State wrestling

Maui High’s Uilaunaole Fernandez, the No. 3 seed, made the semifinals at 140 with a 63-second pin and a 9-6 win over Baldwin’s Lakota Kamaka in the quarterfinals.

Baldwin’s Jahlia Miguel, the 145 state champion in 2022, needed less than 3 minutes of mat time to make the semifinals at 145, recording pins in 1:08 and 1:23.

Lahainaluna’s Shansi Boaz-Vasquez, Siana’s sister, recorded pins in 58 seconds and 1:33 to make the semifinals at 155.

Another all-MIL final is possible at 170 as Molokai’s Masina Borden-Phillips and Lahainaluna’s Catherine Asami, the 2022 state champion at 184, both made the semifinals. Both advanced with two pins apiece.

Among the MIL boys, Ryder Armitage, a Lahainaluna sophomore and the top seed, advanced to the 106 semifinals with a pair of pins.

Lanai’s Diesel Del Rosario, a three-time MIL champion who is seeking his school’s first state title of any kind, scored two second-period pins to improve to 21-0 on the season and make the semifinals at 120.

He will meet Molokai’s Jona Dudoit in the first semifinal today. Dudoit won his first match 16-3 and then beat Kamehameha Hawaii’s Charles Hao 3-2 in the quarterfinals.

Baldwin’s Randy Esperanza, the top seed at 132, won a pair of matches, 7-0 and a technical fall at 17-2 in 3:37, to make the semifinals.

Two-time defending state champion Mikah Labuanan of Kamehameha Maui is easily into the semifinals at 144 with a 15-0 technical fall in 2:45 and a pin in 3:06.

Baldwin’s Bryson Adric is in the semifinals at 150 after two second-period pins, and Maui High’s Tony Passetti made the semis at 157 with two decisions, 8-2 and 5-2 over Hunter-Lee Paclib of Kamehameha Kapalama in the quarterfinals.

At 165, an all-MIL final is possible after No. 1 seed Ikaika Gonzales of Lahainaluna advanced with an 8-3 win and a pin in 1:13, and Baldwin’s Nai Hasegawa made the final four with a pin in 1:09 and a 13-4 win over Ezekiel Shulz of Radford.

Lahainaluna’s Chaser Boaz is in the semifinals at 190 with a 56-second pin and another pin in 4:42.

Baldwin’s Toa Mata‘afa-Grove, Teata’s older brother, rolled into the semifinals at 215 with a pair of 91-second pins as the top seed.

At heavyweight, Lahainaluna’s Sanalio Vehikite dominated his way to the semifinals with pins in 3:03 and 45 seconds in the quarterfinals.