WAILUKU — This wasn't the Lahainaluna Invitational, but it looked like it.

In as dominating a performance as the Maui Interscholastic League has ever seen, the Lahainaluna High School boys wrestling team took over the league championships yesterday at the Baldwin gym.

The Lunas put wrestlers in all 14 boys finals and walked away with 10 titles while rolling up a league-record 257 points. Three of the championship matches were Luna-vs.-Luna battles — with state tournament berths on the line, because teams can send only one wrestler per class to the Blaisdell Arena for competition Friday and Saturday.

Consider the fate of Harry Reardon, for example. The 160-pound junior advanced to the final with two wins and had to face teammate — and defending state champion — Lake Casco.

''It is pretty tough, but it just makes you better if you practice with him every day,'' Reardon said to The Maui News after being pinned by Casco in 1 minute, 43 seconds. ''I wrestled him throughout the season and I just tried to get better and better. He pushes me hard and he makes me a lot better.''

The Lunas' nonscoring wrestlers would have finished fourth in the team standings with 82 points, one less than Moloka'i. Baldwin took second with 93.

The MIL sends four wrestlers per weight class to the state championships, but individual schools can send only one per class.

Reardon will be making the trip to watch what could have been for him personally, but with a sense of pride that efforts like his have this team in position to contend for a team title, which a Neighbor Island team has never won.

''We've got 14 guys going over, so we can do it,'' he said.

Casco said that the Lunas showed they will be ready for the state meet, where Punahou and Kaiser are expected to be in the team chase as well.

''I think so. I mean, we had 17 guys in the finals — three matches head to head — and Lunas lining up all of one side (of the championship introductions), which is pretty incredible,'' Casco said.

The 215 final was a hard one for Lahainaluna coach Todd Hayase to watch as senior teammates Marvin Agmata and Dayne Flores battled for a state slot. Agmata prevailed with a 42-second pin, the fastest fall of the finals. Flores missed making weight at 189.

''I have been wrestling our 285-pounder (Robert Kudlich), which really helped me,'' Agmata said. ''Me and Robert really made each other better, but I will tell Dayne, 'No hard feelings, we are still family.' The Lunas are family. We will be ready for state. Team goal, team title. We all have to work our hardest.''

In the girls competition, Kamehameha-Maui won its first MIL wrestling title. The Warriors piled up 107 points to hold off Baldwin, which finished with 79. Lahainaluna and Moloka'i tied for third with 42 apiece.

''I told the girls that we had a good chance this year and they proved it,'' Kamehameha coach Tony Souza said after Malia Medeiros won at 103 and Caronne Rozet won at 108 to lead the charge. ''The girls have worked really hard in the room this year and we are getting ready for state. I can remember when we had only two girls in the room five years ago when we started the program and now we have girls in 10 of 11 weight classes.''

The third boys final between Lahainaluna teammates was at 140, and may have been the match of the day — a 2-1 win for sophomore Holden Mowat over junior Sean Farrington.

''That was hard because we practice against each other every day and we know exactly what we are going to do against each other,'' Mowat said. ''All of the wrestle-offs are one point. Last time we went overtime, nine minutes, and I lost. He wins the majority of the time. There is a lot of pressure on me to do well (at state) as the 'B' wrestler. Sean made me better all year and I don't know what I am going to say to him.''

The 140 final was scoreless until Mowat's takedown with 36 seconds left. Farrington escaped with 21 seconds remaining, but could not get any closer.

The Lunas' 10 champions will all be seeded in the top four at the state tournament, while the runners-up will be seeded from fifth through eighth.

''That kind of surprised us to have all 14 guys in the finals — well, really 17,'' Hayase said. ''That was nice. They battled. We were looking for some good, quality matches, smart wrestling. We have got three more days of practice and we have a lot more to work on for state.''

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