• Tournament? Still thinking about organizing an intermediate tourney in November. Lot of variables and cost involved, like gym rental cost, referees, scoreboard operators/scorekeepers. I'll ask around and see if there's any interest. Preference is to have school teams enter. The ILH private-school intermediate teams play their season in late November and December, I think.
• There IS a HI-PAL intermediate level (or 13U) tournament in Hilo every December. I'm not big on that one since the competitive level isn't super high, and it's a busy time of year for me and all the parents. But it's a thought.
• CAL and PAA start their leagues again in January. CAL will have intermediate and elementary divisions, which means Big Josh will be eligible to play. Same with guys who are turning 14 this winter like Felcris and Colin. We could definitely use 2 more players since Chris will be busy with Big Boyz winter football league (January to May).
• Fundraisers. Planning on a car wash in the next 30 days. Also Free-Throw Challenge II. We've got that monthly bill to pay (loan), plus the upcoming leagues and new uniforms. Coach Bo has asked us to help with new uniforms for Anuenue (high school), where he's an assistant coach, so that could be a small fundraiser for us. Gerard, who hooked us up with our newest uniforms (teal blue), is supportive of that idea.
• And about uniforms... Everybody has a different color preference. I'll continue to take everyone's input.
Felcris likes navy blue. Josh prefers sky blue. Kali‘a likes black. Tani likes orange. I like metallic silver, gold and copper (like a shiny penny). Tough to find a uniform shop that has those metallic fabrics though. It would be simpler to re-order a new set of the current teal blue uniforms, especially since everybody's going to grow in the next several months. So we could go with new teals for guys who need a bigger size, PLUS another color. Maybe white with metallic copper (instead of our original orange). (See photo below for an idea of what the white/copper combo can look like.)
• Travel. Some of the guys have asked about next summer. I still want us to go somewhere new. Vegas/Anaheim and Kona will always be there. So I'm going to get in contact again with Coach Young at ‘Iolani. He told me he'd get in touch with his guy in China since they have a connection with the Nike-affiliated schools there. If we could go there in the summer and play five or six middle-school or high school teams, that would be fantastic!
It doesn't have to be China. Open to ideas.
• Practices. We'll still have drill workouts to keep improving our fundamentals. Shooting. Ballhandling. On-ball defense. I'm thinking once or twice a week, especially if we can find a gym with open play. I'll let everybody know. Enjoy the free time off for now.
WEEEE LUBBB THIS GAAAAME!!
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