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The OIA girls volleyball playoffs in Division and Division II begin Wednesday. Moanalua, which has won three of the last four league titles in Division I, plays the Waianae/Kalaheo winner on Thursday at Mililani. Kahuku, which won the title in 2016, opens with the Nanakuli/Roosevelt winner on Thursday on the North Shore. Mililani, the last OIA West team to win the league title and the only undefeated team in the tournament, opens with a home match on Thursday against the […]

Anybody who watches the Kahuku football team is aware of two Red Raiders defenders with the last name Fonoimoana-Vaomu. They are brothers — Alex Fonoimoana-Vaomu, a junior defensive back, and Aaron Fonoimoana-Vaomu, a junior linebacker. And Red Raider nation has another heavy but lesser known “hitter” in Makayla Fonoimoana-Vaomu, their sister. She is a freshman on the girls volleyball team, and she had a team-high eight kills to lead Kahuku to a 25-15, 25-23 victory over Farrington on senior night […]

The girls volleyball regular season in the OIA East has only one game remaining before the playoffs — and it’s a big one. In a game rescheduled because of weather, Kahuku will host Farrington on Thursday night with the top seed and a first-round bye in the playoffs on the line. Kahuku swept Kaiser while Farrington swept Kalani on Wednesday night to remain tied in the standings at 9-1 overall. Both teams’ only loss was against Moanalua, which closed its regular […]

The heat of the moment didn’t bother the ninth-ranked Damien Monarchs. Rankings, playing on the road in a loud gym, no problem. The Monarchs’ attack caused disruptions for two-time defending Division II state champion — and sixth-ranked — Le Jardin, and Shelby Capllonch led the way with 16 kills in a 25-15, 29-27 sweep on Tuesday. The hot, humid conditions were perfect for the visiting Monarchs, who hit .333. Middle Ilana Sagapolutele was timely with her five kills, and setters […]