Kamehameha wins Hawai`i state championship

[kolohekeiki]

The Kamehameha girls volleyball team defended their state championship as they defeated league rival Punahou in an epic battle. Kamehameha bounced back after losing an epic battle in the first set that Punahou pulled out 37-35 on a kill by senior Liz Ka`aihue who will continue her career at the University of Hawai`i next season.

Kamehameha started strong in the second set and never looked back pulling out to a 5-0 lead off the serving of junior Jordan Meredith. The Warriors kept their lead strong on kills by juniors Bekah Torres and Kanani Herring. Punahou would eventually pull within two at 20-18, but the Warriors were too much as they took the second set to even the match at 25-21.

The Warriors started strong once again in the third set and like the second never looked back. Herring put down eight kills in the third set to help lead the Warriors. Punahou held tough and once again pulled within two at 20-18, but it was just too much Herring and Torres. Herring put down yet another kill to stretch the lead and Torres put down championship point on a middle attack.

Herring led the Warriors with 19 kills, 10 digs and four blocks, while Torres put down 14 kills, had four blocks and four aces in the victory. Senior setter Kea Kea put up 39 assists in the victory and picked up nine digs.

Senior Larissa Nordyke showed no signs of playing on a sprained ankle had a great match putting down 19 kills for the Puns on .354 hitting percentage. She also had 10 digs. Ka`aihue finished with 14 kills and 14 digs for the Puns while libero Sydney Yogi finsihed with 13 digs. Sophomore setter Pihana Kea had 40 assists for Punahou and two blocks.

Kamehameha finished the season at 20-1, while Punahou finishes with a record of 19-4 with three of those losses coming from Kamehameha.

[miamiink]

What else is new? Congrats Warriors!!!!

[Wolfgang]

How come Kamehameha, whose nickname is "Warriors", doesn't call its girls' teams "Wahine" like the University of Hawaii, who also go by "Warriors"? How come?

[pineapple]

To call the Kam girls team "Wahine" would be inconsistent and disrespectful not only to King Kamehameha, for whom the school was named, but also to native Hawaiian culture and society, with which the school is in keeping. Women were inferior in the King's days, and it was not proper for them to be engaged in sports. To call the girls' volleyball team "Wahine," copying UH, would be ignorant of this fact.

[StuffU]

pineapple said:

To call the Kam girls team "Wahine" would be inconsistent and disrespectful not only to King Kamehameha, for whom the school was named, but also to native Hawaiian culture and society, with which the school is in keeping. Women were inferior in the King's days, and it was not proper for them to be engaged in sports. To call the girls' volleyball team "Wahine," copying UH, would be ignorant of this fact. I am not saying this is the reason the team is not called "Wahine," I am just pointing out the status of women in the King's days.

Hawaiian Culture was a maternally based society. Rank and class were determined by the mother and or wife ~ not the male. While there were many limitations on mixing of the sexes during meals, both sexes were limited. I hardly think Hawaiian culture historically would be considered a culture that held women in an inferior position.

[pineapple]

In old Makahiki games- if you're grew up in hawaii you may have participated in them in boy scouts- women were not allowed to participate or even watch the games.

The old Hawaiians lived in a double standard society regarding the sexes, and you touched on it somewhat regarding meals. Women could not eat pork, coconut, shark, some species of fish, sea turtles, some types of bananas. If they got caught eating those foods, the penalty was death. While men could enter women's eating houses (but not eat with them), there was a strict kapu on women entering men's eating places.

Think again about the place women held in old Hawaiian culture. As my professor said, men had power in ancient Hawaiian society, women had influence. I can see how the influence evolved, out of necessity because of the Hawaiian Kapu system and the male-dominated sacrificial religion.

[VBfan]

this game was insane... i was watching it live streaming from the internet... game one was awesome...

[OverAndUnder]

I saw the match also. Both teams looked like they could beat the bottom half of the Big 12.

[StuffU]

overandunder said:

I saw the match also. Both teams looked like they could beat the bottom half of the Big 12.

It was high quality, wasn't it?

Lots of talent on the floor.

Kamehameha ~ Damn, I hope Herring goes to UH. She reminds me a lot of Pressey, with a little more height. Torres was hot from everywhere. Meredith had an down match for her standards. Kea (Pepperdine recruit) was very effective. Tati, the libero, held her own against Yogi.

Punahou ~ Yogi (Texas recruit ~libero) puts everything on the money. Nordyke (Irvine recruit) was putting balls away against a very good team, hitting every shot possible. Kuehu on the slide was money. Kaaihue's (Hawaii recruit) got game ~ I really wouldn't be surprised to see her find some court time with the Wahine next year (unless the current DS's REALLY bump up their game in the spring).

[kalena12]

i thought larissa nordyke played an amazing match, especially considering her recent ankle injury.

concerning the nickname thing, i believe kamehameha is just fine with their ONE nickname. we wouldn't want another hawaii nickname dillemma...

[kolohekeiki]

kalena12 said:

i thought larissa nordyke played an amazing match, especially considering her recent ankle injury.

I second that. Larissa Nordyke showed so much heart leading the Buff N Blu with 19 kills playing on a sprained ankle. Going from being helped off the court and out of the gym on Monday to playing an awesome game to lead her team showed the heart of a champion.

Regarding Herring, she will definitely be a good catch for the Wahine if they are to land her. And remember she still has one more year to go and she improved so much from her sophomore to her junior year. I can't wait to see how much she improves during club season until next season. She is worth the price of admission her self, such a joy to watch as she was just unstoppable last night banging kills from all over the court. The people I was sitting by was just in awe of her play.