#5s Advance in Hawaii, D1 or Not D1

#1 posting 5.18.2006

POINT PARADE
HAWAII
D1
Jazzmin Awa-Williams, Konawaena 23 vs Lahainaluna 47-33

DOUBLE VISION
HAWAII
D1
Jazzmin Awa-Williams, Konawaena 34 (23 p, 11 r) vs Lahainaluna 47-33
Iwalani Rodrigues, Roosevelt 29 (19 p, 10 r) vs Moanalua 54-32
Tati Beasley, Roosevelt 25 (14 p, 11 r) vs Moanalua 54-32
Shawna-Lei Kuehu, Punahou 25 (15 p, 10 r) vs Kahuku 60-36
D2
Careena Onosai, Word of Life 28 (14 p, 14 r) vs Kalani 41-68
Korena Burgio, Seabury Hall 22 (12 p, 10 r) vs St. Francis 43-64
Capri Holiona, Aiea 21 (10 p, 11 r) vs La Pietra 36-40

5s ADVANCE
Both #5 seeds advanced to the semis in their respective divisions in the Hawaii tournament yesterday. In D1 Konawaena from the Big Island topped Lahainaluna 47-33, while D2 St. Francis from the ILH took out Seabury Hall 64-43. Stories from the Honolulu Advertiser unless noted.
D1
Honoka'a beat Kamehameha-Kapalama 33-26
Roosevelt had no problem with Moanalua 54-32
Konawaena overcame a bad first quarter in a 47-33 win over Lahainaluna
#1 Punahou exploded in the second quarter for a 60-36 win over Kahuku
D2
Kamehameha-Hawaii topped Castle 54-42
#1 Kalani took over in the second quarter and stopped Word of Life 68-41
La Pietra edged Aiea 40-36
St. Francis ripped Seabury Hall 64-43 story from Honolulu Star Bulletin

COACHING NEWS
IA
Ken Slater has resigned from North Scott and has accepted the prinipal job along with the girls basketball position. He had a 78-39 record in five years at North Scott. The decision explained in the North Scott Press

COACHING OPENINGS

CONFERENCE RESHUFFLING
WI
Southeast Wisconsin will have new schools in new conferences. The Parkland conference is done after this spring. More changes will be coming in the 2008 year. Find out where schools are headed by reading the Art Kabelowsky column in the Milwaukee Journal.

D1 OR D2?
June 1st is the deadline to make a decision to move to D1. North Dakota is thinking of joining North Dakota State as a D1 program. Will the Big Sky fly? or is the MidContinent the place to be. Many questions. Here is the Grand Forks Herald with what is going on with the D1 issue.

AAU NEWS MN
Here are the MN State AAU brackets.
The tournament will be held at Forest Lake on the 20th and 21st. (Saturday and Sunday)
19s, 16s, 15s, 14s
AAU ROSTERS

BOOK PROGRESSION
Yesterday I finished the Minnesota team by team portion of the book. I have emailed coaches throughout the state to get the information up to date. I still need more information from some schools.
Next up will be updating the North Dakota information school by school.
The books will have more goodies in them than in the past. I also will have be adding another computer, and more importantly, an assistant to get the avalanche of information entered and formatted.
The books will be available near the first weekend in October in time for the MN Girls Basketball Coaches Association Fall Clinic.

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