Oney & Lee to Moscow for 2010 World Championships

Matt Oney, head wrestling coach at Punahou School, will be traveling to Moscow this weekend as a member of the 2010 US World Team coaching staff. He was selected this summer as an apprentice coach and will be joining the coaching staff, led by Terry Brands & John Smith in freestyle, Rob Herman & Dan Hicks in greco-roman, and Link Davis & Keith Wilson for the women.

Also traveling to Moscow for the World Championships is Stephany Lee (’02 Moanalua), who will represent the US Women at 72kg. Lee was a 3x State Champion for Moanalua and 2008 World University champion. She made the US World team in 2008, but did not place. This year, she defeated US Olympion Ali Bernard to secure a spot on the world team. 72kg looks to be a tough weight class, dominated by the eastern Europeans.

Competition in Moscow, Russia runs from September 6 – 12, and we hope to be posting blog updates once the tournament commences.

2010 Excel Wrestling Summer Camp – Matside Coverage

The 2010 Excel Wrestling Summer Training Camp was held on July 1 (Thursday) through July 3 (Saturday) at Punahou School in the Intermediate wrestling room (Forrest Hall).

The camp was run by Excel Wrestling’s Executive Director and Head Coach, Steve Knight. Coach Knight was an NCAA All American and Big 12 Champion for Iowa State before becoming an assistant coach at ISU and training for the 1992 Olympics. He won the Pan American Championships in 1992 defeating the Cuban Olympic Bronze medallist and travelled as an alternate/training partner to the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He has been a member of 2 US Olympic Freestyle Wrestling Coaching Staffs and has worked with USA Wrestling on the Senior Olympic Level for many years.

Accompanying Coach Knight were his sons, Evan, a two-time Iowa Class 3A state champion who will be attending Cornell on a wrestling scholarship, as well as Colby, who just finished his Freshman year at Urbandale High School by taking the runner-up spot at 103 lbs. in the 2010 Iowa Class 3A State Championships.

There were many notable wrestlers there as most of the Team Hawaii contingent attended. However, all of the wrestlers who attended took away from the camp excellent tutelage and coaching by Coach Knight, additional guidance from the local coaches who attended, drilling & live work with other wrestlers, comraderie, and just an overall great wrestling experience.

REMINDER: Excel Wrestling Camp – July 1-3

Excel Wrestling is returning to Hawaii for it’s annual training camp, Thursday July 1st – Saturday July 3rd at Punahou School (Forrest Hall).

Steve Knight has been a member of 2 US Olympic Freestyle Wrestling Coaching Staffs, was the 1992 Pan-Am Games Champion, and a Big-12 champion for Iowa State.  He’s come to Hawaii every summer for the past eight years and has been influential to a number of teams, including Lahainaluna and Punahou.

Wrestlers of all abilities are welcome but those that have a solid grasp of the fundamentals will get the most out of the camp.

Sessions times
5-8pm Thurs and Fri (July 1-2)
Sat 9-11am and 1-3pm  (July 3)

Showers will be available and recommended between Saturday’s sessions. Bring your own lunch and drinks.

You can register online at the Excel Wrestling site.

You can also download a flier here and check out the Excel Wrestling site here.

HIADA Decisions on Wrestling & Judo

From Paul Honda at the Star Advertiser:

Wrestling

1. Maintain the start dates but insert an additional week to the Winter Sports Season. Adjust each of the winter state tournament weeks to one

Committee: 28-0-1 passed

APPROVED 85-0-4

The rest of the results can be found here:

2. Change the over-hydrated disqualification rule to a reading of 1.000 on the refractometer and allow a wrestler who is disqualified with over-hydration to maintain his/her three opportunities to certify.

Committee: 28-0-1 passed

APPROVED 85-1-4

3. As amended: If a defensive wrestler in a nearfall situation signals with the “tap-out” gesture and the match is stopped because of the signal, then the wrestler will default the match, except if the tappet gesture is due to an illegal hold on the part of the offensive wrestler

Committee: 28-0-1 passed

APPROVED 85-0-4

Judo

1. To restore the HHSAA judo tournament to 16-person brackets

Committee: 17-10-2 passed

APPROVED 54-30-5

2. As amended: This recommendation would add to the list of Flagrant Hanskumake and would disqualify a contestant from competition, medals and points. Performance of reckless actions, i.e. intentionally kicking, slapping, shoving which could or does cause injury or intimidation would be regarded as flagrant hanskumake.

Committee: 28-0-1 passed

APPROVED 86-0-4

The rest of the results can be found here:

http://www.hawaiiprepworld.com/air-riflery/2010-hiada-voting-results/

Is Hawaii Killing High School Wrestling?

A couple weeks ago, The Open Mat ran an interesting article titled “Who is to Blame, the Slow Death of College Wrestling” and it got me thinking: are we slowly killing high school wrestling in Hawaii?

On the surface, things don’t look too bad here. Participation is decent (if uneven), the caliber of wrestling is solid, and there’s a widespread youth program. The popularity of MMA has also helped get new youngsters into the game (not to mention their moms and dads) and that bodes well for future turnout.

But under the surface, there are systemic forces that threaten to undermine the viability of Hawaii’s high school wrestling. At its most basic, the powers that be (HHSAA and the leagues) should have a simple objective: make it as easy as possible for the kids that are interested in wrestling to get on the mat safely. But instead we have a weight monitoring system run amok; a redundant system that burdens already thin coaching staffs and doesn’t necessarily add to the safety of the athletes. We have a governing body that intentionally chooses not to follow NFHS weight classes, and now we’re (proposing) shortening the season once again and worse, moving it almost a month earlier which will make it harder still for football athletes to come out for wrestling, not to mention potentially impacting the safety of the athletes.

There are some things that are certainly beyond our control – most notably, budget cuts and a poor economy which makes it even harder to find coaches able to dedicate the immense amount of time a wrestling program requires. But instead of finding ways to help our wrestling programs, we seem to be trying even harder to find ways to derail wrestling in Hawaii. We find “solutions” to the problems we face by treating them as administrative problems, not as issues that have real impact on real student-athletes.

We need to find ways to help coaches with their workload, not add to it. And we need to make it easier for athletes to wrestle, not harder. I don’t have a solution for our challenges – believe me, I wish I did. But I wanted to raise this issue with our community, to start a dialog (and likely, debate) about finding constructive solutions going forward.

So what do you think?

REMINDER: Iolani Clinic June 7-11, 2010

You can still register for the upcoming Iolani Clinic.

Lead Clinician: Brian Smith, Head Coach, University of Missouri
Three-time All-Big Ten wrestler and four-time letterman at Michigan State

• 13 All-Americans and 2 National Champions  have come through Coach Smith’s program
• University of Missouri has finished in the top-15 at the NCAA Championships for six straight years, placing as high as 2nd.

The format of the Iolani Clinic includes (see registration for for detailed agenda):

• Intense work on developing the skills of age group wrestlers
• Instruction on core strength development
• Live competition between the campers

Fee: $225 per wrestler. Team price (6+ wrestlers) is $200/wrestler.
Walk-in registration will be accepted on Monday only.

Download the registration form here.

Excel Wrestling Hawaii Training Camp – July 1-3

Excel Wrestling is returning to Hawaii for it’s annual training camp, Thursday July 1st – Saturday July 3rd at Punahou School (Forrest Hall).

Steve Knight has been a member of 2 US Olympic Freestyle Wrestling Coaching Staffs, was the 1992 Pan-Am Games Champion, and a Big-12 champion for Iowa State.  He’s come to Hawaii every summer for the past eight years and has been influential to a number of teams, including Lahainaluna and Punahou.

Wrestlers of all abilities are welcome but those that have a solid grasp of the fundamentals will get the most out of the camp.

Sessions times
5-8pm Thurs and Fri (July 1-2)
Sat 9-11am and 1-3pm  (July 3)

Showers will be available and recommended between Saturday’s sessions. Bring your own lunch and drinks.

You can register online at the Excel Wrestling site.

You can also download a flier here and check out the Excel Wrestling site here.

Win a trip to the 2010 U.S. World Team Trials!

As the traditional freestyle and Greco-Roman seasons are in full swing, USA Wrestling would like to tell all members of USA Wrestling about a special offer!

All current members of USA Wrestling will be entered in a drawing to win The World Team Trials Experience in conjunction with the 2010 U.S. World Team Trials in Council Bluffs, Iowa on June 11-12.  This lucky member will be provided with two (2) round-trip airline tickets from American Airlines, the official airline of the 2010 U.S. World Team Trials, three (3) nights lodging, access to VIP seating, access to athletes and coaches, as well as an inside look at event operations while at the tournament. This is truly an experience of a lifetime!

In an effort to provide additional service to its members and the wrestling community, USA Wrestling, through its partnership with TheWrestlingGreats, will provide a $35 store coupon code to all current USA Wrestling members for the purchase of USA Wrestling online video products. All you need is a current USA Wrestling Membership Card to get your coupon code.

These videos include bouts from past USAW World and National Events as well as instructional videos from former National Coach Bruce Burnett. With 20+ years of footage these videos are being updated daily, be sure to take advantage of this free USA Wrestling offering.

For all upcoming USA Wrestling event information, be sure to visit www.usawrestlingevents.com!  USA Wrestling Regional and National Championships, which are the proving grounds for our future Olympians, have already begun.  Don’t miss out on the opportunity to be part of these fantastic events.

USA Wrestling wishes you continued success in your wrestling season!

Molokai Invitational Results

The Molokai Wrestling Club dominated their own tournament, the Molokai Invitational, Saturday at Molokai High School.

It was Molokai’s first win of the Maui Style Wrestling season. Molokai had 16 champions and 22 runner-ups. Central Maui Style finished second with five champions while the Napili Surfriders were third and had six winners. Upcountry Wrestling Club was fourth and had seven champions.

Asa Howard (50 lbs), of Napili, won the biggest Menehune division. The largest Bantam classes were won by Carson Yoshida (55 lbs), of Upcountry, Jesse Dudoit (58 lbs), of Molokai, and Isaiah Souza (64 lbs), of Razorbacks.

Ronald Criste (65 lbs), of Napili, claimed the biggest Midget division while Zack Wigzell (75 lbs), of Napili, won the largest Novice class. Harry Jaramillo (120 lbs), of Napili, and Noah Caparida (140 lbs), of Molokai won the biggest Schoolboy classes.

Holden Mowat, a 2010 state high school champion from Lahainaluna, won the 160-pound class, the biggest high school division.

Team results

Molokai Wrestling Club 143

Central Maui Style 67

Napili Surfriders 57

Upcountry Wrestling Club 45

Lahaina Roughnecks 37

Kihei Maulers 36

Central Razorbacks 19

Punahou Pumas 5

Lanai Ka’ulula’au 1

Maui Makali’i 1

Individual results

Menehune (5-6 years)

40 pounds-1. Nasiah Holland, Upcountry; 2. Ku Chow, Molokai; 3. Tobey Ravida, Makali’i. 40 pound girls-1. Jalyssa Miguel, Razorbacks; 2. Lydia Dudoit, Molokai; 3. Kailani Bicoy, Molokai. 45 pounds-1. Kapio Madrid, Upcountry; 2. Keoni Rodrigues, Central; 3. Dion Augustino, Molokai. 50 pounds-1. Asa Howard, Napili; 2. Zavior Tampon, Upcountry; 3. Shadd Lopez, Lahaina. 55 pounds-1. Seth Delos Reyes, Kihei; 2. Samson Jeppson, Kihei; 3. Keawe Kane-Keahi, Lahaina. 55 pounds & over-1. Jonathan Bacos, Central; 2. Teruko Asano, Molokai.

Bantam (7-8 years)

45 pounds-1. Kevin Alolau-Puou, Central; 2. Isaiah Niles, Lahaina; 3. Kaeo Miguel, Razorbacks. 50 pound girls-1. Keeya Bicoy, Molokai; 2. Hina Chow, Molokai; 3. Jaki Kua’ana, Napili. 50 pounds-1. Tai Kauhao-Po, Upcountry; 2. Aidan Hanley, Upcountry; 3. Treston Dunnam, Molokai. 55 pounds-1. Carson Yoshida, Upcountry; 2. Jackson Bunting, Kihei; 3. Chanse Criste, Napili. 58 pounds-1. Jesse Dudoit, Molokai; 2. Xavier Alolau-Puou, Central; 3. Kaimana Mano, Lanai. 60 pound girls-1. Nanea Estrella, Upcountry; 2. Shannon Jaramillo, Napili; 3. Jahnea Miguel, Razorbacks. 64 pounds-1. Isaiah Souza, Razorbacks; 2. Vincente Venenciano, Molokai; 3. Tayven Florendo, Molokai. 70 pounds-1. Alika Balbas, Molokai; 2. Maake Panuve, Central; 3. Jonathan Galarita, Napili. 80 pounds-1. Hoala Aiapai, Kihei; 2. Odin Hall, Napili. 90 pounds & over-1. Seth Hookano, Central; 2. Soni Panuve, Central.

Midget (9-10 years)

60 pounds-1. Zeff Dudoit, Molokai; 2. Ichiro Asano, Molokai; 3. Jon Miguel, Razorbacks. 65 pounds-1. Ronald Criste, Napili; 2. Kawehi Gillcoat, Napili; 3. Caele Manley, Molokai. 70 pounds-1. Tekoa Umi, Molokai; 2. Chevy Augustino, Molokai; 3. Samuel Ostermiller, Central. 70 pound girls-1. Kolohane Balbas, Molokai; 2. Kelsey-Lea Bicoy, Molokai; 3. Savannah Milton, Kihei. 75 pounds-1. Hauoli Caparida, Molokai; 2. Makai Keanini, Molokai; 3. Kenny Mercado, Central. 80 pounds-1. Keaka Kua’ana, Napili; Devin Galios-Line, Central; 3. Puono Hafoka, Kihei. 90 pounds-1. Trenton Takata, Molokai; 2. Ikua Deponte, Molokai; 3. Daisha Kahoalii-Kahikane, Lahaina. 100 pound girls-1. Jaedyn Miguel, Razorbacks; 2. Uilani Ostermiller, Central; 3. Sela Panuve, Central. 110 pound girls-1. Sydney Rawlins, Molokai; 2. Lorralyn-Shai Rawlins, Molokai; 3. Mira Clayton, Kihei. 120 pounds & over-1. Motuila Malafu, Kihei; 2. Frank Galios, Central; 3. Matthew Rawlins, Kihei.

Novice (11-12 years)

60 pounds-1. Colby Hanley Jr, Upcountry; 2. Nicolas Nunez, Napili; 3. Jake Samaniego, Molokai. 70 pounds-1. Zack Wigzell, Napili; 2. Kainalu Estrella, Upcountry; 3. Kaisyn Lee, Kihei. 80 pounds-1. Souta Nardi, Lahaina; 2. Justin Trujillo, Kihei; 3. Decker Bicoy, Molokai. 85 pound girls-1. Anela Chow, Molokai; 2. Alexis Encinas, Lahaina; 3. Janessa Miguel, Razorbacks. 85 pounds-1. Micah Francisco, Central; 2. Ethan Kaplan, Central; 3. Hoarai Pou, Molokai. 90 pounds-1. Alika Delos Reyes, Kihei; Joseph Campos, Lahaina; 3. Noah Archuleta, Molokai. 100 pounds-1. Thomas Stevenson, Central; 2. Kekoa Ostermiller, Central; 3. Esther Umi, Molokai. 130 pounds-1. Darius Abayabay, Lahaina; 2. Hanalei Alapai, Kihei; 3. Makana Kaahanui, Molokai. 140 pound girls-1. Cendall Manley, Molokai; 2. Rosemary Cramer-Ortiz, Central; 3. Chasity Ortiz, Central. 160 pounds & over-1. Chelsen Victorino, Molokai; Tristyn Borden, Central; 3. Jakob Priest, Kihei.

Schoolboy (13-14 years)

85 pounds-1. Josten Saribay, Upcountry; 2. Pono Chow, Molokai; 3. Kellen Mulholland, Napili. 100 pounds-1. Christian Balagso, Lahaina; 2. Ansen Cabanilla, Lahaina; 3. Slayden Lloyd, Central. 100 pound girls-1. Kailaoe Cabating, Molokai; 2. Karley Kaulii, Molokai; 3. Chaylyn Kupau, Molokai. 105 pounds-1. Josh Crimmins, Punahou; 2. Jahfrey Akina, Central; 3. Brendell Manuel, Napili. 120 pound girls-1. Carly Jaramillo, Napili; 2. Rizpah Umi, Molokai; 3. Nani Rabara, Kihei. 120 pounds-1. Harry Jaramillo, Napili; 2. Wyatt Chism, Napili; 3. Kalei Cabanting, Upcountry. 140 pounds-1. Noah Caparida, Molokai; 2. Turner Wyckoff, Napili; 3. Kawika Kinimaka, Napili. 160 pounds-1. Robert Traxler, Molokai; 2. Connor St. John, Napili; 3. Justin Bishop-Tinao, Lahaina. 180 pounds-1. Akea Lum, Molokai; 2. David Makaiwi, Molokai; 3. Ho’o Cabanilla, Lahaina. 200 pounds & over-1. Alicia Coston-Chung, Lahaina; 2. Robert Onofrio, Molokai; 3. Gage Borden, Central.

High School (15-18 years)

120 pound girls-1. Michal Umi, Molokai; 2. Charisse Manley, Molokai; 3. Precious Jaramillo, Napili. 120 pounds-1. Christian Carbajal, Lahaina; 2. Kamalani Ranis, Razorbacks; 3. Kahi Tihada, Napili. 140 pounds-1. Kailen Inouye, Molokai; 2. Paul Valdez, Molokai; 3. Mark Ventura, Napili. 150 pounds-1. Kevin Dudoit, Molokai; 2. Jacob Howard, Napili; 3. Simon Blair, Molokai. 160 pounds-1. Holden Mowat, Lahaina; 2. Kekoa Corpuz, Molokai; 3. Shiloh Torres-Umi, Molokai. 170 pounds-1. Darius Caparida, Molokai; 2. Shayden Pedro, Molokai; 3. Cory Belista, Razorbacks. 200 pounds-1. Kiley Johnston, Molokai; 2. Matthew Ranis, Razorbacks.

Hawaii AAU Wrestling Tournament – Saturday May 15

When: Saturday, May 15, 2010

Where: Lahaina Civic Center

Weigh-ins: 8 am. When the last wrestler in line is weighed in,
weigh-ins will be over.

Mats: 8 surfaces, 4 whole, 4 1/2 mats. Last year we had 6 surfaces.

Divisions: Menehune 2004-05, Bantam 2002-03, Midget  2000-2001, Novice 1998-1999, Schoolboy 1996-1997* Note 1995 8th graders may wrestle in the Schoolboy division. You must put 8th grader on their weigh-in card.  These divisions will all wrestle folkstyle.

High School 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992* Note 1991 can wrestle High School if they are seniors.
Open High School & Open will wrestle Freestyle.

Format: We will start with Menehune and go through each division, then come back to Menehune. No weight class will have over 12 wrestlers. We will group as many girls together as we can, but there are no guarantees boys will not be paired with girls. Make sure you mark your girls on the weigh-in card. Last year we had 16 all-girl weight
classes.

Last year we had 80 total weight classes. AAU Regional Championship medals will be awarded to the top 3.

All competitors must be AAU members. You can register for AAU at the tournament for $15. If you register online prior (suggested), you will pay $12. Go to aausports.org and follow the prompts. Our club code is: HIWRTEYKB1.

You can print out your cards after you register and bring them to the tournament. If you don’t have your AAU card, you will be charged $15. If you have your card, the tournament is free. We ask that you support the concession stand.

Coaches: Please let us know if you are planning to attend so we can make club signs for our “Tournament of Champions” entrance.

Last year we had the following clubs participate: Lahaina Roughnecks, Central Maui Style, Molokai Wrestling Club, Napili Surfriders, Keiki Warriors, Kihei Maulers, Lanai Ka’ulula’au, Leeward Cobras, Team Scorpions, Punahou Pumas, Hana Takedown Club, Team Hawaii, 808 Spartans, Armed Forces Junior Grapplers, Waianae Wrestling Club,
Kahuku Red Raiders Wrestling Club, Makoa Wrestling Club, Oahu Wrestling Club, Southside Bulldogs

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