Feb. 4, 2025

The adage “it’s not how you start, it’s how you finish” proved true on Monday, February 3 for the Kamehameha Schools Hawaiʻi girls soccer team on the pitch at the Waipiʻo Soccer Complex in Central Oʻahu. Down 1-0 to Mid-Pacific late in the second half of the Motiv8 Foundation/HHSAA Division II championship match, Warriors junior Alyssa Hudman kicked the game-tying goal. With just five minutes left, a header from junior Madisyn Meyers clinched the come-from-behind 2-1 victory. 

This is the first DII state girls soccer title for KS Hawaiʻi since 2008. The Warriors finished runner-up several times in recent memory, including last year’s heartbreaking loss to Pac-5.

Meyers, who was named Most Outstanding Player in the Division II All-Tournament Team, told ScoringLive: “It's surreal. I can’t even take it in at this moment, but I'm so grateful and I think that all of our work just paid off right here and it just feels so good." 

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In Division I, Kamehameha Schools Kapālama fought valiantly but ended up on the wrong end of a 1-0 tilt against Punahou in the championship match. The season was still a huge success as the KS Kapālama girls won the Interscholastic League of Hawaiʻi regular season title.  

Also, hulō! to KS Maui who won their third straight Maui Interscholastic League Division I regular season title this year. That earned them a quarterfinal berth in the state tournament where they came up short against eventual champs Punahou. 

I mua Nā Kula ʻo Kamehameha!