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Some wrestling families in Hawaii keep putting competitors on the mat generation after generation or year after year. The Cooper family is one of them — dad Ray Cooper was a state runner-up and his sons Raynald Cooper, Blake Cooper, Baylen Cooper and Makoa Cooper have all won state titles. And now comes the girl, who will have three more tries at a state championship of her own. Pearl City’s Makana Cooper, a sophomore, won the OIA West title in […]

Moanalua swept the boys and girls team titles in the OIA East Division championships on Saturday at Farrington, but the battle to watch was in the girls 117-pound bracket. Roosevelt’s Macy Higa, ranked No. 9 in Hawaii Prep World’s pound-for-pound rankings, edged Kaiser’s Tiare Ikei (No. 8) by a 4-3 decision in a razor-thin final. Higa won a state title at 112 pounds as a sophomore and finished second last year. Ikei won Officials at 112 pounds last month while […]

The Waianae girls and Leilehua boys won OIA West wrestling championships Saturday at the Pearl City gym. The meet’s individual finals results are below, followed by team standings, links to official brackets and results, and notes from earlier in the day. If applicable, a wrestler’s Hawaii Prep World pound-for-pound ranking is noted. Boys 106: Joe Fila Faafiu (Leilehua) def. Nicholas Cordeiro (Waianae),7-2 113: Troy Weilbacher (Waianae) def. Mitchell Funasaki (Mililani), 8-5 120: Keola Bright (Nanakuli) def. Prestiege Kahookele Himalaya (Waianae), […]