Girls volleyball

Kamehameha won four games in five days last week, surviving a possible season-ending game against ‘Iolani on Tuesday to come back through the tournament and win the ILH girls volleyball championship with a sweep of Punahou on Friday. A trophy, the seeded berth in the HHSAA state tournament and now the No. 1 ranking in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser Girls Volleyball Top 10 all belong to the Warriors. Kamehameha received all 10 first-place votes to jump ‘Iolani and Punahou for the […]

Kamehameha’s surge from third place in the ILH to league champion in the span of one week was months in the making. Miles. Pounds. The track and the weight room are second homes to the Warriors, who swept Punahou 25-15, 25-17, 25-16 at a packed Hemmeter Fieldhouse on Friday night to capture the ILH crown. The balance was, again, astounding. It begins and ends, the Warriors say, with the work before practice. “We’re very proud of our team. We work […]

For Don Faumuina, the fifth time is the charm. The Damien girls volleyball coach and his program have come close to title town, but they made it happen for real on Friday night. The Lady Monarchs rallied past University 23-25, 25-20, 25-22, 25-14 to capture the Interscholastic League of Honolulu Division II championship. Damien (13-1) will have a first-round bye in the HHSAA D-II state tourney in less than two weeks. Once they gathered after winning the crown, Faumuina broke […]

Farrington coach Savanah Kahakai believes in her team, but she wants her girls to believe in themselves. Kahakai spoke to the Governors volleyball players for more than a half-hour in the baseball field stands on Thursday night after her squad lost in four sets — 25-13, 22-25, 27-25, 25-11 — to Kapolei at the Moanalua gym. She walked away from that meeting with tears in her eyes. “It was deep,” she said. She went over the fact — more than […]

The byproduct is an incredibly long streak. The process is what gets Chris Blake excited. Down two sets, he sat back on the end of the Kamehameha bench and watched his team convene. Recharge. Unite. The empowerment was real for Kamehameha, which rallied past ‘Iolani 19-25, 15-25, 25-22, 25-14, 17-15. A younger coach, perhaps, would have felt compelled to say much more. Blake, the veteran championship guru, said less. It was the end of the second set when he took […]