Judo

Unlike the alphabet soup that makes up boxing, there can only be one champion in each weight class in OIA judo. The league will determine its title holders this weekend, with Kahuku’s LeRod Tongi earning the top seed in the East at 220 pounds. He has reigning OIA champion Matt Miner of Aiea on his side of the bracket in the No. 4 spot and Kalani’s James Lawhn, who took the title in 2014, sitting in the third spot. Kapolei’s […]

The 122-pound class expects to be the toughest at the girls portion of the OIA Judo championships this weekend, with Kalani’s Phoebe Pineda-Abaya drawing the top of the bracket and the bye that comes with it. After that, she will have some work to do to defend it. She faces the winner between Azaria Tandal of Kapolei and 2014 OIA champion Sienna Ho of Moanalua. Waiting on the bottom of the bracket in the second seed is Pearl City’s Netanya […]

Moanalua has the lightweights, and Kalani has the middleweights and Kahuku has the big boys. Na Menehune and the Falcons split the OIA Eastern Division championships on Saturday, with each school crowning three boys champions. Moanalua got wins from Logan Garcia at 108 pounds, Noah Wusstig at 121 and Chase Wusstig at 132. Kalani got titles out of Jared Kaneko (161), Micah Tateyama (145) and Kailer Okura (198). Kahuku swept the two heaviest weights with Lerod Tongi at 220 pounds […]

OIA East and West championships will be held tomorrow, and judging by the brackets the boys races are already decided. Kalani leads the East with five top seeds including every weight class above 198 pounds, where Kailero Okura resides. Other top seeds for the Falcons are David Higashi, James Lawhn, Jarek Kaneko and Micah Tateyama. Moanalua is next with two top seeds. 2016 EAST BOYS BRACKET Kapolei rules the West, matching Kalani with five top seeds. Andre and Jayson Pagurayan […]

Mat 1 was a rough place to be in Mills Gymnasium on Friday night. Most of the night’s ILH judo matches proceeded without more or less than the usual fanfare (like a bloody nose). ‘Iolani’s defending state champion, Dane Yamashiro, breezed through with three wins, completely unchallenged. Kamehameha’s formidable Jaclyn Fontanilla was absent due to illness. But on Mat 1, a Kamehameha player got thrown headfirst, his face bouncing off the surface before he wound up almost motionless on his […]

OIA EAST BOYS Co-players of the year—Micah Tateyama, Kalani; Zorich Palimo’o, Moanalua Coach of the year—Brandon Maki, Moanalua First team 108—Ritchie Wong, Moanalua 114—Diamond Inouye, Moanalua 121—Wendell Ebesu, Castle 132—Micah Tateyama, Kalani 145—Daeniel Tiamzon, McKinley 161—Kulana Salera, Moanalua 178—Andrew Pascua, Moanalua 198—Zorich Palimo’o, Moanalua 220—Lerod Tongi, Kahuku 285—Ryan Souza, Moanalua Second team 108—Christopher Lum, Roosevelt 114—Shon Aragaon, Moanalua 121—Chase Wusstig, Moanalua 132—Chevy Tabiolo Felcilda, Moanalua 145—Sean Davis, Moanalua 161—Eugene Chong, Moanalua 178—Neavan Pak, Moanalua 198—Kailer Okura, Kalani 220—Diego Delomier, Moanalua […]