Moanalua Na Menehune Girls Volleyball takes the OIA Division-1 Championship

What a game between the Moanalua Na Menehune Girls and the Kapolei Hurricane 2014 OIA Division One Girls Volleyball Championship held at McKinley High School Gym.  The Na Menehune defeated Nanakuli to advance to tonight's game, determined to "do or die."  Na Menehune took the first two sets (25-16, 25-20) and just when your think it was over, hold on to your hats, Kapolei came roaring back like a hurricane and blew away the next two sets (25-20, 25-23).  Into the 5th set, Kapolei took the lead 3-0, Moanalua came back 1-4 and then it was a roller coaster ride 10-10, 12-12, 12-13, and finally Na Menehune, Jojo Kruize and Lia Gaogao said enough is enough, and held off the Hurricanes to end the game 15-13 for the title and the 2014 OIA Division One Championship.

The New City Nissan HHSAA D-1 Semifinals, KS-Kapalama vs Kapolei ended KS-Kapalama win over Kapolei, 25-12, 25-14, 25-11.  Moanalua vs Punahou ended with a win by Punahou, 25-19, 25-18, 23-25, 25-18. As for the HHSAA D-1 Championship, Punahou took the 2014 New City Nissan Championship over KS-Kapalama, 25-21, 25-15, 20-25, 25-21. OIA Game Photos "click here," Video highlights "click here." Semifinals Moanalua vs Punahou "click here."

Honolulu International Airport "2014 Triennial Aircraft Disaster Exercise"

Today at the Honolulu International Airport there was an explosion and an aircraft down, but this was all an exercise.
 The FAA requires a full scale demonstration of the emergency plan every three years of those airports certified under 14 CFR part 139.  This excerpt of FAA Advisory Circular 150/5200-31A (e) states:

Full Scale Exercise - The full scale exercise is the most comprehensive test and is intended to evaluate the operation capability of the emergency management system in a stress environment with actual mobilization and response capability.  It uses all the resources and requires reaction from equipment and personnel that would normally be available if the exercise were an actual emergency.  The FAA requires a full scale demonstration of the emergency plan every three years of those airports certified under 14 CFR part 139.

The full scale demonstration requires a simulated emergency, as it would in an actual aircraft disaster, for full certificated airports commensurate with the index of the airport, to ensure that all personnel having duties and responsibilities under the plan are familiar with assignments and are properly trained. Video and Photos - "Click Here"  All Video and Photos are 2014 Copyright.

LVSSA / SSUSA World Master Championship Las Vegas Nevada Men's 60+ AA Division

506 Teams participated in the 2014 LVSSA/SSUSA World Masters Championship held at - Las Vegas and Henderson, Nevada.  The age groups were from the Men's and Women's 40's to Men's 85 AAA. There are several Softball Complexes where the games are held.  I followed three of our local teams, "Fresh Poke" from Maui with 3 players from Kauai, "Makua Alii" from Oahu and "Family Stones (photo above) 60's" participating in the Mens 60+ AA Division.

I spoke to one of the the Team Manager, "Fresh Poke" Mark Daniels from Maui about this year's 2014 LVSSA/SSUSA World Masters Championship, he said "most of us are from Maui and have played together for a while, we have been back and forth to these tournaments within the last 10 years.  Four times we have come in 2nd place, but we're hanging in there."

"Last year we didn't do that hot, but we're back here one more time to see how it works out.  Most of my players are from Maui, three are from Kauai and one from Oahu.  Most are from Maui.  We all know each other for years and we just got together came up here to come and play.  So far we have been hanging in there and this year, hopefully we can win it.  Our team in Maui won the 2014 Tournament, so right now we're just trying to carry over and go from there." More information on the 2014 LVSSA/SSUSA World Masters Championship "click here." Video and photos, "click here."