Wrestling

Brackets going into Saturday: State Wrestling (Girls) 2015 CHAMP QRT FINALS COMPLETE Team standings after the first round, heading to the quarterfinals: 1-Kamehameha 2-Pearl City 3-Molokai 4-(tie) Campbell 4-(tie Lahainaluna Girls 97 >> Top-seeded Bailey Hoshino of Punahou, the ILH champ, defeated Menjam Tamang of Roosevelt 4-3. The score was 4-2 until the final seconds, when Tamang scored with an escape. “I’m hoping there will be no overtime tomorrow because it makes me anxious,” Hoshino said. >> Waianae’s Ilysia Sharai […]

Below, the updated boys results from Friday’s opening round, including Joshua Crimmins’ 5-3 win over Zack Diamond at 138 in the most widely-anticipated first-round battle. Jerry Campany provided the play-by-play (see below). BOYS 106 Jayson Pagurayan (KPO) def. Drew Chong (KAH), 4-1. Colby Watase (IOL) def. Colby Hanley Jr. (KK), MD 14-1. >> Pagurayan vs. Watase, quarterfinals. Connor Lee (PUN) def. Isaac Stalcup (LEI), Fall 1:52. Logan Garcia (MOA) def. Kumakani Lee Ubedei (HIL), Fall 4:19. >> Lee vs. Garcia, […]

IThe state won’t hand Teshya Alo and Lelelei Mataafa their third state crowns until Saturday, but they might as well. Alo won the ILH unopposed last week while Mataafa cruised to her third MIL title. Mataafa will need to win three matches for another state title and Alo will have four, but the question will be if anyone can keep them on the mat for longer than a minute. That is why they have been judged the top two female […]

The old adage that you can’t lose your spot to injury doesn’t apply to the pound-for-pound rankings. Mililani’s Zack Diamond slipped out of the top spot for the first time all season when he lost a close match to Waianae’s Sheldon Bailey in the semifinals of the OIA championships. Diamond suffered an injured knee in the bout and forfeited his next to matches to head into the state meet unseeded. He dropped to No. 4 with the loss. Kaiser’s Chance […]

UPDATE, official brackets released: State Wrestling (Boys) 2015 Brackets State Wrestling (Girls) 2015 Brackets Here is the press release fresh from the HHSAA: 2015 Press Release OK, it’s an hour before the meeting gets rolling at ‘Iolani, so a quick stop into Mocha Java at Ward Centre in a last-gasp attempt to eat breakfast and make weight is called for. Heard the meeting goes fairly fast through the weight classes, so it’s probably a good thing I have a fully […]