That defensive positioning didn’t matter for Spaar’s next swing.

5 team, put up a permanent double-block on Spaar and had its back row switch from a deep perimeter to a middle-up perimeter. “But I had confidence in myself.”įor the match, Waianae (11-4), the OIA’s No. “I was a little nervous,” Spaar said about turning up the suspense. The Seariders scored, and then Spaar cranked two errant long balls to add a bit of drama and tie it 14-14. Later, Bello went back to serve and reeled off a five-point run, including an ace and capped by a Spaar point for a 14-11 lead. It started with Bello when she blasted a rocket off a back-row defender, then she hit a corner shot, and went over the block for a 9-9 tie. They combined for 89 percent of the offense and produced clutch plays in the tension-filled fifth set. Bello tag-teamed for 26 kills, 10 errors, 54 attacks, and a. Spaar had a workhorse day: 33 kills, 18 errors, 90 swings, and a. “I’m excited to go to states and play on Oahu,” Bello said. It’s the first time Spaar and Bello will get a chance to face the state’s best on Oahu in the first round’s win-or-go-home scenario.

4 seed and BIIF champion Hilo (16-1) plays OIA runner-up Kahuku (13-1) in the quarterfinals at 5 p.m at McKinley High’s gym. 2 seed and OIA champion Mililani (13-0) in the quarterfinals at 5 p.m. If we were going to go down, we were going to swing hard.” “What I loved was we kept attacking,” Kamehameha coach Guy Enriques said.

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