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The bracket that never stops giving is moving on to the final. The two semifinal matches lived up to the billing of the loaded 170-pound class. Top seed Keanu Punley of Leilehua had to fight back from a two-point deficit to defeat Roosevelt’s Salvador Gonzalez 8-6 in overtime. Losing 6-4, Punley got a takedown with 20 seconds to go and then was able to keep Gonzalez from escaping. In overtime, once again Punley — the OIA champ — stopped Gonazalez […]

The semifinals of the Texaco/HHSAA State Wrestling Championships have completed. The finals will begin at 3:30 p.m. For a complete list of matchups, click here.

Punahou’s Casen Watanabe was down by an overwhelming margin and looking surely to lose against No. 2 seed Logan Garcia of Moanalua in the 126-pound semifinals at the Texaco/HHSAA State Wrestling Championships Thursday at Blaisdell Arena. Yet, at the start of the third period, down 6-1, his Buffanblu coaches encouraged him. “This is the last two minutes, this is your time,” they said. Sure enough, Watanabe turned the tables and pinned Garcia at 4:21 and the sidelines erupted. “That’s why […]

Kaiser’s Roselani Ikei and Kamehameha’s Paige Respcio advanced to the final of the 132-pound girls division at the Texaco/HHSAA State Wrestling Championships Thursday at Blaisdell Arena. Ikei, the OIA champ, is going for her first state title, and so is Respcio, the ILH champ. “I have to be aware out there because (Paige) is a really good wrestler,” Ikei said. “As long as I keep my positioning right, I should be OK.” Respicio is confident. “I got this,” said the […]