Wrestling

The top two spots in Hawaii Prep World’s girls pound-for-pound rankings stayed consistent for the entire year. Kahuku senior Teniya Alo pinned her way to the 138-pound state title to end her career as a three-time state champion and the No. 1 pound-for-pound wrestler in 2017-18. Leilehua’s Kelani Corbett, who will surely take over the top spot to begin next year, added her third state crown to keep alive her hopes of a state slam. After the top two, there […]

Saint Louis senior Corey Cabanban became the fifth boys wrestler in Hawaii high school history to win four state championships last week. He ends the season as Hawaii Prep World’s No. 1-ranked pound-for-pound wrestler. The top 10 is below, followed by the next 10 in alphabetical order. Kamehameha sophomore Kysen Terukina won his second state title and Kapolei freshman Branden Pagurayan notched his first state title as both will attempt to complete the state slam over the next couple of […]

The finals of the Texaco/HHSAA State Wrestling Championships will begin at 3:30 p.m. Below is a list of all of the matchups. A live blog of each match will follow below. Girls 145 will kick things off and Kahuku’s Teniya Alo will end the night going for her third state title on the girls side while Moanalua’s Noah Wusstig (Moan) and Lahainaluna’s Kawehi Gillcoat will battle for the boys 138-pound title. >> Leilehua wins the boys state wrestling title 156-155 […]

The bracket that never stops giving is moving on to the final. The two semifinal matches lived up to the billing of the loaded 170-pound class. Top seed Keanu Punley of Leilehua had to fight back from a two-point deficit to defeat Roosevelt’s Salvador Gonzalez 8-6 in overtime. Losing 6-4, Punley got a takedown with 20 seconds to go and then was able to keep Gonzalez from escaping. In overtime, once again Punley — the OIA champ — stopped Gonazalez […]

The semifinals of the Texaco/HHSAA State Wrestling Championships have completed. The finals will begin at 3:30 p.m. For a complete list of matchups, click here.