Ikaika League, JV division, consolation playoffs
Good battle by our 9th and 8th graders plus 1 (Kalia). Small ball vs tall, older team.
We trailed by 4-8 points until Felcris tied the game with a baseline runner with around :03 left in regulation. Then Micah hit a running bank shot with less than 1 second to go in OT to tie it up again. Second OT was sudden death: first team to score 3 points wins. MPI made a FT. We got the ball and Kali‘a was just a little bit long on his open 3 from the top. MPI got the rebound and scored on the fastbreak to win.
Collin plaayed a good game for his school team.
Showing posts with label Mid-Pacific. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mid-Pacific. Show all posts
Monday, October 12, 2015
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
H1 Thunder 40, Mid-Pacific 38 (V)
Ikaika League, Varsity Division, Palolo gym
Thank God for our Pups. We had just 6 varsity players tonight, but Jance and Skyler -- eighth graders -- gave us crucial minutes off the bench. Our starters got time to hydrate and rest. Jance hit a big corner 3 in the first half and Sierra made a "shooter's roll" 2 from the corner in the second half.
They also played solid defense while our starters gritted out the win. Was not easy against the Owls' full crew of 10 players. We played a good 25 minutes -- our lead was 11 or 12 points -- and a subpar last 5 minutes.
Golden rule: Do not give a team open 3-point shots again and again unless you really, really want to give a win away. We are still learning to truly defend when it matters most. Much too nice defensively when we need to get feisty and truly challenge EVERY shot the other team takes.
Our nice guys just don't get it -- yet. I really hope they do one day. Tomorrow maybe? Kudos to MPI for refusing to give up but we almost let them steal the game after we'd worked so hard. GET PHYSICAL, Thunderrrrr.
Overall, a good team win. Seeking greatness. Not next year when many of our Thunder will be seniors. Greatness NOW. Tomorrow. This week. This month.
Lineup: Skylar Kawakami-bechtel, Jance, Sierra, Mosi Afe, Kali'a Mielke, Radyn, Tenchi Robinson, Michael.
Next: Wed 430 pm - practice at Makiki Park.
Thunder JV has two games on Saturday. Thunder Varsity has two games Sunday.
WE LUB THIS GAAAAAAME!!
Thank God for our Pups. We had just 6 varsity players tonight, but Jance and Skyler -- eighth graders -- gave us crucial minutes off the bench. Our starters got time to hydrate and rest. Jance hit a big corner 3 in the first half and Sierra made a "shooter's roll" 2 from the corner in the second half.
They also played solid defense while our starters gritted out the win. Was not easy against the Owls' full crew of 10 players. We played a good 25 minutes -- our lead was 11 or 12 points -- and a subpar last 5 minutes.
Golden rule: Do not give a team open 3-point shots again and again unless you really, really want to give a win away. We are still learning to truly defend when it matters most. Much too nice defensively when we need to get feisty and truly challenge EVERY shot the other team takes.
Our nice guys just don't get it -- yet. I really hope they do one day. Tomorrow maybe? Kudos to MPI for refusing to give up but we almost let them steal the game after we'd worked so hard. GET PHYSICAL, Thunderrrrr.
Overall, a good team win. Seeking greatness. Not next year when many of our Thunder will be seniors. Greatness NOW. Tomorrow. This week. This month.
Lineup: Skylar Kawakami-bechtel, Jance, Sierra, Mosi Afe, Kali'a Mielke, Radyn, Tenchi Robinson, Michael.
Next: Wed 430 pm - practice at Makiki Park.
Thunder JV has two games on Saturday. Thunder Varsity has two games Sunday.
WE LUB THIS GAAAAAAME!!
Sunday, May 10, 2015
Video: Thunder vs Owls White (JV)
Highlights
Full game footage
vs Owls White (JV) 5/9/2015
Full game footage
vs Owls White (JV) 5/9/2015
∆∆ Full game ▶ H1 Thunder vs Owls White (JV) 5/9/2015 - YouTube
Video: Lorelai Ramos.
Score: Thunder 52, Owls White 31.
Saturday, May 9, 2015
H1 Thunder 52, Owls White 31 (JV)
Ikaika League, JV Division, McCully gym
Congratulations to the Thunder and Coach Larry on a solid win tonight. I got word via text from our parents. We finished the regular season at 6-1 and have the #1 seed in the championship bracket playoffs. Our first playoff game is next Saturday night.
Big mahalo to Ray-Marlyn Ramos for bringing Mosi and Chris to the game. Also mahalo to Jason and Yolie Apuya, and Joel Gormley for offering to help transport the guys. Mahalo to Kali'a and his dad, Rob Mielke, for transporting the basketballs, uniforms, white board and camera to the game. Mahalo to Coach Bino for bringing everything home. I'll pick everything up from him later tonight (after work). Looking forward to seeing the game video!
Next:
Sunday, 3 pm - Optional shooting practice. It's Mother's Day, so enjoy some special time with your moms. If you have the afternoon free, come to Makiki Park and get some shooting reps in. Parents meeting to follow at 5 pm for those who are available. I want everyone's feedback on upcoming summer leagues and possible travel plans.
WE LOVE THIS GAME!
Congratulations to the Thunder and Coach Larry on a solid win tonight. I got word via text from our parents. We finished the regular season at 6-1 and have the #1 seed in the championship bracket playoffs. Our first playoff game is next Saturday night.
Big mahalo to Ray-Marlyn Ramos for bringing Mosi and Chris to the game. Also mahalo to Jason and Yolie Apuya, and Joel Gormley for offering to help transport the guys. Mahalo to Kali'a and his dad, Rob Mielke, for transporting the basketballs, uniforms, white board and camera to the game. Mahalo to Coach Bino for bringing everything home. I'll pick everything up from him later tonight (after work). Looking forward to seeing the game video!
Next:
Sunday, 3 pm - Optional shooting practice. It's Mother's Day, so enjoy some special time with your moms. If you have the afternoon free, come to Makiki Park and get some shooting reps in. Parents meeting to follow at 5 pm for those who are available. I want everyone's feedback on upcoming summer leagues and possible travel plans.
WE LOVE THIS GAME!
Monday, October 13, 2014
Owls 43, H1 Thunder 37 (15U)
CAL 15U Division, Kilauea gym
Good battle from the start. They had the height advantage with a springy 6-2 kid who is a son of former UH player Tim Shepherd. He drove for at least five layups on us from the high post. We had the fastbreak, but we were very sloppy from the beginning, didn't execute our halfcourt offense a lot. More turnovers than baskets, all unforced against a 2-3 zone. The good thing most times with our 15U is they have good chemistry. The bad thing? Not enough practice time together, and suddenly executing againts a simple 2-3 zone gets real complicated.
It was a good 15U season. Our record was 6-2 or something like that even with the lack of practice time. I'll check when I get home.
Main thing is, please learn from success and mistakes. Repeat what works well. Cut out all the things that lead to problems. In other words, play fundamentally strong basketball at all times and everything falls into place. Get rid of the things that don't work against good teams. Fundamentals first.
The other good thing is we did well even though everybody (except Sierra and Anu) is only 14.
LOVE YOU GUYS!
Lineup: Sierra Murobayashi, Josh M DE Jesus, Kapaa Nishimura, Gabriel Porras, Chase Santos, Keanu Pratt, Felcris Jay Corpuz Ahadain, Ryan Higashionna, Colin Micah Ramos, Micah Visoria.
MAHALO to Coach Ray for shooting the video for both games today!
Good battle from the start. They had the height advantage with a springy 6-2 kid who is a son of former UH player Tim Shepherd. He drove for at least five layups on us from the high post. We had the fastbreak, but we were very sloppy from the beginning, didn't execute our halfcourt offense a lot. More turnovers than baskets, all unforced against a 2-3 zone. The good thing most times with our 15U is they have good chemistry. The bad thing? Not enough practice time together, and suddenly executing againts a simple 2-3 zone gets real complicated.
It was a good 15U season. Our record was 6-2 or something like that even with the lack of practice time. I'll check when I get home.
Main thing is, please learn from success and mistakes. Repeat what works well. Cut out all the things that lead to problems. In other words, play fundamentally strong basketball at all times and everything falls into place. Get rid of the things that don't work against good teams. Fundamentals first.
The other good thing is we did well even though everybody (except Sierra and Anu) is only 14.
LOVE YOU GUYS!
Lineup: Sierra Murobayashi, Josh M DE Jesus, Kapaa Nishimura, Gabriel Porras, Chase Santos, Keanu Pratt, Felcris Jay Corpuz Ahadain, Ryan Higashionna, Colin Micah Ramos, Micah Visoria.
MAHALO to Coach Ray for shooting the video for both games today!
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Winter schedule
The week of Nov. 17-22, we have a JV scrimmage (with referees) at Mid-Pacific. Coach Ryan Hirata called tonight. More details later.
I'm hoping we have a lot of Intermediate and JV games/scrimmagesin November and December. We'll have a lot of our 15U guys missing, but we'll have our 13U guys to step in and step up.
WE LUB THIS GAME!
I'm hoping we have a lot of Intermediate and JV games/scrimmagesin November and December. We'll have a lot of our 15U guys missing, but we'll have our 13U guys to step in and step up.
WE LUB THIS GAME!
Thursday, July 3, 2014
H1 Thunder 31, Mid-Pacific 24 (JV)
Maryknoll JV League, championship game
Great defensive work from all 15 Thunder tonight. Referees called it tight on fullcourt pressure and allowed all hand-checking (impeding rhythm, speed) in halfcourt, which worked well for MPI and not so well for us in the first half. We led 12-11 at the break, with 7 of MPI's points coming on bonus free throws.
Second half, we dropped the press, played solid halfcourt defense and went on a run. We adjusted to the officiating, stopped fouling so much and built up a decent enough lead.
We also kept close watch on MPI's long-range shooters most of the second half, which was big. Last time, they rallied late in the game and we pulled out a 31-30 win. This time, much smarter on defense. Chris, Ray and Kali‘a were superb on the defensive glass. For the most part, all of our defenders did a good job boxing out and playing strong in the paint.
That's all I really wanted: great defense and quick transition on offense and defense. Everything else was secondary to me.
We got the ball inside fairly well, using Chris, Anu, Kyle and Ray on the low post to get good looks and high-percentage shots. We finished out with halfcourt man defense in the final 8 or 10 minutes.
It was doubly tough with Tani on the bench. He got scratched on the nose late in the first half and it never quite stopped bleeding, so he never returned to the game.
It was never easy. MPI is relentless with their halfcourt man defense. If we had to do this game again, maybe I would've called for Alpha on defense, but with the fouls we racked up early (Anu and Tani had 3 each before halftime), we played our base (hands off) defense and it worked out.
We didn't play perfect basketball, but we played with 100 percent heart and a lot of smarts. This was a title we truly earned. GREAT WORK, THUNDER!
9-1 overall with the win over MPI (8-2) and Coach Jeff Won. I'm looking forward to a lot of great battles with them in the next few years.
MAHALO to Auntie Lehua Nishimura and Kapaa for picking up Anu after his football pass league game. MAHALO to Brandon Higashionna for his stellar work on the video camera again.
Lineup: Sierra Murobayashi, Jared Elwin, Micah Visoria, Kali'a Mielke, Colin Ramos, Kyle Moraga, Radyn Kaleikini, Felcris Jay Corpuz Ahadain, Ryan Higashionna, Chase Santos, Chris Afe, Tanielu Mosi Afe, Kapaa Nishimura, Josh M DE Jesus, Keanu Pratt.
CONGRATULATIONS, CHAMPIONS!
Next: Thursday, 7:15 pm - Thunder vs. Damien (Kalani Varsity League).
WE LUBBB THIS GAAAAME!!
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Video: Thunder vs Mid-Pacific (JV)
Maryknoll Summer League, Junior Varsity Division. Wednesday, June 25, 2014. Clarence T.C. Ching Gymnasium.
video: Brandon Higashionna
score: Thunder 31, Owls 30
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