From TGI Staff ReportsHawaiian-American Indian Basketball Tournament On the heels of 18 points — and a tournament MVP performance — from Ashley Farias, the Kapa’a High School Warriors won the women’s championship of the Hawaiian-American Indian Basketball Tournament 55-47 over
From TGI Staff ReportsHawaiian-American Indian
Basketball Tournament
On the heels of 18 points — and a tournament MVP
performance — from Ashley Farias, the Kapa’a High School Warriors won the
women’s championship of the Hawaiian-American Indian Basketball Tournament
55-47 over the Savage Pearls of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The
tourney was held last Thursday through Saturday at the Kilauea Neighborhood
Center.
Savage’s Louisa Housty scored a game-high 20 points in pacing her
team to the second-place effort.
The defending champion Chico (CA) Coyotes
again repeated on the men’s side, defeating Nanaimo of Vancouver, B.C. 96-71 in
the title game. Mike Davis led Chico with 24 points, while Ernie Stevens added
21. George Blackcrow dropped in 28 points for Nanaimo in the loss.
Awards
handed out for the women included the following:
High Scorer — Louisa
Housty, Savage Pearls
Ms. Hustle — Jodah Morrison, Savage Pearls
MVP
— Ashley Farias, Kapa’a
Sportsmanship — The Duncan (B.C.)
Redskins
The all-tournament team shook out like this:
Ashley Farias
(Kapa’a), Cherie Paleka (Kapa’a), Waiala Quisano (Kapa’a), Vina Robinson
(Savage Pearls), Louisa Housty (Savage Pearls), Lovera Blackcrow (Savage
Pearls), Jodah Morrison (Savage Pearls) and Lori Elliot (Duncan)
Awards
handed out for the men included the following:
High Scorer — George
Blackcrow, Nanaimo
Mr. Hustle — Blake Anakalea — Makoa, Kaua’i
MVP —
Mike Davis, Chico
Sportsmanship — Makoa
The all-tournament team shook
out like this:
George Blackcrow (Nanaimo), Leroy Courville Jr. (Nanaimo),
Blake Anakalea (Makoa), Maynard Shea (Kimana, Kaua’i), Roland Vierra (Makoa),
Mike Davis (Chico), Ernie Stevens (Chico), Brooks Baptiste (Lapwai, Idaho) and
Arlen Rousseau (Chico)
After Kapa’a and the Savage Pearls, Duncan, B.C.
finished in third place on the women’s side of the tournament.
After Chico
and Nanaimo, Makoa (Kaua’i) finished in third place, Lawai, Idaho in fourth and
Kimana (Kaua’i) in fifth.
