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Coaches: Let the games begin in 2021 with proper protocol

By Paul Honda on October 22, 2020

Safety first, adaptation second. Coaches in various sports around the state continue to support the standards for safety. They also note the success of properly-administrated fall sports in states like Utah and Idaho, where football and girls volleyball resumed on schedule. Kahuku football coach Sterling Carvalho spent a week-and-a-half watching high school football in Utah recently. There are a few athletes from the islands, including Kahuku players, who transferred to the Beehive State to play football this fall. One of […]

Hall of Honor selects 12 more legends

By Jerry Campany on May 25, 2020

The newest class of the Hall of Honor was selected on Sunday, awarding each athlete a $2,000 scholarship from Enterprise. >> Nanea Estrella, Lahainaluna She is a four-time state champion in wrestling, the sixth girl in state history to do so and the second from Maui, joining Lahainaluna’s Lalelei Mataafa from 2016. Estrella ended her career at No. 1 pound-for-pound on Hawaiiprepworld.com’s rankings and will go on to compete for national power Menlo College while majoring in marketing business. >> […]

APRIL 14, 2003: Joel Kawachi steps down as Moanalua coach

By Jerry Campany on April 14, 2020

On this day in 2003, a pioneer of girls wrestling quit as coach to become an athletic director. Joel Kawachi, who led Moanalua to the first three state wrestling titles, is still the AD at the school. As he pointed out in the below article, Kawachi never won the OIA boys title as a coach. Lucas Misaki gave that to him in 2019. Kawachi’s retirement allowed Kahuku’s Reggie Torres to run off a string of seven of the next nine […]

Kamehameha’s Paige Respicio joins Midland’s stacked wrestling program

By Jerry Campany on March 31, 2020

After three years in Hall of Honor inductee Ashley Gooman‘s shadow, Paige Respicio decided that it is not such a bad place to be. Respicio, a three-time state champion at Kamehameha, accepted an offer from Midland University in Nebraska to join its successful wrestling program. Please help us welcome our newest Warrior, Paige Respicio!! Paige will be joining us from Kamehameha High School where she won 3 Hawaii state championships! pic.twitter.com/bCrUBRHyj0 — MidlandU Women's Wrestling (@MidlandU_WWR) March 29, 2020 Respicio […]

Remembering 2020’s state wrestling highlights (and lowlight)

By Nick Abramo on February 26, 2020

The memory of all exciting sporting events slowly fade. So perhaps now is a good time to take a moment and reflect on all of the big moments from last weekend’s Texaco/HHSAA Wrestling State Championships before the dimmer switch starts working. Some incredible performances were turned in at Blaisdell Arena. On the opposite side of the spectrum, something not so nice occurred that should not be easily forgotten. An incident Friday that resulted in the arrest of a Leilehua wrestler […]

Final girls pound-for-pound rankings: Lahainaluna’s Nanea Estrella goes out on top

By Hawaii Prep World on February 26, 2020

The final 2019-2020 Hawaii Prep World pound-for-pound rankings for girls wrestling were released in today’s Honolulu Star-Advertiser. You can read the story by clicking here. It was a rare year in which both a boys wrestler and girls wrestler achieved the state slam. Lahainaluna’s Nanea Estrella pinned her way to the state title at 132 pounds to become a four-time champion and end the year No. 1. Here are the final rankings. 1. Nanea Estrella, Lahainaluna senior Previous rank: 1 […]

Final boys wrestling pound-for-pound rankings: Kamehameha takes 3 of top 4 spots

By Hawaii Prep World on February 25, 2020

The final 2019-2020 Hawaii Prep World pound-for-pound rankings for boys wrestling were released in today’s Honolulu Star-Advertiser. You can read the story by clicking here. Kamehameha senior Kysen Terukina capped off his memorable career with a fourth state title and finishes as the No. 1 pound-for-pound wrestler for the second year in a row. The Warriors own three of the top four spots. Here are the final rankings. 1. Kysen Terukina, Kamehameha senior Previous rank: 1 2020 state champ (132), […]

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

By Paul Honda on February 23, 2020

Full match footage from all 28 girls and boys championship finals below, Texaco/HHSAA Wrestling State Championships, Blaisdell Area, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020. It case you missed it, here was our Day 1 and Day 2 coverage. UPDATE: Video for Girls 155 final and Boys 126 final has been posted. Girls 97 No. 1 seed Erin Hikiji of Mililani (No. 10 pound-for-pound) def. MIL champion Liana Ferreira of Baldwin, 8-2 “I came in and just kept telling myself to keep wrestling […]

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Coaches: Let the games begin in 2021 with proper protocol

Hall of Honor selects 12 more legends

APRIL 14, 2003: Joel Kawachi steps down as Moanalua coach

Kamehameha’s Paige Respicio joins Midland’s stacked wrestling program

Remembering 2020’s state wrestling highlights (and lowlight)

Final girls pound-for-pound rankings: Lahainaluna’s Nanea Estrella goes out on top

Final boys wrestling pound-for-pound rankings: Kamehameha takes 3 of top 4 spots

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

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