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St. Louis High '67 our best-ever prep hoops squad
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Curt is writing in morse code or something strage like that.....
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Sup BBF69! Your so funny. Hangout awhile braddah. Miss your insights. Still awaiting your "Beer Drinking Tournament"! Maryknoll is not doing well, but the gym is lookin' great. Anyone hear from Hoopsitiz?
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Curt,
Could you please explain the year 2040? Is that the year the Mothership comes back and picks you up and takes you back to Mars?
Answer me this, Iolani's best team durring the Low era was probaly his sophomore year. Low, Nash, Carney, Blankenship and Grobe were the starters, who's spot would your boy Alan with his 1970's skill set would he take. And don't say off the Bench, because Pape and Nip were the first ones off.
69,
I thought I was the only one who sat naked on a bean bag chair eating Cheetos, small world my brother, small world.Posted 1 year ago # -
Backpick, I pissed my pants laughing when BBF69 said that! My stomach is still frick'in sore! Ha, ha, ha. "Brilliant".
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Just don't eat Cheetos when you watch porn. Your pole will turn orange!!!
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Now that's good comedy, maybe bballconstipated and youngnoguns can figure it out!
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backpick, Alan Tanabe would take anyone of those five players spot. Don't even try and compare anyone of those players except Low w/ Alan. If you ever saw Alan play, more so after High school, I guarantee that you would agree with Curt. I saw that Iolani team play and they were great, but as an Individual player Alan was a better scorer, passer, and much more skilled than anyone of those players, except once again maybe D-Low. As I said before he ran the leagues in Oahu and the Big Island. He came up to the Aloha State games in his late 30's and schooled everyone in Oahu, including all the UH players.
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Sounds fair to me, when and where did he play?
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Hi backpick & brew: Brew, thank you very much for
your observations of Alan Tanabe. Suffice to say that
Alan did to #1 ranked UNLV 1976 what no other homegrown player ever did, and that is score at will vs. UNLV's All-Americans. Alan's points came on unheard of top of the backboard shots [Alan born w/innate geometry of the backboard] to make up for Alan's 5'11" short height. Essentially, Alan is reminiscent of Naismith HoF 5'11" Slater Martin but w/today's Iverson's smack your mouth aggression. When
you see Iverson's do AND die epiphany, this is Alan
Tanabe. Thank you, --CurtPosted 1 year ago # -
Wot da #%@:* Curt?
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Hi KonaStyle: Thank you for your comment. My mother
Teruko "Ruth" Hanato 1916-1998 started the Hanato hoops tradition in Kona & captained the Konawaena High girls
basketball team in 1932. As you know, Bobbie Hanato Awa is the current Konawaena High girls hoops coach.
Jessica Hanato is the current UH-Hilo Vulcan forward.
The current prepsters Hanato-Smith/Awa all are descended from our Hanato geneses, starting with my
mother. Thank you again for your interest in basketball. With fondest aloha & appreciation, -CurtPosted 1 year ago # -
Man, you come up with the most redundant things....
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Hey curt we all know that alan was the best scorer on the big island but if he is your neigbor ask him who he thinks is he's top five defensive players from the big island in mens basketball league of all time.
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Curt,
You're fast becoming one of my favorite blogers, keep it up. What about the coaches during that time, I'm sure you got some good stories.Posted 1 year ago # -
Hi biifhawaii & backpick: Reminiscence on defensive aces: Hisao Sato [Laupahoehoe '57/NAIA all-star], Cal Manliguis [Hilo '64/didn't go college], Paul Lee [Hilo '91/UH-Hilo star], Sean Francisco [Kohala '83/UH-Hilo playmaker], Sam Wilson [Hilo '67/no outside shot-cut from Air Force Acdemy tryouts]. Unquestionably, Onomea 7 miles north of Hilo produced our greatest coaches [plantation resilience]: Jimmy Yagi [Mr. Small College Basketball] of Kainole [mauka Onomea] & the Manliguis brothers [Al & Larry]. Of course, the original golden boy of coaches is Asoy "Beans" [ace at growing stringbeans in elem. Ag class] Afook 1901-1991, whose Hilo territorial titlist reign still is unmatched today. But Beans loathed revolutionary playmaker Ah Chew Goo born 1918 [still sharp as tack today], even to the point of rebuking Ah Chew by refusing to shake Ah Chew's hand/congratulate Ah Chew when Ah Chew was awarded Terr. Titlist MVP, even though Ah Chew WAS BEANS' PLAYER/TEAM CAPT.!! Beans was old school like Beans' protege Walter Wong, who repulsed vs. fancy dan moves that are today's NBA requisites [ambidextrous offense/between-the-leg wraparounds to escape the defender-find the open mate-get the higher % shot]. Ah Chew Goo's coaching inspiration is Roy Roberts [Hilo '34 as Ah Chew's favorite coach]. Ah Chew also a defensive stopper but had to work right out of high school, no college education, thence no Olympic medal [college recruits], & NBA didn't exist in Ah Chew's era. Ah Chew is father of our winningest D1 coach here [for # of games played] Vince Goo, whose players' graduation rate also is
unmatched. Ah Chew/Vince knew the value of schooling, inasmuch Ah Chew had no higher education.
As an example of old school vs. today's game, Beans Afook was the master at blocking [a la later HoF Pete Newell], typified by exemplar Bill Russell of the dynasty Celtics. Whereas later coaches Yagi/Manliguis brothers emphasized passing/penetration/diverse offensive schemes. Hilo scribe Bill O'Rear
born 1955 [original UH-Hilo Fab 5 star] is our best game-breaker analyst/historian today. Communicant KonaStyle has Bill's cognition. Thank you again for your interest in hoops timeline. --CurtPosted 1 year ago # -
When one peels away KonaStyle's exuberant expressions, flash the diamond in the rock. Youthful as our weblog communicants are, look for glistening diamonds. Do you know that Calipari's penetration scheme was devised by schoolkid play/games? That the key to unlock St. Louis'imperial reign in the 1960s lay in the then-tiny hand of 10 yr. old Alan Tanabe, who grew into manhood by pulverizing whose who marginalized his heart/instincts, including later NBA stars like Theus? That Ah Chew Goo born 1918 clutched his unprecedented [till this
day] 90 degree cut cross-leg dribble from the behavior of cats/felines [flit/milli-second quickness]? And Ah Chew's next ankle-breaker duck walk obviously templated lateralizing alternatives,
so that the defenders fell apart from confusion, the
duck walk never duplicated to date? Unalterable/
crucial line: Never handle/dribble the ball for
more than 5 seconds, because if you do, you haven't
figured out the defenders. Yes, you can get back the
dribble to rotate again, but never ever whole-cheese
the ball. Which is why dribbler Bobby Kau never was internationally recognized like indubitably original/ nonpareil Ah Chew Goo. Chinese immigrants came to Hawai`i starting in 1850, which gave them a leg up on
later newcomers like the Portuguese/Japanese in the
1880s, the Okinawans/Puerto Ricans in 1900, the Koreans in 1903, & the Filipinos in 1906. Meaning that Chinese descendants like Ah Chew/Asoy [as in soybeans] Beans Afook/Walter Wong/etc. had genealogical leisure time to pursue non-sustenance "nonsense" like hoops, while peers [children of immigrants, vs. Ah Chew's 3rd generation status] toiled in the fields to catch up to earlier immigrants' assimilation. It's all about life's timeline/"fortune of circumstance," as 442nd RCT
WWII veteran Herb Isonaga intones. And by all means, read Tennyson's "Charge of the Light Brigade," where
valorous soldiers are destined to do AND die a la Alan Tanabe's unconquerable fighting spirit. No, martyrdom per Al Queda extremists is but another word for COWARD, the difference being that Al Queda [Bin Laden] kills innocent defenseless civilians, unlike Tennyson's memorialized warriors. Yes, Alan Tanabe gave his last ounce of devotion to WIN FOR HIS TEAM, notwithstanding his symbolic crucifixion by today's communicants, who forget that the greatest destiny-makers upend the status quo, foreordaining things to come, just as Ah Chew signalled today's passing/penetration zip-quick NBA, just as Alan Tanabe portended today's geometric floor/scoring rotation. Thank you, --CurtPosted 1 year ago # -
Looks like the mouse jumped back on the wheel again! Cranking up Curts brain.
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Hey curt bill o rear is a sports historian but hes no alan tanabe ill bet alan would difer hes top 5 defensive players that he either played with or defended him in the mens open and 6ft&under leagues on the big island. But i do agree with you how great a basketball player alan was. I really wanna know what alan would say. thanks curt
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FYI BIIFHAWAII. NOBODY IN THE STATE COULD STOP ALAN THEY JUST HOPE TO CONTAIN HIM. BUT HERE IS A FEW GUYS THAT I SEEN THAT HELD THERE OWN AGAINST HIM FROM THE BIG ISLAND. EDDIE KAMOKU,JAMES NISHIMURA,MALU MOTTA,and GARY AHU. IF I DID MISS ANYONE PLEASE FEEL FREE TO LET ME KNOW. I DON'T THINK ALAN WOULD DISAGREE ON ANY OF THESE PICKS ,IF THERE IS 1 IT WOULD BE MR. AHU DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY PLAYED ON THE SAME TEAM.
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Hey curt i would agree with you as having sean francisco as a defensive specialist against alan but the sad case is that alan was in he's prime when sean was guarding him during league games and tournaments and that was IMPOSSIBLE. I seen that with my own eyes.
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Hi Curt,
This is Frankie Gonzales, playmaker for the 1967 St. Louis Varsity Basketball team. The success of our team is attributed to our Coach Walter Wong who instilled in us teamwork. The individual works towards contributing his skills, whether or not its ballhandling, shooting, passing, screening, boxing out, and etc. towards the betterment of the team. This came through sound fundamentals as each individual worked diligently at it so he could contribute at his maximum. So it meant being in top condition from stretching, to pushups, situps, duckwalks, to weightlifting, shadow boxing, long distance running, sprints and, etc. When these skills are put into play, we coordinate our entire being from mind, body, heart, and soul as a team at all the same level. We need to be in sync and know each other's habits and mannerisms. Coach Walter Wong taught all of this and that's why we were successful. We all could shoot from anywhere on the court, but we always gave it up unselfishly to the man that was open. We also had a high percentage from the free throw line. All five of us ran down on defense, not just one, two, or three. I hope this sheds light to the success of the 1967 St. Louis Baskeball team.
Aloha, Frankie
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Hi Curt,
I can understand why Coach Walter Wong was adamant about his players like myself in not dribbling between the legs and wraparounds. For him, it was too much waste of energy. He always kept things simple for us. The pass is always faster than the dribble. This is sound fundamental basketball. However, one year during my Junior year while playing at the Blaisdell Center against Kamehameha then called the HIC, I was cornered at half court and happened to do a wraparound dribble, and thought I was going to get chewed out, but he let it pass. I never made that mistake again. That is why our fast break was successful due to the quick, efficient passing of our team. We scored a lot of points that way. The less dribbling, the better. I also think that dribbling has a time and a place for it such as when you pass the half court and setting up plays. I guess we all see it differently and hope someone comes along and make the game better like legendary Ah Chew Goo. Aloha, Frankie
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Hi Curt,
Do you know that Ah Chew Goo's youngest son, Keenan Goo played basketball at Kalani High ? He was a very good basketball player along with his teammates Frank Feary and Frank Trujillo. Frank Feary was one of the best shooters during his heyday. He would have broken the 3 point shots of today. Keenan could also shoot from the outside. I met Keenan again later on when I taught and coached at St. Louis in the early 1980s. Keenan took up his father's work in selling class rings. I remember buying my St. Louis class ring from Ah Chew Goo, but I never knew about him them. What a small world? Aloha, FrankiePosted 1 year ago # -
Hey Curt,
Did you know that the 1964 and 1965 Kamehameha Varsity Basketball team had a starting five with 6'4" and above. Those years they had John Sabas (6'4"), Ray Gurzinski (6'6"), Rockne Freitas (6'7"), Martin Hess (6'7"), and Clay Cockett (6'5"). I remember watching them as a freshman at Kamehameha gym and played against them again in 1965 as a sophomore. Boy they were giants. At that time, Jim Nicholson, Larry Frank, and Howard Dunnam on the Junior Varsity along with this one guy named, Robin Cambra(5'8")who could jump out of the gym. He would have at least one goal tending each game. Aloha, Frankie
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