HONOLULU - Ryan Tsuji (former Pilipa’a player and coach) has been promoted to an assistant coaching position for the 2008 season with the University of Hawai`i Rainbow Wahine volleyball program, head coach Dave Shoji announced. Tsuji, who has been with the team for the past seven years, including five as a manager, will replace Kari [...]
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Pilipa’a 18’s win 2007 Junior Olympic Silver Medal
Pilipa’a 18’s captured the club-division silver medal at the 2007 USA Volleyball Junior Olympic Tournament...
Pilipa’a 18’s win Bronze Medal at 2005 Junior Olympic Tournament
The Pilipa’a 18’s finished 10-1 in the 2005 USA Volleyball Junior Olympics and took home...
Pilipa’a 17’s win Gold Medal at USA Volleyball Junior Olympics
The Pilipa’a 17’s won the Gold Medal at the USA Volleyball Junior Olympic Tournament held...
Pilipa’a claims silver medal at Junior Olympics (Updated)
Pilipa’a’s undefeated streak came to an end this morning in the all “Hawaii” championship match of the 2008 USA Volleyball Junior Olympics held in Sandy, Utah.
Pilipa’a had an extraordinary run in this year’s tournament, winning 11 consecutive matches prior to their championship matchup with OVA 17 Rags (Onipa’a) of Honolulu. Pilipa’a lost the first [...]
Three Pilipa’a 17’s on “All Tournament Team”
Clayton Morante, Jr., Lopaka Woolsey and Shelton Kalilikane were named to the 2008 USA Volleyball Junior Olympic 17’s Club Division all tournament team.
From Papa O.
Papa O. emailed me this message this morning….
Coming in second is just an awesome accomplishment for this physically small but talented young team And, once again expresses my age-long and strong prediction, that some day soon our kids would be able to compete with the best, not only throughout the State of Hawaii, but [...]
Pilipa’a beats Cincinatti Attack advances to championship
Pilipa’a faced their toughest challenge to date in their semi-final match against Cincinatti Attack. They battled to a 28-26 first game victory. They struggled in the second set with a 15-25 loss, but bounced back in the third set with a huge Hawaii contingent cheering them on. Pilipa’a (11-0) heads to the [...]
Pilipa’a defeats Cal Air - heads to semis
Pilipa’a defeated Cal Air of Canada 25-20, 25-19 to advance to the semi-final game against Cincinatti Attack who defeated Tool City 25-16, 26-24.
OVA Rags (Onipa’a of Honolulu) defeated Riptides OC 17 Blue 32-30, 25-16 in a quarterfinal match on the other half of the bracket and advances to play fsvbc17L of Florida [...]
Pilipa’a defeats Vaqueros-Heads to Gold Medal Round
Pilipa’a completed another challenging day of volleyball with a thrilling 3-set victory over Vaqueros of Puerto Rico (25-17, 17-25, 15-10). Pilipa’a (9-0) wins their pool and advances to the Gold Medal Round to play Cal Air Volleyball of Canada in the Quarter Finals tomorrow morning at 4am HST.
Pilipa’a is the only [...]
Pilipa’a defeats TNT 17 Elite, now 8-0
Pilipa’a defeated TNT 17 Elite (25-15, 28-26) in their second match of the day.
Pilipa’a’s record is now 8-0 in the tournament and they are the only undefeated team in the 48-team Boy’s 17’s Club Division.
Pilipa’a plays Vaqueros of Puerto Rico at 4pm HST. Another victory will guarantee a place in tomorrow’s Gold Medal Round (top [...]
Pilipa’a defeats Highline 17’s Red
The Pilipa’a boys continued their winning streak this afternoon by defeating High Line 17 Red of Long Beach, California 25-20, 25-20. Pilipa’a improves their record to 7-0.
Pilipa’a plays TNT 17-Elite at 2pm HST. TNT dropped two sets and the match to Vaqueros of Puerto Rico in pool play earlier today.
Photo: Bob Woolsey
Pilipa’a defeats Orlando Gold 17 Black, remains undefeated (Updated)
Pilipa’a defeated Orlando Gold 17 Black (25-23, 25-17) to remain undefeated at 6-0 after two days of play at the 2008 USA Volleyball Junior Olympics in Sandy, Utah.
“We struggled earlier today against Ku’ikahi. We made a lot of unforced errors that kept the match close,” coach Ecko said. “We played better [...]
B17 Junior Olympic Trip
