Top-seeded ‘Iolani begins play Wednesday at the New City Nissan/HHSAA Girls Volleyball State Championships.
The defending state champion will play the Kamehameha-Hawaii/Mililani winner in a 5 p.m. quarterfinal at Kamehameha’s Kekuhaupio Gymnasium.
The other seeds and league champions are second-seeded Kahuku, third-seeded Waiakea and fourth-seeded King Kekaulike.
King Kekaulike will play in the 7 p.m. quarterfinal on Wednesday at Kekuhaupio Gym. Na Alii’s opponent will be the Moanalua-Hilo winner.
Kahuku, which edged Moanalua for the OIA crown, takes on the Kamehameha-Maui/Nanakuli winner on Wednesday at 5 p.m. in Punahou’s Hemmeter Fieldhouse.
The 7 p.m. match at Hemmeter has BIIF champion Waiakea against the Kamehameha-Campbell winner.
Opening-round matches on Monday are at four sites.
Kahuku is in the tournament for the 25th straight time, the longest streak in state history. Moanalua is in for the 24th year in a row, followed by KS-Maui at 23 and Mililani at 19. Nanakuli is in the dance for the first time since 2017 and in the Division I tournament for the first time since 2014. The Golden Hawks have never won a state Division I match.
The Division II state bracket will be released following the completion of matches in the MIL and BIIF.