Tennis

The legacy of Hawaii high school tennis is probably not much different this year, 2018, that it has been in the past. It’s just that Andre Ilagan put his own flavor in the mix, for sure. The Farrington senior, seeded second in the HMSA/HHSAA Tennis State Championships, capped the three-day tourney by beating rival Phuc Huynh 6-2, 7-5 (8-6) on Saturday to repeat at state champion. Ilagan brought power and precision and his left-handed delivery brought flames to his forehands […]

A marquee boys final between the top two seeds, ‘Iolani’s Phuc Huynh and Farrington’s Andre Ilagan, headlines the finals of the HMSA/HHSAA Tennis State Championships beginning tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. at Central Oahu Regional Park. Huynh won the 2016 state title beating Ilagan in the finals. Ilagan came back to win the state title last year as the No. 1 seed after Huynh, the No. 2 seed, was upset in the semifinals. Ilagan has dropped only six points in four […]

There is perhaps no one who trained and prepared like Andre Ilagan to make a dream come true. By the spring of 2017, the Farrington junior overcame all adversity, becoming the first Oahu Interscholastic Association boys tennis player to win an HHSAA state title since Jared Spiker of Kalani (2009 and ’10). Ilagan also became the first-ever state tennis champ from Farrington. With that kind of achievement, he became more than a crown prince of Kalihi tennis. He became a […]

Phuc Huynh admitted Wednesday that his body shape is a bit different than three years ago. “I was a lot smaller and chubbier then,” he said Wednesday. “I’ve been training really hard the last three years to play singles at states and to try and help my team win state championships.” The ‘Iolani senior tennis player sewed up his third ILH singles championship Wednesday at Central Oahu Regional Park with a 6-3, 6-0 victory over Andrew Yip of Kamehameha. In […]

Katreina Corpuz has dedicated her life to tennis, but she’s willing to forego a professional career. The defending HHSAA girls state champion loves watching Kill Bill movies with her dad, Reinaldo, but doesn’t consider herself martial arts material. As a junior, Corpuz helped Punahou capture the team championship in 2017, the program’s 15th in a row. The ILH finals approach on Wednesday, with the state tourney around the corner. Corpuz has never been a No. 1 seed, but that’s likely […]