Baldwin state champion Waipuilani Estrella-Beauchamp began her senior season with a big win at the 52nd annual Garner Ivey MIT on Maui on Friday night.
Estrella-Beauchamp, the reigning queen at 132 pounds, defended her division against her cousin, 127-pound boss Nanea Estrella of Lahainaluna, winning 11-3 by major decision. The girls are cousins and have wrestled each other the past three years. Estrella-Beauchamp beat Estrella for the first time last year.
Estrella, a three-time state champion, is ranked No. 1 in HPW’s girls pound-for-pound. Estrella-Beauchamp is a solid No. 3 behind Kamehameha’s Paige Respicio.
The Bear wasted no time taking it to her fellow champion, working a takedown and near fall halfway through the first period. Estrella escaped, only to be taken down again before the period ended with a 7-1 margin in favor of the Baldwin girl. Estrella-Beauchamp had another takedown in the second period and earned two escapes in the third. Estrella’s only other points came on a takedown to begin the third period.
In other big matches from the season-opening tournament:
>> Baldwin’s Coby Ravida beat teammate Kahiliwala Joy 9-5 for the championship in the boys 126-pound division. Joy was the top seed.
>> Branson Magsayo of Waianae upset Lanai’s Alan Sanchez 9-7 to reach the final at boys 120. Sanchez, the top seed who finished third in the state at 113 pounds last year, came back to beat Kewanu Kamai of Baldwin 9-2 for third place. Magsayo went on to dominate Miguel Acuna of Benicia, Calif., 14-4 in the final.
>> Zachary Genobia of Kamehameha-Maui had quite an impressive tournament, beating Kyairese Diego-Pula in 43 seconds and Akuila Kolomatangi of Baldwin in 1:01 to win the boys 182-pound class.
>> Kaimuki’s Harry Lloyd made it through the boys heavyweight bracket as an unseeded wrestler, winning the title 6-2 over Jace Filipo-Rodriguez.
>> Waianae’s Nicholas Cordeiro breezed through the bracket at boys 106, winning all three of his matches by pin in the first period including a 1:13 job in the final against Marcus Marinas of Baldwin.
>> Baldwin’s Tobey Ravida needed overtime to beat Benicia’s Lorenzo Gunn in the boys 113-pound final.
>> Liana Ferreira of Baldwin was the class of the girls 97 division, pinning Kadie Kron of Lahainaluna in 1:08 and beating another Luna, Naomi Kulukululani 12-3 in the final.
>> Kealakehe’s Arellano Shanen took apart the girls 102 bracket, winning all three matches by pin including a 3:36 job on top seed Nalani Kirkman of Lahainaluna in the semifinals. She beat Benicia’s Mia Cruz in 1:35 in the final.
>> Baldwin’s Leialoha Kaili announced her presence with authority, winning the girls 107-pound bracket with three pins including a 3:15 job over Waianae’s Jaunisty Malaia-Naehu in the final.
>> Jahnea Miguel of Baldwin seems to be in midseason form, winning the girls 138-pound bracket with two first-period pins including one against Ariez Igafo of Castle in the final.
>> Waianae’s Tiare Carlson made a statement in the girls 145 tournament, beating Tyeisha Takamori of Baldwin 14-4 in the final after pinning her first two opponents inside a minute.
>> Castle state champion and No.8 P4P Sadie Antoque won both of her matches to win the 155-pound title, finishing the job with an 8-2 victory over Baldwin’s Kaceylee Pua.
>> Shayna Kamaka of Baldwin was her usual dominant self, winning both of her matches by first-period pin in the girls 168 bracket. She stuck Lahainaluna’s Fayannie Rosario in 33 seconds in the final.
>> Lahainaluna’s Shannon Jaramillo only got one match in the tournament, and made it a quick one with a 40-second pin of Kaitlynn Costa-Viliamu in the final.
>> Siera Vida of Baldwin also only got one match, beating Waianae’s Alexandra Endo 13-0 before taking the 225-pound title when Hana’s Tuupua Helekahi forfeited.
>> Benicia’s Michael Jiminez, Kanoa Lanoza of Lahainaluna and Waianae’s Nicholas Cordeiro all led with 30 points for their teams. Tiare Carlson led the girls with 29 points.
>> Over in the McKinley-round robin, Makana Cooper of Pearl City beat Kalani’s Emily Paulino twice, 4-0 and 3-1, in matches between girls on the cusp of the P4P.
>> Also at McKinley, Farrington’s Elijah James Ramos won all three of his matches, beating Brandon Jordan Acidera in 1:35, Kalaheo’s Sean Waldrop 6-1 and Tanner Ishikuni of McKinley by a narrow 5-4 score. Farrington’s John Brian Senesan had the fastest pin, sticking his opponent in 25 seconds.
>> Fresh off football season, Kahuku’s Marcus Lombard won the 285-pound round-robin at Waipahu, pinning Jeremiah Mafnas of Mililani in 2:50, Myka Haser of Aiea in just 21 seconds and Luke Kaneaiakala of Nanakuli in 1:23.
>> Elliot Fujinami of Mililani had the fastest pin at Waipahu, beating Enrique Tuckett of Radford in only seven seconds.
>> Kapolei won the boys title at the Campbell duals, beating Radford 48-9, Moanalua 37-30 and Campbell 54-27. Moanalua finished second and Campbell took third.
>> Campbell’s girls won their home duals, beating Mililani 42-36, Moanalua 34-30 and Kapolei 42-30. Mililani took second and Moanalua was third.
thanks for the coverage. will the brackets for maui be posted?
all results can be found on trackwrestling.com
What happened to the 112lbs. Girls division?