Yesterday's team championship in boy's golf was the seventh state title out of a possible eight so far this spring for Punahou. And the Buffanblu finished second to Pearl City in girls' judo.
Based on its top seed, Punahou is favored to win an eighth title during the boy's Division I state volleyball tournament taking place on the Valley Isle this week.
Standing in the way of the Punahou steamroller in a 5:30 match at Kekaulike is Lahainaluna, which treated a strong turnout of fans with the most dramatic win in yesterday's opening round of the tournament.
Lahainaluna had the worst record among the 12 qualifiers, at 5-5. But the Lunas jumped out to a 25-18 lead against Kalaheo, dropped the second game 20-25 and then had the crowd on its feet en route to a clinching 25-23 victory in the decisive third game.
But the biggest challenge comes tonight against a Punahou program bidding for its fourth straight state volleyball title and its 27th in the 39-year history of the event.
In the nightcap at Kekaulike, fourth-seeded Kamehameha-Maui faces Roosevelt at 7. The Rough Riders suffered their only loss of the regular-season to Waianae in the OIA title match, but rebounded with an opening sweep of Waiakea.
In other quarterfinal action today: Kamehameha-Oahu meets second-seeded Kamehameha-Hawaii at, fittingly, the Kamehameha-Maui gym at 5::30. Third-seeded Waianae faces Iolani at 7.
KEILEY SHINES: Baldwin sophomore Justin Keiley finished in a three-way for second place in the individual competition and led the Bears to a second-place finish in the state high school golf championships held at Wailua Muni on Kauai.
Keiley followed up his opening-round 71 with a 77 yesterday, finishing at 148, three strokes back of Punahou's Alex Ching.
The Buffanblu eased to their sixth state title, finishing with a team score of 589 – 33 strokes ahead of runner-up Baldwin and 45 shots better than third-place Kamehameha-Oahu.
Keiley's brother, Johnathan, finished eighth, five strokes back. St. Anthony's Taeksoo Kim tied for ninth and Maui High's Ken Takushi tied for 14th.
LUNAS LOSE: Things didn't go as well for the Lunas the state softball tournament.
In a first-round D-I match-up, Lahainaluna let get away a 4-2 lead going into the bottom of the fourth inning and suffered a 7-6 loss to Maryknoll on an unearned run in the bottom of the seventh.
The Lunas were relegated to the consolation bracket, playing Kailua this morning.
The two MIL champs will open their bids with quarterfinal games today.
In D-I, third-seeded Baldwin meets Campbell at 5 p.m. in a game that will be televised on OC 16. In D-II, fourth-seeded Lanai faces Kaiser at 7 p.m.
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