Kapolei's Kekua Marumoto celebrates after taking the 161-pound final. CJ Caraang | SL

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WAHIAWA — The Kapolei boys' judo team showed why they are the reigning state champions Saturday night.

Five different Hurricane judoka won their weight classes in a dominating performance at the Oahu Interscholastic Association individual judo championships at Leilehua's Paul T. Kobayashi Gymnasium.

Jayson Pagurayan won at 108 pounds, his brother Andre captured the 114-pound title, Anthony Brett was tops in 121, Rodman Salangdron won at 145 and Kekua Marumoto claimed the 161-pound crown for Kapolei.

The Hurricanes also got a runner-up finish from Kaulana Narciso at 132 pounds, fourth-place finishes from Aaron Nakama at 121 and Moses Bell at 220 and a sixth-place finish from Isaac Badua at 114.

Jayson Pagurayan's title was his second straight. He threw Mililani's Tayler Otsuka for ippon two minutes and 43 seconds into their 108-pound final. Pagurayan also defeated Otsuka for the Western Division title last week.

"He's really good and I barely beat him at Western's, so I was just worried that my (OIA) title was in jeopardy and I just worked really hard so I could beat him," said Pagurayan, who finished the match with a left taio-otoshi. "I just felt him going that way, so I threw a taio and he flew over and I'm thankful that it worked out."

Soon after his brother won, Andre Pagurayan kept the Hurricanes' momentum going with a win by hansokumake (disqualification) over Moanalua's Diamond Inouye for the 114-pound crown.

"Seeing my brother win gave me plenty of motivation knowing that I grew up doing judo with him and he's my partner and if he can win, so can I," said Andre Pagurayan, who improved upon a third-place finish a year ago. "I really wanted to win this one because last year I fell short and seeing my brother in first place took a really bad emotional toll on me, so my main goal this year was just to be as good as he was."

Brett defeated Castle's Wendell Ebesu by shido (penalty) in the 121-pound final and two weight classes later, Salangdron beat Mililani's Brent Ikei in a rematch of the 145-pound Western Division final a week ago.

Not long after that, Marumoto put on an impressive display of athleticism with a variety of attacks against an overmatched William Pineda-Abaya, of Kalani, to capture the 161-pound title for his second consecutive league championship. Marumoto rebounded from a second-place finish at Western's.

"The difference from a week ago was focus," said Marumoto, who won a state title as a sophomore. "I came in senior year and everyone talks about ‘senioritis,' and I got senioritis from the beginning of this school year. I'm not going to lie, I was really lazy, but I had something to do it for in my team, my family and (Kapolei coach) Marc (Narcisco), who's been helping me with my judo ever since I was young, so this year is basically for him, because I know that he deserves it."

Marumoto said the Hurricanes are hardly resting on their laurels with the state tournament coming up in two weeks.

"Even though we're the returning state champions, we have to make sure we don't let it get over our heads, because anyone can lose on any day," Marumoto said. "What I learned in AP stats is that if it can happen, it will happen eventually, as long as you give it enough time, so we can't leave anything to chance right now."

Other individual boys' winners were Kalani's Micah Tateyama (132 pounds), Pearl City's Maui Lee (178), Moanalua's Zorich Palimoo (198), Kahuku's Leord Tongi (220) and Aiea's Matt Miner (285).

Meanwhile, the Aiea girls' claimed  three individual weight classes. Gezlen Ragudos defeated Pearl City's Kayelah Arakaki by ippon just 31 seconds into their 139-pound final, Kari Okubo topped Kapolei's Tiana Peterson by ippon at 154 pounds and Sarah Miner beat Moanalua's Arianna Harris by ippon in the 220-pound final.

"That shot me out of the roof," Okubo said of Ragudos' victory. "I was cheering so loud up in the stands for her and so I guess just seeing her win made me feel like it has to be both of us this year, because she's worked really hard and she's my practice partner."

Okubo, who won at 139 pounds last year, also defeated Peterson — albeit in a much tighter match — at Western's last week.

"It was really close last week," Okubo said. "My parents had to talk to me, I had to get my mind straight, I had to be more humble and cheer on other people and just give God the glory."

While Okubo's title was her second straight, Saturday marked a first for Mililani's Haylie Shinsato, who pinned Moanalua's Sienna Ho — a returning league titlist — 2:31 into their 122-pound bout.

"She was really strong and she put up a really good fight; I wasn't expecting it the first couple minutes of the match," said Shinsato, who finished second both as a freshman and as a junior. "I wanted to win it a lot, because coming off of Western's and winning and going into states, I wanted to have a good seed and just the fact that I'm a senior and being undefeated, it's pretty great."

Shinsato won the state title as a junior last year.

"This doesn't feel as good as winning states, but it's a close second being that it's my senior year and I've never won it before," Shinsato said.

Four freshman made good on their first crack at a league title. Roosevelt's Menjam Tamang denied Moanalua's Jackie Agena a second straight OIA title at 98 pounds, Moanalua's Amanda Higa won at 103, Roosevelt's Macy Higa won at 109 and Kalani's Zoe Tateyama won at 129.

Other individual winners were Kalani's Czarina Pineda-Abaya — who defeated her cousin, Kaylin Castro of Mililani in the 115-pound final — and Pearl City's Mana Borden at 172 pounds.

The top seven boys and girls in each weight class qualified for the state tournament, which will take place at the Stan Sheriff Center on May 8.

The top four boys' and girls' teams from the Eastern and Western Divisions will vie for the OIA team championship at Moanalua High School Saturday.