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Boys wrestling P4P, March 4

By Jerry Campany on March 4, 2015

The old adage that you can’t lose your spot to injury doesn’t apply to the pound-for-pound rankings. Mililani’s Zack Diamond slipped out of the top spot for the first time all season when he lost a close match to Waianae’s Sheldon Bailey in the semifinals of the OIA championships. Diamond suffered an injured knee in the bout and forfeited his next to matches to head into the state meet unseeded. He dropped to No. 4 with the loss. Kaiser’s Chance […]

Kong-Johnson to play for Princeton

By Nick Abramo on March 4, 2015

Punahou goalkeeper Noelani Kong-Johnson will be going to Princeton to play soccer next season, according to her high school coach, Starr Johnson. The Buffanblu senior led her team to the ILH championship this season and a spot in the state tournament. She signed her letter of intent to play for the Tigers of the Ivy League. Kong-Johnson was also recruited by Oregon and UMass. Johnson is well aware of Kong-Johnson’s talent and said, “She is super smart, too.”

LIVE BLOG: State wrestling seeding meeting

By Nick Abramo on March 1, 2015

UPDATE, official brackets released: State Wrestling (Boys) 2015 Brackets State Wrestling (Girls) 2015 Brackets Here is the press release fresh from the HHSAA: 2015 Press Release OK, it’s an hour before the meeting gets rolling at ‘Iolani, so a quick stop into Mocha Java at Ward Centre in a last-gasp attempt to eat breakfast and make weight is called for. Heard the meeting goes fairly fast through the weight classes, so it’s probably a good thing I have a fully […]


Tale of 2 Finishes: ‘Iolani and Kalaheo

By Paul Honda on February 27, 2015

The two scenarios were almost identical. ‘Iolani trailed Campbell (27-26) by one point and had possession of the ball with 26.3 seconds to go. Kahuku trailed Kalaheo by one point (36-35) and had possession with 9.6 seconds left. In ‘Iolani’s scenario, the ball was in the backcourt, but with Campbell sitting back in a zone, there was no immediate pressure. In Kahuku’s scenario, the ball was at midcourt. Kalaheo extended its 2-3 zone coverage. Here’s where things got different. >> […]

OIA wrestling champions, 1998-2014

By Jerry Campany on February 27, 2015

Boys 2016 106 Logan Garcia Moanalua 2016 113 Triston Santos Campbell 2016 120 Jayson Pagurayan Kapolei 2016 126 Zayren Terukina Campbell 2016 132 Shandon Ilaban-Totten Kapolei 2016 138 Sheldon Bailey Waianae 2016 145 Zachary Diamond Mililani 2016 152 Liam Corbett Leilehua 2016 160 Rodman Salangdron Kapolei 2016 170 Jacob Naosusuga Waianae 2016 182 Micah Arakawa Kaiser 2016 195 Micah Tynanes Campbell 2016 220 James Sullivan Campbell 2016 285 Netane Muti Leilehua 2015 106 Jayson Pagurayan Kapolei 2015 113 Triston Santos […]

ILH wrestling champions, 1998-2014

By Jerry Campany on February 27, 2015

Boys 2014 106 Cameron Kato Punahou 2014 113 Blaysen Terukina Kamehameha 2014 120 Sean Urabe Punahou 2014 126 Joshua Rosen Punahou 2014 132 Joshua Terao Mid-Pacific 2014 138 Brian Pascua Iolani 2014 145 Connor Barfield Punahou 2014 152 William Valdez Punahou 2014 160 Christian Agmata Punahou 2014 170 Spencer Kiehm Iolani 2014 182 Joseph Hoshino Kamehameha 2014 195 Boman Tokioka Kamehameha 2014 220 Robert Worrell Mid-Pacific 2014 285 Rusty Nakayama Kamehameha 2014 Team Punahou 2013 108 Blaysen Terukina Kamehameha 2013 […]

Revival and Revenge: The Final 4

By Paul Honda on February 27, 2015

They were once the kneelers on canvas, counted out of title contention. Each of the teams in tonight’s Final Four at the New City Nissan/HHSAA Boys Basketball Division I State Championships was left for dead, so to speak, after losing in their respective league playoffs. Kahuku, loser in the OIA final. Kalaheo, loser in the OIA semifinal. Campbell, loser in the OIA quarterfinal. Those three teams have one thing in common: they were oppressed and defeated by the Governors of […]

Night of Unseeds: Buffanblu, Govs buried

By Paul Honda on February 27, 2015

Survey the landscape. You will find a terrain without seeds. But this valley of battles is far from barren. Four regiments remain, racing to the peak of a mountain. The league champions who waved the largest banners on Thursday were toppled, one by one. A stampede from Oneawa Hills and a march to the foul line Kalaheo proved in more than one way that it not only was deserving of a No. 1 ranking during much of the regular season, […]