YES, BASKETBALL WAS OFF TO A GOOD START MOST OF THE KIDS WERE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS DAY. INTERNATIONAL OCEAN OF LIGHT WAS HERE TO DEFEND THER TITLE FROM LAST SEASON THEY HAD 4 NEW PLAYERS TO ADD TO THE TEAM FROM LAST, AND ALL THE PLAYER FROM LAST YEAR ARE BACK. OCEAN OF LIGHT SHOWED NO RUST FROM LAST SEASON. THEY STARTED OF FROM WHERE THEY LEFT OF FROM LAST SEASON BY WINNING 27 TO 6 FOR LIAHONA MIDDLE SCHOOL. LIAHONA MIDDLE SCHOOL PLAYED A GOOD GAME, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME FOR LIAHONA MIDDLE SCHOOL TO PLAY IN OUR BASKETBALL SEASON. LIAHONA B GIRLS PLAYED HAVELU AND WON, BUT LIAHONA USED THE B AND A GIRLS FOR THIS GAME AND HAD TO GIVE THE WIN AWAY BECAUSE OF THAT. OTHER GAME TODAY WAS HAVELU BOYS A PLAYING LIAHONA BOYS A. LIAHONA WON THIS GAME EVEN THOUGH IT IS THE FIRST TIME FOR THIS SCHOOL TO PLAYED IN THE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT. THE BIG GAME OF THE DAY WAS SAINT ANDREW'S Vs HAVELU, SAINT ANDREW'S WAS HEAVILY FAVOR GOING INTO THIS GAME. THE SAINT ANDREW'S GIRLS WAS FAVOUR BECAUSE THEY JUST HAD MORE PRACTICE WHEN COMPARED TO HAVELU MIDDLE SCHOOL. THIS GAME WAS MUCH CLOSER THEN WHEN I THOGHT IT WOULD BE. ELISAPETI MAKA FROM SAINT ANDREW'S GIRLS SHOWED WHY SHE WAS PICKED FOR THE TONGAN NATIONAL TEAM. BUT IF WE HAD TO GIVE THE MVP OF THIS GAME I WOULD GIVE IT TO PEAU FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL OF HAVELU. PEAU WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN KEEPING THIS GAME VEY CLOSED, AND MOSTLY BY HERSELF DEFNCE AND OFFENCE PEAU WOULD GET MY VOTE FOR MVP!!!!
WE CONTACTED TELEVISION TONGA AND THE PRINT MEDIA FOR THE 2012 BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT, TELEVISION DID NOT MAKE IT BUT THE PRINT MEDIA " ITA " NEWSPAPER WAS THER TO TAKE PICTURES AND TO WRITE ARTICLE ABOUT BASKETBALL....