The seven-time defending champion Lahainaluna High School boys tuned up for next week's Maui Interscholastic League wrestling championships with eight individual titles in a round-robin tournament Saturday at Baldwin gym.
One week after sitting out a tournament due to an administrative decision resulting from an incident on the previous week's trip to Hana, Lahainaluna dominated.
Gary Long (114 pounds), Kahikina Tihada (125), Wyatt Chism (135), Bubba Jaramillo (140), Reilly Pasion (145), Thomas Rosen-St. John (160), Giovani Perez (171) and Hercules Mataafa (215) won their weight classes for the Lunas. Baldwin had three champions - Richard Donley Yasana at 120, Ricky Tanno at 152 and Danny Welds-Ebanks at 189. King Kekaulike's Curtis Palmeira won at 130, and Hana's Kauhi Kanakaole at 285.
The Lunas had seven girls champions - Amber Kaaihue Falahee (109), Precious Jaramillo (125), Breanna Dudoit Vasquez (130), Alexandrea Aquino (132), Carly Jaramillo (140), Karina Arroyo Haro (155) and Lalelei Mataafa (220). The other girls winners were Maui High's Anne Marie Andres (101), King Kekaulike's Kyla Aruda (105), Molokai's Alexandria Simon (117) and Baldwin's Hailey Namauu (175).
King Kekaulike won the boys title at the MIL junior varsity championships, which also took place Saturday.
The boys JV champions were Kyri Paranada (110) and Justin Ryan Inovejas (127) of Lahainaluna; Brycen Higa (116) of Maui High; Isaiah Lind (122) and Shaka Kalalau (173) of Hana; Shandon Eugeinio (132) and Kamanu Gomes (142) of Kamehameha Maui; Thomas Stevenson (137) of Baldwin; Kalei Cabanting (147), Florante Ygana (154), Teddy Hedgar (162) and Buster Barrett (217) of King Kekaulike; and Kuikamoku Han (285) of Molokai.
Fact Box
MIL ROUND-ROBIN TOURNAMENT
Saturday's results
At Baldwin
Boys
114-1. Gary Long, Lahainaluna; 2. Christian Balagso, Lahainaluna; 3. Josten Saribay, King Kekaulike; 4. Gino Konohia, King Kekaulike.
120-1. Richard Donley Yasana, Baldwin; 2. Jonathan Decosta, Maui High; 3. Kyle Brown, Maui High.
125-1. Kahikina Tihada, Lahainaluna; 2. Jansen Panlasigui Domingo, Lahainaluna; 3. Reggie Lo, Baldwin.
125B-1. Nainoa Steward, Lahainaluna; 2. Slayden Lloyd, Baldwin; 3. Sonny Balbas, Molokai; 4. Eric Dela Cruz, Maui High.
130-1. Curtis Palmeira, King Kekaulike; 2. Mark Alamon, Lahainaluna; 3. Keian Inouye, Baldwin; 4. Jonathan Lumlung, Kamehameha Maui.
130B-1. Chayce Tancayo, Kamehameha Maui; 2. Pololu Nakanelua, Kamehameha Maui; 3. Shandon Eugenio, Kamehameha Maui.
135-1. Wyatt Chism, Lahainaluna; 2. Lorenzo Angel, King Kekaulike; 3. Leroy Santos, Baldwin.
140-1. Bubba Jaramillo, Lahainaluna; 2. Noah Caparida, Molokai; 3. Keegan Gregg, King Kekaulike; 4. Tyler Paxton, Maui High.
140B-1. Eric Cabbat, Baldwin; 2. Kamanu Gomes, Kamehameha Maui; 3. Roy Pasalo, King Kekaulike.
145-1. Reilly Pasion, Lahainaluna; 2. Tyler Bersamin, Baldwin; 3. Alika Kaahanui, Molokai; 3. Alika Ostermiller, Kamehameha Maui.
152-1. Ricky Tanno, Baldwin; 2. Randall Malano Rodrigues, King Kekaulike; 3. Cody Kawano, Molokai; 4. Freeman Escobar-Santiago, Hana.
160-1. Thomas Rosen-St. John, Lahainaluna; 2. Salvador Gayoma, Maui High; 3. Rusty Hue Sing, Kamehameha Maui; 4. Teddy Hedgar, King Kekaulike.
171-1. Giovani Perez, Lahainaluna; 2. Charles Johnston Jr., Maui High; 3. Solomon Maliu, Molokai.
189-1. Danny Welds-Ebanks, Baldwin; 2. Tyler Timko, Lahainaluna.
215-1. Hercules Mataafa, Lahainaluna; 2. Cory Williams, St. Anthony; 3. Siaosi Ngalu, Kamehameha Maui; 4. Keanu Hoopai, Baldwin.
285-1. Kauhi Kanakaole, Hana; 2. Kuikamoku Han, Molokai.
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Girls
101 pounds-1. Anne Marie Andres, Maui High; 2. Diamond Freitas, Lahainaluna; 3. Sarina Angel, Baldwin; 4. Malia Refamonte, Lahainaluna.
105-1. Kyla Aruda, King Kekaulike; 2. Chasity Paranada, Baldwin; 3. Anika Paulina Pascual, Lahainaluna.
109-1. Amber Kaaihue Falahee, Lahainaluna; 2. Kayshya Saribay, Lahainaluna; 3. Karley Kaulili, Molokai.
117-1. Alexandria Simon, Molokai; 2. Quoya Vasquez, Hana; 3. Honeylynn Yabo, Lahainaluna.
125-1. Precious Jaramillo, Lahainaluna; 2. Persuasion Kawailima, King Kekaulike; 3. Kaile Kron, Lahainaluna.
130-1. Breanna Dudoit Vasquez, Lahainaluna; 2. Shayna Boteilho, Baldwin; 3. Saydee Makaiwi Semitara, Molokai.
132-1. Alexandrea Aquino, Lahainaluna; 2. Sarah Cordero, Baldwin; 3. Selina Del Castillo, Baldwin.
140-1. Carly Jaramillo, Lahainaluna; 2. Esther Torres Umi, Molokai; 3. Cendall Manley, Molokai; 4. Chrisine Naihe, Hana.
155-1. Karina Arroyo Haro, Lahainaluna; 2. Tekau Taamu, Lahainaluna; 3. Dinora Villalobos, Maui High; 4. Courtnie Taua, Baldwin.
175-1. Hailey Namauu, Baldwin; 2. Sheldene Akina, Lahainaluna.
220-1. Lalelei Mataafa, Lahainaluna; 2. Tristyn Borden, Baldwin.
The Lunas won the girls JV tournament - all four of their wrestlers claimed titles.
The girls JV champions were Sarina Angel (103) of Baldwin; Anika Paulina Pascual (107), Kaile Kron (127), Aquino (132), and Mataafa (222) of Lahainaluna; Per-suasion Kawailima (123) of King Kekaulike; and Simon (119), Esther Torres Umi (137), and Cendall Manley (142) of Molokai.
