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Leilehua’s boys still rule the West. The defending state champion Mules, who swept through everything possible last season, defended their OIA West title on Saturday in Pearl City. Leilehua scored 155 points to nip Kapolei (152) and Campbell (150.5). Dylan Ramos began Leilehua’s title haul by pinning Kinau Mcbrayer of Kapolei in the 113-pound final and was followed by titles from Kaena Desantos and Naikoa Simao. Peter Natividad (120) and Pookela De Santos (152) contributed second-place finishes. DeSantos controlled Elijah […]

Kaiser’s Koby Chun highlighted the OIA Eastern Division wrestling championships Saturday at Farrington with a big win over Moanalua’s Elijah Asuncion in the 120-pound boys final. Chun, who won MIT and suffered his only loss at Officials to Kamehameha’s Brant Porter, won a 7-2 decision over Asuncion, ranked No. 7 in Hawaii Prep World’s pound-for-pound rankings. Asuncion, a junior, was gunning for his third consecutive OIA East crown. A third-place finisher at 120 pounds in the state tournament a year […]

With less than a month left in her high school wrestling career, Kapolei’s Allicia Mahoe is ready to move up. Mahoe, the reigning OIA champion at 97 pounds, will compete at 107 at the OIA West Division championships on Saturday. Mahoe has never won a state title, but has a chance to do something that all but three state champions has ever done. Mahoe will be trying to become the first wrestler in her school’s history to win four OIA […]

The Moanalua boys wrestling program is certainly not made up of step-skippers. Na Menehune seem to send an army to every tournament and will be at another when the OIA East championships begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday at Farrington. The tournament is just the first indication that the season has turned serious, with states just 19 days away. It’s early, but Moanalua has something to fight for. Senior state champion Noah Wusstig has an opportunity to win his fourth […]