The Waimea Menehune were defeated 3-1 by the Island School Voyagers on Friday to win the KIF varsity boys’ volleyball first round.
The Voyagers played before a packed, Wilcox Gymnasium crowd, at the Island School campus. They lost their first set, 20-25, to the Menehune. The first set was controlled with strong hitting from Kevin Valenciano, Isaiah Espanto, and some fiery points from Jonah Sandal.
From that opening set where they never led, the Voyagers adjusted and won the second set. They were able to claim the first points after Dylan Date and Josh Dobashi.
Ty Tsukayama and Espanto kept the Menehune in the game, tying the set at 10, 11, 16 and 17 before the Voyagers claimed the win 25 to 21.
The remaining two sets were still a back-and-forth fight, with Island School winning them both 25-23 and 25-19 to win the KIF first round.
Round two of KIF boys’ volleyball is on Tuesday. The Waimea Menehune travels to the Bernice Hundley Gym to face the Kapa’a Warriors. The Voyagers will face the Kaua’i Red Raiders at Wilcox Gymnasium. The JV games begin at 5 p.m. and the Varsity contests will follow the JV games but not earlier than 6:30.
