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DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION
101 Pauahi Street, Suite 6 • Hilo, Hawaii 96720
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NEWS RELEASE
January 22, 2016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Clayton S. Houma
Director
Kenneth J. Van Bergen
Deputy Director
Youth Basketball Teams Offered Free Admission
to University of Hawaii at Hilo Basketball Games
Hawaii Island's youth basketball players can show their support for the University of
Hawaii at Hilo's basketball teams by taking advantage of free admission Vulcan
Athletics is offering for remaining men's and women's home games.
All registered keiki basketball players and coaches, including those participating in
Department of Parks and Recreation's leagues and Hawaii Police Activities League (HI -
PAL) tournaments, are eligible for free home game general admission. The offer covers
each team's players, head coach, one assistant coach, and the coaches' significant
other for the remainder of the 2015-2016 UH Hilo basketball season.
Due to recruiting restrictions for high school athletes, the free admission can be offered
only to keiki currently attending kindergarten through the eighth grade.
Games will be played at Hawaii County's Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium located in Hilo.
The following is the remaining schedule, starting times (women play first) and opponent:
• Monday, January 25 (5 p.m./7:30 p.m.) — California Baptist University
• Saturday, February 13 (11 a.m./1 p.m.) — Chaminade University
• Monday, February 15 (5 p.m./7:30 p.m.) — Notre Dame de Namur University
• Thursday, February 18 (6 p.m.) — Brigham Young University -Hawaii
• Tuesday, February 23 (5 p.m./7:30 p.m.) — Point Loma Nazarene
• Saturday, February 27 (5 p.m./7:30 p.m.) — Azusa Pacific University
Coaches wishing to participate in the program must provide their team's name, roster,
players' ages, and coaches' contact information. Coaches of multiple youth teams must
submit separate rosters.
For more information, please contact Kelly Leong, UH -Hilo sports information director,
at 932-7177, 895-0929 or kellyl(ab-hawaii.edlu.
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