OKANO, CASCO CAPTURE MAT TITLES

Four individual gold medals and a second-place team finish by the Lahainaluna boys. That's the overall haul attained by the MIL during the past weekend's state wrestling championship at the Blaisdell Arena on Oahu.

Two of those golds were captured by repeat winners from Lahainaluna, with Travis Okano becoming his school's first three-time state champ by winning at 130 pounds while Lake Casco took top honors at 160.

The Lunas also received second-place finishes from 152-pounder Daniel Quinlan and 171-pounder Cole Lowen while five others reached the semis to register 176 points -- well behind repeat team champion Punahou's 225.5.

Kamehameha-Maui's Kyle Saiki took third at 145 pounds.

Two girls from the MIL returned home with gold medals.

Kamehameha-Maui's Caronne Rozet defeated Kala'e Johnson of Kahuku 5-1 for 108 title. In an all-MIL final, Baldwin's Kailee Andrade pinned Justina Luafalemana of Molokai. Lahainaluna's Gina-Bella Mataafa finished third in the same division.

The Kahuku girls won their fourth title in seven years. The Red Raiders finished with 152.5 easily beating out Iolani (106) and Punahou (85). Baldwin was fifth at 71 and Kamehameha-Maui, which won the MIL title, was sixth at 68.5.

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