Big Island briefs, Nov. 7

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County winter

County winter

hoops tourney

The Hawaii Isle Police Activities League, in collaboration with the Department of Parks & Recreation, will hold its 34th annual “Winter Basketball Classic” tournament Dec. 26-29, at various sites in Hilo.

Entries are being accepted for age groups: 5-6, 7-8, boys 9-10, girls 10-under, boys 11-12, girls 12-under, boys 13-14, and girls 14-under. The age cutoff date is Dec. 31, 2014.

All championship games will be played Dec. 29 at Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium.

Registration for age group 8 and younger is $60 per team, for 9 and older is $80 per team, and for neighbor island teams, $25 per team. Deadline for team entry is Nov. 28.

Registration forms can be picked up at all police stations or on the County of Hawaii’s Department of Parks and Recreation web site.

Registration packets may be mailed to or dropped off at:

County of Hawaii Department of Parks and Recreation, Recreation Office, ATTN: Winter Basketball Classic, 799 Piilani St., Hilo, HI 96720.

For more information, call the Hilo HI-PAL office at 961-8121, HI-PAL Officer Randy Morris in West Hawaii at 326-4646, ext. 258, and Parks and Recreation representatives Darrell Yamamoto at 938-2012 or 961-8740, and Jason Armstrong at 961-8311 or jarmstrong@hawaiicounty.gov.

Keaau High

tryout dates

Keaau High will hold the following tryouts for the winter season, and conditioning is currently ongoing for these sports.

All interested athletes must have a current/valid physical on file with the athletic department. Participants are asked to dress appropriately for each individual sport.

For more information, contact the athletic office at 313-3450.

—Girls basketball: 4 p.m. Nov. 10

—Girls soccer: 4 p.m. Nov. 10

—Boys soccer: 4 p.m. Nov 17

—Boys basketball: 4 p.m. Nov. 24

—Wrestling: 4 p.m. Nov. 24

Hilo High hiring

softball coach

Hilo High is accepting applications for a girls softball coach.

The deadline to apply is Nov. 12. For more information, contact the athletic director at 974-4021.

Honokaa hiring

baseball coach

Honokaa is accepting applications for a baseball coach.

Applications are available and can be turned in at the main office during school hours, 7 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.

The deadline to apply is Nov. 14.

For more information, contact athletic director Keith Tolentino at 775-8800, Ext. 327.

Hawaii Cycling Club

The Hawaii Cycling Club will hold a 40-kilometer Teams for the Holidays Training Time Trial on Dec. 6 on Saddle Road.

Registration is at Mauna Kea State Park. Race starts at 34.5 mile marker, goes south, makes a U-turn at 22 mile maker and finishes back at the 34.5 marker. HCC encourages members of other bicycle and triathlon clubs, bicycle store teams and training partners to participate.

Events start at 8 a.m. with registration from 7-7:45 a.m.

Non-members and athletes of all abilities and ages are welcome and urged to participate. HCC membership is free.

For more information visit www.hawaiicyclingclub.com.

Alii bypass Training Time Trial

Nov. 1

1. Penn Henderson, 11:54

2. Chris Prater, 13:10

3. Malik Mariano, 13:14

4. Kym Kiser, 13:29

5. Sean Maynard, 13:30

6. Scott Kruis, 14:54

7. Brandon Franco, 15:48

8. Gerd Weber, 17:02

9. Gerald Gruber, 17:23

10. Lori Montgomery, 19:31

11. Michael Chang, 19:59

12. Austen Sawaya, 25:06