Wrestling

Alana Dela Pena got cheers from the Blaisdell Arena crowd as she was being carried out on a stretcher. The Moanalua wrestler, who is the reigning 184-pound OIA girls champion, suffered a serious ankle injury in her opening match at the Texaco/HHSAA Wrestling State Championships on Wednesday. Aiea’s Jalyssa Ingram, her opponent, was in tears afterward and was being consoled by her coaches after the freak injury. According to coaches at the scene, Ingram attempted to take down Dela Pena […]

Wednesday morning provided a first for Kanani Chan. It is likely not to be her last. The Kamehameha-Hawaii senior posted her first state-tournament victory, defeating Phoebe Pineda Abaya of Kalani, 9-3, in the 132-pound weight class of the Texaco/HHSAA Girls Wrestling State Championships at Blaisdell Arena. The tall, lanky Chan kept an eye on the mat before she went to work. Her twin, Kuuipo Chan, the 127-pound BIIF champion, defeated April Kekuewa of Campbell in a preliminary match. “She won, […]

Jazmyn Enriquez made a decision after losing in the 97-pound weight class semifinals last year. She decided to kick tail. Now a junior, she is the top seed in this year’s 97 weight class at the Texaco/HHSAA Girls Wrestling State Championships. Campbells Enriquez defeated Jaysha Cachuella of Kapolei in preliminary-round action on Wednesday morning at Blaisdell Arena. Enriquez will meet Sarah Obra Nakata of Punahou in a quarterfinal matchup later today. They know each other fairly well. Enriquez lost to […]

1. Kelani Corbett, Leilehua senior Previous: No. 1 2018 state champ (155), 2017 state champ (155), 2016 state champ (155) 2019 OIA champ (168), 2018 OIA champ (155), 2017 OIA champ (157) 2019 OIA West champ (168), 2018 OIA West champ (155), 2017 OIA West champ (155) 2018 Officials champ (168), 2017 Officials champ (168), 2016 Officials champ (155) 2018 Paani champ (168), 2016 Paani champ (155) 2018 MIT champ (168) OIA: Phiona Kerisiano (Nanakuli) W, 3:43; Francesca Evans (Pearl […]

1. Kysen Terukina, Kamehameha junior Previous: No. 1 2018 state champion (120), 2017 state champion (113) 2018 Officials champion (126), 2016 Officials champion (113) 2019 ILH champion (126), 2018 ILH champion (120), 2017 ILH champion (113) ILH: Oliver Nishikawa (Punahou) W, pin; Elijah Kaawa (Saint Louis) W, 10-2. Officials: Oliver Nishikawa (Punahou) W, 0:51; James Lum (Pearl City) W, 1:45; Elijah Kaawa (Saint Louis) W, 7-1; Brady Hoshino (Iolani) W, 10-2. 2. Rysan Leong, Kalaheo senior Previous: No. 2 2018 […]

Leilehua’s Kelani Corbett will try to become the fifth girl in state history to complete a slam this year, joining Caylene Valdez of Moanalua (2003), Kamehameha’s Randolyn Nohara (2007) Teshya Alo of Kamehameha (2016) and Lalelei Mataafa of Lahainaluna (2016). Corbett is seeded first at 168 pounds after winning her previous titles at 155. She might have to go through a fellow state champion to get there, as Konawaena’s Kapoina Bailey is also in her bracket. Corbett opens against the […]

Hawaii’s Tiare Ikei won a gold medal at the Flatz Open in Wolfurt, Austria, last weekend. Representing Team USA, Ikei went 4-0 at 53kg (116.5 pounds), with three falls and one tech fall. She only gave up two points. “It was a little nerve wracking stepping on the mat against the senior level women, but I got settled in and worked on the things that my coaches have taught me,” Ikei said in a news release. “I wasn’t fixated on […]

It was more than a slam on Saturday, it was a double slam. Kealakehe’s Roxie Umu picked up her fourth BIIF title on Saturday at Keaau. Teammate Kobby Faeldonea did the same on the boys side. The Waveriders swept the team titles. Umu’s triumph is the first in school history. She joins Kayla Araki (2017) and Megan Aina (2012) of Kamehameha-Hawaii and Konawaena’s Alex Aoki (2010) are the only other girls to earn the slam. Those three combined for 10 […]