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Updated at 9:25 p.m., Saturday, March 1, 2008

Punahou wins state boys wrestling championship

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 tonight'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.

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.

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.

Kailua's Lowen Tynanes 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.