Boys volleyball

Punahou junior outside hitter Ryan Wilcox was named the Star-Advertiser’s player of the year for boys volleyball in Sunday’s newspaper, continuing an unprecedented three-year run for the program. Wil Stanley was the player of the year last year and Micah Ma’a took the award after the previous season. In all, the Buffanblu had five players on the Fab 15, for the third straight year. No other program has ever had more than three. Punahou also got five players on the […]

The ILH released its boys volleyball all-star teams in Division I, II and III today. The full teams are listed below. DIVISION I Most valuable player—Ryan Wilcox, Jr, Punahou Coach of the year—Jordan Inafuku, ‘Iolani FIRST TEAM Hugh Hogland, Sr, ‘Iolani Cole Hogland, Jr, ‘Iolani Matthew Saffery, So, Kamehameha Chad Bolte, Sr, Maryknoll Andrew Caraang, Sr, Maryknoll Ethan Siegfried, Sr, Punahou Shea Suzumoto, So, Punahou SECOND TEAM George Kailiwai, Sr, Kamehameha Kade Apuna, Jr, Kamehameha Kaimi Haas, Sr, Mid-Pacific Kana’i […]

Altogether it was just a little more than 5 minutes, but you could see it on the faces of the Punahou players – just a little bit of doubt. The heavily favored Buffanblu tried in vain to fight off Kamehameha-Hawaii in the second set of Saturday night’s state Division I boys volleyball final. The opposing Warriors sensed something amiss on the other side of the court and they pounced to win the set and tie the match at 1-1. How […]

No one would doubt that Rick Tune is an authority on volleyball. And the former collegiate star and current Punahou coach, fresh off an eighth state championship in nine years, had somewhat of a bombshell to rock the Hawaii high school volleyball world Saturday night. Highly successful Kamehameha-Hawaii coach Guy Enriques will not be in charge of the Warriors next season, according to Tune, whose Buffanblu had just gotten past Enrqiues’ team in four sets in the Division I state […]

Hawaii Baptist’s lone senior was the one standing at the service line with a seventh straight Division II state championship on the line. Kellen Takatsuka, a 5-foot-8 outside hitter who starts alongside 5-foot-9 junior Michael Johnson, served the final four points of the Eagles’ 25-17, 25-23, 25-20 sweep of Kapaa in the New City Nissan/HHSAA Boys Volleyball State Championships on Saturday night at Blaisdell Arena. HBA (23-0) extended its state tournament winning streak to 22 with a sweep of the […]

Punahou junior outside hitter Ryan Wilcox was named the most outstanding player in Division I in the New City Nissan/HHSAA Boys Volleyball State Championships on Saturday night at Blaisdell Arena. Wilcox had a game-high 20 kills and 10 digs in a four-set win over Kamehameha-Hawaii in the final. Hawaii Baptist junior outside hitter Michael Johnson was named the most outstanding player in the Division II tournament. Johnson hit .250 with a match-high 13 kills and 15 digs in a sweep […]

Going by past results, Saturday night’s Division I boys volleyball state tournament at Blaisdell Arena has a heavyweight in one corner and a light heavyweight in the other. The old-timey boxing announcer could announce Punahou as “the reigning five-time champeen.” The opponent, Kamehameha-Hawaii, is the annual challenger, the team that gets super close, but can’t bring home the hardware. Punahou coach Rick Tune is relishing the matchup against the Big Island Interscholastic Federation Warriors. “They have a fantastic coach, Guy […]

Every year at this time, Kamehameha-Hawaii shows up for the Division I boys volleyball state tournament. And the Warriors’ usual modus operandi is to make it far but not win the championship. Coach Guy Enriques was clear about what was needed to get past the remaining squads in their way. “We need to play a flawless match,” he said after a three-set sweep of Waipahu in the quarterfinals Thursday at Radford. He added that if any of his teams of […]