Wrestling

The usual suspects won the West. Zack Diamond, Tristan Ludiazo and Liam Corbett all won their brackets at the OIA Western Division championships, with Diamond and Corbett winning easily and Ludiazo executing his regular clutch performance. Diamond beat Waianae’s Sheldon Bailey 15-4 in his final and Corbett shut out Mililani’s Marquis Dominique 9-0 in his. Ludiazo beat Radford’s John Patrick 6-4. Josh Gallarde of Campbell probably won the toughest bracket, beating Mililani’s Isaac Diamond, Pearl City’s Makoa Cooper and Aaron […]

The Kapolei boys wrestling team went through the OIA West unbeaten through the regular season, now it has to step it up from the best of the East. The Hurricanes face Kahuku in the first round of the dual meet championships on Saturday at Campbell while Moanalua takes on host Campbell. The winners of each dual face off in the championship. Action begins at 10 a.m. The Hurricanes are led by junior Shandon Ilaban Totten, who cruised through the regular […]

‘Iolani’s KJ Pascua likes his end game. The Raiders wrestler said the way he finishes matches has made the difference in his three close encounters against Pac-Five’s Cole Chandler in the 145-pound class. “I felt like I kind of wore him out,” Pascua said after his 10-8 overtime win over Chandler on Friday night at the Mid-Pacific gym. “I was able to capitalize by pushing a little more at the end. “We are pushing it all the way to the […]

For the Kamehameha girls wrestling team, there are high expectations this season after the Warriors won the state title a year ago. It helps to have junior Teshya Alo, the reigning FILA Cadet world champion, leading the way. She is also a two-time state champion. For head coach Bill Vanenciano and assistant Chris West, keeping the girls focused and ready is the top priority. The Warriors have been tested early. They placed second to Campbell at the Hawaii Wrestling Officials […]

Mililani’s Zack Diamond is off to a fast start in wrestling, but that means little over the long haul of the season. In the 138-pound class, Diamond has won the two tournaments he’s been in so far — the Garner Ivey Maui Invitational and the Hawaii Wrestling Officials Association Scholarship Tournament. A two-time state runner-up, Diamond wants to take it a step further and win it all this time in March at the Blaisdell Arena. Aside from being a legitimate […]