Wrestling

The Waianae boys and Pearl City girls won Oahu Interscholastic Association wrestling championships at Leilehua on Saturday night. Angela Peralta of Radford became the third girl to win four OIA individual titles. She joins Farrington’s Tani Ader (2005-2008) and Moanalua’s Caylene Valdez (2000-2003). The standings and results of all the finals matches follow. TEAM SCORES Top five boys teams 1. Waianae 162 2. Campbell 155 3. Kapolei 139 4. Moanalua 128 5. Leilehua 109 Top five girls teams 1. Pearl […]

Of the 28 weight classes in the Oahu Interscholastic Association wrestling championships, the Nos. 1 and 2 seeds have advanced to tonight’s finals at Leilehua. Only two No. 1 seeds have fallen — Roosevelt’s Yuting He of Roosevelt in Girls 119 and Campbell’s Noah Respicio in Boys 172. The upsets of the top two seeds in the 28 divisions follow. After that are the matchups in all 28 finals. Girls 109 >> No. 2 Isabel Masiglat (Mililani) lost 18-6 in semifinals […]

Kapolei’s Jayson Pagurayan‘s biggest goal comes next week at states, but he has a bit of history to make first. Pagurayan can secure his fourth OIA championship this weekend at Leilehua, putting him in elite company as the fourth to complete the slam since 1997. The others are Chaeden Grace Reyes of Moanalua and Farrington in 2013, Richard Torres of Kahuku in 2007 and McKinley’s Rene Suehiro in 2004. Those three have state championships to their credit. Pagurayan does not. […]

Radford’s Angela Peralta is in the 147-pound bracket of the OIA wrestling championships this weekend, seeded first and going for her fourth league title. If she can pull it off, she would become just the third girl to complete the slam. She would join Farrington’s Tani Ader from 2005-2008 and Moanalua’s Caylene Valdez from 2000-2003. To put the accomplishment in perspective, four girls have completed the state slam with only Valdez pulling off both. Peralta, who started her career at […]

No Teshya Alo, no problem. The Kamehameha girls wrestling team won its fourth straight ILH title on Thursday, continuing the legacy created by Alo three years ago. Alo graduated last year but the Warriors picked up another state crown without their heart and soul for the past three years. The Warriors crowned five ILH champions on Thursday, led by senior Zion-Grace Vierra. Vierra won her third ILH crown and team title with a 7-1 decision. Brooke Kawamura, Ashley Gooman, Paige […]

Like others who have completed the ILH slam over the years, Iolani’s KJ Pascua left no doubt. Pascua won his fourth straight ILH title, this one at 170 pounds, by beating Kamehameha’s Chasyn Aipolani with a second round pin at Kamehameha on Thursday. Pascua only wrestled two matches, winning his semifinal bout by pin after running out to a 10-0 lead. Pascua is the first Iolani wrestler to complete the slam since Patrick Higa in 1986. Pascua helped Iolani lead […]

The ILH wrestling championships begin in a matter of hours at Kamehameha with a bit of history waiting to be made. In addition to trying for its first repeat as a team since 2003-04, Iolani is looking to crown one of its greatest wrestlers ever. KJ Pascua is registered in the 170-pound bracket and going for his fourth straight ILH title. He would become the first Raider to sweep the league since the immortal Patrick Higa from 1983-86. With Blaysen […]