There is some scuttlebutt that Baldwin’s Tobey Ravida lost a few times in club wrestling matches to Oahu.
And there appears to be some truth to it. But Ravida is not being penalized for those losses in 2022’s first pound-for-pound high school wrestling rankings by Bedrock Sports Hawaii and sits at No. 1.
Ravida, however, is on notice around the state by those out to gain that throne. A high school loss would definitely hurt his ranking.
Ravida won the 113-pound state championship as a sophomore in 2020 and one year earlier was the runner-up at 106. There are no better credentials among the boys competing this year.
A real firecracker, Blaze Sumiye of Moanalua checks in at No. 2. He took the 145-pound state title in 2020. It’s unknown what weight class he’ll end up in this year, but 170 looks likely.
One wrestler in the preseason, Pookela De Santos, said his goal was to smash everybody he faces. And it’s not just bravado. Many coaches around the state know just how good De Santos is. He took third at states in 2020 at 145 pounds and second at 152 in 2019, and he is Bedrock’s No. 3 p4p boys wrestler. There is a possibility that he winds up at 170 and on a collision course with Sumiye.
Like De Santos, Saint Louis’ Dreddin Villalpando, who has yet to wrestle this season, is a well-known top gun, and he starts the season at No. 4 p4p. In 2020, he took third place at states at 126.
There is not much separating the next six in the boys Top 10. For now, Bedrock has Punahou’s Kaistin Vasquez at No. 5, followed by Moanalua’s Karter Nitahara, Saint Louis’ Cyrus Bucsit, Kalani’s Jayce Kamimura, Kapolei’s Brycen Pagurayan and Kamehameha’s Scotty Dikilato. You can see their credentials lower in this story in the Top 10 p4p list.
Kalani’s Kade Okura (third place at states at 132 in 2020) and Saint Louis’ Boston Opetaia fell just outside the Top 10. Opetaia (second place at states at 170 in 2020) is recovering from a knee injury and probably won’t be wrestling until February.
Reigning State Champ Erin Hikiji Looking Solid So Far
Early in her senior year, Mililani’s Erin Hikiji is already in midseason form and will be tough to beat. She won the 97-pound state title in 2020 and placed fourth in that division in 2019. And it looks like she may stay in the same weight class or bump up to 102.
After surveying coaches from around the state, she is the overwhelming choice to start the year as No. 1 p4p on the girls’ side.
Another reigning state champ (at 112 pounds), Kamehameha’s Haley Narahara is pretty much a consensus No. 2.
Baldwin’s Liana Ferreira (a runner-up to Hikiji at 97 pounds in 2020 and a two-time state placer) checks in at No. 3, followed by another two-time state placer in Lahainaluna’s Alicia Frank.
Bedrock ranks Kaceylee Pua of Baldwin, a state runner-up at 155 two years ago, at No. 5, with two more two-time state placers at No,. 6 (Mililani’s Jacinta Fonoti) and No. 7 (Kamehameha’s Nohea Moniz).
Moanalua’s Rachel Oshita and Hilo’s Lilliane Toledo come in at Nos. 8 and 9 and their credentials can be found on the p4p list below.
Kaui Lee-Tynan made a big stride all the way into the Top 10 at No. 10 by beating Campbell’s Anissa Wright (the state runner-up at 145 in 2020) by fall on Saturday at the Sabers’ round-robin tournament. Lee-Tynan also defeated Campbell’s Kianna Chargualaf (state third place at 138 in 2020) on the same day. A real double whammy.
Three wrestlers barely missed out on making the Top 10 — Punahou’s Angelina Daoang, Kamehameha-Hawaii’s Lainey Eckart, and Campbell’s Wright.
Daoang is nationally ranked in club wrestling, but has yet to compete in high school. She is expected to be rock solid.
Eckart, who placed fourth at 127 in 2020, gets rave reviews by those in the know on the Big Isle. Wright was slated to be in the Top 1o before her loss.
BEDROCK SPORTS HAWAII’S BOYS WRESTLING TOP 10 POUND-FOR-POUND RANKINGS
(Approximate current weight in bold)
>> 1. Tobey Ravida, senior (Baldwin) 2020 113-pound state champ, 2019 106 state runner-up) — 132
>> 2.Blaze Sumiye, senior (Moanalua) 2020 145 state champ — 175
>> 3. Pookela De Santos, senior (Leilehua) 2020 145 state third place, 2019 152 state second place) — 173
>> 4. Dreddin Villalpando, senior (Saint Louis) 2020 126 state third place — 138
>> 5. Kaistin Vasquez, senior (Punahou) 2020 113 state third place — 131
>> 6. Karter Nitahara, senior (Moanalua) 2020 170 state third place — 186
>> 7. Cyrus Bucsit, senior (Saint Louis) 2020 106 state third place — 114
>> 8. Jayce Kamimura, senior (Kalani) 2020 113 state fifth place — 118
>> 9. Brycen Pagurayan, junior (Kapolei) 2020, 145 state fifth place — 182
>> 10. Scotty Dikilato, junior,(Kamehameha) 2020 220 state fifth place — 265
Boys on the radar:
>> Boston Opetaia, senior (Saint Louis) 2020 170 state second place — 196
>> Kade Okura, senior (Kalani) 2020 132 state third place — 146
>> Raizen Aina, senior (Kamehameha-Hawaii), 2020 113 state sixth place — 144
>> Khansith Chantabouasith, senior (Leilehua) 2019 106 state fifth place — 120
>> Joshua Frias, junior (‘Iolani) — 111
>> Logan Lau, sophomore (Mid-Pacific) — 120
>> Tyger Taam, freshman (Moanalua) — 134
>> Kayzehn Aiwohi-Frisby, senior (Waianae) — 193
>> Gabriel Grilho, junior (Aiea) — 145
>> Keegan Goeas, freshman (Castle) — 139
>> Bransen Porter, sophomore (Waianae) — 138
>> Justyce Mercado, sophomore (Punahou) — 150
BEDROCK SPORTS HAWAII’S GIRLS WRESTLING TOP 10 POUND-FOR-POUND RANKINGS
(Approximate current weight in bold)
>> 1. Erin Hikiji, senior (Mililani) 2020 97 state champ, 2019 97 state fourth place — 102
>> 2. Haley Narahara, senior (Kamehameha) 2020 112 state champ, 2019 112 state third place — 124
>> 3. Liana Ferreira, senior (Baldwin) 2020 97 state runner-up, 2019 97 state third place — 105
>> 4. Alicia Frank, senior (Lahainaluna) 2020 117 state runner-up, 2019 117 state fifth place — 130
>> 5. Kaceylee Pua, senior (Baldwin) 2020 155 state runner-up — 167
>> 6. Jacinta Fonoti, senior (Mililani) 2020 184 state third place, 2019 184 state fourth place — 193
>> 7. Nohea Moniz, senior (Kamehameha) 2020 107 state third place, 2019 107 state fourth place — 114
>> 8. Rachel Oshita, senior (Moanalua), 2020 132 state third place — 137
>> 9. Lilliane Toledo, senior (Hilo), 2020 184 state fourth place — 205
>> 10. Kaui Lee-Tynan, sophomore (Kapolei) — 146
Girls on the radar:
>> Angelina Daoang, sophomore (Punahou) — 115
>> Isabelle Asuncion, junior (Moanalua) 2020 102 state third place — 113
>> Lainey Eckart, junior (Kamehameha-Hawaii) 2020 127 state fourth place — 135
>> Anissa Wright, senior (Campbell) 2020 145 state runner-up — 151
>> Naiomi Kulukulualani-Sales, junior (Lahainaluna) 2020 97 state fourth place — 105
>> Aliya Takano, senior (Kamehameha) 2020 117 state fourth place — 123
>> Victoriana Kim, senior (Mililani) 2020 107 state fourth place — 119
>> Zysha Pavao, junior (Keaau) 2020 132 state fourth place — 134
>> Kivah Caballero, junior (Lahainaluna) 2020 112 state fifth place — 127
>> Atinaeleila Fonoti, senior (Mililani) 2020 225 state fifth place — 182
>> Kianna Chargualaf, senior (Campbell) 2020 138 state third place — 150
>> Tristan Nitta, junior (Mililani) — 104
>> Madison Kalamau (Moanalua) 2020 97 state sixth place — 109
>> Jax Realin, freshman (Kamehameha) — 124
>> Jahlia Miguel, freshman (Baldwin) — 157
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Notes:
>> Isabelle Asuncion’s state placing was incorrectly reported originally and has been updated to reflect her third-place finish in 2020.
>> There has been an update to include Kalani’s Kade Okura to the “Boys on the radar” section. He had been inadvertently left out previously.
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