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The two-day Paani Challenge, recognized as the only all-girls wrestling tournament in the nation, wrapped up Tuesday at Punahou school. Fifty schools and 119 participants competed with Waianae, Roosevelt and Lahainaluna leading the way with three individual champions each in the open division. Division winners are: 97 pounds—Manjam Tamang, Roosevelt 102—Xiaolin Mai, Roosevelt 107—Iverly Navarro, Lahainaluna 112—Macy Higa, Roosevelt 117—Kaile Kron, Lahainaluna 122—Tehani Carlson, Waianae 127—Anuhea Hamilton, Waianae 132—Daisha Kahoalii-Kalilikane, Lahainaluna 138—Asialyn Fernandes, Pearl City 145—Angela Peralta, Radford 155—Kayla Araki, […]

The Hawaii Wrestling Officials Association Scholarship Tournament team standings after the first day Friday follows. The number of wrestlers on each team, the number of wrestlers who made it to the semifinals and the number of wrestlers in the consolation fourth round (girls) or the consolation quarterfinals (boys) are in parentheses. The finals are Saturday. Girls team standings 1. Kamehameha 73 (12-8-4) 2. Pearl City 53 (9-6-3) 3. Roosevelt 51 (10-3-6) 4. Lahainaluna 49 (9-5-4) 5. Campbell 41 (9-3-5) 6. […]

Hawaii wrestling fans might want to remember the name Tiare Lynn Ikei. Ikei, the daughter of well-known strength and conditioning coach Chad Ikei and the sister of two-time state champion Chance Ikei, is a Kaiser freshman and she knocked off top-seeded Brianna Leong of Leilehua in the 102-pound quarterfinals during the first day of the Hawaii Wrestling Officials Association Scholarship Tournament at the Leilehua gym Friday. “We expected her to be in the finals this week,” Cougars coach Mike Kim […]

Kamehameha’s Blaysen Terukina and Leilehua’s Liam Corbett are two wins away from their third straight Officials titles. Terukina made it through the first day of the 132-pound bracket with a pin of Kailua’s Koalii Santos in 1:10 before pinning Roosevelt’s Zachary Foster in 4:25. Things get harder in the tournament’s toughest bracket, though, with Pac-Five’s Joseph Fong waiting in the semifinals and either Antonio Ruiz of Moanalua or top seed Shandon Ilaban-Totten looming in the title match. Corbett, Hawaiiprepworld’s top […]

Judging by the season’s first girls pound-for-pound rankings, this weekend’s Officials tournament will be sorely lacking in star power. The top three on the list will all sit the tournament out, with No. 1 Teshya Alo of Kamehameha the most obvious omission. Alo has a bigger tournament in mind, though, beginning the U.S. Open for a chance to reach the Olympic Trials. Laleilei Mataafa will not appear, nor will Iolani sophomore Teniya Alo. She is recovering from an injury and […]