The Division I bracket in the New City Nissan/HHSAA Girls Volleyball State Championships was released today despite the MIL and BIIF, which have yet to crown their league champions.
ILH champion Kamehameha is the No. 1 seed in Division I, followed by OIA champion Moanalua. The MIL champion is the No. 3 seed and the BIIF champion is the No. 4 seed
The HHSAA wrote in its release, “Per Hawaii Interscholastic Athletic Director Association (HIADA) recommendation approved this past June, Division I league championships were to be completed by the Wednesday prior to the start of the HHSAA tournament for teams to plan for travel. The seeding was determined by committee with the information available at time of voting.”
The schedule is as follows:
Monday, Oct. 23
Kahuku at BIIF No. 2, 4 p.m.
Waianae at ‘Iolani, 6 p.m.
Farrington at Kapolei, 6 p.m.
Mililani at MIL No. 2, 6 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 26
BIIF champion vs. Kapolei/Farrington winner at McKinley, 5 p.m.
MIL champion vs. ‘Iolani/Waianae winner at Moanalua, 5 p.m.
Kamehameha vs. MIL/Mililani winner at McKinley, 7 p.m.
Moanalua vs. Kahuku/BIIF winner at Moanalua, 7 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 27
Semifinals at McKinley, 5 and 7 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 28
Championship at Blaisdell Arena, 7 p.m.
Iolani has a easier route.
How’s that?
Iolani plays Waianae
Then kam maui
Then Moanalua
CHAMPIONSHIP with Kamehameha
Winner will be Kamehameha
Bold prediction, but don’t discount Iolani because of their win-loss record. I only had the pleasure of watching them once during the regular season and they were “tinkering” with their lineup, with Ka’aha’aina-Torres setting. Now that she’s back outside, this team is very strong. I don’t know if any team in the state has figured out how to stop Iolani’s OHs, and that is what will be needed to beat them. If not, it will be a race to which team will get to 25 first. With their ability to side out almost at will with Oglivie and Ka’aha’aina-Torres, that is basically a coin flip.
Between Kamehameha and Iolani, it comes down to the depth of KS vs the dominance of Iolani’s OHs.