Pearl City's Breanne Takaesu defeated Molokai's Kailaoe Cabating in the 105 pound bracket. Sylvia Lee | SL

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After consecutive third-place finishes the past two years, Pearl City finally cracked the glass ceiling by capturing its first Chevron state girls' wrestling crown Saturday night.

Anchored by three individual champions, the Chargers squeezed past Kamehameha 158 to 151.5 before a crowd of about 1,900 at the Blaisdell Arena.

"Feels great," Pearl City coach Mike Lee said. "It's good for the girls."

Breanne Takaesu (105 pounds), Xandria Ford (113) and Janelle Fuamatu (155) won their respective weight classes for the Chargers, who trailed Kamehameha, also seeking its first title, through quarterfinal rounds.

"We all worked so hard for it," Takaesu said. "We all wanted it so badly."

Pearl City had four wrestlers in title matches to Kamehameha's three. All three Warriors won their matches: Bree Rapoza (117), Harmony Pacheco (125) and Teshya Alo (130).

"I took it really hard," Rapoza said of her team falling just points shy of Pearl City. "But I know my team will come back stronger. I'm proud of them, no matter what."

The Warriors owned a 76-71 lead after the quarterfinals, but the Chargers' strong semifinals early Saturday gave them a 142-131 lead entering the finals, third-place and fifth-place matches.

There were three defending champions with two successfully repeating: Kapolei's Kaelynn Canyete (101) and Kamehameha's Rapoza, who became the ninth three-time champion; she placed third as a sophomore.

Lahainaluna's Carly Jaramillo became the second brother-sister gold medalists in the same tournament since Daniel and Chrissy Chow did it for Punahou in 2008. The third-seeded Jaramillo, whose brother Harry won the 140 boys' class, upset defending champion Shannon Paaaina with four seconds left in the third period in 135.

"I had to win it because when my brother won his title, it gave me the drive to get it also," Carly Jaramillo said. "Everybody was just being so supportive and I just couldn't let anyone down and I was thinking I had to win."

But the one of the biggest stories was Kahuku junior Aarica Barcina. Finishing fifth in the O'ahu Interscholastic Association tournament, Barcina was the lowest seed in her 109-pound weight class. That meant facing top-seeded Sarah Grace Alegria of Pearl City in the preliminary round. Barcina won, 3-2, and proved it was no fluke by pinning Leilehua's Nakia James at 5:16 after trailing 3-1 after two periods in the title match.

"It's great being the underdog," Barcina said. "It makes it feel that much better knowing that I came back from the very bottom."

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Punahou's Thai Ha Sloan pretty much dominated the match. Though it didn't show up in the scoring with just a 2-0 lead, the top-seeded Sloan was in control most of the first period. She racked up the rest of her points with four takedowns and a reversal over the next two periods, while all the second-seeded Gonsalves could muster were points off escapes in a 12-3 decision.

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In a battle of the top two seeds, Kapolei's Canyete had her way against Punahou's Kimberly Mesick in a 9-2 decision. Although the second period was scoreless, Canyete was never threatened. Mesick's only scoring came off escapes.

Canyete said she had lost several matches this season.

"It motivated me to train harder," she said.

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Pearl City's Breanne Takaesu had a 2-0 first-period lead before pinning Molokai's Kaliaoe Cabating at 3:42..

"I kind of doubted myself a little bit, but my teammates, my family, they all believed in me and I think that helped me a lot," Takaesu said.

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No matter, an underdog was going to prevail because Kahuku's Barcina and Leilehua's Nakia James were both unseeded.

James took a 3-1 lead late in the second period with a near fall. But with 44 seconds remaining, Barcina pinned James to pull off the storybook finish of the tournament.

"I got in a bar, I got near fall, then she almost escaped from me," Barcina said. "Once I really hear the crowd cheering, I just ran it, just set it in and pinned her."

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They had split previous meetings this season and this was to be the rubber match. In an evenly matched battle, Pearl City's Ford scored a near fall in the third period against Farrington's Oliver, who only could follow with an escape before time ran out.

"She's one of the best," Ford said of Oliver. "I'm glad that we met in the final. I was really nervous, but I'm glad that my team was right in front of the mat (in the bleachers). That helped me through the match."

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Kamehameha's Rapoza rolled up a commanding 8-0 after one period before pinning Waialua's Amber Tatog at 2:27.

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In an upset that helped keep Kamehameha close, Mililani's Angela Lee pinned Pearl City Asia Lien Evans, the second seed, at 2:52. Lee did the same to the weight class's top seed, Lahainaluna's Precious Jaramillo, yet another sibling of the aforementioned Jaramillos.

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In another match that kept the Warriors close to the Chargers, Kamehameha's Harmony Pacheco decisioned Moanalua's Keira Baker, 7-4. The second-seeded Baker's only scores were off escapes.

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Kamehameha's Alo needed just 35 seconds to pin Lahainaluna's Breanna Dudoit Vasquez.

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See above.

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Punahou's Zoe Hernandez had a commanding 13-1 lead before pinning Kaiser's Kanoeala Nakoa at 4:33. Hernandez's brother, Zachary, is a two-time state champion (2011 and 2012). Her father, Kapolei football coach Darren Hernandez did color commentary for the OC telecast, except for her match.

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Pearl City's Fuamatu, the top seed, scored most of her points against Campbell's Kuulelani Lankford in the third period in a 6-3 decision. All of Lankford's scoring were off escapes.

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Kamehameha-Hawaii's Welina Tong pinned Kapoleis Jocelyn Tabion at 1:25.

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Lahainaluna's Lalelei Mataafa, a freshman, pinned McKinley's Kaydie Lynn Tehotu at 1:33.