Mililani High School - Na Mana O Poina Ole Yearbook (Mililani, HI)

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.s' 21 'Q . up .... f s ,-sv 'l. Mike Cooley demonsTraTes his spring in a TournamenT game againsT Leilehua. 2. Shane Diamond, Donald Tolenfino and Scolf Thompson reach for The sky aT pracTice. 3. Mr. Ching aTTempTs To block Mike Clarke's fauITless shoT aT The baskei. 4. The 4987 J.V. Boys BaskeTbalI Team: Row-7: Team helpers, Row-2: M. Cooley, S. Thompson. row-3: Coach A. Abicerno, T. Miranda, J. Cassium, T. Lee, T. lvlcCray, R. Henry, AssisTanT E. Apicerno, row-Ll: Coach K. Gibson, S. Diamond, M. Clarke, D. ToIenTino, K. Cavasoz, Coach CasTelIano. 5. Tony Lee Takes a free Throw while Team members anTicibaTe The ouTcome of The shoT. 6. Tim McCray masTers a high leap Towards The hoop. 7. Shane Diamond sTreTches To The fullesT To obTain The ball for Mililani. 106 J.V. Baske-Tball

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3oy's BaskeTball Takes IT To The Rim exT sTop, The Orienf. Now, you may be wondering whaT The MHS VarsiTy Baskefball Team was doing The OrienT: They were playing baskeT- Jll of course. The Team wenT To Japan md many oTher counTries during Chris- as break To gain some invaluable ex- erience for The upcoming season. Ga- n Takenaka felT, IT was really differ- 1T. We were TreaTed really good in kinawa, buT we felT kind of ouT of ace in Taiwan and SouTh Korea. The nys reTurned To pracTice wiTh deTermi- JTion and confidence. They pracTiced very day afTer school in The new gym T prepare for Their ToughesT game gainsf rival Radford. Along wiTh developing The Talenf and Tess needed To puT The ball Through a H 1 .tc S T hoop Ten feef in The air, our Team also developed a uniTy and feeling of friend- ship. This Team closeness resulTed in a Tremendous season sTarT ThaT had The Team sporTing an undefeaTed record Three games inTo The season. VicTories over Campbell, Nanakuli, and Waianae had The Team riding high as They un- leashed Their TalenTs on The resf of The OIA. To keep spiriTs up, rumor has iT ThaT Coach Albano cracked jokes during The pre-game pep Talks and a mysTerious chanT of Alu could be heard coming from The locker room. They wenT inTo The games wiTh a confidence and level of exciTemenT ThaT enabled Them To shine in The SpoTlighT. copy by Chris Macon 8 f I Q ' .1 .gui ,QF NNN., 3 VarsiTy BaskeTball Gains Worldwide Experience In Preseason phofo 4: row 1: D. Galisa. A. Padilla. G. Takenaka, T. Sakaguchi, G. Muranaka row 2: T. Tilfon. S. Camarillo, F. Parker, B. Ogden row 3: J. Jicha, B. Kinilau, S. Hearn Missing: C. Schwayer phofo 2: James Jicha is flying high as he does his imiTaTion of Micheal Jordan. phofo 3: Bennei Kinilau Tries To use his size To his advanTage To block The shoT. Boy's VarsiTy BaskeTball 'lO5

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s. ' ay! said The cheerleaders. Beep! said The clock. Gasp! said The players. Col said The coach. 'TSwish! said The ball as iT wenT Through neT, during a very exciTing game againsT Leilehua. game was one in many played aT Leiiehua and ani gyms beTween The Molokai, Waialua, Leilehua. l Mililani Teams. The Mililani J.V. excelled in Their Two nes and proceeded To The finals againsT a Tough Mule im. The mighTy Trojans won This bouT in overTime, 65- and in Turn became The champions of The Goodwill irnamenT. This greaT finish To an evenTful preseason s a greaT boosT To The Team's morale. Mike Clarke ply said, We're The besTl Zoach Augie Apicerno was The driving force behind players and emphasized hard work and dedicaTion 'he game, as well as uniTy. lf They give all They've goT The game and sTick TogeTher, They've goT greaT po- iTial, said The coach. Mrs. Apicerno, or T'Mrs. A , as f guys call her, kepT The players in check and on Their as. BeTTer waTch ouT, Mrs. A's lookingl said an undis- sed member of The Team, as he abrupTly ended his wversaTion wiTh a fan. OTher coaches are Ken Gibson d Barry Castellano. Mililani J.V. BaskeTball Boys Show WhaT IT Takes To Be GreaT ..,, , . s A A 6 S 1 J.V. Trojans ShooT for The Siarslll ln December, The boys lefT on a Trip To Okinawa, Taiwan, and Korea To meeT and play againsT Their Asian counTerparTs. Of The Two games played, The guys won one, buT The major experience was The knowledge gained and friends meT while on The Trip iTself. 'TWe Toured around a loT, said John Casslum, and some of The places were neaT To see. Mlke Cooley said ThaT he enjoyed The facT ThaT They compeTed againsT Teams from oTher places and backgrounds. AnoTher highlighT To The boys' preseason was Their game againsT The Mililani faculTy in which The Team was forced To play againsT Their own Coach Apicerno. The faculTy prevailed in The game, wiTh a score of 66 To 52. The J.V. Trojans were aT home againsT Waianae in Their firsf season game, and The pressure was on. WiTh full supporT of The fans, Mililani was vicTorious wiTh a greaT poinT spread. WiTh The background of gruelling six-day per week prac- Tices, a roTaTion sysTem of capTains, greaT coaches and de- TerminaTion, The J.V. baskeTball boys were bound for success. As Coach Apicerno said, lT's noT one or Two sTar players, iT's The work of every member of The Teaml This year, The Junior VarsiTy BaskeTbaIl Team was The feaTure presenTaTion ln The Spoflighf. Copy by Chris Miller J.V. Baskefball 407