TGI Sports Editor By the end of the boy’s Waimea-Kapa’a volleyball showdown last night, I’m not sure anyone had any nails left to chew. With the gripping action that rocked Kapa’a’s gym in the game’s finale, it wouldn’t suffice to
TGI Sports Editor
By the end of the boy’s Waimea-Kapa’a volleyball showdown last night, I’m not sure anyone had any nails left to chew.
With the gripping action that rocked Kapa’a’s gym in the game’s finale, it wouldn’t suffice to say this match was just suspenseful.
It was hair-tearing, gut-wrenching, edge-of-your seat fun.
A tense match-up in which Waimea came out on top 10-6, 16-14, and took the first round of KIF volleyball.
Waimea jumped to a quick 4-1 lead in the first, a gap Kapa’a would chip into and eventually match.
But Waimea stayed strong and proved it should be a Hawaii Sports Network Top-10 team by taking the first game 10-6.
Things got more interesting in the second, when Kapa’a came on the backside of a 3-0 Waimea lead and fought the Menehunes in a see-saw battle that left the score at 14-13 in favor of the Warriors.
But following a monster block by the Menehune’s front line and a controversial line violation call by the referee in the last play of the match, Waimea got the ‘W’ and won the first round of KIF volleyball.
If Kapa’a were able to pull out the victory last night, they would of forced a three-team play-off which would have taken place this Monday and Tuesday.
Now round two will begin and so will the hunt for the KIF crown.
James Marques led the Menehune assault with seven monster kills, two aces and a block.
Austin “Maka” Alapai had 11 kills, an ace and a block for the Warriors.
In the girl’s varsity game, Waimea was able to suppress any Kapa’a comeback and defeated the Warriors in two, 16-14, 15-12.
Kapa’a fought back after Waimea jumped out to an 5-0 lead in the first game, but the Menehune were too powerful down the stretch, taking the first game in the final minute.
The second game went down much like the first.
Waimea, led by the sniper-like kills of Britnee Boeder (6 kills, two aces) and solid net play by Kyrie Simeona (7 kills, 2 blocks) pulled in front by as much as seven before the Warriors climbed the comeback ladder and closed the gap to 14-12.
But Waimea led for too long and were too much for the Warriors, who fell in the second game’s final moments, 12-15.
J.V Volleyball
Boys: Waimea wins (15-7), (9-15), (15-9)
-Girls: Waimea wins (15-6), (15-4)
Girl’s Volleyball
Top 10 (HSN)
1.Iolani 9-0
2.Punahou 9-1
3.Hilo 5-0
4.Kamehameha 6-3
5.Saint Francis 5-4
6.Saint Joseph 6-1
7.Moanalua 4-2
8.Roosevelt 3-1
9.Kauai 4-0
10.Farrington 5-0
Boy’s Volleyball
Top 10 (HSN)
1 Kamehameha 10-0
2. Punahou 10-1
3. Pearl City 5-0
4. Kalaheo 4-1
5. Iolani 8-3
6. Waiakea 7-1
7. Kealakehe 8-0
8.Saint Louis 8-3
9.Waimea 2-1
10.. Mililani 7-0
