Iolani Alumni

Team Shimamoto captured the 2008 Iolani Alumni League “A” Division Championship with a final record of 4-2, one game ahead of second place finishers Team Tanaka (’94/’95) and Team Hirata (’03/’04).

Team Shimamoto: Corey Yamashita ‘93, Dean Shimamoto ‘94, Adam Wong ‘94, Cord Anderson ‘99, Joe Udell ‘02, Bricen McCartney ‘08, Berton Wong ‘08, Taylor Mounts ‘08 (Not Pictured: Dean Shin ‘93, Travis Grobe ‘00)

Final Four Schedule: Friday, July 25
• 7:00pm - Downie ‘97 vs. Shimizu ‘06
• 7:50pm - Chun ‘80 vs. Pacheco ‘98

Third place and championship games will be played on Saturday, July 26 at 5:00 and 5:50 pm.

The start date for the 2008 Iolani Alumni Basketball League is closing in, so get your team together, pull your jerseys out of storage, dust off the kicks and grab the Icy-Hot because the first set of teams will take the court in less than a week.

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From Monday, June 16th until Saturday, July 26th, 19 teams representing more than 28 years of alumni will compete for the coveted Iolani Alumni Basketball League title.

This season, the league is split into four divisions (A,B,C,D) and two levels of play. In the top level, teams in the A Division will compete in a double-round-robin format to determine a champion based on overall record. In the second level, the teams with the best record in the B, C and D Divisions (along with one wild-card team) will enter a four team playoff to determine the champion.

The Iolani Alumni Basketball League is right around the corner so for those of you haven’t touched a ball since last July, its time to start warming up… (a month and half should be enough right?… maybe not).

The 2008 summer league is set to begin on June 16 and run through the week of July 21 with games on Mondays, Tuesday, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Game times on weekdays will likely be at 7:00, 7:50 and 8:40 pm. On weekends, there will be four games starting at 5:00 pm.

Last year’s champions from the Classes of ‘94 and ‘95 (Tanaka) will be looking to defend their title again in 2008 (if they can field a team). Shown are Josh Obrey ‘94, Doug Lange ‘94, Kanoa Leahey ‘95, John Stepien ‘95, Micah Banton ‘95, Mark Ambler ‘95, Jerry Tanaka ‘95.

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A new champion was crowned on Wednesday night when Red Division Champion Team Tanaka defeated Black Division Champion Team Hirata 64-55 in the title game of the 2007 Iolani Alumni Basketball League. Kanoa Leahey ‘95 and John Stepien ‘95 led the way for Team Tanaka with 17 and 15 points respectively. Kyle Pape ‘05 and Ryan Hirata ‘04 pitched in 20 and 18 in a losing effort.

In the battle for third place, Team Pacheco defeated Team Kawahara 42-28.

2007 Iolani Alumni League Overall Champions (left to right): Josh Obrey ‘94, Doug Lange ‘94, Kanoa Leahey ‘95, John Stepien ‘95, Micah Banton ‘95, Mark Ambler ‘95, Jerry Tanaka ‘95

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I’m sure you’ve noticed, but there haven’t been any scores or stats reported for the last couple weeks. Here’s why:

1. I was on a trip for two weeks.
2. I haven’t received any of the scores or stats.

So… with only a week or so left to play, you’ll all have to live in the recorded glory of your performances from weeks one and two.

Thanks for your understanding.

Kawahara 39, Takesue 38
High Scorers: Dean Nakagawa 12, Dean Shimamoto 11

Pacheco 49, Downie 41
High Scorers: #40 Downie 14, #33 Downie 10

Notes: Roster for Downie and Pacheco were not complete, so names could not be determined.

Tanaka 71, Suzuki 22
High Scorers: John Stepien 20, Josh Obrey 20, Doug Lange 17, Micah Banton 12

Ferris 37, Lim 34
High Scorers: Danny Coda 17, Brent Kitsu 11, Tyler Hee 14

Hirata 53, Shimizu 34
High Scorers: Daniel Adachi 11

Kawahara 43, Chun 32
High Scorers: Dave Chun 14

Pacheco 42, Kuioka 36
High Scorers: Kawika Nakoa 18, Ben Karnuth 16, Travis McGaughy 14

Shimabukuro 42, Young 33
High Scorers: Ryan Roberts 14, Greg Young 13

Hirata 50, Lim 37
High Scorers: Tyler Hee 11, Matt Smith 10, Sean Agustin 10

Ferris 42, Walthall 38
High Scorers: Brent Kitsu 13, Derek Ching 11, Ryan Kanno 10

Morikuni 47, Young 41
High Scorers: Mark Watanabe 15, Gavin Sugihara 14, Brandon Flores 12, Al Inaba 12

Tanaka 57, Chun 32
High Scorers: John Stepien 18, Kanoa Leahey 18, Josh Obrey 11, Scott Laboy 11

Shimizu 38, Kuioka 31
High Scorers: Leo Shimizu 12, Daniel Adachi 10, Neil Kuioka 9

Takesue 50, Lum 38
High Scorers: Dean Shimamoto 15, Daren Kimura 15

Suzuki 57, Young 48
High Scorers: Mark Watanabe 22, Ivan Suzuki 17, Dennis Silva 14, Gavin Sugihara 14

Pacheco 48, Walthall 34
High Scorers: Marcus Choy 13, Matt Choy 13

Scores and stats will be delayed a bit today because gym manager Nolan Nakamura ‘92 went home with the scorebook…

Morikuni 31, Chun 27
High Scorers: Brandon Flores 9, Eric Wright 8

Downie 43, Kuioka 38
High Scorers: Randy Miyashiro 15, Cullen Oesterley 12, Ben Karnuth 11, Travis McGaughy 10

Ferris 42, Shimizu 38
High Scorers: Daniel Adachi 19, Danny Coda 14

Shimabukuro 44, Kawahara 35
High Scorers: Chris Shimabukuro 14, Ryan Roberts 11

Lim 36, Pacheco 33
High Scorers: Janson Young 11, Tyler Hee 10

NOTE: Hull ‘01 pulled out of the league so please check the schedule to see if any of your games have been changed.

Takesue 48, Young 31
High Scorers: Dean Shimamoto - 18, Mike Moses - 12, Gavin Sugihara - 10

Shimizu 37, Walthall 32
High Scorers: Bradon Ogata - 11, Leo Shimizu - 10, Daniel Adachi - 10

Suzuki 76, Lum 45
High Scorers: Dennis Silva - 20, John Matsumoto - 12