Wrestling

Freshman Shayna Kamaka had an upset in view, but she couldn’t pull it off in the Officials wrestling tournament at Leilehua on Friday. The Baldwin wrestler at 168 pounds was in front of two-time state champion Kelani Corbett of Leilehua by two points with 39 seconds left in the quarterfinals. Corbett scored with an escape to make it a one-point deficit. Kamaka needed to hold on to Corbett’s leg for the final 10 seconds, but she let go, and Corbett […]

Everything is going according to form on the boys side of the Officials Tournament after the first day except in the team standings. Leilehua still holds a slim lead in the team race, by 2.5 points over Saint Louis and 5.5 over Kamehameha. The Mules are hanging tough in the precursor to states, where they have not finished above seventh place in the last decade. Last year Leilehua was tenth. Hunter Nagatani (113), Isaac Stalcup (126), Kaena Desantos (132), Jhael […]

Tomorrow’s semifinals are set at the Hawaii Officials Tournament with Leilehua still in the lead in the team race. Baldwin has snuck into second place with Moanalua in third. Wynter Brown of Pearl City pulled off the biggest upset in the quarterfinals, sticking Lahainaluna’s Kauanoe Keahi in 3:26 to prevent an anticipated big finals matchup with Baldwin’s Jahnei Miguel. Keahi is ranked No. 10 in Hawaiiprepworld’s pound-for-pound and Miguel sits at No. 8. Brown beat Maudestie Alvarado of Nanakuli in […]

Leilehua’s boys wrestling team matched its girls crew with the team lead after the first two rounds of the Officials tournament at Leilehua. The Mules scored 62.5 points to lead Kamehameha (56) and Saint Louis (55). Even without Brett Barefoot, Leilehua got pins from a slew of wrestlers in the winner’s bracket. Hunter Nagatani (113), Joseph Anzaldua (120), Isaac Stalcup (126), Kaena DeSantos (132), Jhael Jose (145), Keanu Punley (170), Edward Kelly (182), Daniel Schmidt (196) and Jonah Caminos-Freitas (220) […]

All seeded wrestlers have advanced in the early rounds of the Hawaii Officials Tournament at Leilehua, the majority of them receiving byes. The Mules lead the girls team scores by a point over Moanalua and Punahou. Leilehua got pins from Savannah Ramos, Kelsie Caminos-Reyes, Mariah Spix and Keahi Paas Basillo. Shantelle Mangrobang of Leilehua pinned Campbell’s Valarie Sunajo in 15 seconds at 112 pounds. Kelani Corbett, who is No. 2 in the pound-for-pound, had a bye in the quarters and […]

The second big wrestling event of the season takes place at Leilehua on Friday and Saturday and the Officials Tournament has some exciting matchups in certain brackets. Coordinator Rick Williams cautions that it looks like some wrestlers may have entered the wrong weight classes, so a lot can change on on these brackets before tomorrow morning. But if they hold up, it promises to be quite a show over the next two days. There is a big clash looming in […]

If the girls side of the wrestling scene is all about the future, the boys are about right now. Seniors dominate Hawaii Prep World’s preseason boys pound-for-pound rankings, with nine of the top 10 participating in their final high school season. Only No. 4 Kysen Terukina of Kamehameha, a sophomore, will have more prep wrestling in his future after the state championships. The list begins where it will probably end next year, with Corey Cabanban the class of the state. […]

The first edition of the 2017 girls pound-for-pound rankings might as well be a national list. The top five girls on the list are all nationally ranked in their weight classes, led by Kelani Corbett of Leilehua and Farrington’s Lavenia Fotu in the top two. Kahuku senior Teniya Alo starts the year where she finished it last year, at the top spot. Last season she was the hunter, chasing down Radford’s Angela Peralta and taking her crown late in the […]