Jason Spiker can do no wrong.

The Kaiser senior wrestler is 12-0 this season, including titles at the Maui Invitational and the Hawai'i Wrestling Officials Scholarship tournaments. What's more, an astounding 10 wins have come by pin fall.

"What he's done so far really speaks for itself," Kaiser head coach Mike Kim said. "He's always been a good pinner, but it seems like this year he's really coming out firing."

Which is bad news for future opponents.

At last weekend's Officials' tournament, Spiker won all five matches by pin and all but one ended in the first round.

"It's really hard to critique him when he doesn't get past the first period," Kim said. "His total mat time was so short that there's not much that I can even look at to work on with him."

His quickest match — a mere 27 seconds — came in the championship final.

Spiker also earned 34 points for the Cougars, who finished second to two-time defending state champion Punahou in the team scoring. His total was the most earned by any individual wrestler among the 430 who represented 34 schools.

"Really, what more can he do," Kim laughed.

Spiker, the two-time defending O'ahu Interscholastic Association champion at 103 pounds, finished third at last year's state tournament after a heartbreaking semifinal loss.

"I lost to a Punahou guy. People said he should have gotten called for stalling, but I just told myself that I've got to do it this year," Spiker said. He finished second in the state as a sophomore, but has his sights set on nothing less than first this year.

This season the weight class was changed from 103 to 108 pounds, which proved advantageous to Spiker.

"I got a little heavier naturally, but I'm still about 111 right now," Spiker said. "I'm right where I can drop a little bit of weight and still be strong and comfortable."

Said Kim: "He was having a hard time making 103 (last season), so really there was no way he would have went to 103 again, so 108 is perfect for him."

Kaiser, the two-time defending OIA champion, is a favorite to three-peat. The Cougars had eight place-finishers at the Officials' tournament, including three first.

In addition to Spiker's title at 108 pounds, Michael Nakagawa won at 120 and Byron Apo claimed 135.

"That's probably the biggest advantage we have over a lot of the other OIA teams is that we have so many contenders on our team that everybody has good workout partners," Kim said. "It's especially good for our younger JV wrestlers. They're wrestling these guys every day. They see what kind of work and what kind of mindset it takes and why they are where they are."

Spiker agreed: "It helps because we have to work harder and I know that I have a good team backing me up. I know that we can do really well as long as we keep pushing each other."