Lahainaluna senior Travis Okano became his school's first three-time individual state champion and Punahou senior Daniel Chow also joined the elite club of three-time winners at last night's Chevron/Hawai'i High School Athletic Association Boys Wrestling Championships at Blaisdell Arena.

Punahou repeated as team champion, with 225.5 points. Lahainaluna (176) was second, followed by Kamehameha (147), Pearl City (125) and Kaiser (100).

Okano defeated Kaiser's Byron Apo, 5-2, to win the 130-pound title. He won the state title at 119 pounds as a sophomore and at 125 last year.

Okano took a 2-0 lead last night on a takedown with 24 seconds remaining in the first period, then went up 3-0 on an escape 10 seconds into the second. Apo closed to 3-1 with 1:30 left in the match, but Okano extended his lead to 5-1 on a takedown with 30 seconds remaining. Okano was called for stalling with 22 seconds left, making it 5-2, but Apo could not score after that.

"It's an honor, being the first one for our school," Okano said. "I hope somebody beats it."

Lahainaluna ended up tying its highest team finish; the Lunas also finished second in 2005.

Lahainaluna senior Lake Casco repeated as a state champion, winning the 160-pound title with an 11-3 victory over Kamehameha's Kameona Hokoana. Casco won the 152-pound title last year.

He joins brothers Kawika (1999 and 2000) and Kainoa (2001 and 2002) as two-time state champions for the Lunas.

Lahainaluna also got runner-up finishes from Daniel Quinlan (152 pounds) and Cole Loewen (171), fourth-place finishes from Edison Hidalgo (112), Rodrigo Tabladillo (119), Jared Panlasigui (135), Ryley Mayo (145) and Robert Kudlich (285).

"We came out strong, but we fell short of our goal and it didn't work out," said Okano, who is looking to attend Oregon State, San Francisco State or Adams (Colo.) State in the fall. "But everybody worked hard in the wrestling room, and without my teammates, I wouldn't be here."

Chow held off Saint Louis' Keani Nishigaya, 8-5, to win the 145-pound title last night. He won the title at 135 as a sophomore and at 140 last year.

Nishigaya took a 2-0 lead on a takedown with 52 seconds remaining in the first period, but Chow tied it after an escape and when Nishigaya was penalized for an illegal hold. Nishigaya went up, 3-2, on an escape with 1:43 seconds left in the second period.

Chow grabbed the lead back at 4-3 on a takedown with 1:15 remaining. Nishigaya then tied it at 4-4 with an escape with 35 seconds left in the period. Chow went up, 5-4, on an escape with 1:43 remaining in the match, then scored a takedown seven seconds later to go up, 7-4. Nishigaya closed to 7-5 on an escape with 1:15 left, but Chow gained a point when Nishigaya was called for stalling with 31 seconds remaining and held on for the victory.

"It feels good, it was a lot of hard work and it's all paying off," said Chow, who hopes to attend either Harvard or Boston University in the fall. "This match was pretty tight, but I still felt pretty comfortable."

Punahou led the team standings, 197.5 points to Lahainaluna's 167, entering the championship, third-place and fifth-place rounds. Out of 14 weight classes, the Buffanblu had four semifinalists and eight others in the consolation finals.

They had three champions (Chow, Reid Oshiro at 135 pounds and Rudie Schaefer at 152), one runner-up (Matthew Sasaki at 215), four third-place finishers (Andrew Hirai at 112, Maika Nagata at 130, Troy Murakawa at 135 and Sani Fuimaono at 285), two fourth-place finishers (Chad Taniguchi at 140 and Charlie Edesdal at 160), one fifth-place finisher (Jordan Ng at 103) and one at sixth place (Kolu Buck at 171).

"This had been building all the time," Chow said.

Chow even got an extra charge before the boys competition when he watched his sister, freshman Chrissy Chow, defeat two-time state champion Megan Morisada of 'Iolani, 3-2, to win the 114-pound state championship.

"I was really proud of her," Chow said. "That was pretty exciting."

Kailua's Lowen Tynanes-Perez also repeated as state champion, winning the 171-pound title with a 13-4 victory over Lahainaluna' Cole Loewen. Tynanes won the 160-pound title last year while wrestling for Campbell.

Reach Wes Nakama at wnakama@honoluluadvertiser.com.