Updated at 2:21 p.m., Sunday, October 28, 2007
Kamehameha, HBA top seeds in girls state volleyball
Advertiser Staff
Kamehameha and Hawai'i Baptist received the top seeds in Division I and II, respectively, for this week's New City Nissan Girls State Volleyball Championships.Both tournaments will be played Wednesday to Saturday. The Division I tournament is at Hilo Civic Auditorium, while the Division II tournament is at McKinley and Radford high school gyms.
Three of the four Division I seeds are from Kamehameha. Kamehameha (18-1), of the Interscholastic League of Honolulu, is followed by No. 2 Moanalua (12-4) of the O'ahu Interscholastic Association, No. 3 Kamehameha-Maui (10-2) and No. 4 Kamehameha-Hawai'i (14-1).
In the Division II tournament, Hawai'i Baptist (14-4) of the ILH is followed by No. 2 Seabury Hall (12-0) of Maui, No. 3 Hilo (15-1) of the Big Island and No. 4 Farrington (12-4) of the OIA.
Four Neighbor Island teams will play Division II first-round matches in the Radford bracket with the winners squaring off against O'ahu teams in the quarterfinals.
It's the opposite in the McKinley bracket, where four O'ahu teams will play in the opening round, and the winners will play Neighbor Island teams in the quarterfinals.
An intriguing first-round matchup has ILH runner-up Word of Life (12-6) playing OIA runner-up McKinley.
Both teams lost in their respective league tournament finals.
Word of Life has one of the state's top hitters in Chanteal Satele. McKinley won the OIA regular-season title and finished 14-2.
Hawai'i High School Athletic Association
Girls volleyball championships
Division I
At Hilo Civic Auditorium
Wednesday
First round
Match 1Kahuku (12-3) vs. Baldwin (7-5), 3 p.m.
Match 2Punahou (15-3) vs. Kalani (10-6), 4:30 p.m.
Match 3'Iolani (16-2) vs. Mililani (10-5), 6 p.m.
Match 4Roosevelt (12-3) vs. Kailua-Waiakea winner*, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday
Consolation
Match 5Kahuku-Baldwin loser vs. Roosevelt-Kailua-Waiakea loser, 1:30 p.m.
Quarterfinals
Match 6No. 3 Kamehameha-Maui (10-2) vs. 'Iolani-Mililani winner, 3 p.m.
Match 7No. 1 Kamehameha (18-1) vs. Roosevelt-Kailua-Waiakea winner, 4:30 p.m.
Match 8No. 2 Moanalua (12-4) vs. Punahou-Kalani winner, 6 p.m.
Match 9No. 4 Kamehameha-Hawai'i (14-1) vs. Kahuku-Baldwin winner, 7:30 p.m.
Friday
Consolation
Match 10Punahou-Kalani loser vs. 'Iolani-Mililani loser, 1:30 p.m.
Match 11M7 loser vs. M9 loser, 3 p.m.
Match 12M8 loser vs. M6 loser, 4:30 p.m.
Semifinals
Match 13M7 winner vs. M9 winner, 6 p.m.
Match 14M8 winner vs. M6 winner, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday
Seventh placeM5 winner vs. M10 winner, 3 p.m.
Fifth placeM11 winner vs. M12 winner, 4:30 p.m.
Third placeM13 loser vs. M14 loser, 6 p.m.
ChampionshipM13 winner vs. M14 winner, 7:30 p.m.
*Kailua (7-9), the OIA's sixth-place team, will play Waiakea (12-3), the BIIF runner-up, tomorrow for the 12th and final state berth. Scheduled time is 3 p.m. at Radford.
Division II
Wednesday
First round
Match 1Waimea (7-2) vs. Hawai'i Prep (13-3) at Radford, 6 p.m.
Match 2Moloka'i (10-2) vs. Honoka'a (11-5) at Radford, 7:30 p.m.
Match 3University (12-6) vs. Castle (10-6) at McKinley, 6 p.m.
Match 4Word of Life (12-6) at McKinley (14-2), 7:30 p.m.
Thursday
Consolation
Match 5Waimea-Hawai'i Prep loser vs. Moloka'i-Honoka'a loser at Radford, 4:30 p.m.
Match 6University-Castle loser vs. Word of Life-McKinley loser at McKinley, 4:30 p.m.
Quarterfinals
Match 7No. 4 Farrington (12-4) vs. Moloka'i-Honoka'a winner at Radford, 6 p.m.
Match 8No. 1 Hawai'i Baptist (14-4) vs. Waimea-Hawai'i Prep winner at Radford, 7:30 p.m.
Match 9No. 2 Seabury Hall (12-0) vs. University-Castle winner at McKinley, 6 p.m.
Match 10No. 3 Hilo (15-1) vs. Word of Life-McKinley winner at McKinley, 7:30 p.m.
Friday
Consolation
Match 11M8 loser vs. M7 loser at Radford, 6 p.m.
Match 12M9 loser vs. M10 loser at McKinley, 6 p.m.
Semifinals
Match 13M8 winner vs. M7 winner at Radford, 7:30 p.m.
Match 14M9 winner vs. M10 winner at McKinley, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday
All matches at McKinley
Seventh placeM5 winner vs. M6 winner, 3 p.m.
Fifth placeM11 winner vs. M12 winner, 4:30 p.m.
Third placeM13 loser vs. M14 loser, 6 p.m.
ChampionshipM13 winner vs. M14 winner, 7:30 p.m.