Boys volleyball

Moanalua will be going for its fourth-straight OIA championship as the top seed in next week’s league tournament. Na Menehune went through the regular season undefeated and can make coach Alan Cabanting the first coach since Roosevelt’s Robin Goo from 1977-1980 to win four straight OIA titles. Doug Hee won the title for Moanalua in 2011 before Cabanting took over. Goo is the only coach to win four in a row. No team has ever won five OIA titles in […]

It was quite a week for Moanalua’s Austin Matautia. On Thursday, Charlie Wade — the Hawaii volleyball coach — came by to watch 6-foot-4 outside hitter Matautia and others play in a tournament at Kamehameha. On Friday, Matautia went to the Stan Sheriff Center, thanks to Wade’s invitation, and watched the Rainbow Warriors defeat Stanford in three sets. After the match, Matautia’s dream pretty much came true when he orally accepted a scholarship to play for Wade. There is a […]

If you want to be seen as a national volleyball prospect, Upcountry Maui is not the ideal place to be. But it might not matter for outside hitter Colton Cowell of King Kekaulike. Prior to the Cowell and his Na Alii teammates’ tournament match against Kamehameha on Thursday night, Warriors coach Kainoa Downing made sure reporters covering the event knew what kind of talent was in the gym. Downing immediately pointed to Cowell warming up, and Cowell — despite two sprained […]

Punahou might have been too nice of a host on the first night of the Clash of the Titans. The Buffanblu were swept by Huntington Beach, the Nation’s No. 1 team, 25-19, 25-17, 25-21 on Friday. “To play in this environment is unbelievable,” said Huntington Beach coach Craig Pazanti. “The student section, the gym, the atmosphere was amazing. We’ve played in some hostile crowds but this is something we definitely want to do to get us ready for the end […]

Punahou’s annual Clash of the Titans volleyball tournament begins its sixth edition on Friday night, and if the past is any indication it will be filled with plenty of close matches. The Buffanblu will face Huntington Beach, the nation’s No. 1 program, on Friday and Mira Costa on Saturday. The Buffanblu are 7-3 in the event and has never lost both matches but has swept both twice. Hawaii Baptist is back to represent Hawaii for the first time since 2012, […]

Results from the final day of the Hawaii Invitational at ‘Iolani. Gold Championship—Punahou def. Moanalua 25-16, 25-23 Third place—Kamehameha def. Kamehameha-Hawaii 25-19, 26-24 Semifinal—Punahou def. Kamehameha-Hawaii 25-13, 25-20 Semifinal—Moanalua def. Kamehameha 25-17, 27-25 Fifth place—Hawaii Baptist def. La Jolla (Calif.) 22-25, 25-23, 15-11 Consolation—La Jolla def. Punahou II 25-16, 25-23 Consolation—Hawaii Baptist def. ‘Iolani 25-18, 25-22 Silver Championship—Westview (Calif.) def. Maryknoll 25-18, 25-23 Third place—Saint Louis def. Seabury Hall 25-18, 21-25, 15-10 Bronze Championship—Kealakehe def. Kalaheo 25-22, 13-25, 15-13 Third […]

The team concept is simple, on paper. Putting it into practice is much tougher, and Kamehameha-Hawaii’s Guy Enriques is one coach who is well aware of how much of an uphill climb it is to get everyone to put team first and individualism second. “Everyone talks about team, but can you walk the talk?” said Enriques, the Warriors boys volleyball coach who is on Oahu with his team for the ‘Iolani Invitational. “I like to relate team to family. How […]