KALAEPOHAKU — The Iolani boys and Punahou girls pulled away from the field at Friday night's Interscholastic League of Honolulu judo championships.

The Raiders claimed their fourth consecutive boys' title, while the Buffanblu successfully defended their girls' crown before a crowd of about 500 at McCabe Gymnasium.

Teams accrued points during the regular season through dual meet victories, which carried into Friday's individual championships. Both winning squads entered Friday's tournament with 12-point leads on their nearest competitors and by the end of the night, had reinforced their stronghold on the rest of the league.

Iolani's boys finished with 154 points, well ahead of second-place Punahou (96) and third-place Mid-Pacific (94).

Colby Watase won at 121 points, Chad Sanehira at 145 and Dane Yamashiro at 285 to pace the Raiders, who had a tournament-best eight judoka contending for first in their weight classes Friday. They got runner-up finishes from Dylan Yee (108), Philip Park (114), Kaysen Takenaka (178), Saiaiga Fautanu (198) and Charles Kam (285).

"It was definitely a team effort. To have (eight) guys in the finals, that was a good representation of our team. It took everybody, all season long to basically do their part, not only in tournaments, but in practice, so it was definitely a team effort," Raiders coach Dan Nishita said.

Watase defeated Preston Gonsalves of Saint Louis by ippon (full point) in his championship match for his second straight ILH crown. He scored a waza-ari (half point) on a right foot sweep about 45 seconds into the bout and finished it with another waza-ari on a right seoi nage (shoulder throw).

It was just the second time that the two had faced off this season. Watase defeated Gonsalves earlier in the season.

"I played him at Iolani, at our senior night," Watase said. "Last time I won by waza-ari, but it kind went to the end, so I worked on what I had to work on to get the job done. Made some tweaks of things and worked on some weaknesses."

Another senior, Sanehira, also won by ippon in his 145-pound final versus Christian Academy's Hollis Tam. Sanehira improved upon a third-place finish in the same weight class a season ago.

"He did judo when he was young, then he came back to judo after years away, so he's got some experience, but really his primary sport and his passion is soccer," Nishita said. "Every year he's kind of had to battle and he's always been in that 145 division that's always the biggest division — it's always a gauntlet in there — so for him to come out on top his senior year is great."

Yamashiro, as expected, took home his fourth straight league title. His opponent in the 285-pound final was Kam, his own practice partner.

"That was the toughest match for me," said Yamashiro, who won by ippon via pin.

Yamashiro scored a yuko in the first 30 seconds of the match to open the scoring. Kam was hit with a stalling penalty about a minute later. It wasn't until the final minute of the bout that Yamashiro scored a waza-ari with a right ouchi-gari (major inner reaping throw). He then transitioned to the pin — kesa-gatame (scarf hold) — for the ippon.

After his bout — the final one of the evening — Yamashiro was gracious in victory.

"Everyone really helps me out, no matter their size," Yamashiro said. "They always help me work on technique and speed when I work with lighter people and the intermediates. They always encourage me and have a lot of spirit, so I'm really lucky to have a helping community that gives me the strength to compete hard."

The trio of champions are part of a the transcendent senior class for the program.

"I'm happy for this senior class, because they were the first to win it in their freshman year for us, so for them to go out with four in a row is a great accomplishment for that group," Nishita said.

Meanwhile, the Punahou girls scored 112 points for their second straight ILH championship — but first under new coach Ray Bella.

"This season all I wanted was for everyone to execute, do their very best and however we finish, we finish, and so this is like icing on the cake, (but) I was more interested in execution of our fighting style," Bella said.

The Buffanblu had three individual titlists in seniors Jenna Enoka (98 pounds) and Taryn Ichimura (122), as well as freshman Noelle Nakaoka (139).

"The girls practice extremely hard," Bella said. "They're very focused and extremely disciplined so I'm very proud of all the performances. Everybody knew that it was going to be a team effort to win."

Enoka, a senior, defeated her Buffanblu teammate, Sarah Obra-Nakata, for the second straight year in the 98-pound final.

Ichimura also captured back-to-back ILH crowns at 122 pounds. She won by ippon Friday over Iolani's Taylor Lau in their championship bout. Ichimura appeared to end the match with an ippon on a right seoi nage just 13 seconds in, but the score was downgraded to waza-ari.

"I was kind of happy after they called ippon and then I had to regroup and refocus, but I realized they're really strict with ippons this season so I wasn't really surprised when they changed it to waza-ari after, but I think I just tried to stick to my plan and finish the match as quick as possible," Ichimura said.

Ichimura scored her second waza-ari — and subsequently, the ippon — with a pin. She initiated the press with yoko shiho gatame (side press) before switching to kesa-gatame for the final 10 seconds or so.

"She kind of was getting out, so I had to re-adjust to keep the press," said Ichimura, who missed a large portion of the ILH season while recovering from injuries sustained during the wrestling season. In her mind, that essentially translated to a small margin for error Friday.

"I definitely had to focus more, because I knew that I didn't have the matches before to kind of practice and get used to my opponents, so I really tried to be aggressive and not let them to try and get in," Ichimura said.

Bella was happy for his senior captain.

"She's definitely a leader. She's always setting the pace for everybody on the team, so we're really happy with her performance; excellent execution," Bella said. "She missed a lot of the season due to injury, but she was ready to go for ILH championships."

Iolani finished with 86 points to finish a distant second. Mid-Pacific (68 points), Kamehameha (48) and Damien (36) rounded out the top five teams.

The top four boys and top three girls in each weight class qualified for next week's Atlas Insurance Agency/HHSAA Judo State Championships at the Stan Sheriff Center.

Interscholastic League of Honolulu Judo Championships
Friday
At McCabe Gymnasium

Boys
Final team scores
1, Iolani 154 points. 2, Punahou 96. 3, Mid-Pacific 94. 4, Saint Louis 86. 5, Kamehameha 22. 6, University Lab 14. 7t, Hanalani 10. 7t, Christian Academy 10. 9t, Hawaii Baptist 6. 9t, Assets 6. 12, Damien 0.
Individual results
108 pounds
1, Brayden Bella, Punahou. 2, Dylan Yee, Iolani. 3, Ammen Tawfik, Mid-Pacific. 4, Scott Fujishima, Mid-Pacific. 5, Michael Uyema, Iolani. 6, Coby Simon, Mid-Pacific.
114 pounds
1, Tyler Ibarra, Saint Louis. 2, Philip Park, Iolani. 3, Skyler Sung, Iolani. 4, Ben Tottori, Mid-Pacific. 5, Luke Sabel, Damien.
121 pounds
1, Colby Watase, Iolani. 2, Preston Gonsalves, Saint Louis. 3, Travis Kon, Iolani. 4, Kupono Chandler, Kamehameha. 5, Luca Petko, Mid-Pacific. 6, Hunter Nishikawa, Punahou.
132 pounds
1, Evan Nishida, Mid-Pacific. 2, Craig Nava, Hanalani. 3, Anson Ursua, Saint Louis. 4, Isaac Ignacio, Iolani. 5, Stone Franczyk, Hanalani. 6, Jake Lee, Iolani.
145 pounds
1, Chad Sanehira, Iolani. 2, Hollis Tam, Christian Academy. 3, Kason Nitahara, Kamehameha. 4, Cameron Nishida, Mid-Pacific. 5, Sheldon Rosa, Kamehameha. 6, Makana Wong, Kamehameha.
161 pounds
1, Zachary Bell, University Lab. 2, Nicolas Nakaoka, Punahou. 3, Brevin Sakai, Kamehameha. 4, Noah Ignacio, Iolani. 5, Pohai Matsumoto, Kamehameha. 6, Francesco Coluccio, Iolani.
178 pounds
1, Devin Acton, Saint Louis. 2, Kaysen Takenaka, Iolani. 3, Lincoln Mussel, Hawaii Baptist. 4, Wreyn Waniya, Punahou. 5, Maxwell Wright, Mid-Pacific. 6, Pono Fisher, Kamehameha.
198 pounds
1, Tyler Kawakami, Punahou. 2, Saiaiga Fautanu, Iolani. 3, Hunter Guerrero, Saint Louis. 4, Kekuewa Wong, University Lab. 5, Brayden Marumoto, Damien. 6, Chase Kokualani, Damien. 
220 pounds
1, Wesley Adams, Mid-Pacific. 2, Legend Matautia, Punahou. 3, Caelin Colescott, Assets. 4, Van Rivas, Damien.
285 pounds
1, Dane Yamashiro, Iolani. 2, Charles Kam, Iolani. 3, Noa Nobrega, Kamehameha. 4, Karan Tekwani, Mid-Pacific. 5, Aiden Tse, Mid-Pacific.

Girls
Final team scores
1, Punahou 112 points. 2, Iolani 86. 3, Mid-Pacific 68. 4, Kamehameha 48. 5, Damien 36. 6, University Lab 20. 7, Sacred Hearts 10.
Individual results
98 pounds
1, Jenna Enoka, Punahou. 2, Sarah Obra-Nakata, Punahou. 3, Kelsey Arezza, Damien. 4, Gianna Kubo, Mid-Pacific. 5, Magaret Leung, Mid-Pacific.
103 pounds
1, Sophia Saiki, Mid-Pacific. 2, Dania Furuya, University Lab. 3, Sydni Kim, Iolani. 4, Novell Goodman, Punahou. 5, Cara Cunningham, Punahou. 6, Anna Palagano, Mid-Pacific.
109 pounds
1, Brooke Kawamura, Kamehameha. 2, Kaitlin Ito, Hawaii Baptist. 3, Kari Tanji, Iolani. 4, Paige Franczyk, Damien. 5, Brie Kodama, Punahou. 6, Claire Shao, Iolani.
115 pounds
1, Keiko Sanders, Hawaii Baptist. 2, Alyson Hayashi, Iolani. 3, Syndee Ramirez, Mid-Pacific. 4, Kristen Pang, Punahou. 5, Emily Fujioka, Punahou. 6, Jaycee Ichimura, Punahou.
122 pounds
1, Taryn Ichimura, Punahou. 2, Taylor Lau, Iolani. 3, Kelsey Ann Kimura, Iolani. 4, Kaitlyn Kong, Punahou. 5, Phuong Huynh, Iolani. 6, Abigail Yagi, Mid-Pacific.
129 pounds
1, Charlize Jasmine Pascual-Tabuyo, Mid-Pacific. 2, Kiarra Young, Punahou. 3, Tia Patascil, Damien. 4, Zoe Stenger, Iolani.
139 pounds
1, Noelle Nakaoka, Punahou. 2, Lainey Sanborn, Sacred Hearts. 3, Alai Takushi, Kamehameha. 4, Charysse Ueunten, Kamehameha. 5, Ming Cheng-Leever, Punahou. 6, Zoe Nigg, Mid-Pacific.
154 pounds
1, Mahea Lewis, Kamehameha. 2, Amanda Kurano, University Lab.
172 pounds
1, Mana Borden, Kamehameha. 2, Chyna Ancheta, Mid-Pacific