Girls volleyball

‘Iolani senior outside hitter Elena Oglivie was voted the ILH most valuable player in Division I, the league announced today. Kamehameha coach Chris Blake, who led the Warriors to an ILH and state championship, was named coach of the year. In Division II, Damien senior Rayne Pactol was named most valuable player and Don Faumuina, in his final season with the Monarchs, was named coach of the year. Lanakila Baptist senior Chavah Kaneshiro was named most valuable player in Division […]

For a team that has won 22 state championships overall and 10 out of the last 17, Kamehameha was in an unfamiliar position this season. The Warriors began the season ranked No. 2 in the state and were dropped to third for four different weeks. It wasn’t until two weeks ago, after winning four matches in five days to secure the ILH championship, that Kamehameha finally reached the top spot. That’s where they stay to close out the 2019 season […]

After drilling 22 kills with 11 digs in the Division I final of the New City Nissan/HHSAA Girls Volleyball State Championships on Saturday night at Blaisdell Arena, Kamehameha’a Keonilei Akana was picked as the tournament’s most outstanding player. Akana, a middle who also plays opposite, was also chosen to the D-I all-tournament team last year. Four of Akana’s Warriors teammates also made the D-I all-tournament team — libero Tara De Sa, hitters Devin Kahahawai and Maui Robins and setter Bryanne […]

Punahou played all its cards so well. After losing in the ILH final, at home, swept by Kamehameha, the Buffanblu tinkered and adjusted. They brought Jaclyn Matias to the forefront, sharing setting duties with Chloe Kaahanui. Grace Fiaseu stepped up. Madisyn Beirne and Kaia Dunford, their seniors, continued to pound away. It still wasn’t enough in the state final. Kamehameha prevailed 21-25, 25-21, 25-16, 25-21 to capture its 10th state championship in the past 17 seasons under Coach Chris Blake. […]

Don Faumuina has gotten a lot of attention lately. Friends. Fans. That’s what a retirement announcement can do. When Damien swept Waimea 25-19, 25-11, 25-14 in the Division II final of the New City Nissan/HHSAA Girls Volleyball State Championships on Saturday night, history was made. Faumuina saw the rise of Lady Monarch volleyball as his squad finished his fifth and final season with a 16-1 record, replete with ILH and state crowns. Damien played, maybe, its best match of the […]

Damien’s Lala Campbell is doing her best to keep a promise she made to herself early in the season. It is to send Monarchs coach Don Faumuina out a winner. Damien is one victory away after outlasting Seabury Hall 21-25, 26-24, 25-18, 15-25, 15-11 in the semifinals of the New City Nissan/HHSAA Girls Volleyball State Championships in Division II on Friday at Kaimuki. Faumuina, in his fifth season as coach, told the media he was going to step down at […]