#Maui Style Wrestling

Walsh and Mataʻafa Grove dominate at Western States Wrestling Championships

Two Maui wrestlers—Aukai Walsh and Taimane Mataʻafa Grove—earned the prestigious Triple Crown award at the USA Western States Wrestling Championships held in Pocatello, Idaho this past week. Both wrestlers dominated their way to gold in all three styles—Greco, freestyle and folkstyle with more than 700 wrestlers from across the West region of the United States. 

Maui Style wrestlers bring home triple crown honors at Hawaiʻi Federation USA Wrestling State Championship

Maui Style wrestlers came home with the prestigious honor of triple crown victories, placing gold in all three divisions of wrestling (Folk Style, Freestyle, and Greco) at the Hawaiʻi Federation USA Wrestling State Championship. This two-day event was held at Nānākuli High School on Oʻahu on June 7-8.

500 wrestlers from 24 clubs compete in Hawaiʻi USA Wrestling Championship on Maui

Nakamura Wrestling, of Wailuku, won the Hawaiʻi USA Wrestling Championship, Saturday at the South Maui Gymnasium in Kīhei.

Maui Style Wrestling began in the 1990s; now it has a pint-size Tulsa Nationals champion

The Sacred Hearts School third-grader won the title last month, the first ever for a Maui wrestler at the prestigious tournament

Retirement? Nah, Maui teacher and coach Kevin Grant wins national wrestling title

At 59 years old, many men might begin thinking about retirement and savoring their twilight years. Not Kevin Grant.