A number of HHSAA state championships will be held across the Islands in the week ahead.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, the HHSAA girls golf championship will take place at Kāne‘ohe Klipper Golf Course. The boys championships will also take place at Klipper a week later.
The HHSAA Division I softball tournament begins on Tuesday and will wrap up on Friday at UH-Mānoa's Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium. The Division II tournament, set in Maui, runs from Wednesday to Saturday.
Division II softball will be one of six championship events held across the state on Saturday. The HHSAA girls water polo tournament concludes on Saturday at Kamehameha-Kapālama's campus, while the HHSAA tennis championships take place at Central O‘ahu Regional Park. The HHSAA judo championships will take place on Saturday at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center. Meanwhile, the HHSAA baseball Division I and II championship games will be held at Les Murakami Stadium, also on Saturday.
College sports
Over in the college ranks, multiple Hawai‘i teams will also chase championships this week.
Fresh off a thrilling NCAA Tournament victory over USC, the University of Hawai‘i men's volleyball team will take on rival Long Beach State in the national semifinals at 3:30 p.m. HST on Saturday at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion. The match will be streamed on ESPN+ and broadcast via radio on ESPN Honolulu with Tiff Wells on the call. The winner advances to Monday's national championship match against either UC Irvine or Long Beach State.
The University of Hawai‘i softball team is the No. 2 seed in the Big West softball tournament, set to take place in Fullerton, Calif. The Rainbow Wahine received a bye in the double elimination tournament and will open against either UC Santa Barbara or UC San Diego on Thursday at 1 p.m. HST.
Meanwhile, UH's baseball team will take on UC Davis for a three-game series from Friday to Sunday.
Hawai‘i-Hilo's softball team (24-15) is the No. 2 seed in the upcoming PacWest Conference tournament and will open against Biola on Tuesday. Hawai‘i Pacific's baseball team fell out of contention for the four-team tournament after splitting its series with UHH over the weekend.
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Christian Shimabuku can be reached at christian@alohastatedaily.com.
