2013 D-I girls volleyball tournament

The Kamehameha and Punahou girls volleyball teams are warming up and ready to play for the state championship on the Kamehameha-Hawaii campus. Punahou was the first to arrive, getting her after the first set of the third-place game between Moanalua and Mililani. Kamehameha coach Chris Blake walked into the gym 35 minutes later. The Warriors have won 19 titles overall while the Buffanblu have won nine but Punahou has won the last two. Punahou and Kamehameha have played in each […]

Tonight’s Division I state volleyball semifinals at Kamehameha-Hawaii pit Kamehameha against Moanalua and Mililani against Punahou. As Jerry Campany wrote about earlier today, can the OIA get a team into the championship match? We will keep you updated here. Moanalua vs. Kamehameha Set 1: Kamehameha junior Kealani Browne gets three early kills for the Warriors but Moanalua holds the early 8-6 lead. Warriors answer with a 10-5 run to take a 16-13 lead and are now up 20-15. The Warriors […]

A few notes from the four Divison I quarterfinals matches before Kamehameha-Maui and Moanalua go at it: No. 3 Mililani (14-0) vs. Aiea (8-6) The first match at Keaau pits OIA foes against each other, but they have had very different seasons. The Trojans completed its run undefeated while Na Alii sat in the middle of the pack before coming up big in the OIA tournament with wins over Kalani, Kapolei and Leilehua. Mililani swept Aiea the only time they […]

Kamehameha coach Chris Blake and senior setter/opposite Alohi Robins-Hardy talk about the upcoming girls volleyball state tournament on the Big Island. Kamehameha played against ‘Iolani in an exhibition match Saturday at the Bump Set & Spike for the Cure at St. Francis gymnasium.

It’s not how many you lose, when you lose them is way more important. Kahuku, which looked like the class of the OIA East all season and rose as high as No. 2 in the Star-Advertiser’s top 10 poll, drew a particularly tough draw in the Division I girls volleyball state tournament beginning Tuesday on the Big Island. The Red Raiders, who lost successive matches to Mililani and Moanalua in the OIA tournament this week, fell to third in the […]