Basketball Coaching Clinic held in Takoradi

During the weekend, a two day coaching/basketball clinic was held at the Air Force Base in Takoradi. Coaches Brad and Bill from Los Angeles in the United States conducted the clinics with 10 coaches from the Western and Central Region. There were also males and female players from both regions in attendance. Cape Coast Hoops Coach and Hoops Care International had three of their kids and directors also in attendance. The clinic focused on defensive and offensive drills. At the end, both coaches were highly impress with the level of maturity the players and coached showed proving that basketball is far ahead fundamentally in these two regions.

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Kilgore College’s Chris Angsomwine, a 6-foot-9 sophomore forward from Ghana (played for Cape Coast Hooops), leaps for the ball in the Rangers’ season opener against Cedar Valley.

Chris Angsomwine commits to Oral Roberts

Chris Angsomwine, 6′ 9″ Forward, verbally commits to Oral Roberts University.Kilgore, Texas - 6 October 2009 - Angsomwine has made the verbal commitment to become a student athlete at Oral Roberts University next season after completion of his Associates Degree at Kilgore Junior College. Angsomwine was one of the first players to come through our Runhouse-Hoops Project that we run in conjuction with Claudius Thompson of Cape Coast Hoops.Sources close to the ORU staff think Chris Angsomwine has a chance to be a outstanding player in their system. He’s an athletic big guy that can run, has a good skill level and a strong body to defend and block shots. Chris has a tremendous upside. He is a great student and will be a great fit for the ORU campus & the Tulsa community

Hoops defeat Wizards in Cabalan Tournament

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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Three Hoopers players chosen for Ghana U-16 final 15 list

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

HOOPS win friendly against Buduburam Settlement All-Stars 73 - 62

This past weekend, a friendly was played between the team and a selection of players from the Buduburam Settlement where the team is currently camping and training in preparation of both the Accra League and the WBA League. This match was organized to have some of the new boys blend with the other boys in the team. Although our opponents seemed as a mis-match they were also not willing to lay down and be slaughter. They did all they could to stop the onslaught of the much dominant players in size and skills. Players who represented in this encounter for HOOPS included Mbah Ifeanyi 6'9, Atsu Atakps 6'9, Saheed Oladipo 6'7, Fred Yeboah 6'5, Saykan Bestman 6'3, Bryant Davies 6'1 and new Italian born point guard, Emmanuel 5'11. Final Score 73- 62
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Cape Coast HOOPS takes the day

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.
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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.