Wrestling

Liam Corbett is starting the season on the top, staying there will be the tough part. Corbett, who took over the top spot in Hawaii Prep World’s boys pound-for-pound rankings after earning his second OIA title last year, is still in the top spot in this year’s initial tally. Corbett is Hawaii’s only reigning Fargo All-American and is a heavy favorite to take his second state title. He began this season with a trip to the Garner Ivey Invitational on […]

Three-time state champion wrestler Teshya Alo left Monday for Las Vegas for one of her biggest tests yet. Alo will compete on Friday in the U.S. Senior Nationals and Trials Qualifier. If she places in the top six in the 58-kilogram (127.868 pounds) division there, she will compete in the Olympic Trials in April. Her mother, Cherise Alo, gave Hawaii Prep World an update on Alo’s progress since we last checked in with them during judo season last spring. Teshya […]

While Conor McGregor was making quick work of his opponent in a UFC title fight in Las Vegas, a pair of Moanalua wrestlers did the same at the Garner Ivey Invitational on Maui on Saturday. Caleb Garcia of Moanlaua had the fastest pin with an 18 second job on the boys side, and Na Menehune girl Khaitlin Bernaldez did even better by matching McGregor’s 13 seconds in a girls match. Bernaldez also led all girls with five pins but Alexis […]

With the green light to cover any part of the Oahu Interscholastic Association round-robin wrestling meet at Campbell on Saturday, the focus could have gone to just a few matches in a few weight classes. Instead, the thinking was, “Why not focus on everybody?” Easier said than done, but, in the sprit of the sport itself, success with sportswriting ideas can only come — maybe — by expanding your boundaries. So in that vein, we set out to talk to […]

Wrestling season unofficially began on Friday with a night match at Campbell, but things don’t ramp up until the Maui Invitational Dec. 11 and 12 on five mats at the Lahaina Civic Center. After that, Officials is scheduled Dec. 18-19 at Leilehua with a USA Wrestling event the day after. The Paani Girls tournament will be held at Punahou on Tuesday, Dec. 22 with the Moanalua duals wrapping up the preseason Dec. 28 and 29. The ILH begins its season […]

Leilehua’s Liam Corbett and Chance Ikei of Kaiser carried Team Hawaii at this week’s national wrestling championships in Fargo, N.D. Corbett pinned the first opponent put against him in the freestyle competition but fell in the second round before winning another match in the consolation bracket. Ikei competed in Greco Roman and won his first match 16-12 but lost his second 14-6. He blitzed his opponent 11-0 in the first match of the consolation bracket before losing 10-0. Other Hawaii […]

Just when it seems there is not anything left that Teshya Alo hasn’t accomplished, she adds another big honor. Alo, a three-time state champion for Kamehameha, was named the Asics High School Wrestler of the Year. The award has been given out every year since 2001, and Alo is the first athlete from Hawaii to receive the honor. She has qualified for the U.S. women’s national team and will be eligible for the award again next year. Zahid Valencia of […]