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Day two of competition for the Pilipa’a Boy’s 18’s started off with a disappointing 3-game Challenge Bracket loss to Space Needle VB Fuse(25-22, 25-27, 15-13), knocking Pilipa’a out of the hunt for the Gold Medal.  Pilipa’a fought hard but errors and injuries created problems that they were not able to overcome.
Despite the early setback, Pilipa’a [...]

The Pilipa’a 18’s opened the 2009 USA Volleyball Junior Olympics at the Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia with a tough draw, facing two of last year’s top 8 teams in the first round in addition to a tall and talented United Blue in their first match.
The 18’s struggled with an unusual number of hitting and [...]

Day 3 in Atlanta was similar to day 2.  The boys were up for breakfast at 8am followed by a team meeting before heading off to Clairmont Presbyterian for the 18’s final practice of the  club season and for most of them, the final practice of their Junior career.  After practice they returned for lunch [...]

The boys are working on getting into a routine and adjusting to the 6-hour time difference.  They were up early for breakfast and a team meeting before heading out to Clairmont Presbyterian for the first of  two practices for the 18’s and four for the 17’s.  They had a good practice today followed by a [...]

The Pilipa’a Boy’s 17’s & 18’s arrived in Atlanta early this morning after neary 17 hours of flights and layovers.
We checked into the familiar Staybridge Suites in Sandy City which will be home for the next week and a half.  This is the same hotel where the 16’s and 18’s stayed in in 2007.
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The Pilipa’a Boy’s 17’s and 18’s depart for Atlanta, GA tomorrow morning for the 2009 USA Volleyball Junior Olympics.  This will be Pilipa’a’s second visit to Atlanta. In 2007 the Pilipa’a 18’s earned silver medal honors and the Pilipa’a 16’s (this year’s 18’s) finished in 5th place.
The 18’s (last year’s 17’s silver medalists) return to [...]

Pilipa’a is well represented at this year’s Hawaii High School Boy’s State Volleyball Tournament with players on 4 different teams (Waiakea, KS-Hawaii, Pahoa and Honoka’a).
KS-Hawaii began the tournament today with a 5-set win over Mililani 25-21, 12-25, 24-26, 25-17, 15-10 to advance to play KS-Maui on Thursday in a quarter-final match at McKinley.
Pahoa defeated Kapolei [...]

Pilipa’a and Big Island Roots AA/A have all advanced to the championships of their respective divisions.  Pilipa’a Pahoa under Coach Ikaika continue to improve and will be playing in the B division championship.  Big Island Roots A will take was impressive through pool play and the brackets and will take on Prolifik of Honolulu in [...]

The Pilipa’a girls 13’s compiled an impressive 6-0 game record to advance to the semi-finals of the 2009 Haili Volleyball  Tournament. Pilipa’a faced a familiar opponent in Imua of Hilo.  Pilipa’a and Imua have met up in several tournaments prior to Haili with Pilipa’a winning two of three of those matches, however Imua was the [...]