Hawaii Basketball

Kelly Grant, the 2007 Hawaii State Coach of the Year for the State Champion Kaimuki Bulldogs, will be the featured coach at the Elite Basketball Academy’s Coaches Clinic on April 21-22 at the University of Hawaii Athletic Complex.

Coach Grant has an extensive basketball resume as both a coach and player. He has coached basketball at the varsity level for over 10 years, including two seasons at Kaimuki when the Bulldogs won back-to-back OIA Championships and reached the State finals twice, winning in the title in 2007. As a player, Grant was a star performer under Tony Selitto at Maryknoll High School and went on to play at the college level at HPU. More about Coach Grant »

The Clinic will include 2 hours of classroom time and 4 hours on the court. The topics that will be covered are: practice schedules, time-management, age-specific drills, various offensive sets, defensive schemes, secondary break, full-court press, breaking the press and more…

Date: Saturday & Sunday, April 21-22, 2007
Time: 9am - 12pm
Location: UH Manoa Athletic Complex
Cost: $60 (or $100 for head coach & assistant) - Includes T-Shirt

Elite Coaches Clinic - Flyer
Elite Coaches Clinic - Registration Form

For more information call 385-5925 or email esahawaii@yahoo.com.

For those that have seen Keone Reyes play for the Kaimuki Bulldogs, you may have been reminded of former NBA star and Hall of Famer Charles Barkley, known to many as the “Round Mound of Rebound” for his plump stature and rebounding prowess. Much like “Sir Charles”, Reyes (5-11, 240lbs) played as an undersized big man using a wide array of skills to score both inside and out - grabbing an offensive board for an “and 1″ on one possession then pulling up for a 16-footer on a sagging defender the next.

While he’s not quite as athletic and will never make the NBA, Reyes was able to take his team where “Sir Charles” never could. Throughout his career, Barkley was unable to capture the ultimate prize on any level - high school, college, and the NBA. He did, however, win a gold medal in the 1992 Olympics as a member of the “Dream Team“.

Earlier this week, Keone Reyes was named the KHON2 Athlete of the Week »

After a so-so regular season where they finished 7-5 in the OIA Red Division, the highly-touted Kaimuki Bulldogs hit the “on” switch just in time to make a run in the post season. As the #4 seed going into the OIA Tournament, the Bulldogs calmly made their way through to the finals where they defeated the Kalaheo Mustangs to earn their second consecutive OIA title.

Going into the state tournament, Kaimuki was awarded the #2 seed and placed in what was probably the toughtest bracket in the tournament which featured two of the top three teams in the state, the St. Louis Crusaders and the 5-time defending State Champion Iolani Raiders. Needless to say, the Bulldogs made it through to the finals with a 2 point win over the St. Louis Crusaders and a 54-44 win over Kamehameha-Hawaii who upset Iolani the night before.

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Beau knows music… Beau knows volleyball… and Beau definitely knows basketball. Beau Albrechtson has been a star in the Hawaii basketball world for several years now, but has since come into his own as one of the top big men in the state this season for the Kaimuki Bulldogs.

Along with fellow seniors, Keone Reyes and Daniel Colon, the 6-4 Albrechtson is a part of the 3-headed monster that hopes to lead the Bulldogs to their first state championship since 1993. Last season, after winning the OIA championship, the Bulldogs made it to the finals of the 2006 State Basketball Tournament, but came up short, falling 54-41 to the Iolani Raiders.

Read the Star Bulletin article, “Beau knows basketball” »