Kahuku’s Teniya Alo beat Angela Peralta of Radford 5-4 in a battle of state champions and former training partners on Saturday at Mililani.
Alo, who won a state title as a freshman for Iolani before falling in the semifinals last year, beat Peralta 5-4 in the mini tournament. Peralta had the edge in the early going despite two stalling calls but lost it on a late takedown.
The match took place at Peralta’s 145-pound class. Alo wrestled at 127 at Officials a month ago and did not compete at the Pa’ani Challenge. She weighed in at 132.1 pounds for Saturday’s match.
Peralta is No. 1 in Hawaii Prep World’s pound-for-pound rankings while Alo is No. 3 behind Lahainaluna’s Iverly Navarro.
Here is the break down in scoring from someone who was matside:
Peralta: 2 (takedown)
Alo: 2 (reversal)
Peralta: 1 (escape)
Alo: 2 (takedown)
Each girl got a point on penalties.
Looks like a new P4P #1
No, Ichimura (PUN) and M.Higa (ROS) were in the same weight class, but not the same round-robin bracket today……Ichimura (PUN) pinned Y.He (ROS).
Considering Alo is a Fargo national champ as well as a champion with numerous other national wrestling and judo titles, I’m very surprised Peralta did as well as she did.
Hmmm. Sounds like stalling called on both wrestlers, at least twice. Definitely must’ve been a showcase of refereeing skills, personality and overall charisma. Amazing anone could remember the names of the wrestlers.
@Kama, Peralta is no slouch, these girls battled eachother since they first started wrestling ,the surprise is Alo beat her! They both are outstanding wrestlers, good luck girls on the rest of the season. #ALOSTRONG!