Cape Coast Hoops yesterday defeated Tudu Wizards 59-56 in the ongoing Cabalan Thome Memorial Basketball Tournament at Lebanon House, Accra. Hoops who earlier lost to CEPS in their first game and than to Police in a second game had to prove to the skeptics that they are a team still in contention for the league title. The game was highlighted by three spectacular dunks. An alley-oop dunk by Chris and a fast break reverse dunk by SB. Hoops seems to be winning a lot of support from fans in Accra as many came to the bench of the team to congratulate the boys on their victory. The victory also bring confidence in some of the new players like Ricki Ansong of AUGUSCO who just signup with the team. He was also a great help in the victory. Hoops is expected to play their last game with Yotive on Saturday and will need a big win in order to qualify for the last four. Presently the team is looking forward to the resumption of the league on Aug 15 and a league match against the same Wizards on the 16th. The team is expected to start intensive training at the sports grounds of Prisons Barracks in Cantonment, Accra. In the same group, CEPA won against Police, giving them a third victory in a row in the Cabalan Tournament. For a complete result of the tournament, click here.
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Aug. 2 2008: Hoopers played their counterparts from the Western Region in the WBA League. The game which was saw Hoopers playing as host to both Frank Motors and EFF-ESS from Takoradi. In the forst match, Hoopers won against Frank Motors 46 to 41. This was a welcome visit as the team earlier in the WBA League lost to Frank Motors in Takoradi. In the second match, EFF-ESS avenged the lost they suffered at home by winning 49 to 46 against Hoopers. The match was a hard fought one as EFF-ESS came from 23-17 at half time to claim victory. In between the two games a spectacular female match was played between the girls from Takoradi. Their Cape Coast counterparts were not available for the match as top players of the team where in Accra training for the upcoming West African U-16 Basketball Tournament to be held in Benin Republic from the 15 of this month.
Aug. 2, 2008:
Cape Coast Hoops yesterday was defeated by the Braves of CEPS 93 to 61 in the ongoing Cabalan Thome Memorial Basketball Tournament at the Lebanon House, Tudu, Accra. The game was played with a full house as many came to see for the first time Hoops meeting CEPS since the team debut in the Accra metropolitan basketball scene. With both team not underestimating each other,the best from the crop were on display. For Hoops we had, Christopher Angsomwine(6′10-F), Michael Dadson(6′10-F/C), Emmanuel Oware(5′11-SG), Kofi Duodu(6′2-G), Atsu Atakpa(6′8-PF), Anas Ben Anas(6′6-G/F), Saykan Bestman(6′3-G/SF), Kay Nyenuh(6′1-G/SG), Ricki Ahensor(6′2-SG), Anthony Bernard Davies(5′11-SG), John Cooper(6′5-F), Henry Mensah(6′1-G). In the first game of the day Yotive won against Police 66 to 45. For the results of both male and female games play so far click here. Video of match against CEPS visit site http://www.capecoasthoops.net
Three players who were formally in the JV team of Hoops and than promoted to the developmental team, Hoopers were yesterday the 23rd of July 2008 selected among the final 15 players to begin training for an upcoming youth U-16 basketball tournament to be held in Nigeria. The justification was held at the basketball court of Prison Barracks in Cantonment, Accra. There were close to forty youth players who turn out for the screening. Five coaches from various teams in the Div 1 were also present as judges. The boys were divided into a team of five members each and their skills, discipline, athleticism and over all performances judge by the coaches present. Three of the successful players are from Cape Coast and they are Andrew Tetteh (F-93), Emmanuel Aikins(G-92) and Dominic Clement(G-92). The three will join other successful players this Monday to begin training for the upcoming Event in Nigeria.
Followers of basketball in Ghana knows all about this tournament. It is here all rivalries are out to the test as teams from the Division I league face each other in a 7 - 14 days basketball explosion. This year will not be left out as the 18th Edition kick off Saturday, 26th of July at 3PM at the Lebanon House and the final will be play Aug 13 at 3PM same venue. The draw for the tournament took place on the 22nd of this month with two group of male teams and one group for the females. Visit main site for the Groupings. Group B seems to be the Group of Death. Two teams will qualify from each group for the semifinal stage. Keep coming back for more info on the fixture, results, photos and videos of the tournament. The league is expected to resume on August 15. All matches which were to be played between Aug. 2 - Aug 14 are set as outstanding matches.
Dan was the guest this weekend to Jack Whitehead, Director of International Recruiting, Runhouse.com. He flew in from new York where he is spending the summer holidays with his uncle. Dan was happy to meet Jack who was instrumental in getting him to the USA to play for Casper College in Wyoming. Upon his short visit, Dan was able to meet other dignitaries in Philly and was also interview by a newspaper journalist. The Philly’s Triple Threat, an U14 team run by Mr. Whitehead were the most excited ones to have Dan run the floor with them. The kids took a sudden liken to him and ask for a lot of advices on how they can better their game to play like him. He advised that they take their training seriously and always listen to their coaches instruction. He also told them he was excited to meet them as was his wish since entering the USA in February of this year. The kids promised to be in touch with Dan by email and follow his games once the 2008-2009 collegiate season starts. We too will keep you updated as we follow the journey of this player from Casper to higher heights. Hoops on Fire!!!
Hoops remaining twin tower, Christopher Angsomewine will be in the colors of Harcum College this coming season in the USA. The 6′10″ power forward/ center is expected to add up to the already power house of the college. Harcum College was chosen from a list of four colleges whom all showed great interest in the player after seeing the video of his last game against Panthers in the Greater Accra Amateur League. In the last two season, Harcum College has signed four players into the Division I NLI most recent being sophomore guard Brandon Smalls who signed National Letter of Intent to play basketball for South Carolina State University next season joining Ryan Bogan (Longwood), Augustine Okosun (Seton Hall) and Jamal Jackson (Morehead St.). Small was an NJCAA Region 19 First-Team selection and helped the Bears to a 26-3 overall record. Chris is the second successful candidate of the Hoops-Runhouse Project being run by Hoops and Runhouse in scouting young and talented African students and exposing them to coaches in the USA. Daniel Armah was the first successful candidate and is presently sign with Casper College since February of this year. This bring to a total of five players who has been successful so far in getting scholarships to play in the USA through the Hoops Extramural Program. We encourage all ballers out there to make use of this opportunity and show what they have. Send email to contact@capecoasthoops.net or call +233-275986349
Last week-end, Cape Coast HOOPS were once again on top; this time in a one day basketball tournament which was organize by the Western basketball Association and the newly establish Central Basketball. This time the boys were home and knew that they would have to defend their ground by winning unlike what happened in the Western version. WBA represented with their male and female teams. Other teams were All-Stars, a collection of players from various universities and Accra, HOOPERS, the new D-Team of HOOPS. From the showcase of players at the venue all knew they were in for an explosive day of basketball Cape Coast as not seen before. HOOPS defeated both the WBA and All-Stars teams to win the day. View Photos
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A break down of the results:
Game 1 (Men) HOOPS 48
All-Stars 44
Game 2 (Women) Angels 12
Cape Girls 10
Game 3 (Men)
HOOPERS 40
WBA 43
Game 4 (Women) Angels 23
Aggrey Girls 4
Game 5 (Men 3rd Place) HOOPERS 26
ALL-Stars 33
Game 6 (Men Final) HOOPS 33 WBA 22
HOOPS Line Up
Mbah Ifeanyi, 6′9
Taiwo Ajibola, 6′6
Saheed Oladipo, 6′7
Desmond Amadi, 6′9
Fred Yeboah, 6′5 (visting)
Bernard Davies, 5′11
Umoro Zakari, 6′8
Akim Zakari, 6′5 (debut)
Daniel Boateng, 5′11(debut)
Martin Holdbrooke, 6′2 (debut)
HOOPERS Line up
Atsu Atakpa, 6′8
Emi Bassaw, 6′9
Hitla Koomson, 6′3
Saykan bestman, 6′3
Andrew Arthur, 6′0
Emmanuel Wilson, 6′0
Andrew Tetteh, 6′3 (debut)
Teddy 6′5 (debut)
Richard Bensah, 5′10 (visiting)
HOOPERS is the developmental team of HOOPS. It will be comprising of a mixture of HOOPS most experience players and young scouted talents preparing them to be able to play with the big boys.
