Wrestling

Day 1 of the Officials Tournament is done at Leilehua with an action-packed Saturday set to begin at 9 a.m. Roosevelt has the early lead on the girls side over Kamehameha. The Warriors are tied with Waianae for the lead on the boys side with ‘Iolani right behind. Girls Day 1 results Boys Day 1 results Three of the five girls who wrestled Friday who are in the first Hawaii Prep World girls wrestling pound-for-pound rankings won by pinfall. Kamehameha’s […]

With all-everything Teshya Alo and Lalelei Mataafa off to greener pastures, there is finally room for someone else at the top of Hawaii Prep World’s first Pound-for-Pound list of the season. Radford’s Angela Peralta is that wrestler going into today’s Officials Tournament, one of many reigning state champs. Peralta finished last year third on this list behind the Hall of Honor recipients, with Iverly Navarro fifth and three other returners including Waianae’s Tehani Carlson, who might be injured. Kamehameha’s Donavyn […]

With the MIT in the books and Officials starting up Friday, here is Hawaii Prep World’s first boys pound-for-pound rankings for the new season. Iolani’s KJ Pascua trails Corey Cabanban of Saint Louis in state titles, but comes in at No. 1 in the initial list with Campbell’s Micah Tynanes right behind them. Pascua finished last season No. 4 despite losing in the state final to No. 1 Liam Corbett and Cabanban was seventh. They were the only two ranked […]

The Hawaii Wrestling Officials Association scholarship tournament begins on Friday at Leilehua, and the boys 120 bracket is stacked. That bracket is topped by two-time state champion Corey Cabanban of Saint Louis, who will be going for his second straight Officials title. he will be opposed by No. 2 seed Logan Garcia of Moanalua, No. 3 Triston Santos of Campbell and No. 6 Jayson Pagurayan of Kapolei. Cabanban, Garcia and Santos have all won state titles but Pagurayan will be […]

BRACKETS: GARNER IVEY The Baldwin wrestling teams passed the first real test of the year by sweeping the Garner Ivey Maui Invitational on Saturday. The Bears got titles from Colby Ravida (106), Souta Nardi (126), Laakea Joy (160), Kamaki Gouveia (170), Jayden Ferreira (195) and Noah Feitosa (285) to outpoint runner-up Moanalua for the boys title. Baldwin’s girls got gold medals from Tianna Fernandez (102), Jahnea Miguel (127), Saydie-Ann Kala (168) and Celine Gomes (225) to beat MIL rival Lahainaluna […]

The spotlight will shine bright at Campbell on Thursday night. Wrestlers are still working into shape, but the Sabers will host a senior night event under the spotlight with full introductions in a dual-meet format against Moanalua. The matchup between the boys should be particularly tight, as Campbell finished second in the state last year to Iolani and Na Menehune took fifth. If they wrestle, Campbell can count on points from Trison Santos and Micah Tynanes-Perez and Moanalua is set […]

Teniya Alo is wrestling for Kahuku this season, according to Red Raiders head coach Moke Galletes. Alo, a junior, wrestled for ‘Iolani the past two seasons and won a state title two years ago. She is the sister of Teshya Alo, who won four state wrestling titles for Kamehameha and lost in the semifinals of the Olympic Trials in April. Teniya Alo can become the third girl to win state titles for different schools, joining Shani Alvarado (2000 Mililani and […]

HHwaii girls wrestlers made quite a showing at national meets in Fargo, N.D., this summer Teshya Alo (Kamehameha graduate) won her sixth Fargo title in junior women’s freestyle at 139 pounds. Other Hawaii girls who placed and received “All-American” status were: >> Bailey Hoshino (Punahou), sixth place in Cadeet women’s freestyle at 101 pounds. >> Tiare Ikei (Kaiser), fifth place in Cadet women’s freestyle at 108 pounds, and fourth place at junior women’s freestyle at 105 pounds. >> Mahealani Lewis […]