{"id":21552,"date":"2025-10-29T17:54:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T17:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/21552\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T17:54:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T17:54:16","slug":"alameda-high-hornets-win-queens-of-the-island-volleyball-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/21552\/","title":{"rendered":"Alameda High Hornets Win Queens of the Island Volleyball Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alameda\u2019s Queens of the Island tournament came to a close on Friday, October 24, when the Alameda High School Hornets<\/a> (14-11) beat the Encinal High School Jets<\/a> (9-15) at Alameda High Gymnasium. The Hornets claimed victory in a dominant performance with set scores of 25-12, 25-18, 25-21. The Hornets thus were crowned 2025 Queens of the Island.<\/p>\n

\"Alameda<\/a>Photo by Gabriel Caraballo.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re happy for the girls, they played their hearts out and came through,\u201d said Hornets head coach Peter Ohno. \u201cThey\u2019ve been wanting to do this for a while\u2026 Last year they beat us at their house, so this year was our turn.\u201d<\/p>\n

To start the game, the Hornets secured the first set victory against the Jets by a substantial margin. What started as a briefly contested set with both teams tied at 5-5, quickly turned in favor of the Hornets when they went up 13-5. Alameda High went on an eight-point run, fueled by a few momentous spikes from Hornet senior Sam Obot. With a safe lead, Alameda continued its impressive offense and defense by outscoring the Jets 12-7 and taking the first set 25-12.<\/p>\n

When asked about their game plan for this matchup, Hornets assistant coach Monica Payumo said simply, \u201cWe play to win.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe practiced our sets last night,\u201d Ohno added. \u201cEveryone knows their jobs, we run the same offense with the same people, so it\u2019s no big deal for them to step up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although Alameda High captured the first set by a momentous margin, Encinal reversed course and took off to a brief 7-2 lead to begin the second set of action. Jets junior Kai Gordon accounted for several of Encinal\u2019s points during that beginning stretch.<\/p>\n

Despite the Jets\u2019 lead, however, the Hornets were still buzzing, seeking an opportunity to strike. Alameda High would tie the game at 9-9 with consecutive spikes from senior Dahlia Reza. Then, shortly take the lead at 12-10 with back-to-back service aces from senior Bronwyn Brantley. The Hornets offensive surge gave them the momentum to comeback and take the set 25-18 after outscoring Encinal 13-8.<\/p>\n

\u201cPart of it was we gotta play our game, we play to win, and we knew at the end of the day we are the better team,\u201d said Payumo on the Hornets second-set comeback.<\/p>\n

The third and final set was the most competitive of the match. Alameda High and Encinal were neck-and-neck all the way through, as neither could muster up a comfortable lead until the end. The Jets were up at 15-14, but the Hornets started to break away. After a five-point run, the Hornets went up 19-15 and ultimately pushed their lead to 24-21. Then Bronwyn Brantley came in for the game-winning spike that won the Hornets the Island crown and brought both teams\u2019 regular seasons to a close.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince the beginning of this season they\u2019ve worked their butts off, they really deserve this win,\u201d said Hornets assistant coach Monica Payumo.<\/p>\n

Alameda High School ended its season with a 15-11 regular season record and Encinal High School ended its regular season with a 9-16 record. Both teams have playoff matches in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

Contributing writer Gabriel Caraballo covers local sports for the Alameda Post<\/a>. Contact him via [email\u00a0protected]<\/a>. His writing is collected https:\/\/alamedapost.com\/Gabriel-Caraballo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alameda\u2019s Queens of the Island tournament came to a close on Friday, October 24, when the Alameda High…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21553,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9559,14393,9560,9,24,63,122,124,123,1339],"class_list":{"0":"post-21552","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-alameda","9":"tag-alameda-high-school","10":"tag-encinal-junior-and-senior-high-school","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-nyc","14":"tag-queens","15":"tag-queens-headlines","16":"tag-queens-news","17":"tag-volleyball"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}