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Day 2:  The Pilipa’a Boys began the first day of competition at the SCVA Tournament Saturday morning at the American Sports Center in Anaheim, California.  A slow start with numerous ball control issues led to a disappointing 1-2 record in pool play.   Pilipa’a shook off early match nerves to keep it close with Balboa [...]

The Pilipa’a Boys arrived in Los Angeles at about 5am today after a quick “red eye” out of Hilo.  After gathering our things and renting our vans we headed out on the LA Freeways for the Embassy Suites in Anaheim which will be our home for the next several days.  We were greeted with a [...]

The Pilipa’a Boys depart this evening for Anaheim, California to participate in the 2012 SCVA Junior Boys Invitational. Pilipa’a will compete in the Boy’s 18′s division with a field of nearly 100 teams. The tournament is a qualifier for the Open Division for the USA Volleyball Junior National Championship. We’ll post scores/updates here and on [...]

The Pilipa’a girls finished 2nd in their tournament of the year. A mixed squad of Pilipa’a 17′s and 15′s struggled in pool play in the Women’s Open Division of the Cuzins Volleyball Tournament, finishing 3rd in their pool before turning things around in the playoffs. The claimed wins (30-22) over HI Intensity in the quarterfinals [...]

The Pilipa’a Boys are hosting a tournament this Friday and Saturday (Dec. 9th/10th).  The tournament is fundraiser to help send our Pilipa’a 18′s to Anaheim , California in January for an Boys’ 18′s Open Division Qualifier.

The Pilipa’a Girls 15′s won the 2011 Moku O Keawe Regional Championship in the Girls 16U division. The girls struggled in pool play but found a way to keep winning to advance to the finals where the faced hard-hitting Ho’opa from Kona. Aggressive serving and tough defense proved to be the difference as Pilpa’a defeated [...]

The Pilipa’a Boys wrapped up play at the 2010 USA Volleyball Junior Nationals with a disappointing 5-5 record and finished 13th out of 53 teams in the Boys 18U club division.    There were moments of brilliance when Pilipa’a’s offense and defense showed that they were as strong as any team in the division, however [...]

Pilpa’a’s suffered a disappointing 0-3 record on Sunday as inconsistent play plagued them throughout the day. At times, they boys looked unstoppable even though they were matched up with larger teams in each of their matches. Pilipa’a began the day facing with a 3-game loss (25-17, 15-25, 15-12) against undefeated Legacy 18-1.  Pilipa’a started slowly and [...]

The Pilipa’a Boys 18′s began play in the 2010 USA Volleyball Junior National Tournament facing defending champions (2009 17′s Club Division) Calagary Elite.  Pilipa’a defeated Calgary 23-25, 25-16, 15-9 in a rematch of last year’s 17′s semi-final.  The boys struggled to pass and run their offense effectively in the first game.  In game two, the [...]