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Clayton S. Honma
William P. Kenoi
Director
Mayor
Robert A. Fitzgerald
Deputy Director
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION
101 Pauahi Street, Suite 6 Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720
(808) 961-8311 Fax (808) 961-8411
NEWS RELEASE
December 30, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
HI-PAL Winter Basketball Classic Skills Challenge
Winners Announced
Hawai‘i’s premier youth basketball players displayed their talents during the Kevin
rd
Kai‘ea Pavel Skills Challenge held Friday night in Hilo as part of the 33 Annual HI-
PAL Winter Basketball Classic.
Named in honor of the former Hilo basketball player who lost a battle with cancer on
Christmas morning 2007, the Skills Challenge offered players the chance to compete
in either the Hot-Shot or 3-Point Shooting events held at the Afook-Chinen Civic
Auditorium.
Tournament sponsors the Hawai‘i Police Department’s Hawai‘i Isle Police Activities
League, or HI-PAL, and the Hawai‘i County Department of Parks and Recreation
wish to congratulate the following Skills Challenge age-group winners:
3-Point Shooting Competition:
9/10-year-old boys:
Koby Tabuyo-Kahele; Team Ballistic
9/10-year-old girls:
no contestants
11/12-year-old boys:
Kai Nafarrete; Team Honolulu Sharks Green
11/12-year-old girls:
Tanniya Uchida; Team Stingrays
13/14-year-old boys:
Jay Young; Team Honolulu Sharks Green
13/14-year-old girls:
Mandi Kawaha; Team Wahine Ryders
County of Hawai‘i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.
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Hot-Shot Competition:
9/10-year-old boys:
Colby Casinas: Team Honolulu Sharks Gold
9/10-year-old girls:
no contestants
11/12-year-old boys:
Liko Soares; Team Honolulu Sharks Green
11/12-year-old girls:
Jamila Collins-Ebanez; Team Wahine Ryders
13/14-year-old boys:
Elijah Dobson; Honolulu Sharks Green
13/14-year-old girls:
Jaelina Wells; Team Wahine Ryders
The four-day Winter Basketball Classic attracted 49 teams from Oahu, Maui and
Hawai‘i Island.
For additional information, please call Officer Randy Morris at 326-4646, ext. 258, or
Darrell Yamamoto of the Department of Parks and Recreation at 961-8735.
County of Hawai‘i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.
Attachment: Photo of Kevin Kai‘ea Pavel Skills Challenge Winners:
Front row L-
R: Tanniya Uchida, Jay Young, Kai Nafarrete and Colby Casinas. Back row L-R:
Jamila Collins-Ebanez, Mandi Kawaha, Jaelina Wells, Koby Tabuyo-Kahele and
Elijah Dobson. Not pictured: Liko Soares.
Photo credit: Hawai‘i County Department of Parks and Recreation.
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County of Hawai‘i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.