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By KIMBERLY LETTEER
Democrat Staff Writer March 01, 2000
ROCHESTER — Two Spaulding High School wrestlers are to appear in court — one in March, the other in April — on charges stemming from the alleged assault of a female teammate on a bus after a Dec. 4 scrimmage in Plaistow.
Jonathan D. Hayward, 17, of 235 Whippoorwill Road, Union, is scheduled to appear in Plaistow District Court on April 13 on one count of simple assault, harassment and disorderly conduct in connection with the alleged assault.
Another 16-year-old wrestler charged with one count of harassment and one count of disorderly conduct is to appear in family court on March 22 in Brentwood. He has not been identified because he is a minor.
Hayward allegedly grabbed a female teammate by the head, guided her toward his groin area and asked her to commit a sexual act, according to Plaistow Police Chief Stephen Savage. The juvenile charged in the assault is accused of making offensive statements to the girl while standing nearby.
The two wrestlers were suspended from the team following the incident. After the School Board heard complaints about the team’s behavior, the wrestling team’s season was suspended in February.
Since then, head coach Joel Thone said the team has been under scrutiny by administrators.
The assault was not the only reason for suspending the team’s season, he has said. Other incidents led to the probation approved by Spaulding High School Principal Elizabeth Mantelli and the School Board.
The board had voted at a special meeting in a nonpublic session to uphold any decision to suspend the team’s season if another incident occurred.
The final incident that resulted in the suspension the season when a member of the team was harassed by local youths on school grounds, according to Thone.
He said there wasn’t a skirmish, but one youth followed another home.
"It was the incident that took us off the mat," Thone said earlier.
The following day administrators and Athletic Director Timothy Kilroy met with Thone to explain that, because of that incident, the season was terminated.
The suspension hits the team particularly hard because Thone believed the Red Raiders could have qualified as many as "five or six" wrestlers for the state meet. The team posted a 14-4 record during the regular season.
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GIRLS' WRESTLING
Wrestling with change
By Star-Bulletin Staff
Wednesday, March 1, 2000
Times have changed in sports, but not all attitudes have kept up, as evidenced by this piece of mail the Star-Bulletin received after a feature last week on Castle wrestlers Cathy Migita and Kristin Fujioka.
"Your Wednesday coverage of girls wrestling was a waste of space," wrote someone who didn't sign the letter. "They should be taking ballet or voice or soccer or jazz or acting ... NOT wrestling."
The Moanalua girls' team, which successfully defended its state championship over the weekend, might not cover all the bases when it comes to traditional "girl" activities. But the Menehune come pretty close, and they hit the books as hard as they do opponents.
The team includes a senior prom queen with a 4.3 GPA (Charlene Katayama), a marching band member with a 4.0 (Diane Kau), a student association vice president with a 4.0 (Jessica Toyama), a May Day princess with a 3.4 (Katrina Winget) a cheerleading captain with a 3.8 (Stacy Pak) and a National Honor Society president with a 3.7 (Chastity Quenga).
Score Board WRESTLING
Data House State Wrestling Championships
Friday, Saturday at Blaisdell Arena
Girls
Final Team Standings
Moanalua 143.5, Leilehua 113, McKinley 102, Mililani 95.5, Castle 83.5, Roosevelt 57, Kamehameha 55, Waipahu 44, Pearl City 37, Kaiser 36, Baldwin 34.5, Kahuku 30, Lahainaluna 28, Nanakuli 26, Radford 25.5, Punahou 25, Aiea 25, Hilo 23, Ka'u 22, Farrington 18, Campbell 18, St. Andrews 16, Iolani 15.5, Kealakehe 13, Hawaii Baptist 12, Kaimuki 10.5, Kalaheo 9, King Kekaulike 8, St. Francis 7, University 7, Kalani 7, Maui 4, Waianae 4, Hana 3, St. Anthony 0, Kaahumanu Hou 0.
98 lbs.-Championship: Whitney Rabacal (Roosevelt) def. Francine Anny (Leilehua) pin 3:37. Third Place: Kristin Fujioka (Castle) def. Darilyn Blancaflor (Waipahu) 12-3.
103 lbs.-Championship: Melissa Orden (McKinley) def. Sherilyn Hashiro (Roosevelt) tech 4:00. Third Place: Shanel Vivas (Kahuku) def. Tanya Miyasaki (Castle) 2-1
108 lbs.-Championship: Caylene Valdez (Moanalua) def. Leihua Ballesteros (Leilehua) pin 2:00. Third Place: Deanna Lau (Punahou) def. Krystal Hirose (Castle) pin 4:12.
114 lbs.-Championship: Carrie Nishimura (McKinley) def. Kaui Kaina (Hilo) pin 5:53. Third Place: Charmane Ballesteros (Leilehua) def. Natalie Dawson (Campbell) 11-5.
121 lbs.-Championship: Cathy Migita (Castle) def. Sharlette Taba (McKinley) 6-3. Third Place: Brandi Vallesteros (Mililani) def. Katrina Winget (Moanalua) 4-2.
130 lbs.-Championship: Shani Alvarado (Mililani) def. Dara Ching (Pearl City) pin 1:33. Third Place: Diane Kau (Moanalua) def. Staci Saito (McKinley) pin 1:53.
140 lbs.-Championship: Stephany Lee (Moanalua) def. Stephanie Bolton (Radford) pin 4:51. Third Place: Anna Tong (Kaiser) def. Jennifer Miyahira (St. Andrews) pin 2:09.
155 lbs.-Championship: Ashley Gasper (Nanakuli) def. Charisse Hanawahine (Kamehameha) pin 5:08. Third Place: Vanessa Naluai (Kaiser) def. Selina Perez (Baldwin) 13-9
175 lbs.-Championship: Iwalani Fonoimoana (Kamahameha) def. Rose Enos (Ka'u) pin 1:28. Third Place: Gabrielle Nicholas (Moanalua) def. Michelle Brogden (Mililani) pin 2:00.
220 lbs.-Championship: Malama Sylve (Leilehua) def. Charmelle Kahele (Farrington) pin 4:38. Third Place: Lauren Phillips (Kealakehe) def. Bernadette Maea (Moanalua) pin 3:05.
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Moanalua rebuilds fast to repeat as girls’ champ
By Dennis Anderson February 27, 2000
Advertiser Staff Writer
Moanalua High’s girls won their second straight Data House State Wrestling Championship at Blaisdell Arena yesterday with an almost all-new team.
All four of the state-meet placers from last year’s champions graduated, but the Menehune placed in eight of 10 weight classes and had two underclasswomen champions.
“Study hall, sweat and tears,” was the recipe for Moanalua’s quick rebuilding, coach Joel Kawachi said. The Menehune were beaten by Mililani in both the Western Division and Oahu Interscholastic Association championship meets. “There were lots of tears then,” Kawachi said.
But there were nothing but smiles yesterday as they scored 143.5 points to 113 for Leilehua and 102.5 for McKinley. Mililani was fourth with 95.5.
Sophomore Stephany Lee, whom Kawachi recruited from judo, won the 140-pound championship and freshman Caylene Valdez, who placed fourth in the national girls meet last year as an eighth grader, won at 108 pounds.
Moanalua also scored two third places, two fourths and two fifths.
Both Menehune winners, and six of the eight others, won by pins, resulting in an hour-long championship round.
Lee’s pin came after a spectacular throw. She dumped Radford’s Stephanie Bolton upside down on her head, then adjusted into a half-nelson 51 seconds into the third round.
Nanakuli’s Ashley Gasper used what wrestler’s call a Saturday Night Ride to pin Kamehameha’s Charisse Hanawahine in the third round of 155s. “You climb on top, hook her legs and apply a half-nelson,” explained Jill Remiticado, 1999 Iolani graduate who was one of the pioneers of girls high school wrestling in Hawaii.
The other pin winners were Roosevelt’s Whitney Rabacal (98 pounds), McKinley’s Carrie Nishimura (114), Mililani’s Shani Alvarado (130), Kamehameha’s Iwalani Fonoimoana (175) and Leilehua’s Malama Sylve (290).
Sylve, who won last year at 175, was the only two-time champion.
McKinley’s Melissa Orden won a technical fall in 103s, outscoring Roosevelt’s Sherilyn Hashiro, 16-0.
Valdez’s pin of Leilehua’s Lei Ballesteros in 108 came as the second-round ended. Officials at first ruled the clock beat the pin, but after a lengthy discussion changed the ruling.
McKinley’s Nishimura fell behind 4-1 in 114s before she rallied to take an 8-6 lead and pin Hilo’s Kaui Kaina 17 seconds before the match ended. “It’s a butterflies kind of thing,” Nishimura said. “I do that almost every match. I get nervous and freeze at the beginning. She wakes me up when she gets ahead, then I get energized.”
Eight winners were No. 1 seeds. Fonoimoana pinned top-seeded Rose Enos of Ka‘u in 175s in 1 minute, 28 seconds, the meet’s fastest pin.
In 121s, top seed Brandi Vallesteros lost to McKinley’s Sharlette Taba in the semifinals. Then Castle’s Cathy Migita, a junior in her second year of wrestling who placed third in the OIA, beat Taba for the title.
Two BIIF girls wrestlers pick up state titles
March 1, 1999
Two Big Island Interscholastic Federation girls wrestlers won individual titles, and three boys wrestled in championship matches at the DataHouse Boys and Girls State Wrestling Championships Saturday at Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu.
Waiakea's Vallerie Busch won the girls 130-pound weight class, while Emery Sagucio of Hilo won the 140-pound title. Busch won her second consecutive state title, with a 14-4 win over Renee Nakata of Moanalua. Sagucio defeated Ashley Gasper of Nanakuli 7-4.
