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Ready to Rumble: Boys 106

By Jerry Campany on February 18, 2016

The 2016 Chevron Hawaii/HHSAA State Wrestling Championships begin Friday. To get you ready, we will preview the matchups in each weight class for both boys and girls. FIRST ROUND What a start, Waianae’s Randon Bailey sticks top seed Izaak Panlasigui Domingo in the first match of the tournament. He controlled him throughout. We will put complete results as we get them from the HHSAA, but boys already through to the second round include Logan Garcia, Drew Chong, Kolby Inouye, Isaac […]

Big Dance and the Name Tags

By Paul Honda on February 17, 2016

The names are familiar enough. Their identities? That’s another matter. Just about every team in this year’s OC-16/HHSAA Boys Basketball Division I State Championships has undergone a transformation (or two or three) since the start of preseason. If this boys basketball season was a human, it would be a cross between Al Pacino’s “Sonny” in “Dog Day Afternoon” and Sly Stallone as Balboa in “Rocky”. Maybe. The OIA started out with few surprises. Leilehua was the best in the West. […]

‘Iolani draws top seed for state hoops

By Nick Abramo on February 14, 2016

Interscholastic League of Honolulu champion ‘Iolani drew the No. 1 seed for the upcoming boys basketball state tournament. Oahu Interscholastic League champ Kalaheo is No. 2, followed by Maui Interscholastic League winner Lahainaluna at No. 3 and Big Island Interscholastic Federation titlist Waiakea at No. 4. St. Francis drew the No. 1 seed for Division II. The Division I bracket is here: http://bit.ly/1XsjWbl The Division II bracket is here: http://bit.ly/1U2chAC


LIVE: state wrestling seeding meeting

By Nick Abramo on February 14, 2016

Here we are at the Sullivan Center at ‘Iolani, and they are in the process of seeding Boys 106. UPDATE 1: Blockbuster seeding at boys 132 and 152!!! Kamehameha’s Blaysen Terukina is the top seed at 132 and Shandon Ilaban-Totten is No. 2. Terukina beat Ilaban-Totten 5-4 at the Officials meet. Both are previous state champions and are ranked in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s pound-for pound rankings, where Terukina is No. 4 and Ilaban-Totten is No. 5. At 152, the top […]

LIVE BLOG: OIA wrestling championships

By Nick Abramo on February 13, 2016

We’re a few minutes away from the start of the finals of the Oahu Interscholastic Association wrestling championships at the Leilehua gym. We will be concentrating on the wrestlers who are going for their second or third league titles as well as the wrestlers in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s pound-for-pound rankings. Here we go: Girls 99 >> Roosevelt’s Menjam Tamang and Moanalaua’s Amanda Higa are in a 2-2 first-period tie. Tamang is No. 10 in the p4p. There’s 20 seconds left […]

Arceneaux, Punahou starting to flow

By Nick Abramo on February 13, 2016

If you haven’t noticed, Punahou is really coming around, and despite a slow start to the boys basketball season, the Buffanblu are now in the states. There are a lot of reasons for that, including teamwork, unselfishness and — in the case of Friday’s night’s ILH tournament victory over Kamehameha — deadly 3-point shooting. Another reason is the emergence of sophomore point guard Cole Arceneaux. He has played all season, but his role has increased steadily. In Punahou’s platoon system, he […]

LIVE BLOG: HHSAA State Swimming Finals

By Billy Hull on February 13, 2016

Here we go with the finals of the OC-16/HHSAA State Swimming and Diving Championships from KS-Hawaii. The big news in the first six events is Punahou senior Aukai Lileikis claiming gold in the 200 freestyle. Lileikis, who broke the state record by .27 seconds in the prelims on Friday, shaved another 53 seconds from his mark in the final, dropping from 1:35.35 to 1:34.82. Unfortunately he fell .01 seconds short of tying the national mark. He beat the second-place finisher […]

LIVE BLOG: HHSAA State Swimming Trials

By Hawaii Prep World on February 12, 2016

The OC-16/HHSAA Swimming and Diving State Championships begin Friday afternoon at KS-Hawaii. We will post all of the results as they come in. The girls 200 medley relay run starts at 3:30 p.m. Girls 200 Medley Relay Notes: Punahou is trying for its third straight gold in the event. The last time a school three-peated was Punahou from 2006-2009 behind Rachel Cote, Christel Simms and Kelli Moy. Results: 1. Punahou, 1:48.13; 2. Kaiser, 1:51.20; 3. Hawaii Prep, 1:51.70; 4. Kamehameha, […]