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The 2016 Chevron Hawaii/HHSAA State Wrestling Championships are here and this is your one-stop shop for every weight class for both the boys and girls. Below you will find links to previews for each weight class, which will also include live updates from the first day of the state tournament. VIDEO: Boys Finals VIDEO: Girls Finals VIDEO: Quarterfinal matches LIVE BLOG: BOYS AND GIRLS FINALS LIVE BLOG: BOYS SEMIFINALS LIVE BLOG: GIRLS SEMIFINALS STORY: Pearl City coach Mike Lee says […]

The order has been determined, and tonight’s Chevron state wrestling championships will begin with unseeded Anuhea Hamilton of Waianae vs. No. 2 seed Asia Evans of Pearl City at 127 pounds. The finals begin at 4:30 and are going to be televised on OC-16’s Xcast. We will list the winners here. The order puts the anticipated Liam Corbett vs KJ Pascua clash third. Get here early. The show wraps up with Sheldon Bailey of Waianae vs. Baylen Cooper of Pearl […]

Here’s what the Kamehameha and Kapolei head coach had to say about the upcoming Blaysen Terukina vs. Shandon Ilaban-Totten match in the 132-pound final at the state wrestling championships Saturday at Blaisdell Arena. Kamehameha head coach Ola Silva: It’s going to come down to who brings the right mind-set. That’s what it is in any championship match. That’s why I think Blaysen is doing such a great job today, pinning his opponent in the semifinal match. You could say this […]

Caeleb Reyes, who suffered a hard fall in the semifinals of the Chevron state wrestling championships at the Blaisdell Arena on Saturday, is OK. Moanalua coach Darren Reyes reports that his son Caeleb’s X-rays came back fine and that he is sore but already fighting with the nurses because “in his mind, he is going to wrestle. He thinks his dad is going to make him wrestle.” Doctors told him it is a cracked vertebrae. He is not going to […]

HHere’s what the ‘Iolani and Leilehua head coaches said this afternoon about the state wrestling final 152-pound match pitting the Mules’ Liam Corbett against the Raiders’ KJ Pascua. Both are previous state champions and both are ranked in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s pound-for-pound rankings. Corbett is No. 2 and Pascua is No. 3. ‘Iolani head coach Walden Au: “They both come to the table with different strengths. For KJ, we’re hoping his endurance, his strength and his slickness is going to […]

Boys 106 Landon Obra Nakata of Damien is a surprise finalst, beating Leilehua’s Isaac Stalcup 16-3. He will meet Moanlaua’s Logan Garcia under the lights. Garcia beat Iolani’s Kaua Nishigaya 13-9. Boys 113 Saint Louis’ Corey Cabanban is through to the final as the top seed, beating Chaden Morisato of Kalani 6-0. He will meet Campbell’s Triston Santos, who beat Iolani’s Colby Watase 5-3 and will be going for a repeat state title after struggling during the season. “All the […]

We might not live blog the finals since it is on television anyway, but here is the road to the main event. Got a close race for the girls team title, Kamehameha leads defending champion Lahainaluna 101.5-97.5. Pearl City is way back in third at 57.5. The Warriors do not want it to come down to hoping Mataafa loses, because there is almost zero chance of that. I will try to update the top two team scores after every few […]