Girls volleyball

It took, very possibly, the best and toughest efforts by all of the Mililani Trojans to rally past Moanalua 15-25, 28-26, 25-13, 21-25, 15-10 in the final of the OIA Division I girls volleyball playoffs on Wednesday night at Na Menehune gym. Falanika Danielson was tremendous again, pounding 24 kills and scoring four of her team’s final six points in the fifth set. She had 21 kills in a semifinal win over Kahuku on Monday, and on Wednesday, she revealed […]

There was no obvious sign that Falanika Danielson was woozy. Or struggling with sinus infection. Or asthma. The powerful outside hitter simply played through and delivered once again for No. 4-ranked Mililani. The senior crushed 24 kills, adding a block along the way, as the Lady Trojans defended their OIA Division I crown with a resounding 15-25, 28-26, 25-13, 21-25, 15-10 win over No. 5 Moanalua in the home gym of Na Menehune on Wednesday night. Danielson was clutch with […]

ILH champion Kamehameha is the top seed in the New City Nissan/HHSAA Girls Volleyball State Championships beginning Monday. Mililani earned the No. 2 seed in Division I after knocking off Moanalua in five sets, 15-25, 28-26, 25-14, 21-25, 15-10 for its second consecutive OIA championship, becoming the first team to repeat as OIA champion since Na Menehune in 2014-15. BIIF champion Kamehameha-Hawaii earned the No. 3 seed and MIL champion King Kekaulike is the fourth seed. The first round is […]

It was one big hit after another from high over the middle of the net from the Pearl City attack. And lots of blocks, too. Two Chargers middles provided the thrust to give the school its first OIA girls volleyball championship since 1997 on Wednedsay night with a 25-17, 25-21, 25-21 sweep of Kalani at the Moanalua gym. Unlike the title 22 years ago, this one came in Division II. It was a thrilling experience for the girls in purple […]

The tide had turned and the Mililani Trojans were awash in deep waters. Up 2-0 against dangerous Kahuku, the Lady Trojans were wiped out in game three. Kahuku led 20-14 in the fourth set — a combined 44-30 edge since the end of the second game — and looked omnipotent. Every ball was heavy. Every swing seemed like a home run. But the Lady Trojans withstood the surge. With a sizable and loud backing led by its football team, No. […]

Moanalua, as junior Tayli Ikenaga says, loves to be the underdog. Na Menehune love to be the smaller team. The younger team. The team that, at least on paper, shouldn’t be one of the best teams in one of the country’s biggest leagues. But they keep doing this winning thing. With 16 kills from senior Tradie DeBina-Bautista and 13 from Ikenaga — who looks fully recovered from a mid-season foot injury — No. 6-ranked Moanalua swept No. 9 Kapolei 25-18, […]

The Lady Raiders of Kahuku are better now. Happy, not quite. The long ride home from Moanalua gym after a four-set semifinal loss to unbeaten Mililani won’t ease the pain, but No. 6 Kahuku is not the same team it was at midseason. Coach Tuli Tevaga can recall a fairly frustrating night at Moanalua, when her team was still finding chemistry. This time, down 2-1, Kahuku led No. 4 Mililani 20-14 in the fourth set. The match felt destined to […]