15U game is Saturday, 10 a.m.

Got the word from NJB All-Net. Our 15U game is on Saturday, 10 am at Palama. No matter what, we'll be without Drayton this weekend. He and his brother Danny are involved with a weekend-long church conference. Would've been nice to have eight, but with all the running we did on Tuesday and today, we'll have stronger legs come game time.

Game time is upon us, cheeeehu!

Schedule
Friday, 8 p.m., 17U vs. NJB Hawaii Select, Palama Settlement Gym
Saturday, 10 a.m., 15U vs. Boom, Palama Settlement Gym
Sunday, 3 p.m., Practice, Makiki Park

And 1: Great practice today. Got a lot of shooting work done, cleaning up some things. Good team shooting competition allowed us to get a lot of conditioning work done. Scrimmages and game situation work were valuable, too. Best game-ending situation: Team Orange gets a corner 3-pointer by Christian with 2 seconds left for the lead. Team White follows with a 55-footer 70-footer by Drew behind the halfcourt stripe that banks in for the win. I shoulda videotaped that!

Update Friday, 7:30 am. I mentioned the Compete and Learn League (CAL) in the previous post and the news that all sophomores (16 and younger) can play. Some of you may not know that this is a different age/birthdate rule than NJB. Right now, our CAL roster would look like this if everyone stays: Bryson, Drayton, Cody, Josh, Isaiah, Keanu, Max, Kaelen + J.J. and Mickey. That's 10 players and that's plenty. I don't assume, though, that everyone will stay because there are school summer leagues, summer school, family vacation trips. Who knows what the plans for Thunder basketball will be? I can only hope. CAL starts in early June, a week or so after the end of NJB All-Net.

CAL usually has a eighth-grade division and if we have enough players, we might field a team. We'd need a lot more kids though. Otherwise, I'll just add Brent to the older team.

There's usually an 18-under (high school age) division at the Ikaika League during the summer. We've never played in that league, but it would be great for our 17U guys who want to play. My only reservation is that (I hear) they use a running clock through everything, including free throws. If that's true, then it's a really short game, barely 30 minutes. Not sure if that would be worthwhile. But I definitely want to find a league for our 17U in the summer.

Tournaments: Kona Stingrays, first week of July, open to high-school age players (including seniors). If we go with our current 17U, we have plenty of numbers and I wouldn't add any more unless we lose too many (football summer training) and have less than 10.

NJB All-Net 17U tournament is in the second week of July. That's a five-day tournament.

If anyone hears about other tournaments and leagues, let me know. Next step is to start planning fundraisers. Everybody's input is needed.

Even the roll for quarters is orange and white.

Laundry time is my destiny.