Tribune-Herald
Tribune-Herald
Second-seeded Sun Country of Texas rallied to beat the Moku O Keawe girls 21-25, 25-18, 25-17, 25-14 on Friday night in the USA Volleyball High Performance Championships in Des Moines, Iowa.
Sun Country, from El Paso, Texas, advanced to the National Youth Division’s Gold Bracket Final Four.
Moku O Keawe slipped to 4-2 in the tournament and will play in the Silver Bracket today. The Big Island team started strong in the tourney, going 4-0 before running into tough competition on Friday and dropping two matches.
Earlier in the day, North Texas defeated Moku O Keawe 19-25, 25-19, 19-25, 25-16, 16-14 in a hard-fought match.
Moku O Keawe, a team comprised of Big Island prep players, is coached by Tino Reyes and Chris Leonard.
The Big Islanders play Lakeshore, Mich. at 5 a.m. Hawaii time today in their first Silver Bracket match.
Basketball
Hoop Dreams, a Big Island all-star boys basketball, fell to Lokahi 52-49 in the championship of the Las Vegas Grand Finals on Thursday at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
The tournament ran Tuesday through Thursday.
Lokahi is a Hawaii squad, comprised of Oahu Interscholastic Association all-stars.
Hoop Dreams opened the tournament with a 55-43 win over the Provo Utah Skyhawks, beat the Las Vegas Rattlers II 71-33 and then the Las Vegas Rattlers I 50-22 in the semifinals, setting up an all-Hawaii final.
The previous week, Hoop Dreams captured the title at the 2012 AAU West Coast National Championship at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The Big Island team defeated Reno Jam On It 81-73 in the title game.
Hoop Dreams will next play in the Las Vegas Classic, a 20-team tournament involving prep players and recently graduated players, to close its basketball journey.