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For Hawaii high school wrestling fans who enjoyed the 2022-23 season and are looking forward to the 2023-24 season, below is a guide to the top girls competitors expected to be back on the mat.
Kahuku’s Maia Esera will be going for a third state title and seven others will be trying for a repeat state championship.
In the near future, Bedrock Sports Hawaii will run a Hawaii boys wrestling quick lookahead to next season.
Top Hawaii High School Girls Wrestlers Expected To Return For 2023-24 Season
(Grades shown are for the 2023-24 season)
TWO-TIME STATE CHAMPION
>> Maia Esera (Kahuku senior) 2023 225 state champion, 2022 225 state champion
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ONE-TIME STATE CHAMPIONS WHO ARE ALSO TWO-TIME STATE PLACERS
2023 champs:
>> Jax Realin (Kamehameha junior) 2023 127 state champion, 2022 127 state runner-up
>> Malia Kukahiwa, (Hilo), senior, 2023 145 state champion, 2022 145 state runner-up
>> Nohilani Kukonu (Moanalua junior) 2023 155 state champion; 2022 145 state sixth place
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2022 champs:
>> Catherine Asami (Lahainaluna senior) 2023 184 state runner-up; 2022 184 state champion
>> Jahlia Miguel (Baldwin junior) 2023 145 third place; 2022 145 state champion
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ONE-TIME STATE CHAMPIONS
>> Adriana Daoang (Moanalua sophomore), 2023 97 state champion
>> Eloise Woolsey (Kapolei sophomore), 2023 132 state champion
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TWO-TIME STATE RUNNERS-UP
>> Taydem Uyemura (Pearl City junior) 2023 127 state runner-up; 2022 122 state runner-up
>> Bethany Chargualaf (Campbell senior) 2023 155 state runner-up; 2022 155 state runner-up
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OTHER TWO-TIME STATE PLACERS
>> Maya Rose DeAngelo (‘Iolani junior) 2023 122 state runner-up; 2022 122 state fifth place
>> Jezney Chang (Pahoa senior) 2023 168 state runner-up; 2022 168 state sixth place
>> Kanoelani Kekiwi-Jones (King Kekaulike junior) 2023 117 state third place; 2022 107 state third place
>> Crystin-Dior Treu (Lahainaluna senior) 2023 138 state third place; 2022 122 state third place
>> Rylie Nishida (Kamehameha junior) 2023 122 state third place; 2022 132 state third place
>> Kaui Lee-Tynan (Kapolei senior) 2023 145 state fourth place; 2022 145 state third place
>> Joy Jeremiah (Kamehameha senior) 2023 112 state third place; 2022 107 state fifth place
>> Alu Hyodo (Roosevelt senior) 2023 97 state third place; 2022 102 state sixth place
>> Paige Taasan (Hilo junior) 2023 155 state fourth place; 2022 132 state fourth place
>> Alena Bartley (Kamehameha junior) 2023 225 state fourth place; 2022 225 state fourth place
>> Casey Bernabe (Kapaa senior) 2023 112 state sixth place; 2022 112 state fourth place
>> Evelyn Suzuki (Kalani junior) 2023 122 state fifth place; 2022 112 state fifth place
>> Deja Fernandez (Baldwin junior) 2023 117 state fifth place; 2022 117 state sixth place
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ONE-TIME STATE PLACERS
>> Serah Yogi (Pearl City sophomore) 2023 97 state runner-up
>> Chloe Obuhanych (Pearl City sophomore) 2023 102 state runner-up
>> Tatiana Paragas (Punahou junior) 2023 107 state runner-up
>> Kaitlyn Fong (Moanalua senior) 2023 112 state runner-up
>> Elle Mizue (‘Iolani senior) 2023 117 state runner-up
>> Teata Mataafa-Grove (Baldwin sophomore) 2023 138 state runner-up
>> Zaira Sugui (Moanalua sophomore) 2023 145 state runner-up
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>> Emma-Grace Cabinian (Leilehua junior) 2023 102 state third place
>> Siana Boaz-Vasquez (Lahainaluna sophomore) 2023 127 state third place
>> Leila Esera (Kahuku sophomore) 2023 155 state third place
>> Ohia Borden-Phillips (Molokai junior) 2023 168 state third place
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>> Taylen Babas-Masuno (Hilo junior) 2023 97 state fourth place
>> Tehya Romero (‘Iolani senior), 2023 102 state fourth place
>> Jaylisha Deveraturda (Mililani senior) 2023 112 state fourth place
>> Kalina Hotema (Kalani senior) 2023 117 state fourth place
>> Piikea Joy (Baldwin junior) 2023 127 state fourth place
>> Chaela Gantala (Baldwin sophomore) 2023 122 state fourth place
>> Tahi Feinga (Kahuku senior) 2023 168 state fourth place
>> Nalei Meyers (Kamehameha junior) 2023 184 state fourth place
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>> Michaela Jane Sarmiento (Kalaheo senior) 2023 97 state fifth place
>> Chelsea Becera (Farrington senior), 2023 102 state fifth place
>> Anela Hokoana (Kamehameha sophomore) 2023 107 state fifth place
>> Anela Egloria (Leilehua junior) 2023 112 state fifth place
>> Lyriq Lopes (Kahuku sophomore) 2023 127 state fifth place
>> Malie Vickery-Mafi (Kamehameha-Hawaii junior) 2023 145 state fifth place
>> Caelan West (‘Iolani senior) 2023 168 state fifth place
>> Ofa Haupu (Baldwin senior) 2023 184 state fifth place
>> Zoe Ahue-Boloson (Campbell sophomore) 2023 225 state fifth place
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>> Kaylie Zeller (Campbell senior) 2023 97 state sixth place
>> Makayla Paclib (Mililani junior) 2023 107 state sixth place
>> Erika Olkowski (Punahou junior) 2023 117 state sixth place
>> Kiera Nitahara (Moanalua junior) 2023 138 state sixth place
>> Shansi Boaz-Vasquez (Lahainaluna junior) 2023 145 state sixth place
>> Brianna Kekona (Lahainaluna sophomore) 2023 155 state sixth place
>> Shiloh Kamaka (Baldwin junior) 2023 168 state sixth place
>> Hiileialoha Saizon (Kapolei junior) 2023 184 state sixth place
>> Casey-Ann Ross (Lahainaluna sophomore) 2023 225 state sixth place
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State placers by team
Altogether, 61 state placers from 2022-23 will be seniors, juniors or sophomores next year.
Of those 61 underclassmen this year, here is a breakdown of schools represented (with the school’s state placing this year is in parentheses):
>> Baldwin, 7 returning state placers (2023 team finish: third)
>> Moanalua, 6 returning state placers (2023 team finish: first)
>> Lahainaluna, 6 returning state placers (2023 team finish: second)
>> Kamehameha, 6 returning state placers (2023 team finish: fourth)
>> Kahuku, 4 returning state placers (2023 team finish: fifth)
>> ‘Iolani, 4 returning state placers (2023 team finish: sixth)
>> Campbell, 3 returning state placers (2023 team finish: seventh)
>> Hilo, 3 returning state placers (2023 team finish: eighth)
>> Pearl City, 3 returning state placers (2023 team finish: ninth)
>> Kapolei, 3 returning state placers (2023 team finish: 11th)
>> Mililani, 2 returning state placers (2023 team finish: 10th)
>> Punahou, 2 returning state placers (2023 team finish: 12th)
>> Leilehua, 2 returning state placers (2023 team finish: 13th)
>> Kalani, 2 returning state placers (2023 team finish: 16th)
>> Kamehameha-Hawaii, 1 returning state placer (2023 team finish: 14th)
>> Roosevelt 1 returning state placer (2023 team finish: 15th)
>> King Kekaulike, 1 returning state placer (2023 team finish: tie for 18th)
>> Molokai, 1 returning state placer (2023 team finish: tie for 18th)
>> Pahoa, 1 returning state placer (2023 team finish: 24th)
>> Kalaheo, 1 returning state placer (2023 team finish: 26th)
>> Farrington, 1 returning state placer (2023 team finish: 28th)
>> Kapaa, 1 returning state placer (2023 team finish: 30th)
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ALSO AT BedrockSportsHawaii.com:
>> 2022-23 Hawaii High School Wrestling Command Center
3 Comments
This is really cool. Thanks for the breakdown. If you do one for the boys could you also do a team breakdown for next season(returning placers and other studs) I think next year will be really interesting for the team race. Thanks for all your reporting and keep up the good work. Hawaii wrestling owes you a huge debt🤙🏻
Thank you for your awesome words of encouragement!! Team races will likely get better and better as the sport grows. Imagine if all schools had all weight classes filled? It’s not impossible. Not sure if we’ll be doing a team breakdown, but it is a good idea. Aloha.
FYI Bedrock fan: For the boys lookahead story that will run soon, we put in a little bit about returning state placers by school. Also, we went ahead and added that information to the girls story.
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