By Paul Honda
paul@hondareport.com
Thursday, Feb. 15, 2007

Some might argue otherwise, but I know Robert Collias of the Maui News is having the time of his sportswriting life.

Come on, how can you beat this?

• Fly to Molokai on Friday, cover crucial games between Lanai and the Farmers for two nights. Btw, though everything shuts down early on the Friendly Isle, their restaurants serve some of the freshest, finest fish anywhere in the world.

• Fly back home (Maui) on Sunday, catch a breather.

• Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, cover the MIL's tension-packed Division II tiebreaker games and playoff tourney games. Not only does Lanai stay alive in the hunt, Molokai (which earned a state berth on Monday) falls. Fatigue? Probably, for both Lanai and Molokai.

Lanai is after its first state berth since 1984. I remember some of those guys from Lanai because they attended UH-Manoa in the 1980s and we played a lot of pickup games in Gym II. They were very good, solid fundamentally.

The Pine Lads need a win over Seabury Hall to claim the MIL's second D-II state berth. Or maybe Seabury Hall will continue its hot streak and secure the berth. Either way, Rob has it good.

Basketball, Hoosiers' style, on three islands, one league. How sweet it is.

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