Girls hoops start Friday

Three varsity and a junior varsity off-island girls basketball teams will give hoops fans a good idea of the upcoming KIF girls basketball season starting Friday. Kalani High School will be bringing their junior varsity as well as varsity squad to Kaua’i for games starting Friday. Additionally, the Kailua varsity squad will also be here during the same time frame resulting in games being played at all three high school gyms, according to a schedule shared by Kaua’i basketball officials. Friday night has games at both the Bernice Hundley Gym in Kapa’a as well as the Raiderdome at Kaua’i High School. The Kailua squad will tangle with the Lady Warriors in Kapa’a starting at 7 p.m. Friday, while over at Kaua’i High School, the Kalani JV will start things off at 5:30 p.m. with a game against the Red Raider JV team.

That game will be followed by the Kalani varsity squad taking on the Lady Raiders approximately 20 minutes following the completion of the JV game. Saturday morning, Kailua’s varsity team visits the Raiderdome for a 10 a.m. game while on Saturday evening, the Kalani JV will start things off starting at 5:30 p.m. The varsity squads will tip off 20 minutes following the completion of the JV contest.

Also on Saturday, Kalani will visit the Menehune at the Clem Gomes Gym with the JV game tipping off at 10 a.m. This will be followed by the varsity contest approximately 20 minutes following the completion of the JV contest. Saturday night, Kailua will visit the Menehune for a 7 p.m. tipoff. On Thursday, Feb. 23, Punahou II will be visiting the Clem Gomes for a 7 p.m. tipoff. Punahou II will continue their sweep through the island with a 7 p.m. tipoff against Kapa’a on Friday, and on Saturday, Feb. 25, they will tangle with Kaua’i at 7 p.m.