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The HawaiÊ»i Police Department is hosting several HI-PAL “Click It or Ticket” basketball tournaments during the month of June. June 8-9 is a 3-on-3 basketball tournament at the KeaÊ»au High School gym and covered courts. This event is open to youth in the following age groups: 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14, girls 10 and under, […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Washington State freshman guard Lia Galdeira has been selected to attend the 2013 National Team Trials and tryout for the FIBA U19 World Championship Team at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. May 16-19, USA Basketball announced Tuesday. Galdeira is one of 34 players from across the country who received […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The county Department of Parks and Recreation, the Hawaii Police Department’s HI-PAL Program, and the nonprofit Big Island All-Stars have announced the inaugural Jimmy Yagi Summer Hoops Clinic for boys and girls 9 to 17 years old. Named in honor of the former University of Hawaii at Hilo basketball coach who helped guide […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Hawaii Island Hoops is now accepting registration for its 2013 College-Prep Basketball Camp, June 3-7 at Kekuaokalani Gym in Kailua-Kona. Special guests include a Nike and ESPN nationally ranked high school coach at camp all week and an NBA player. Get noticed and be instructed by college coaches. Our college-prep camp includes daily […]

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The Hawaiʻi Police Department is hosting a HI-PAL “Click It or Ticket” 5-on-5 basketball tournament during the Honomū Family Fun Day at the Honomū Gymnasium on April 27. This tournament is open to the first eight teams in the 9-10 age division only. This is for athletes born in years 2003 and 2004.

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MEDIA RELEASE University of Hawaii at Hilo Athletic Director Dexter Irvin has announced that men’s basketball head coach Jeff Law will not be returning to the Vulcan bench after completing his 15th season. Law has accepted a position at former Pacific West Conference institution Western New Mexico University. “Every assistant coach looks for that break […]

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Karin Stanton | Hawaii 24/7 Editor Hawaii Preparatory Academy was the top Big Isle team at the boys basketball state tournament. HPA was unseeded in Division II, but trounced Seabury Hall, 76-52, to secure third place. Also in Division II, Pahoa stopped Waianae, 47-42, to take fifth place. No. 1 seed Saint Francis topped Kailua, […]

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Karin Stanton | Hawaii 24/7 Editor Big Island boys basketball squads were thwarted Friday in their attempts to make the state championship games. In Division I, No. 4 seed Konawaena lost its semi final match-up against No. 1 Maryknoll, 45-32. Konawaena now takes on unseeded Punahou for third place. Meanwhile, Maryknoll advances to the Division […]

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Karin Stanton | Hawaii 24/7 Editor The Division II crown belongs to Kamehameha Schools Hawaii, which toughed it out against a fellow Big Isle team, but the big surprise was in Division I, where Konawaena was thwarted by upstart No. 1 seed Kamehameha Schools Hawaii topped unseeded Honokaa, 55-46, to win its second straight state […]

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The HawaiÊ»i Police Activities League (HI-PAL) will once again be holding their Boys and Girls Spring Basketball League. A new aspect of this league will be the addition of an Elementary School Division. This league will be for Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth graders, (Elementary Division), and Seventh and Eight graders, (Intermediate Division). Participants will only […]

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Karin Stanton | Hawaii 24/7 Editor At least one of the two girls state basketball titles belongs to the Big Island. The Division I and Division II title games are to be played Friday, Feb. 8 and both will be televised. The games are will be shown at 5 p.m. and at 7 p.m. on […]

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The Hawaiʻi Police Activities League (HI-PAL) will have its 23rd annual “HI-PAL Hope Chapel 3-on-3 Basketball Jam” in Kona over the weekend of January 19-21. Sign-ups are being accepted now through Friday, January 11. Division are as follows: 5/6, 7/8, 9/10, 11/12, 13/14, Girls 12-under, Girls 14-under. Team rosters are limited to five players.

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Sponsors of the upcoming HI-PAL Winter Basketball Classic have shifted tournament venues so public memorial services for U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye may be held at Hilo’s Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium.

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MEDIA RELEASE Washington State freshman guard Lia Galdeira has been named Pac-12 Conference Freshman of the Week, the conference office announced. Galdeira scored a game-high 15 points Saturday in WSU’s 62-55 win over No. 20 Ohio State. The Konawaena graduate also grabbed six rebounds and finished 6-for-6 at free throw line including four that came […]

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