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Semifinals begin at 10 a.m., weigh-ins are complete and the wrestlers are on the mat warming up. Carl Schroers just started overseeing his final state tournament reminding coaches that this isn’t life and death, bad calls happen to good people and when they do it is up to coaches to set the example by not freaking out. We’ll see if anyone was listening when the first athlete gets dinged on a judgement call. BOYS TEAM SCORES: 1. Punahou, 131.5, Kamehameha […]

Brackets going into Saturday: State Wrestling (Boys) 2015 CHAMP QTR FINALS COMPLETE Boys team standings after the first round, heading to the quarterfinals: 1. Punahou 37 2. Lahainaluna 33.5 3. Campbell 26 4. Iolani 24.5 5. (tie) Kamehameha 22 5. (tie) Moanalua 22 Boys 106 >> No. 1 Jayson Pagurayan (Kapolei) def. Colby Watase (‘Iolani) 12-6 >> Connor Lee (Punahou) def. Logan Garcia (Moanalua), 15-0 >> No. 3 Izaak Panlasigui-Domingo (Lahainaluna) def. Juaquin Samaniego (Molokai) >> No. 4 Corey Cabanban […]

Brackets going into Saturday: State Wrestling (Girls) 2015 CHAMP QRT FINALS COMPLETE Team standings after the first round, heading to the quarterfinals: 1-Kamehameha 2-Pearl City 3-Molokai 4-(tie) Campbell 4-(tie Lahainaluna Girls 97 >> Top-seeded Bailey Hoshino of Punahou, the ILH champ, defeated Menjam Tamang of Roosevelt 4-3. The score was 4-2 until the final seconds, when Tamang scored with an escape. “I’m hoping there will be no overtime tomorrow because it makes me anxious,” Hoshino said. >> Waianae’s Ilysia Sharai […]

Below, the updated boys results from Friday’s opening round, including Joshua Crimmins’ 5-3 win over Zack Diamond at 138 in the most widely-anticipated first-round battle. Jerry Campany provided the play-by-play (see below). BOYS 106 Jayson Pagurayan (KPO) def. Drew Chong (KAH), 4-1. Colby Watase (IOL) def. Colby Hanley Jr. (KK), MD 14-1. >> Pagurayan vs. Watase, quarterfinals. Connor Lee (PUN) def. Isaac Stalcup (LEI), Fall 1:52. Logan Garcia (MOA) def. Kumakani Lee Ubedei (HIL), Fall 4:19. >> Lee vs. Garcia, […]

IThe state won’t hand Teshya Alo and Lelelei Mataafa their third state crowns until Saturday, but they might as well. Alo won the ILH unopposed last week while Mataafa cruised to her third MIL title. Mataafa will need to win three matches for another state title and Alo will have four, but the question will be if anyone can keep them on the mat for longer than a minute. That is why they have been judged the top two female […]