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It is Thursday already, which means the Kamehameha Warriors are 48 (or so) hours away from capturing another girls volleyball state championship. Or you could say we’re 48 hours from another Kamehameha-Punahou state final. Maybe it’s 48 hours from a Punahou state title, knocking off the regular-season ILH champs (Kamehameha). Wait. Maybe Punahou (14-3) doesn’t even make the final. The Buffanblu are outstanding, killer, dominant outside the ILH, right? They’ve got to deal with a powerful Moanalua (15-0) squad that […]

2018: Iolani 3, Kamehameha 0 25-23, 25-21, 25-18 Elena Oglivie puts down an incredible 28 kills on 70 swings and the Raiders sweep the Warriors. Kristen McDaniel passes out 35 assists for the Raiders, who benefitted from 20 digs from Grace Wee and another 15 from Cameryn Ann Nagaji. Braelyn Akana leads the Warriors with 15 kills and Keonilei Akana added 11 on 40 swings. 2017: Kamehameha 3, Iolani 0 25-20, 25-22, 31-29 The Warriors get kills from seven different […]

Seeing former players — elite ones, no less — grow a little older is no surprise. But seeing them as head coaches, that’s teetering on surreal. Waiakea took the court on Thursday against No. 1-seeded Kamehameha in what was the basic David-versus-Goliath scenario. Except that Waiakea has been coached for the past two seasons by Ashley Hanohano, who knows a little something about overcoming giants. Wind the clock back about 12 years and Hanohano, Lindsey Lee and Jazmin Paakaula were […]

Despite some big-time playoff contests, there was very little change in Tuesday’s Honolulu Star-Advertiser Football Top 10. The top eight places remained the same, with Punahou and Mililani keeping the top two spots. Hilo (10-0) moved up to No. 9 after its 32-0 victory over Kealakehe to seal the BIIF championship and a spot in the Division I state tournament. Leilehua (6-2), which did not make the postseason, dropped to No. 10. In the Honolulu Star-Advertiser Girls Volleyball Top 10, […]