It took a Kalani girls squad a generation to do the same.

Tamari Miyashiro blasted 20 kills to lead the Falcons over Moanalua, 25-17, 25-22, last night at McKinley High's Student Council Gym to capture their first OIA crown since 1972, when Dave Shoji was coach.

"I'm sure he'll be calling," said Kalani coach Aven Lee, referring to Shoji, whom she played for at the University of Hawai'i from 1996-1997 and 1999-2000. "But it was all them (her players). They worked hard every day and that's why I'm happy they won."

The Falcons (14-0) dominated the match, never trailing at any point. The Menehunes (12-2), whose only two losses are to the East champion Falcons, tied the first game at 1, but Miyashiro smothered them after that.

"She's been a really steady player," Lee said of her cousin. "We've been depending on her and she's always given it to us."

Miyashiro, a 5-foot-7 junior outside hitter, had game point in the opener and match point.

"She was awesome," Moanalua coach Thomas Lake said.

Miyashiro, who hit .479 for the match, played down her success.

"You always have to think about the next play," she said. "You can't think that 'that play was good.' You can't just stop. You have to play out the whole game."

Miyashiro's performance was supplemented by defensive specialist Dara Waialae's 13 digs.

"Dara's a go-getter," Lee said. "She can get to any ball."

Moanalua junior outside hitter Alisa Hout tried hard to get her team back, but her team-leading 11 kills weren't enough.

"She's been pretty solid all year," Lake said.

Lee, a first-year coach, inherited a team that has one senior in setter Marisa Okamoto. Three juniors and two sophomores join her in the starting lineup.

"It's just a blast," Okamoto said of winning the OIA title. "The team has come through a lot and has been through so much together and I'm just glad that we won."

Meanwhile, Kahuku had it a bit harder in sweeping Mililani, 26-24, 25-23, to win its first league crown since 1995.

"This is great," junior outside hitter Hapaki Kaululaau said. "This is my third year. The first year, we went to playoffs, but lost in the first round. Last year, we didn't even make the playoffs. We just put it out and won."

Kaululaau and Okesene Ale had nine kills each for the Red Raiders (11-1), who entered the OIA tournament with the East's top seed as a co-champion. Kahuku also had nine team aces.

"The key was our passing," said second-year Kahuku coach Howard Kaululaau, father of Hapaki. "Once we got the good passes, our outside hitters Junior (Okesene) Ale and Hapaki Kaululaau were hitting the ball and getting it in when it counted."

Mililani (12-1) led by as many as five points on two occasions in the first game. After leading 13-9, the Trojans were penalized two points for using a wrong server, cutting their lead to 11-9. From then, the game went back-and-forth before the Trojans took a 24-22 lead. But Kahuku returned with four unanswered points, the final two on kills by 6-2 middle blocker Brandon Carr to close the first game.

The second game was close throughout, although the Trojans led at one point, 19-15, only to see the Red Raiders return four consecutive points to tie it at 19. The game remained even until the score reached 23-23. Kaululaau then got the next two kills to end the match.

Mililani coach Kauanoe Eldredge said he made a mistake for having the wrong server. He said it probably was a turning point.

"It was my fault for putting them in that position," he said. "(Our players) played fantastically to try to pull me out of that. But it was a momentum swing and it was hard to pull it off. It was just my fault. A lack of judgment on my part ... I humbly apologized to the boys for putting them in that position."