Outside hitter Natalie Piper (22 kills, 19 digs) and opposite Julia Fisher (23 kills, 10 digs, 3 block assists) chat after Le Jardin outlasted Hawaii Baptist in four sets to win its second title in a row at the New City Nissan/HHSAA Girls Volleyball Division II State Championships. Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017. Blaisdell Arena.
Worcester State quarterback Noah Brum, a 2014 Kalani graduate, was named the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference co-offensive player of the week on Sunday. Brum, who owns the two best single-game passing performances ever at Kalani, threw for 364 yards and set the Lancers’ single-game completion percentage record of 77.8 percent (28-for-36) with five touchdowns in a 48-0 shutout of Massachusetts Maritime on Saturday in his final home game of the season. Brum threw all five scoring passes in the […]
The three-time defending ILH Division I champion Saint Louis Crusaders had the week off, but managed to jump two spots to No. 23 in the latest MaxPreps Xcellent Top 25 released Sunday night. Winners of 13 consecutive games overall, the Crusaders (8-0) are eighth in the West Region. Bingham (Utah), which shut out Kahuku 17-0 in a game in September that Red Raiders sophomore QB Sol-Jay Maiava did not play in, is ranked No. 10. Other notable teams are Mater […]
No Division I college football team outside of Hawaii has more players from the islands than Oregon State. The Beavers, who signed three players from the islands earlier this year in their 2017 class and have 10 total listed on their roster, will add another next season. Saint Louis defensive back Isaiah Tufaga announced on Twitter on Sunday morning that he will accept a scholarship offer and sign with OSU. Committed🔸◾️ #GoBeavs #BTD18 pic.twitter.com/fG49wBDUDP — ISAIAH TUFAGA (@IsaiahTufaga) October 29, […]
An epic finish — seven match points — to another monumental championship season for Kamehameha in a sweep of defending champion ‘Iolani in the finals of the New City Nissan/HHSAA State Championships at Blaisdell Arena.. Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017.
First, it was Hawaii Baptist Academy scratching out an identity as a small school with a talent in girls volleyball. That niche turned into a prominent program that occasionally took down the giants of Interscholastic League of Honolulu volleyball. Eventually, the Eagles seized Division II state championships in 2007, ’08, ’09 and, most recently, ’15. HBA was one of the first of the smaller schools to patent a winning formula. Le Jardin (16-1) is the latest to concoct a special […]
Lexis Akeo has a way of blending into the celebration. Not long after Kamehameha finished its dream season with a 25-20, 25-22, 31-29 sweep of ‘Iolani, she was perfectly at home in the crowd. Parents and grandparents, uncles and aunties, brothers and sisters and cousins placing lei on their favorite Warriors. Akeo was more than a sister and daughter. She was the glue of what may have been the most balanced team during the dynasty. The modest junior setter was […]
Scoring highlights of Damien vs. St. Francis in the Interscholastic League of Honolulu Division II football championship game at Aloha Stadium, Friday, Oct. 27, 2017. Video by Christian Shimabuku.