beautiful scooping reverse layup Markley Gilman we saw this yesterday from kilman he came off the bench gave him a big spark offensively defensively he’s got a lot of energy
Red Raiders that energy is extending to the rest of his teammates because Red Raiders really putting the pressure on the Bulldogs here making him stress out in the first half of this shot clock got 12 to shoot seal thinks about shooting from kuki high school doesn’t get it Lupa step back
Five to shoot Moto’s got to do something eston pokes it free myy recovers and gives it right back to Lupa who what exact like four or five steals now for l i mean he’s got great presence he has answered the call for sure Gilman again strong to the grop
Great first step he is deceiving yeah I tell you what he’s guy when he gets in there he wants to make the most of his minutes SE great cut can’t convert the pass by frit ptiu here comes esbon in a hurry Gilman set shot left Corner no hold hole Big
Board great take can’t get it to fall Gilman fighting for it Lupo come out of the soup with it minute 20 left here in the half Bulldogs still have a 10-point lead but feels like the tenor of the game has changed a little bit yeah look at that energy by Gilman
On ball pressure at half court help Side by H loses track of SEO can’t convert here come the Red Raiders Rego streak into the hoop just gets it poked Away by Lupa great Outlet pass the seal oh my goodness and it looks like we’re going to have a physics experiment [Applause]
Here as myy draws a draws a charge and that’s no normal charge you drawing there that is 64 three bills coming Asha with intention credit my for standing in there and taking the tag that’s a seal second he’ll sit for the rest of the half Rego coming alive here beautiful shot clutch
Three there cuts the lead to seven and they get the ball back Gilman jump stop eston tries to get it up contact no call and a reach foul late by Hulk hle trying to stop streaking Lupa it’ll be his first and it will be Red Raiders fourth Yen Bulldogs 29 seconds left in
The half shot clock is off they have seven-point lead coach espinda wants them to take a three see if that excuse me takes the last shot we’ll see if that happens and jobi Paul gets called for steps again just as a coach you just want to
Get out of this half yeah and have a clean possession and can’t quite do it so Red Raiders will have a chance with 15 left Rego left wing cross score pass Brown can’t handle it and now it flips over to co sta can someone in the in the gym please
Close out this quarter Lupa says I’ll do it I got 6 seconds left from the clock pressure by estabon he’s in trouble this is going to be an ugly exchange here it’s a desperation three after the clock so looks like nobody wanted to close out that quarter but you know give eston credit
You know playing through the whistle I mean he only had a few seconds left but he wasn’t just going to give uh Lup a freebie that’s how that goes sometimes right defense they don’t you lose track you don’t know how much time you think there’s enough you let up and the guy’s
An extra second to get a shot off so that’s where we’re at after two quarters of play Kaimuki Bulldogs have a seven-point lead on the Red Raiders of kawaii as we lean into halftime here we’ll be right back here after word from our gang at the twin film here’s the
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Sweet Nike bags that only the players get but one of the girls won one earlier coach Eddie mariama said first one to make a half court shot gets a bag so these girls are oh is that Ki McGee there Ki gets it oh oh we got another one just like that there
Kigy ah it’s great energy down here these girls help fill up a rather empty gym this early like to invite you all to plan your day come on down Full Slate of games here on day four this is semifinal day as action and intensity are ramping up after this in your noon
Matchup you can catch Kam kapal Lama versus the Mililani Trojans solid game two teams should be near the top of their respective leagues follow that up with Moanalua versus mid Pacific and then we slide into our our evening afternoon and evening session with the Masters Academy from Florida Orlando area they’ll be matching
Out with a tough Bashan Wolverine Squad from St Louis Missouri dropped a close one last night two Oakridge Pioneers are looking pretty strong here then a 5:00 the host eliner Raiders they’ll take on Pace Academy out of Georgia the knights themselves dropping a nailbiter to Christ the King
So they get the host elani Raiders in the will be the fifth place bracket I guess and then we have our semi-finals 6:30 the damaa Stags thank you versus The Oakridge Pioneers so that’ll be the first semifinal at 6:30 and then at 8:00 to wrap things things
Up this looks going to be like a great game is a Christ the King versus St John Bosco CHR the king out of New York City St John out of the Greater Los Angeles area so cross Continental battle there earlier this morning we had our first game between the St Louis Crusaders and
The Kamehameha Mai Naka the Crusaders over doubling up the Naka 50 to 24 a balanced win for them they’ll find themselves the Crusaders that is facing off against Moanalua tomorrow at 1:30 whereas Kamehameha Mai will find themselves against the M Trojans at noon and to start the day off tomorrow we’ll
Have the mid mid-pacific owls versus kuki followed at 10:30 by kameha kapal Lama and Kawaii so all the local teams getting to kind of mix- in match here while remaining apart and avoiding inter league play just before their season’s start oh that’s second half here Bulldogs ready Red Raiders not the
Prettiest of first halves but Red Raiders able to keep it close and not let the Bulldogs get out ahead of them no you know what I mean uh you’re right it was definitely not the cleanest first half but uh I see a slight Improvement in in in Kawai from the when
They played yolani host Iolani on Monday till now um they’ve actually cleaned up a little bit and are getting a little better sense of ball movement and and staying in control and and squaring up to the basket and not just running around U the kaai chickens
Uh without their head but um so you know that that’s the thing about this tournament is um when you play good competition day after day um you may not notice it right away but you are getting better and it does it does make you better and that’s the whole purpose like
You said all this tournament right make everybody all these oy team make them better certainly the one of the original visions of founder Glenn young coach young class of 59 here he my father’s classmate quarterback in point guard way back when longtime football coach and basketball coach
Here everything he was everything he was he was a computer guy nobody knew what computers were know right right exactly man if he should have told us what IB M stock backman man but coach young uh certainly you’re speaking towards what he was looking to get out of this
Was first and foremost exposure for the local players to sort of the bigger faster sometimes higher level Hoops to hopefully Elevate the state not just state of play but also coaching and even officiating I was going to say you know the talk about a man of many talents and
And varied experiences I mean we mentioned his coaching football basketball um being running the computer program here he was the top white hat official in the oia football for many years back in the ‘ 80s in early 90s uh he had a lettuce Farm in monoa Valley he
Had a part interest in a baseball card mobilia store in monoa Marketplace Nike the first Nike rep in Hawaii for basketball bball I mean this guy uh I don’t know how he did it but there was only 24 hours in a day all are raising yes four kids four kids
You so many Rascal twins who I grew up with I’m just kidding boys anyway great to see that this thing’s still alive and well and thriving and you know in honor of you know coach young I know he’d be all the smiling all ear to ear to see what this tournament has grown
Into we’re back underway here no blood so far as the Raiders go into a weave action against a sort of a matchup Zone here Lupa challenges Ray go three gets a piece of something it could be leather could be skin we’re not sure nonetheless reg will get three free
Ones as Lupa is still trying to figure out wait what it’s his second foul not a bad idea because uh Regal has a nice shot but not the quickest release in the world so luika saw an opportunity there where I can get to this good point it is a slow release it’s
Effective oh once it’s released he puts a nice Arch on the ball good rotation Rego goes two for [Applause] three he’ll cut the lead to five here early in the third here’s Jeremiah white here having a stop and start game so far Hard To The Hoop they’ll get a trip to the line
Whole late to rotate over to challenge way w got there in a hurry speaking of uh nice release and Arch and rotation did you play in that game where kaai MAA hit like nine three-pointers or something I did yeah how the hell do you think he got
Open but uh that must have been something to watch I was living on the mainland that year so I I missed it but uh I would have loved to if somebody has video of that I mean we got it somewhere John shimamoto they’ll find it Rego deep Corner nothing
Doing bolt hole cleaning up the mess and there we have it great way to start the half there for the Red Raiders who have cut the lead of four white deep three long estabon rebound kicks it jenin looks draws Brown no Brown still probing jump stop PP fake drops it the hole
Hole gets his ball back can’t get it Rego Rego and hold hole go go gazi arms finally get it to go and the lead is Two wow [Applause] Z Brown thinking about it do I just keep going yes I do ah no look pass and he gets lucky as Fritz P can’t quite get a hold of it that was a dangerous pass yeah I don’t know if he was that was a hesi or he was just
Indecisive he got all the way into the guts of the defense and then decided to fling it to the three and now he gets tagged with a cheap reach around foul it’s like that’s Browns third and he’ll have a seat as Isaac M comes in so white here curious to see if he
Forces the issue here he’s been watching most of this game with foul trouble so kind of difficult to play as a player when you’re stopping and starting all the time strong take against Jenkins and he’ll take a trip to the line so that’s one way to do it and get yourself
Going it is and uh like you said that’s a great great point about the flow because you know when you come out of the game he only played 2 minutes and 12 seconds and had to come out sit a long time on the bench when he came back in
You could see he didn’t he didn’t seem like he was in any kind of flow he was coming in cold Off the Bench it affected his play yeah not to mention on the defensive end you’re a little hesitant and tentative and you’re not sure what’s what so that carries
Over through on both both ends of the Court as white converts both look like he’s got his Mojo waking up here eson presses the issue dry smart knowing that white is in foul trouble goes right at him he’s got that explosive First Step he saw the lane and attacked
It great job lead is just two here for the Bulldogs two minutes gone in the third Jenkins not backing off of white here nice perator pressure White’s just going to keep it going and Fuentes is going to give us you never really know you just got to wait okay it’s a foul on
Jenkins he stands in disbelief he’s not the only one probably wondering what’s going on here but white quickly here in the third wow another steal White’s got six quick ones Lupa he and eston dancing eston double dribbles but gets away with it and now white picks up his fourth Foul is just a raw deal for white here I mean he just can’t catch a break he opened up so strong to start the quarter with six points and Coach asenda is just going to say you know what I’m going to let him play and eston’s going to challenge it
And there goes Jeremiah White yeah Lou is going to give it to somebody Else things never get old with Louis fentz he’s just a little veteran status there it’s a white escapes with it but I think estabon recognizes this and coach espinda goes into a Zone here nice spin by myy so he’s hiding white in the back there with four fouls he’ll surely be
Coming out of the next whistle white with the rebound as Rego can convert White’s like well I’m coming out I’m going all the way beautiful push Malo finish nice dime by white it Was wow Rego Rego elevated Rego sneaky he is he had a nice dunk yesterday too He’s listed at 6’2 but he’s got obviously great jobi Paul sneaks one up in traffic estabon recognizes the situation white backs off kicks it out to Rego for three doesn’t get it white with the [Applause]
Rebound so the Bulldogs Lupa pull up three can’t get it Rego rebound pushes it the other way kicks it out to my there’s no slowing down here my strong to the [Applause] hoop M excuse me lead is five sort of a frenetic couple of minutes here as we started quietly and white
Launches from 30 short Rego gets ahead of steam here wow and goes right to the rim very aggressive Coast to Coast great finish sometimes just like why not if they’re not going to stop me I’m going to keep going until somebody does yeah lead is three here for the
Bulldogs l a strong Shake move move loses estabon Red Raiders can’t hold it In coach Spinda saying no I’m leaving white in and you know in these kind of situations this might be a situation where yeah you want to test your senior guard like no you got to play with falo because we need you out here as he backs down
He backs down canalo yake into the game for the Red Raiders his first appearance for the day and now we’re at bonus so these quick fouls here now put the Bulldogs with two shots for every foul the rest of the way and white looks to build on his
Momentum he’s created here in this third quarter gets the first White 6 for seven from the line in the quarter he’s got nine points total nine of his 11 and just in the first half of this quarter builds a lead back to five yasutake explores the middle back to Rego veto out of joint there tries to dive it
In there it’s crowded SEO anticipates can’t quite come up with it and the Red Raiders will hold on to it 14 on the Clock Mary kicks it out to Rego deep three top of the KE In and Out Hold hole keeps it high puts it down Red Raiders trying to get over the hump and even this game up Bulldog’s lead is three josn left sidea crosscourt fam open three short old hole caral
It Rego again pushing the issue Mary deep three oh my goodness misses everything veto great hustle and Mary like to have that back as you’re trying to come back and tie this game up quality of shots matter exactly that was a little out of his range look like a 26-footer
He had room in front of him could made that an easier [Applause] shot nice thing about it doesn’t shake his head hang his head coaches aren’t barking at him they just go back and get it back so yeah he definitely was open U good look but little too deep white
Double teamed in a short Corner tries to shake out of it fam collects it 12 to shoot fam Corner got it there it is Mand fam second three of the game he back to six under a minute left Lupa guess what another steal great save from
Out of bounds white to fam can’t convert it regel all over him no call here action the other way Mary can’t get that to fall 40 seconds left in the Quarter finally a merciful whistle could you couldn’t have kept that pace up much more as Christian veto with an ill advised unnecessary reach from behind will slow things down but more importantly he he gives Jason Jason Lupa two free ones allows him to catch his breath and build on this Bulldog six-point
Lead yeah L he didn’t really have good numbers it was one on four but he was on a mission to get to that rim and he did paika converts the first but what about that steal I mean that’s got to be yes great anticipation of Defense body control doesn’t get the
Second shot clock and game clock 2/10 of a second apart so although the way things have been going I’m not sure we’re going to get to that point as uh both teams have been having trouble closing out shot clocks [Applause] here Red Raiders spread things out eson
Gets things going a little early Mary doing a weave Mary doesn’t worry about the shot clock gets it rejected by L that’s a shakes Reed goes to the rack and is fouled and protects himself as Harmon seal gives him a daap and say you’re right little
Fella eston smirks it says man I got I’m glad I survived that Collision strong take by estabon uram earns him two free ones with just six seconds left in the quarter it was we talked about his explosive first dip and a nice crossover dribble finding that Scene3 coaches Spinda putting in his lighter quicker fa to crew the defense and excuse me offense last possession eston gets both Red Raiders jump on him with full core pressure white in the middle of the Court got five 3 seconds left he’ll shoot a running desperation three that doesn’t
Come close and that’ll do it so Red Raider is able to claw back a little bit here at the end of the third cut it to a five-point lead for kuki as we’ll set things up for the fourth quarter we’ll be right back after this word from the Twin Finn All right Tears for Fears keeping us warm in our air conditioned lower gym here on the campus of Yani School w k water o volcanic water sponsoring the hydration duties for the tournament they got these cool Sleek bottles perect perfect size little 16. ners thank you y k
Water and we’re underway here in the fourth is what what has been a competitive and actionpack game white deep three early in a shot clock estabon it’s the middle regel left wing not going to make it fam come up comes up with it Lupa who has been the anchor the rock for this
Bulldog Squad all morning white again pullup jumper can’t get it Malo put back [Applause] good Bala with the sixth point of the game white two quick shots wow big rebound [Applause] here Mary picks his pocket and is called for a foul so it’s great in to spend the 30 second Timeout here’s the dream never stop doing what you love the choices you make now can keep the dream alive tomorrow so you can live your life your way we’re here to help with a personalized approach to a healthier you Hawaii Pacific health coaches Spinda takes an early 30 second gets his troops
Settled back in nursing a seven-point lead here just a minute gone in the Third kuki on top of the Red Raiders who open up in a straight up manto man white high post operating has an advantage on Miry uses his quickness and draws another foul off of M so white will go to the line for his seventh and eighth free throw of the second half certainly tell what wh’s emo was coming into the second half he’s been aggressive offensively really putting the Red Raiders on their heels a little
Bit as he opens up the lead the nine eight for nine from the line is white brown not close Lupa strong rebound and this eston will pester him full court round nice post defense gets a steal come on to the rack can convert he’s trying to draw contact and looks
Like Rees Jenkins get called for his fourth foul and probably could have let that one slide to no Advantage but oh well bolu on top Red Raiders already with three quick fouls here not doing themselves any favors white ISO on Brown looks like he has one thing on his
Mind and converts a tough Baseline pull up timeout by the Red Raiders as the Bulldogs have now stretched the lead to 11 with 547 here to go in the game this is a good example with these new rules where you have the bonus reset every quarter and you only have five
Fouls after which you will have two free throws and you know this is the danger we’re talking about it earlier in the turnning about the pros and cons of this new setup well if you have referees blowing touch fouls early in quarters that are seemingly innocuous and
Probably unnecessary well what you do is you create a situation where the team especially trying to come back now is up against it every time they’re fouling they’re giving the other team free throws so we’ll see if the Red Raiders can stay away from that bonus for a little
Bit as they March their way way to close this game out looks like brown had it poked free Moto’s like actually no quizzical look at his face they’ll reset Browns like I’ll take it 24 on the clock for the Red Raiders ton inbounds to Jenkins P post entry pass to hold hole
BB Double Down creates a turnover and here comes Lupa They really want to get white ISO cuz he certainly has he’s a pretty gifted physically quick and strong player so they really want to take advantage of it Aaron pass gets Jenkins to steal here and neon knows the situation pushing to the hoop out of control Smart no foul by the Bulldogs
And beautiful Twan fast break game by the senior guards white and Lupa lot of contact no call back the other way white will pull up with his jumper and white has got it going just like that it’s a 15-point lead Rego early three and this is how
You let a game slip away from you here as the raid Raiders are quickly down 15 white and Company looking like they’re not stopping anytime soon fam up top 15 to shoot again continuing to isolate white to try to take advantage of his athleticism playmaking here 5 seconds left Lupa and H Hull gets called for poking the ball free here that’s the fourth team foul with 4 minutes left this quarter it’s his second estabon keeping up the pressure on Lupo oh my heavens eston in perfect guarding position just gets robbed and called for a block and that’s just how that goes
Sometimes yeah you know estan he’s got to be a little smarter there too because he’s guarding guy with the shot clock down 45 ft for 40t from the basket and now he puts him at the line like you said for two shots so uh you got a rip
Kind of balance risk versus reward the the risk a foul when the gu not in a scoring threat position and also being cognizant of the officiating crew you have how they’ve been calling a game and I mean no offense but not exactly got the A team out here for the breakfast games
You know so but you know it’s on the player to figure it out right like right it’s hard you know as uh Malo gets called for on the arm and will make by the fourth quarter you know you might be surprised in the first quarter second quarter but by this point
In the game 3 minutes 41 seconds left you should have a sense of how the game is being called and uh not take your chances uh when especially when it’s you know 40 ft from the basket there’s no threat for the the guy scoring there and you know also looking at what happened
To White earlier in the game as your opponent going okay they’re going to call that kind of stuff I need to adjust and it’s hard because you know these guys are playing you know guts to the wall that’s one thing about Kawaii we’ve seen it three days now they they are relentless
I mean they they they have one gear and they don’t downshift H gets one of two if they can somehow harness that energy and play under a little more control I mean you don’t you don’t want to Tamper that energy too much cuz cuz that’s what you want you want your guys
Is aggressive and look at this ball pressure here hold hold 12 to shoot back in the hands of white he’s got yasutake soloed up here deep three get it excuse me that was kooi on the ball the defense K enoi from the left corner can go and white is finally himself here
As he is the senior playmaker that the Bulldogs have been counting on you talk about his athleticism uh he a standout football player uh wide receiver for k key he caught 67 passes this season for 901 yards 12 touchdowns 13.4 yards a catch uh I mean he’s a playmaker on on the
Grid iron as well as the the hardwood uh again he’s he’s considered to be a college Prospect well you don’t have to Rattle off his stats to me I had him on fantasy team this year and I was actually won my pool um off of his late season performances so thank you there
Jeremiah you didn’t know there’s oia Fantasia but I tell you what uh he’s not a football player playing basketball you could tell this kid basketball he’s a pure basketball player with with uh a lot of skills a lot of uh basketball IQ very graceful you can tell he’s he
Spent a lot of time on the court now you’re looking forward for the Bulldogs and you’re for the O all right these Bulldogs are can be a lot to hallow if Luka and white two season senior cars affect the game all 94 ft and like
Like you said you get a 64 300 lb post uh seal who’s who’s you know a basketball player in his own R exactly tenis shoot for the Bulldogs and estabon again cookie jar two more free throws for white and this is stat stats padding here time for the Bulldogs as
The early bonus Garners them frequent chips to the line and you can’t help but so tempting to reach in there and get the get the pumpkin and they get punished for it as white converts Here Comes Barkley kilman who frankly I would think would see more of he brings so
Much to the table Rego deep three especially on defense you know he’s got so much energy so [Applause] active P steadies it 17-point lead here just over two minutes sees a lane wow and an an one strong finish Jason Lupa talk about a basketball player that is a tough shot Gilman was all over him he did foul him at the end but was able to maintain his poison posture clean
Left hand finish and he’ll convert that’s what was impressive I mean he’s a righty but he went left naturally put up a nice Lefty Bank Shot reggo strong to the hoop Malo meet him up top he’ll get called for the foul number 33 Peter Two Shots number five Josh Rego so regel gets two taking advantage of his athleticism knifing through the key like a twin fin through a w can’t convert the first you’re down 20 here with under two minutes it looks bleak so coach perhaps adjusting expectations a little bit trying to get some little
Victories out of this hand here tell you what you know what’s not going to stop is Mark n Gilman I’ll have what he’s having I don’t know what he have for breakfast but good Heavens Red Raiders create a turnover they’re down 19 Gilman why not you earned it yep Rego
Way up high for the board ALU again Alo gets all ball but he’ll get called for a foul here and dja Vu Rego at the line Malu foul just dribbles in there for regel I mean if there is a way you’re going to come back clock stoping free throws right but
Might be a little too little too late for the Red Raiders as Jose Kai Junior checks in for the Red Raiders and eston comes out and that that is a sign of a red flag usually White Flag excuse me oh nice that’s let a catch out the
Fam they’re going to see if they can get a set we got Nas asanga in for his first minutes get him some run white trying to use all of the clock here he’s got 12 to shoot 110 on the game clock late play call here on Ball Deep
Three by white can’t get it to fall Rego Full Speed Ahead to the left hand off the L can’t quite get it to go guess who Barkley Gilman out to enoy Great possession here for the Red Raiders pressure is on here just under a minute 14-point lead for the Bulldogs and white Will try to steady the ball here and draw another foul all right he’ll take two more you got to love again uh we’ve been saying it all all day the last couple days Gilman’s energy you know 14 point game under a minute left and this guy is is Non-Stop and he’s around the
Ball uh you if you’re a guy who wants to get more minutes like him uh that’s the way to do it I mean he’s between him and Sh Kai at the tournament they get I mean you just kind of turn them loose for a couple minutes and they just create
Havoc white can’t get the second one to go White’s had 12 free throw attempts today it’s 10 for 12 enoi going for a second three can’t get it rebound Malo 25 left white will try to just shake three three here and close this one out as
Bulldogs look to have a clean win here from wire to wire it wasn’t always a 15-point lead just kind of opened up late here and white will just dance around and let the game in and that’s that so final score for game two here at the E classic
It’s the timey Bulldogs take care of the Red Raiders from Kawai 70 to 55 as that game was you’re going to see that score later on you’re not going to really understand how close of a game it was Red Raiders got within two and three much of that third
Quarter they’re only down five at the end of three and early Ticky tack fouls and the bonus coming into play and certainly white strong play with Lupa kind of closed the door on them but hardfought game and quality game for both teams I think yeah I’m looking forward to seeing how these
Teams develop over the course of the season because uh they’ve got athletes they got basketball players uh they got stuff to clean up for sure but if they can just clean that stuff up um value possessions a little more the pieces are there on both sides so both teams have regroup they’ll
Be back in the morning set tomorrow on the last day of the classic as they clear out we set things up for our noon lunch break game KN off from kehal Lama here onahu they’ll be on against some Milani Trojans and I mean talk about sometimes these these preseason
Tournaments sometimes you get little gifts little nuggets of high quality games of teams you can anticipate perhaps seeing each other late in the season perhaps in a state tournament play this might be one of them yes Milani for sure uh you know defending OA runner up where they
Were in the state tournament last year omaa younger team last year but now they’re a year older def great size lucky guards I mean it is it is fun to see there is going to be some size on this court for this noon game kol Wade from the Warriors 68 and change
But Min L themselves one of the longer teams in the oia has not just height but width uh we talked about football prospects keep an eye on number 40 for keha Malakai Lee just a sophomore already had visits to Alabama and Georgia uh 68 was about three bills but athletic you know
He’s moves up and down um got some minutes in there against CH the king and did a good job yeah great personality too I see that kid every day on campus and he’s always got a smile and a joke and a shout out for his his fellow students we
Joke around because we are of the larger footed peoples and uh so we swap stories about where we get each other’s shoes from and you know race each other the end of the racket Rosses to see if we can’t get a pair but on the other side you have to start
For the Trojans themselves have some size that all starts with Timothy Dorne the 67 sophomore sort of their anchor for their squad yeah it’s not often that you find uh it’s usually the local teams that talk about the mainland teams uh height and length but when they played St John
BOS Monday night it was the BOS coach talking about their LAN which is very unusual uh so that says something that they’ve got Mainland type height and length yeah alongside of him you pair 65 la vi P Senior Center and they walk on the court and then you have your a problem
Immediately keeping them off the boards you know Dorne especially is a lead shot blocker especially for his age so this will be fun to see how each team matches up their length and size both teams coming off of decent uh outings yesterday the tro is dropping a tough defensive battle to
The two-time defending state champion Crusaders for St Louis while the K Warriors had a game against the Bulldogs of Kami that was pretty close it was ended up being by nine but it was this single digit game the entire time and warriors able to weather that
Storm talk about the size but even the you look at both teams guards so so Roman Gabriel is listed as a guard SL forward he’s 6’3 so you know he can help out on the boards uh and and score inside as well um and on the KEH man side we talked
About their guard so they got size inside but they got an outside shooter nahiku Nala who could hit it from Deep um so talked about how you opened up things for K MAA uh let’s see if Wade and the other big man at Kam can open things up for Nala
Like to thank all the people and places and entities that make this thing happen of course our title sponsor Hoy Pacific Health Les Chun my classmate teammate kind enough to put H heal in the mix in the center of this tournament thanks so much Nike Tony Dorado and Company longtime partners of
This now 39y old tournament lot of teams stand at the twin fin onwy key there a mango seed throw from the beach and hopefully hopefully the weather straightens out a little bit for some of our teams to enjoy just the family and coaches to get a little bit
Of uh little bit of weather there coming from cold environment also coaches being decked out in Kahala whereare Kahala decking out our visiting coaches with topnotch aloha shirts and walk around facility here you have Vol volcanic water as they are the sponsor covering all the hydration duties for tournament
Twin fin actually has more to it just a great location and staff and Facilities but they also have in its Lobby Tiki’s Bar and Grill Bill Tobin and Company we talked about it earlier West great spot sit in a Lai open air wide view of the ocean Horizon sunsets live
Music great menu we there they hosted the coaches mixer on Sunday night where all the visiting coaches came to kind of chew the fat make connections Pina time yeah mentioning during the break you know one of their headline entertainers is elw Sima played for KEH in this tournament and we talk about the
Experience of these kids having you know going up against so and so and and then you know he’s one of them so you got guys who go on to other careers you know become attorneys doctors whatever musicians but they’ll this time of year they’ll think back hey man I remember
The I remember the Yani classic I remember playing against so and so from Fairfax or so and so from montro Chris Flyn Hill you know um and he’s one of them he said you know each each person that plays has their own little story about uh and even if it’s getting your
Shot blocked or getting dunked on you laugh about it 20 30 years later say yeah I tried to guard that guy and he just dunked in my face sure and you know a lot of that comes to you know fruition in terms of actually literally giving
Back I mean a lot of these companies here we pitching in you know they have attach a lot of attachments either personally playing in this children playing in it in Bill Tobin’s uh case um students are having grown up here forward forward realy Trevor Ben and Greg Anders and the team
And forward or and just straight up hoop heads was spefic Risk Solutions Tony Schmidt biggest Oregon State Beaver fan you’ll find in the world you know him chipping in and and you know his long time connection to this obviously to this you know this uh tournament hmsa so you see
These nice banners clean banners all over the uh the gym here reminding us of that this thing doesn’t happen on its own I see big boats in good old big boats Kelly Mill still partner with Tiki so Kell Kelly was U one of the founders of Tiki’s former uh lineman longtime
Supporter of High School athletics uh used to recondition football helmets every off season but yeah you mentioned there’s a lot of people behind the scenes um may not be visible to the general public when they think of high school but they’re there they’re always there supporting Island flooring ACW Insurance
The group there first Insurance Bo that’s on Waterworks love that word I’ve always liked that word Waterworks Hardware Hawaii they’ve done a lot uh around the island that’s where I go so last night exciting quarterfinal action culminating with our alaka executive Search slam dung contest jir Jones out of
Oakbridge High taking home the title that’s Elite company in in years past has taking home the title for the oid pioneers and we’re actually pretty the the top three dunkers pretty legit Thomas and Tiller and and Jones there you know they could have had their own little highlight
Show as is all right well we got three minutes left we’re going to hand things over cter is taking over the uh Part of Me Oh sardine shimamoto here better get out of here and give him back his mic Ricardo West nama C scan we’ll see you
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