KEAAU — Konawaena built its dynasty on the volleyball court around a bunch of sisters: Chanelle, Celena Jane, and Cherilyn Molina, and McKenna and McKayla Ventura.
It’s been an incredible run that started in 2012 when Chanelle Molina and McKenna Ventura were freshmen. That year, the Wildcats finished as the BIIF Division II runner-up, and the good times were just getting started.
The next season, Celena Jane Molina and her soft-setting hands came aboard, and Konawaena won the first of back-to-back HHSAA championships, not to mention starting the run of four straight BIIF titles.
It’s a much different team now for coach Ainsley Keawekane with Cherilyn Molina and McKayla Ventura the last of the sisters.