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OIA volleyball playoffs set

By Billy Hull on October 3, 2013

The OIA volleyball regular season has come to an end as the West division completed its final matches of the year on Wednesday night. The biggest winner of the evening was Waianae, which won an elimination game by knocking off Campbell in three sets to secure the West’s sixth and final berth in the OIA Red playoffs. The Seariders (4-6) will open next week against Farrington (8-3), the No. 3 seed out of the East. Mililani, ranked No. 5 in […]

Kailua, McKinley make Aloha Stadium return

By Jason Kaneshiro on October 2, 2013

Appearances at Aloha Stadium were once fairly common for Kailua and McKinley. But not so much in recent years. Thursday’s meeting between the Surfriders and Tigers in the first game of an OIA Red East doubleheader will mark the first time they’ve played in Halawa since 2005. Kailua’s last game at Aloha Stadium was a 24-6 loss to Castle on Sept. 9, 2005. McKinley played there a couple of weeks later and lost to Farrington 23-0. Kailua is 39-42-3 at […]

Pac-Five relieved to get first win

By Nick Abramo on October 2, 2013

It was a game the Pac-Five football team did not want to lose. And the Wolfpack didn’t. They looked sharp last Friday in a 37-0 victory over St. Francis, a first-year ILH Division II varsity program. “We didn’t want to be the first team to lose (an ILH) game to them,” Pac-Five coach Kip Botelho said while heading to the bus outside the Aloha Stadium North end zone after the Wolfpack’s first win of the season. Some Pac-Five (a conglomeration of mostly small […]


OIA volleyball playoffs take shape

By Billy Hull on October 1, 2013

The six teams advancing to the OIA Red playoffs out of the East have already been decided. The only thing up for grabs during tonight’s final regular season slate of games is who will get to host a match in the first round of the double-elimination tournament. Kahuku (10-0) and Moanalua (9-1) have already secured first-round byes with Farrington (8-2) locked into the third seed and an opening-round match at home against the West’s No. 6 seed when the playoffs […]

Castle and Kaimuki battle for playoff berth

By Jason Kaneshiro on October 1, 2013

Castle’s streak of postseason appearances hinges on maintaining its run of success against Kaimuki. The Knights (2-5 overall, 1-4 OIA Red East) travel to Hawaii Kai on Friday to face the Bulldogs (1-6, 0-5) with the conference’s final playoff berth at stake. Kickoff at Kaiser Stadium is scheduled for around 7:30 p.m. (following the 5 p.m. junior varsity game). Castle enters the regular-season finale for both teams a game ahead in the standings. But a Kaimuki win on homecoming night would […]

OIA football playoff scenarios

By Billy Hull on September 30, 2013

The OIA Red wraps up its regular season this week, while the White has two weeks left on the schedule. Here’s a breakdown of what the OIA football playoffs will look like after this week’s games: OIA Red East Regular season champion: TBA Teams in playoffs: Kahuku (5-0), Farrington (5-0), Moanalua (3-3), McKinley (2-3), Kailua (2-3) Teams with first-round byes: Kahuku, Farrington This week’s games: Thursday — Kailua vs. McKinley, 4:30 p.m., Aloha Stadium; Farrington vs. Kahuku, 7 p.m., Aloha […]

Kapolei charges back but falls just short

By Jason Kaneshiro on September 29, 2013

Two weeks after rallying past Leilehua, Kapolei nearly pulled off another remarkable comeback Friday night against Waianae. After falling behind by 22 at halftime and again in the third quarter, the Hurricanes made it a one-possession game midway through the fourth period. But the Kapolei offense wouldn’t get another chance to touch the ball again as Waianae managed to run out the clock for a 35-27 win. After seeing a chance to move into second place in the OIA Red […]

Ugly win? Waianae will take it

By Jason Kaneshiro on September 28, 2013

Waianae coach Daniel Matsumoto called it an “ugly” win. But at this point in the season, aesthetics don’t mean much. “We’ll take anything,” Matsumoto said with relief after the Seariders held off Kapolei in a 35-27 win Friday night at Raymond Torii Stadium. Waianae finished the regular season at 4-2 in the OIA Red West, good for second in the conference with Campbell and Kapolei (both 3-2) right behind. Waianae has a bye next week, and whether the Seariders have […]