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After five weeks out of the top spot, Kamehameha closes the 2021-22 season at No. 1 in the Star-Advertiser Girls Volleyball Top 10. The Warriors collected all 10 first-place votes on Monday after winning the New City Nissan/HHSAA Division I State Championships over the weekend. Kamehameha dropped only one set in four matches, and swept previously top-ranked Punahou in the final. Eight slots in the Top 10 had a change. ‘Iolani, idle since the end of the ILH season, moved […]

There are weddings, there are plans, and there are wedding plans. Kamehameha’s girls volleyball program seems to work everything out, even championship week and matrimony. On Saturday, hours before Kamehameha took the court at Blaisdell Arena and swept top seed Punahou for the Division I state championship, coach Chris Blake jumped in his car and headed to Ko Olina. His sister, Holly, was getting married. He arrived, walked her down the aisle, partook of the ceremony and raced back to […]

The last time University Lab School won a girls volleyball state championship… >> Current coach Brad Miller was not alive. “I’m 29. I wasn’t even born yet.” >> The Junior Rainbows were known as University High, long before the ULS brand became the norm. >> George W. Bush was in his first term as U.S. president. >> Gasoline was $1.89/gallon. >> “Hold On’ by Wilson Phillips was the No. 1 song in the country. >> South Africa finally freed Nelson […]

This season, the busiest intersection between Punahou and Kamehameha is not on Wilder Ave. It is not on Makuakane Street, either. Where Punahou and Kamehameha have met most often, with the most incredible explosions of skill and power, is the volleyball court. There will be one last showdown for No. 1-ranked Punahou and No. 2-ranked Kamehameha on Saturday, on the biggest stage. The two storied programs will square off in the Division I final of the New City Nissan/HHSAA State […]

After a recent run of four- and five-set thrillers in girls volleyball, back-to-back sweeps by Kahuku and Kamehameha on Thursday night felt like a pause. Kahuku isn’t complaining. The OIA champions swept Hilo 25-11, 25-14, 25-16. The same goes for Kamehameha, which swept MIL champion Baldwin 25-9, 25-15, 25-16. Kahuku and Kamehameha will have a showdown on Friday night in the semifinal round of the New City Nissan/HHSAA Girls Volleyball Division I State Championships at Moanalua gym. It was business […]