Girls volleyball

Every so often, the editors in the office tune in to a TV broadcast of a game a reporter is covering. They’re usually wrapped up in putting the paper out and checking the TV only to see how close the game is to being over so they know when they can expect a story to be filed. But on Monday night, the editors were wrapped up in the drama of the OIA girls volleyball semifinals. After the first semifinal match […]

All four teams participating in tonight’s OIA Division I girls volleyball semifinals are ranked in the latest Honolulu Star-Advertiser Girls Volleyball Top 10 released today. Kapolei jumps into the rankings at No. 10 ahead of its match against No. 7 Kahuku in the first semifinal broadcast on Spectrum OC-16. The nightcap pits No. 4 Mililani against defending OIA champion No. 9 Moanalua. The last 11 OIA titles are represented with Kahuku (five), Moanalua (four) and Mililani owning the other two. […]

If 5-foot-5 outside hitters are too small to be high school volleyball superstars, then Tayli Ikenaga will have to grow some more. But she played like one all over the court for No. 10 Moanalua on Thursday night in a five-set OIA quarterfinal victory over Waianae. Ikenaga, a sophomore weighing 120 pounds, lit up the Mililani gym with 27 digs along with her 24 kills that were courtesy of setters Aaliyah Allagonez and Allexis Iramina. “I’m not 5-foot-8 like it […]

So much depth. So much skill. So dominant. The Kamehameha Warriors are resilient, too. Five Warriors tallied at least five kills, led by Keonilei Akana’s 18, in a 26-24, 25-20, 25-16 sweep of No. 2 ‘Iolani on Thursday night. The win leaves the Warriors (12-0) with a 2-0 record in the ILH double-elimination tournament. ‘Iolani will square off with Punahou on Saturday. An ‘Iolani win seals at least second place in the tourney, and would earn the Raiders the league’s […]

This could’ve been a serious trap. The ‘Iolani Raiders are No. 2 in the Star-Advertiser Girls Volleyball Top 10. Hearts set on a run to the ILH and state finals. Clearly and definitively one of the two best teams in the islands. Chasing Kamehameha. A Tuesday-night trip to Hemmeter Fieldhouse at Punahou easily could have been a trap match. Instead, the visiting Raiders stormed through the gates and withstood Punahou’s best run, during the second set, for a 25-14, 25-23, […]

Winning the regular season in your league was rewarded by voters in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser Girls Volleyball Top 10 this week. Damien (11-0) and Kahuku (10-1) jumped two spots after they both picked up key wins to finish at the top of their respective divisions heading into league playoffs. The Monarchs jump to No. 7 after sweeping then-No. 6 Le Jardin 25-15, 29-27 last Tuesday. Kahuku, which opens the OIA playoffs as the No. 1 seed out of the East […]