One of my favorite articles on wrestling

Kalani Simpson claims not to understand wrestlers, but he shows in this commentary that he understands us much better than he thinks.
Grapplers Put Everything on the Fine Line

2010 ILH Tournament Coverage in the StarBulletin

From today’s Star Bulletin:
After nearly 8 hours of all-out tussling and bodyslams, Punahou emerged yesterday evening as the kings of the boys Interscholastic League of Honolulu wrestling.
Punahou Boys Rule ILH

2010 ILH Tournament Brackets

The brackets for the 2010 ILH Tournament are now available on Matside Hawaii. You can get to there by clicking here.

Starbulletin: Kamehameha In Control

Well written article nicely captures the state of the ILH:
The rivalry between Kamehameha and Punahou in boys wrestling is heating up.

In the last dual tournament before the Interscholastic League of Honolulu championships this Saturday, the Warriors defeated Punahou 31-24 in the final round yesterday afternoon to capture the team title.
The [...]

Schedule for ILH Dual Meet Championship Tournament (Feb 13)

Here are the brackets & (approximate) schedule for the ILH Dual Meet Tournament on Saturday, February 13th at Kamehameha.

Match
Level
Gender
Home
Visitor
Mat
Time
(apprx)
Notes

1
JV
Boys
DAMIEN
PAC-5
1
10:00AM

2
JV
Boys
PUNAHOU
IOLANI
2
10:00AM

3
VAR
Boys
DAMIEN
SAINT LOUIS
3
10:00AM

4
VAR
Boys
IOLANI
PAC-5
4
10:00AM

5
JV
Boys
KAMEHAMEHA
Winner of Damien v. Pac-5
1ST OPEN MAT
10:45AM

6
JV
Boys
SAINT LOUIS
Winner of Punahou v. Iolani
1ST OPEN MAT
10:45AM

7
VAR
Boys
PUNAHOU
Winner of Damien v. St. Louis
1ST OPEN MAT
10:45AM

8
VAR
Boys
KAMEHAMEHA
Winner of Iolani v. Pac-5
1ST OPEN MAT
10:45AM

9
VAR
Girls
KAMEHAMEHA
IOLANI
1ST OPEN MAT
12:00PM

10
VAR
Girls
PAC-5
PUNAHOU
1ST OPEN MAT
12:00PM

11
JV
Boys
TBD
TBD
1ST OPEN MAT
12:00PM
Finals for 5th

12
VAR
Boys
TBD
TBD
1ST OPEN [...]

New Wrestling Web Site

Just wanted to let everyone know that I’ve started a new web site focused on wrestling, judo, and grappling/mma called Matside Hawaii. The site is intended to be an information resource for the sport(s) we hold so dear, yet get so little coverage from the local media. It’s also a bit of an experiment in [...]

UPDATED (JAN21): Schedule for this weekend

Just to clarify our schedule this weekend, Girls and Varsity teams will be wrestling in the Dual Meet Tournament on Friday (5:30p start) and Saturday (2:00p start) at Iolani. We will be wrestling a round-robin team tournament (meaning we wrestle every other ILH team). Schedules are posted below.
JV and Intermediate teams will be wrestling on [...]

Punahou Wrestling in the Minnesota Newspapers

As on our last trip to the Clash, we got nice coverage in the Minnesota papers. Here’s an article from the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
Hearty Hawaiians test the air (brrrr), hit the mat

Ben Pherson also did a piece on us for the Jan 6 edition of Rochester’s Post-Bulletin. Unfortunately, I can’t seem to link to [...]

Success at the 2009 Brute-Adidas Nationals

This past weekend we took 9 of our best wrestlers to the Brute/Adidas Nationals in Kansas City, MO.? This tournament has wrestlers from across the country, but mostly the Midwest (for obvious reasons), compete against each other within the same grade level. Weight classes all had a 3 lbs allowance from the NFHS weight classes.? [...]

State Champions x 2

The Punahou Wrestling Program had its most successful week ever, winning both Boys and Girls titles at last weekend?s HHSAA State Championships. The Boys earned their third consecutive state crown, winning 5 of 8 finals matches and medaling 12. The Girls broke through, winning their first-ever state title with 2 individual champions and 7 individual [...]

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