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Posted at 11:16 p.m., Friday, March 2, 2007

Punahou boys have slim lead in state wrestling

By Wes Nakama
Advertiser Staff Writer

Punahou leads the Chevron/Hawaii High School Athletic Association Boys Wrestling Championships by the thinnest of margins, 71.5 points to 70, over Kamehameha after the first day of action at Blaisdell Arena.

Friday's results included the qualifying, preliminary and quarterfinal rounds. The tournament concludes today with the semifinals and consolation rounds 3 and 4, followed by the girls finals and consolation finals at 4:30 p.m. and the boys finals and consolation finals at 6:30 p.m.

Saint Louis is in third place with 61.5 points, followed by Kahuku (60), Kaiser (49), Aiea (48.5), 'Iolani (43) and Pearl City (40).

The girls team standings are almost as close, with Kahuku in first place withh 63.5 points, followed by Farrington (61), Kamehameha (58), Iolani (54.5), Punahou (45), Kapolei (44), 'Aiea (37.5) and Waianae (33).

Iolani's Carla Watase and Kamehameha's Hoku Nohara stayed on track in trying to become the second and third Hawai'i girls to win four individual state championships.

Both advanced to today's semifinals, with Watase facing unseeded Kalae Johnson of Kahuku in the 108-pound finals and Nohara against No. 4 seed Naoli Weller of Hilo.