Wrestling

Weigh-ins are just about to begin as the Texaco/HHSAA Wrestling State Championships start today at the Blaisdell Arena. Our live blog will be posted shortly and we will have live results from every division posted. Here are some big matchups to watch for in the first round on Day 1. Head on over to our state wrestling page for complete coverage. Boys 113 Jayce Kamimura (Kalani) vs. Scott Fujishima (Mid-Pacific) UPDATE: Fujishima has been pulled from the bracket before the […]

The top eight ranked girls wrestlers in our pre-state tournament pound-for-pound rankings remain the same with Mililani’s Erin Hikiji entering the mix at No. 10. Baldwin’s Waipuilani Estrella Beauchamp holds on to the No. 2 ranking despite being seeded second at 138 pounds to Kamehameha’s Paige Respicio, who is ranked No. 3. If they both make the final, it will be the highest-ranked matchup of two wrestlers in the Texaco/HHSAA Wrestling State Championships that begin Friday. For complete coverage of […]

Three of the top six wrestlers in Hawaii Prep World’s pound-for-pound rankings will compete in the same weight class in the Texaco/HHSAA Wrestling State Championships beginning Friday. For complete coverage of the state tournament, click here. Here are our updated rankings entering states. 1. Kysen Terukina, Kamehameha senior Previous rank: 1 2019 state champion (126), 2018 state champion (120), 2017 state champion (113) 2019 Officials champion (132), 2018 Officials champion (126), 2016 Officials champion (113) 2020 ILH champion (132), 2019 […]

Paige Respicio is smart enough to know that her greatest strength on the wrestling mat is also potentially her greatest weakness. The senior athlete shared that paradoxical thinking in a Thursday interview before her Kamehameha practice. “I have so much trust in myself that I know once I go on the mat, I will do what I’m supposed to do,” Respicio said. “That’s the most important part about being a wrestler, knowing what you’re going to do and what you’re […]

OIA standouts Jazmyn Enriquez of Campbell and Leilehua’s Shantelle Mangrobang will have to defend their state championships from unseeded positions this year. Enriquez pinned her way through states as the top seed at 97 pounds last year but a narrow loss to Erin Hikiji of Mililani in the OIA championships last week left her with an unfavorable seed this time. If Enriquez can get past Amanda Begonia of McKinley in the first round, she would meet two-time MIL champion Liana […]

Boltyn Taam and Kanai Tapia traveled to Ohio to represent Hawaii at the elite Walsh Jesuit Ironman tournament together to begin the season. One of them will see their state championship hopes dashed on the first day of the state tournament this week. Taam, the reigning 160-pound state champ from Moanalua, and top seed Tapia of Kamehameha will clash in the quarterfinals if they can win their first-round matches. Tapia faces either Aiea’s Kekoa Archuleta or Mieszko Stachowski of Mililani […]

When Lana Perez and Rachel Oshita next clash in the Moanalua wrestling room, they will do so as fellow OIA champions.  Perez pinned Leilehua’s Brooke Cabinian in 1:54 for her second OIA crown and Oshita stuck Marcella Reynolds of Radford in 5:23 for her first on Saturday in Wahiawa. Their effort led Na Menehune to their third OIA title in a row, matching a streak set by Reggie Torres and Kahuku from 2003-05. No school has won four in a […]

Consider it the Open Division of the state wrestling tournament.  Kapolei’s Branden Pagurayan beat Moanalua’s Boltyn Taam for his third OIA championship on Saturday, cementing the two state champions in the 152-pound class at the state tournament in two weeks. Kamehameha’s Kanai Tapia, who beat Pagurayan in overtime at Officials, won the ILH with a forfeit over injured Stone Franczyk of Hanalani earlier in the day. The HHSAA seeding meeting doesn’t happen until Saturday, but Pagurayan and Tapia will be in […]