2022-2023 Wrestling Season
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2022-2023 Wrestling Season
Season starting soon. Who are we most excited about and what weight classes will be interesting this year?
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Looking at the results from last years state tournament it looks like Kamehameha Kapalama is returning the most state medals on the boys side with 7. Moanalua has 5 returning, Mililani 4, Stl. 3, Baldwin 3. Kamehameha is alway loaded with talent so they should be considered the favorite this season imo. Haven’t looked at the girls side yet.
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Cant wait. OIA/ILH tournaments this weekend!
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How did the big teams look? From what I'm hearing, Moanalua is is still probably the favorite to win the OIA, with Kapolei and Mililani not too far behind. I know Campbell was at the duals, but I haven't heard of them having too many studs returning this year. On the ILH side, I'm sure Kamehameha is looking strong with a bunch of state placers returning. I hear Iolani is good in the smaller weights, but missing a lot of big guys. Punahou has a handful of solid guys, and probably fills out their lineup with a couple young guys as well.
At the other site, Leilehua, Kalani, and Pearl City looked to have the biggest numbers, but all look on younger side this year. Not too many exciting matchups there. Returning state placers Steinar Tanaka and Logan Lau were both sitting out this tournament. Xander Erolin (Pac5) looked solid against lesser competition. The best matchup on paper was between Keegan Goeas (Castle) and Jace Kim-Cadiz (PC), but Goeas ended up pinning him.
Any insight on the girls side?
I'm looking forward to the first big test at Official's in a few weeks!
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Girls didn't have a lot of great matchups. Front runners looked strong still. Not sure if there were any real upsets. Will have to go and look again.FlyingSquirrel808 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 05, 2022 9:01 amHow did the big teams look? From what I'm hearing, Moanalua is is still probably the favorite to win the OIA, with Kapolei and Mililani not too far behind. I know Campbell was at the duals, but I haven't heard of them having too many studs returning this year. On the ILH side, I'm sure Kamehameha is looking strong with a bunch of state placers returning. I hear Iolani is good in the smaller weights, but missing a lot of big guys. Punahou has a handful of solid guys, and probably fills out their lineup with a couple young guys as well.
At the other site, Leilehua, Kalani, and Pearl City looked to have the biggest numbers, but all look on younger side this year. Not too many exciting matchups there. Returning state placers Steinar Tanaka and Logan Lau were both sitting out this tournament. Xander Erolin (Pac5) looked solid against lesser competition. The best matchup on paper was between Keegan Goeas (Castle) and Jace Kim-Cadiz (PC), but Goeas ended up pinning him.
Any insight on the girls side?
I'm looking forward to the first big test at Official's in a few weeks!
Looks like the ILH pecking order is: 1. Kamehameha 2. St. Louis 3. Punahou 4. Iolani . But, Kamehameha and St. Louis might be pretty close to each other.
St. Louis and Kapolei had a close dual with St. Louis coming out on top 41-37 . Matches were split 7-7. Wish we could get some results, but ILH still refusing to use trackwrestling for easier transparency.
Any other interesting results?
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Rest of the Dual Results from St. Louis.
KSK 44-21 MOA
KSK 42-25 MIL
KSK 59-20 CAM
StL 54-24 MIL
StL 41-37 KPO
KPO 59-18 IOL
KPO 45-21 PUN
PUN 39-30 MOA
MIL 48-16 IOL
MOA 45-10 IOL
PUN 42-41 CAM (Tie Breakers I think)
I think StL wrestled CAM but, don't have that one..
KSK 44-21 MOA
KSK 42-25 MIL
KSK 59-20 CAM
StL 54-24 MIL
StL 41-37 KPO
KPO 59-18 IOL
KPO 45-21 PUN
PUN 39-30 MOA
MIL 48-16 IOL
MOA 45-10 IOL
PUN 42-41 CAM (Tie Breakers I think)
I think StL wrestled CAM but, don't have that one..
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Has Kapolei and Campbell passed Moanalua based on the dual results?
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I don't think anyone's passed anyone. Teams were probably trying different line ups and attempting to get kids matches. I'd be surprised if most of the kids remained at the weights they wrestled at. I think the OIA is going to be super close between Moanalua, Kapolei, and Mililani. I think the State tourney will be them, Kamehameha, St. Louis, and Maui Champs at the end. Should be another exciting and interesting season
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Any results from this weekend? Big matchups? Excited for Officials tournament next weekend. Any big matchups to look for at Leilehua?
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I think the field at 138 will be loaded. Returning placers: Labuanan(1st), Taam(1st), Amerson(5th)... Others of note: Paaluhi(WAN), Woolsey(KPO)
152: Might have Mercado(1st), Erolin(1st), Goeas(CAS)
195: Kane-Keahi(2nd), Maika Kahele-Akeo(3rd)
285: Dikilato(1st), Coelho(2nd), Lauifi(3rd)
I'm 1000% sure I'm missing a bunch, but any others that spring to mind? I'll look at the girls later.
152: Might have Mercado(1st), Erolin(1st), Goeas(CAS)
195: Kane-Keahi(2nd), Maika Kahele-Akeo(3rd)
285: Dikilato(1st), Coelho(2nd), Lauifi(3rd)
I'm 1000% sure I'm missing a bunch, but any others that spring to mind? I'll look at the girls later.
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120: Corpuz (2nd), Seson (3rd), not sure what weights Lau (3rd) or Kusumoto (1st) are going, but could be here too.talloola25 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 11, 2022 7:47 pm I think the field at 138 will be loaded. Returning placers: Labuanan(1st), Taam(1st), Amerson(5th)... Others of note: Paaluhi(WAN), Woolsey(KPO)
152: Might have Mercado(1st), Erolin(1st), Goeas(CAS)
195: Kane-Keahi(2nd), Maika Kahele-Akeo(3rd)
285: Dikilato(1st), Coelho(2nd), Lauifi(3rd)
I'm 1000% sure I'm missing a bunch, but any others that spring to mind? I'll look at the girls later.
Also at 152, not sure if Kailer Lee (4th) is still at that weight, and Jace Kim-Cadiz (6th) is there as well.
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I think so far Corpuz has been at 126 this season, but it wouldn't surprise me to see Corpuz drop considering Mililani has two other quality 126 pounders in their stable. Lau hasn't competed I think, so possibly him at 120. Kusumoto is most likely at 113.FlyingSquirrel808 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 12, 2022 8:00 pm120: Corpuz (2nd), Seson (3rd), not sure what weights Lau (3rd) or Kusumoto (1st) are going, but could be here too.talloola25 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 11, 2022 7:47 pm I think the field at 138 will be loaded. Returning placers: Labuanan(1st), Taam(1st), Amerson(5th)... Others of note: Paaluhi(WAN), Woolsey(KPO)
152: Might have Mercado(1st), Erolin(1st), Goeas(CAS)
195: Kane-Keahi(2nd), Maika Kahele-Akeo(3rd)
285: Dikilato(1st), Coelho(2nd), Lauifi(3rd)
I'm 1000% sure I'm missing a bunch, but any others that spring to mind? I'll look at the girls later.
Also at 152, not sure if Kailer Lee (4th) is still at that weight, and Jace Kim-Cadiz (6th) is there as well.
Kim-Cadiz will be tough this weekend, but already has a couple losses this year. Boyd Durand had a pretty nice win against him last weekend and should be a player this weekend. Don't think Kailer has competed yet this season, but should be interesting wherever he goes.
Here are my terribly inaccurate finals predictions for the boys: Who knows if these guys are even at these weights lol... undereducated guess at best...
106: Guevara(MIL) v Ramos(KPO)
113: Kusumoto(KSK) v Holokai-Basa(BAL) with Berger(StL) making a run
120: Lau(MPI) v Del Rosario(LAN) but Esperanza(BAL), Marinas(BAL) and Seson(MOA) should be good
126: Somebody(MIL) v Buelow(PUN), Nitahara(KSM) or Kaohu-Wachi(NAN) could be players
132: Labuanan(KSM) v Pasion(MOA)
138: Taam(MOA) v Woolsey(KPO) with Amerson(KSK) and Paaluhi(WAN) with huge potential
145: Porter(WAN) v Paaluhi(KSK) or Cobb-Adams(StL)
152: Mercado(PUN) v Erolin(P5) ... Hasegawa(BAL), Durand(RAD), Kim-Cadiz(PC)
160: Creech(StL) v Waielehua(KSK) ... Lee(IOL)?
170: Pagurayan(KPO) v Lee(MIL) or Shields(KLH)
182: Baekkuland(MOA) v Hussey(LAH) ... honestly no clue
195: Kane-Keahi(LAH) v Kahele-Akeo(KPO)
220: Miguel(BAL) v Abilay(MAU) ... honestly no clue
285: Dikilato(KSK) v Lauifi(WAP)
Teams to watch: Kamehameha, Baldwin, St.Louis, Lahainalua, Moanalua, Mililani, Kapolei
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No chance Labuan and Taam end up in the same weight. One of them will run away and keep the 4x dream alive.talloola25 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 11, 2022 7:47 pm I think the field at 138 will be loaded. Returning placers: Labuanan(1st), Taam(1st), Amerson(5th)... Others of note: Paaluhi(WAN), Woolsey(KPO)
152: Might have Mercado(1st), Erolin(1st), Goeas(CAS)
195: Kane-Keahi(2nd), Maika Kahele-Akeo(3rd)
285: Dikilato(1st), Coelho(2nd), Lauifi(3rd)
I'm 1000% sure I'm missing a bunch, but any others that spring to mind? I'll look at the girls later.