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Updates on the OIA championships finals matches Saturday at the Leilehua gym will follow as soon as they become available. GIRLS FINALS >> 127: Alizeih Villaipando (Moanalua) vs. Charity Curran (Campbell) >> Notes: Villaipando scores with an escape late in the first period, 1-0. … Curran comes back for a 2-1 lead early in the second. … With mor than a minute remaining in the second, Curran goes ahead 3-1. … Curran gets an escape for a 4-1 lead. >> […]

Kapolei’s Jacob Yamaguchi pulled off a big upset Saturday at the OIA championships at Leilehua. In a back-and-forth struggle, Yamaguchi defeated Radford’s Christian Tavares 13-12 in the 138-pound semifinals. Tavares is No. 7 in Hawaii Prep World’s pound-for-pound rankings. At the Officials touranament in December, Tavares defeated Yamaguchi 9-3. Now, Yamaguchi moves on to face Moanalua’s Noah Wusstig in the 138 final. Wusstig topped Leilehua’s Naikoa Simao in the other semifinal Saturday. “It was super hard,” Yamaguchi said after the […]

As expected, the OIA championships semifinals at 170 pounds were razor close Saturday at Leilehua gym. Kachi Respcio of Campbell held off Gianni Oyadomari of Kapolei 6-5, and Keanu Punley of Leilehua rallied back late to defeat Sitaleki Tongi of Kahuku 5-4. Respcio and Punley will meet in the final later Saturday. At the Officials tournament in December, Respicio won the 182-pound class, and Punley beat Tongi 5-2 for the 170-pound title. Then at the OIA West meet last week, […]

It’s 1:51 p.m. Saturday at the Leilehua gym and the OIA championships girls and boys semifinals are done. Below are results of some key matches and updated brackets, team standings and finals matchups. For a live blog of the finals, click here. Girls 97 >> Allicia Mahoe (Kapolei) def. Savannah Ramos (Leilehua), fall 5:37 >> Xiaolin Mai (Roosevelt) def. Jazmyn Enriquez (Campbell), 10-5 Girls 107 >> Haylee Fujioka (Roosevelt) def. Kelsie Caminos Freitas (Leilehua), 15-0 >> Shantelle Mangrobang (Leilehua) def. […]