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The
OIA High School tournaments were great experiences for the
boys. The tournaments had from 15 to 20 high schools. The
Aloha we received from the other wrestlers, coaches, referees
and families was overwhelming! Everyone was so glad to finally
see a team from Kauai. You can imagine how the boys felt
surrounded by big teams in matching uniforms, many of the
Oahu schools have wrestling programs well over 20 years,
some probably 50 year wrestling programs. The Oahu schools
have huge populations to put their teams together, the 4
Waimea boys and 2 Westside Wrestling coaches were definitely
the "little giants". I say "little giants"
because they really did well! Although Cole and Evan did
not win a match, they both improved and had great moments.
Chris Kaiakapu had some victories and kept getting better.
Daniel Quinlan put his name on the wrestling map, by losing
only 2 matches in 3 tournaments. Check the "Tournament
Results" section for more information. By the end
of the third tournament it was clear that Daniel was a contender
for a Junior Varsity Championship in the 140 lb weight class.
Unfortunately the boys were not allowed to compete in the
JV Championship tournament because they had not fulfilled
the certification requirements usually accomplished through
their school. Westside Wrestling continues to encourage
Waimea High School and the Kauai Interscholastic Federation
to sanction the sport of wrestling! Coach Mac does have
a plan to get the boys certified next school year, in the
event the KIF does not sanction the sport.
Latisha and Bulla Alo did well in the Oahu PAL tournaments.
Tisha lost only one match in three tournaments. Bulla had
some wins and some losses, and showed continued improvement.
Coach Mac is taking Tisha to the US Girls Wrestling Association
Nationals in Detroit Michigan April 1&2. The best girls
in the Nation compete in this event for National titles.
Westside Wrestling will also sponsor Tisha's nieces Teniya
and Teshya, so we will have a three girl team at the Nationals.
On Saturday January 21 we had another car wash and yard
sale to raise money. It went well and everybody had a lot
of fun as you will see from the pictures.
On February 10 we did a demonstration at Waimea Canyon School.
Wrestlers Teniya, Teshya and Latisha Alo, as well as Daniel
Quinlan, Chris Kaiakapu, and Evan Hurd helped Coach Jojo
and Coach Mac put on a live demonstration for the kids at
Waimea Canyon School. It was a lot of fun and the kids seemed
to enjoy the show. The Waimea High Principal gave the boys
an excused absence for the day to do the demonstration,
it lasted most of the school day. The Waimea Canyon kids
attended in groups throughout the day as part of their health
and PE classes.
The Spring/Summer Hawaii USAW wrestling tournament season
starts Saturday 3/25 at Mililani High School on Oahu. Coach
Mac, Daniel Quinlan, Cory Howatt, Latisha and Bulla Alo
are flying over to compete at Mililani.
Westside Wrestling will host our second annual USAW Sanctioned
tournament on June 10 at Waimea High School Gym. On June
9, the day before the tournament, we have Brandon Slay scheduled
to teach a clinic. Brandon was a 2000 US Olympic Gold Medalist.
So we will have a 2 day event at the Waimea Gym! More specific
information is posted in the "Tournament/Clinic
Information" section.
So, the winter season was busy and the spring/summer season
is even more busy!
Archived
Club News:
11.28.2005 Preparing for Radford HS Annual Junior Varsity
tournament View
article
09.26.2005
Banquets and awards ceremony View
article
09.12.2005
Preparing for Kauai's first wrestling tournament View
article
07.04.2005
Aloha State Games tournament View
article
06.22.2005
Last practice before Aloha State Games tournament View
article
06.04.2005
Car wash View
article
05.08.2005
Hosting of rules clinic and training by John Schmidtke.
View
article
03.27.2006
OIA High school tournament View
article
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