There were no major surprises on Day 1 of the Texaco Wrestling State Championships on Friday at Brigham Young-Hawaii’s Cannon Activities Center in Laie.
Fourteen champions from a year ago who are trying to get a second title all made it through to Saturday’s 11 a.m. semifinals.
Those 14 returning champions are:
>> Moanalua’s Isabelle Asuncion (117)
>> Kamehameha-Hawaii’s Lainey Eckart (138)
>> Lahainaluna’s Teani Medeiros-Maielua (132)
>> Baldwin’s Jahlia Miguel (145)
>> Lahainaluna’s Catherine Asami (184)
>> Kahuku’s Maia Esera (225)
>> Kamehameha’s Evan Kusumoto (113)
>> Kamehameha-Maui’s Mikah Labuanan (132)
>> Moanalua’s Tyger Taam (138)
>> Punahou’s Justyce Mercado (152)
>> PAC-5’s Xander Erolin PAC-5 (152)
>> Kapolei’s Brycen Pagurayan (170)
>> Waianae’s Vanderlei Yong (220) 8-2
>> Kamehameha’s Scotty Dikilato (285)
In addition, only one top seed did not make it to the semifinals — Kapaa’s Casey Bernabe in Girls 112.
Also, five wrestlers are still going for a third top-6 finish at states to go along with their achievements from 2020 and 2022.
Those five are Asuncion, Eckart, Dikilato, Pagurayan and Lahainaluna’s Naiomi Kulukulualani-Sales.
Saturday’s Semifinal Matches
(Semifinals start time is 11 a.m.; seeding in parentheses)
Girls 97
>> (1) Adriana Daoang (Moanalua) vs. Michaela Sarmiento (Kalaheo)
>> Serah Yogi (Pearl City) vs. Alu Hyodo (Roosevelt)
Girls 102
>> (1) Tristan Nitta (Mililani) vs. Gabriel Hayashida (Moanalua)
>> (2) Tehya Romero (‘Iolani) vs. Chloe Obuhanych (Pearl City)
Girls 107
>> (1) Naomi Kulukulualani-Sales (Lahainaluna) vs. Ambrie Rocha (Kauai)
>> (2) Tatiana Paragas (Punahou) vs. (3) Kayla Shota (Moanalua)
Girls 112
>> Anela Egloria (Leilehua) vs. Kaitlyn Fong (Moanalua)
>> (2) Caelin Balansag (Roosevelt) vs. (3) Joy Jeremiah (Kamehameha)
Girls 117
>> (1) Isabelle Asuncion (Moanalua) vs. Deja Fernandez (Baldwin)
>> (2) Kanoelani Kekiwi-Jones vs. (3) Elle Mizue (‘Iolani)
Girls 122
>> (1) Maya Rose DeAngelo (‘Iolani) vs. Cheala Gantala (Baldwin)
>> (2) Kivah Caballero (Lahainaluna) vs. Rylie Nishida (Kamehameha)
Girls 127
>> (1) Jax Realin (Kamehameha) vs. Briseis Obrigon (King Kekaulike)
>> (2) Taydem Uyemura (Pearl City) vs. (3) Siana Boaz-Vasquez (Lahainaluna)
Girls 132
>> (1) Eloise Woolsey (Kapolei) vs. (4) Arionna Beatty (Keaau)
>> (2) Teani Medeiros-Maielua (Lahainaluna) vs. (3) McKensen Fuata (Kamehameha); .
Girls 138
>> (1) Valynn Kwan (Mid-Pacific) vs. Teata Grove-Mataafa (Baldwin)
>> (2) Lainey Eckart (Kamehameha-Hawaii) vs. (3) Crystin-Dior Treu (Lahainaluna)
Girls 145
>> (1) Malia Kukahiwa (Hil0) vs. Kaui Lee-Tynan (Kapolei)
>> (2) Jahlia Miguel (Baldwin) vs. Zaira Sugui (Waipahu)
Girls 155
>> (1) Bethany Chargualaf (Campbell) vs. (4) Kaili Torres-Angel (Baldwin)
>> Leila Esera (Kahuku) vs. Nohilani Kukonu (Moanalua)
Girls 168
>> (1) Eden Baguio (Moanalua) vs. (4) Caelen West (‘Iolani).
>> (2) Shiloh Kamaka (Baldwin) vs. (3) Jezney Chang (Pahoa)
Girls 184
>> (1) Jasmine Adiniwin (Moanalua) vs. Hiileiai Saizon (Kapolei)
>> (2) Catherine Asami (Lahinaluna) vs. Lorraine Alo (Campbell)
Girls 225
>> (1) Maia Esera (Kahuku) vs. (4) Casey-Ann Ross (Lahainaluna)
>> Ashley Asuega (Nanakuli) vs. Zoe Ahue-Bolos (Campbell)
Boys 106
>> (1) Hunter Berger (Saint Louis) vs. Irving Bicoy (Pearl City)
>> (2) Zairyn Ramos-Semana (Kapolei) vs. Caden Guevara (Mililani)
Boys 113
>> (1) Marcus Marinas (Baldwin) vs. Eli Suan (Saint Louis)
>> (2) Evan Kusumoto (Kamehameha) vs. (3) Joshua Estabillio (Moanalua)
Boys 120
>> (1) Kulika Corpuz (Mililani) vs. (4) Diesel Del Rosario (Lanai)
>> (2) Logan Lau (Mid-Pacific) vs. (3) Andre Gantala (Konawaena)
Boys 126
>> (1) Koen Shigemoto (Mililani) vs. Noah McKenzie (Kamehameha)
>> (2) Brendan Sekulich (Punahou) vs. (3) Happy Nitahara (Kamehameha-Maui)
Boys 132
>> (1) Jaren Kimura (Mililani) vs. Kanoa Iwankiw (King Kekaulike)
>> (2) Mikah Labuanan (Kamehameha-Maui) vs. (3) Tyler Yoshiyama (Hilo)
Boys 138
>> (1) Tyger Taam (Moanalua) vs. Zion Amerson (Saint Louis)
>> Hakuilua Paaluhi (Waianae) vs. Mayhem Woolsey (Kapolei)
Boys 145
>> (1) Bransen Porter (Waianae) vs. Akoni Kaaialii (Kamehameha)
>> (2) Kaihi Cobb-Adams (Saint Louis) vs. Gabriel Grilho (Aiea)
Boys 152
>> (1) Keegan Goeas (Castle) vs. Justyce Mercado (Punahou)
>> (2) Xander Erolin (PAC-5) vs. Zayvien Balisacan (Saint Louis)
Boys 160
>> (1) Nai Hasegawa (Baldwin) vs. Steinar Tanaka (Kaiser)
>> (2) Adrian Lee vs. Boyd Durand (Radford)
Boys 170
>> (1) Brycen Pagurayan (Kapolei) vs. Tau Tuikolongahau (Kamehameha)
>> Jensen Tanele (Campbell) vs. Tyler Shields (Kalaheo
Boys 182
>> (1) Jonas Baekkeland (Moanalua) vs. Dorian Payton-Sherman (Pearl City)
>> Elijah Pinales (Kapolei) vs. Jerusalem Jackson (Mililani)
Boys 195
>> (1) Keawe Kane-Keahi (Lahainaluna) vs. Johnny Sailele (Waianae)
>> (2) Maika Kahele Akeo (Kapolei) vs. (3) Malakai Holland (Saint Louis)
Boys 220
>> (1) Rodstan Salangdron (Kapolei) vs. 4. Nehasi Faleofa (Kealakehe)
>> Vanderlei Yong (Waianae) vs. Joedon Kapihe (Pearl City) ; 2. Kainoa Gonzales (Kamehameha); 3. Sanalio Vehikite (Lahainaluna); ).
Boys 285
>> (1) Scotty Dikilato (Kamehameha) vs. Brayden Mailo (Kahuku)
>> (2) Caleb Lauifi (Waipahu) vs. Houston Kaahaaina-Torres (Saint Louis)
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The Season As It Unfolds:
