Hawaii Sports

By Paul Honda The Hawaii Baptist Eagles fought off the young, upstart Firebrands of Word of Life to capture their third Division II state championship in a row with a 25-22, 25-14, 19-25, 25-16 win on Saturday night at the Stan Sheriff Center. A crowd of about 2,000 watched as HBA (21-2) closed the year with 15 consecutive wins, including an upset victory at Kamehameha during the regular season. The senior core of Sarah Palmer, C’era Oliveira and Kayla Kawamura […]

Punahou had simply too much depth and too much power as it overcame a talented and scrappy Moanalua team in a match that was much more competitive than the 25-19, 25-17, 25-23 final score indicated. With the win, top-ranked Punahou (21-0) advances to tonight’s state championship match, where it will face longtime Interscholastic League of Honolulu nemesis Kamehameha at the Stan Sheriff Center. The match will start at 7. Kamehameha used smart serving and a balanced attack en route to […]

State tournament fields are set, with Kahuku, Leilehua and Farrington representing the OIA in the Division I tournament and Moanalua and Aiea playing in the Division II tournament. Kamehameha will carry the flag for the ILH in Division I, while ‘Iolani is the top seed in Divsion II.

Ross Kinsler wasn’t expecting another shuffle in the lineup, but he’ll take it. The La Pietra athletic director announced late Thursday that No. 1-ranked Punahou is back in the Bump, Set & Spike for the Cure exhibition volleyball tournament. The one-day event is set for Saturday with an expanded field of six teams, including No. 2 Kamehameha, No. 4 Hawaii Baptist and seventh-ranked Moanalua. The tourney is a much-needed tune-up for Punahou and Kamehameha, which haven’t played since last Saturday. […]

By Tiff Wells Led by Hoo`nani Apo’s 15 kills, the Kahuku Lady Raiders defeated the Farrington Governors in the winner’s bracket match last night at McKinley High School 25-12, 23-25, 25-16, 25-23. The second-seeded team from the East division is the lone unbeaten team in the double-elimination tournament and moves onto the championship match on Thursday. Farrington drops into the loser bracket and will play Moanalua for the right to move into the championship match. The Govs and Na Menehune […]

Football standings …. Volleyball standings

By Paul Honda One year is a long time to wait for a second chance. The ‘Iolani Raiders made the best of it, fighting off Hawaii Baptist 27-25, 23-25, 25-22 last night before a crowd of about 250 at the Raiders’ gym. Mahina Haina’s 17 kills led No. 5-ranked ‘Iolani and Alissa Youart had eight of her 12 kills in the final set as the Raiders beat the Interscholastic League of Honolulu’s top D-II volleyball team. HBA upset ‘Iolani last […]