Next year will be pretty unpredictable, but that’s a tough group of kids returning for STL.GentlemanOfTheLou wrote: ↑Sat Jun 25, 2022 2:36 am Overall summary of this year's season:
> Moanalua was obviously the most well-coordinated, talented, and skilled wrestling team on those mats and they showed that when they won both boys and girls' team state championships. Sumiye and Nitahara truly lead their team to that victory and paved the way for new up-and-comers and Lathwood and Taam sure gained my respect from wrestling on such an elite level as Freshmen.
> Kamehameha's team is very young and shows a hell of a lot of promise and they showed that on the mat when they secured a lot of second placers and two boys state champs with Kusumoto at the lightest weight and Dikilato at the heaviest weight and three girl state champs who won somewhat effortlessly.(I was really looking forward to that Lafaele and Dikilato rematch after Scotty pinned him in the ILH finals but then Lafaele lost to Kolinaise in the quarters.)
> Saint Louis had a very rough year but what surprised me was their ability to persevere through it and place third as a team in the state championship. After 2020, STL lost their Freshman 2020 runner-up Viliami Tongotoa who was going to have a very crucial part in Saint Louis' upcoming years. They were also a very injured team with both Bucsit and DV having ankle injuries early on in the season, and the 2020 185 runner-up Boston Opetaia having a very crucial knee injury from his football season. It is a very young team too, Balisican 126 4th place Sophomore, Cobb-Adams 138 Elim. Quarters Sophomore, Amerson 145 5th place Junior, Creech 160 Elim. Quarters Sophomore, McCreadie 170 4th place Freshman, and 285 Lafaele Elim. Quarters Sophomore. It was a very dark time for Saint Louis as they lost one of their fellow teammates Dreddin Villalpando, a highly respected wrestler and projected state champion of the 132 weight class and captain of the team, passing away the morning of the first day of the State Championships. However, they never let this faze them and ended the night with third place as a team and two state champs. I will truly be rooting for this team this upcoming season. #LLDV
> Waianae had a lot of promising wrestlers this year, with one fifth place wrestler in the girls 184 weight class, two runner-ups in the 195 and 132 weight classes and Yanderlei Wong winning the 220 weight class.
> Kapolei's Brycen Pagurayan and Kinau McBrayer blew their competition away with both winning state champ in the 170 and 138 and Kahele-Akeo and Joseph Keo placing third in their weight classes.
Who’s the young kids for kam?