VIDEO AND QUOTES: All 28 finals matches at the HHSAA Wrestling State Championships

Girls 102
No. 1 seed Brianna Funakoshi of Aiea holds off No. 2 seed Madison Kogachi of Punahou, 4-1
“It’s like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders. Not pressure, I have high expectations for myself so it feels good. It’s easy when you have good people on your side and I have the best coaches.” – Funakoshi

Girls 107
Aiea’s Alejandra Corral pulls off the upset beating No. 1 seed Alizeih Villalpando of Campbell (No. 7 pound-for-pound), 2-1
“It’s a pretty good feeling winning, but its an even better feeling to know that I wrestled my hardest and left it all on the mat. This is not the end, this is only state championships. I’m trying to be a national champ.” – Corral

Girls 112
No. 1 seed Haley Nakahara of Kamehameha earned an 18-3 technical fall over No. 2 seed Ino Terukina of Campbell
“It was rough. I saw her earlier and she looked like she knew what she was doing so I had doubt in my head so I needed to tell myself not to poison myself. I don’t know what to think. It feels like it’s not real.” – Nakahara

Girls 117
No. 1 seed Victoria Lee of Mililani battled back from an early 4-0 deficit to pin No. 2 seed Alicia Frank of Lahainaluna in 1:13
“”It feels great, I have been working for this the whole season and I am so happy my training has paid off. In the beginning of the match I wanted to get ahead on the points but I wasn’t able to do that.” – Lee

Girls 122
Kalani’s Emily Paulino def. No. 1 seed Makana Cooper of Pearl City, 3-2
“Unreal, man, I knew it was going to be hard and it was and I just want to thank my parents and my coaches and teammates for putting their time into me and helping me work out the kinks.” – Paulino

Girls 127
No. 1 seed Lana Perez of Moanalua (No. 5 pound-for-pound) won 6-2 over No. 3 seed Krystal Puahala of Kamehameha
“This is the one that matters because it might sound crazy because it’s Hawaii but the level of wrestling and competitiveness here I feel like it is a lot harder than nationals. The girls here are all great.” – Perez
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Girls 132
No. 1 seed and No. 1 pound-for-pound Nanea Estrella of Lahainaluna won her fourth state title pinning No. 2 seed Skye Realin of Kamehameha in 1:39
“I just did it. I’m so happy. There’s so much that I put in for all four years and so much that I went through and so much sleep deprivation and emotion, and for all of this to just happen, it’s overwhelming.” – Estrella

Girls 138
No. 1 seed Paige Respicio of Kamehameha (No. 3 pound-for-pound) beat No. 2 seed Waipuilani Estrella-Beauchamp of Baldwin (No. 2 pound-for-pound) 4-2 in a match of the night candidate
“I feel like that was the smartest match I’ve done, technically. I know she is heavy handed, good up top, so I had to technically work her and I thought that was my best match. A great way to end off. I’m just relieved.” – Respicio

Girls 145
Waianae’s Tiare Carlson won her first state title with a 5-0 shutout of No. 2 seed Anissa Wright of Campbell
“Amazing, this is what I worked for, put in all of the hard work. My loss gave me the motivation to work even harder. When it happened it was like fire to my fuel and I was like ‘I want this, I am going to get it.” – Carlson

Girls 155
No. 1 seed Sadie Antoque of Castle (No. 6 pound-for-pound) pins Baldwin’s Kaceylee Pua with one second left in the second period
“It feels a little bit better this year, less stress in the spotlight. The first one was good too, because I came back from a loss and got to the top again. I just told myself I had to come back and work harder.” – Antoque

Girls 168
No. 1 seed Shayna Kamaka of Baldwin (No. 8 pound-for-pound) pinned No. 3 seed Shannlynne Mahoe of Nanakuli in 30 seconds
“It felt amazing. This season seemed like a roller coaster ride in wrestling, coming into this state tournament and I was injured I thought that it would bring me down but it only motivated me.” – Kamaka

Girls 184
No. 1 seed Shannon Jaramillo of Lahainaluna pins No. 2 seed Dylan Huddy of Maryknoll in 28 seconds
“There is really nothing to it, banging out with all of these girls, it is just a priviledge to wrestle girls as good as they are. When i won states last year I didn’t know what I was capable of but this year I believed.” – Jaramillo

Girls 225
No. 2 seed Leona Toledo of Hilo pulls off an upset, 7-2, over two-time defending champion Tangiteina Niutupuivaha of Kahuku (No. 4 pound-for-pound)
“I did it for my team, I did it for my coaches and I did it for my family and if it wasn’t for them I wouldn’t be here. But first and formost, my Lord and Savior, without Him I wouldn’t be capable. I’m speachless.” – Toledo

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Boys 106
No. 1 seed Nicholas Cordeiro of Waianae (No. 10 pound-for-pound) squeaks out a 2-1 win over No. 3 seed Hale Robinson of Punahou
“I could hear the crowd, Waianae everywhere. It feels good, I tried my hardest since seventh grade and this was one of my big goals and I finally knocked it out. He is very tough.” – Cordeiro

Boys 113
Baldwin sophomore Tobey Ravida, the No. 1 seed, earns a 6-0 win over Lahainaluna’s Cael Yasutake in an All-MIL final
“It feels good to be on the wall with my brother as a state champ. I feel better this year, trying to live positive and behave like a champion not only on the mat but off the mat as well.” – Ravida

Boys 120
No. 1 seed Coby Ravida of Baldwin (No. 3 pound-for-pound) earns a hard-fought 2-0 win over No. 2 seed Elijah Asuncion of Moanalua (No. 8 pound-for-pound)
“He’s an overall good wrestler. It’s (third state title) is really big. I’m so proud of myself and how hard I worked and how thankful I am to my teammates, coaches, family and friends.” – Ravida

Boys 126
No. 1 seed Brant Porter of Kamehameha (No. 5 pound-for-pound) with the 12-0 major decision over No. 2 seed Kanoa Lanoza of Lahainaluna
“It was just another tournament, except that it was my last one as a senior so I had to go all out. They (state championships) were just the same, I had to work just as hard for both.” – Porter

Boys 132
No. 1 seed and No. 1 pound-for-pound Kysen Terukina of Kamehameha wins his fourth state title in fourth different weight class with a 3-1 win over ILH rival Elijah Kaawa of Saint Louis
“I’m just so relieved it (fourth title) is over. It’s been on my mind for a while. Now it’s in the past and I just feel so happy. It’s literally the moment I’ve been waiting for since my freshman year.” – Terukina

Boys 138
No. 1 seed Brady Hoshino of ‘Iolani with the 1-0 victory over Saint Louis’ Ansen Ursua in an All-ILH final
“It’s crazy right now because I have been dreaming of this for so long, to finally come out on top is awesome. I am just so grateful to my coaches, friends and family, and God. Just super grateful.” – Hoshino

Boys 145
No. 4 seed Blayze Sumiye of Moanalua scores in the second overtime to beat No. 2 seed Vincent Terrell of Punahou, 3-2, in one of the most exciting matches of the night
“just talk about all of the moments that led up to that match and everything before that. All these months I have (had) the best training I can get and working with the best people.” – Sumiye

Boys 152
No. 1 seed Kanai Tapia of Kamehameha (No. 4 pound-for-pound) with the late takedown to beat No. 2 seed Branden Pagurayan of Kapolei (No. 4 pound-for-pound) 3-2
“I saw his arms both coming up and saw he was tired and I thought his reaction time would be slower. I popped him up and I blast doubled and kept on driving him until he went down (to go up 3-1).” – Tapia

Boys 160
No. 2 seed Kamalu Anahu of Kamehameha-Hawaii earned a 6-1 win over Hilo’s Hana Kahao’o Kaulana in an All-BIIF final
“Honestly it wasn’t me, it was God. I just believed that God would bring something good and He came through and my prayers were answered. Hard work came with it, but it was God.” – Anahu

Boys 170
No. 1 seed Manaia Wolfgramm of Kamehameha pinned Saint Louis’ Boston Opetia in 5:30
“It feels amazing because I worked my butt off since seventh grade, all of the hard work and 6 a.m. practices paid off. I’d like to thank all of my coaches and family for pushing me to get here.” – Wolfgramm

Boys 182
No. 1 seed Blaze Pascua of ‘Iolani def. No. 3 seed Andrew Adiniwin of Moanalua 5-2
“It feels great because coming up short last year, to come back and win it this year I was thinking in my mind that nothing is going to stop me. Everyone like my dad and stuff kept pumping me up.” – Pascua

Boys 195
No. 1 seed Zander Manuel of Punahou (No. 9 pound-for-pound) won 6-1 over Saint Louis freshman Viliamu Tongotea
“I visualized this second championship since I won the first one last year. I am really happy but I’m not surprised because I put in the work. I lost to him before and it really motivated me.” – Manuel

Boys 220
No. 1 seed Harry Lloyd of Kaimuki becomes the first state champion for the Bulldogs in 25 years with a 10-6 win over No. 2 seed John Egami of Punahou
“Just knowing I am the first state champion for over probably a decade for my small school and first state placer since my brother in 2015, it means a lot to me to represent my small school.” – Lloyd
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Boys 285
No. 1 seed Legend Matautia of Punahou (No. 7 pound-for-pound) defeated No. 2 seed Rafael Leapaga of Kapolei 3-2
“(It was) not how i wanted, but it is what it is. I came into the match expecting a more dominant victory but a victory is a victory at states. That was an amazing feeling for my last match.” – Matautia