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Aloha and Welcome to the 50th State Judo Webpage 50th State teams sweep team competitions at Jr. Nationals
By Kalani
Takase The 50th State Judo Association brought home top honors from the First Annual United States Judo Federation/United States Judo Association Junior Nationals in Irvine, California earlier this month. Both the boys’ and girls’ five-man teams won first-place honors at the Bren Center on the campus of the University of California Irvine on July 4. A total of 911 judoka participated in the first joint junior nationals between the USJF and USJA over two days. The boys’ team was comprised of Andre Pagurayan and Kainoa Marumoto from Kapolei Judo Club, Noah Wusstig and Jonah Hoshino of Pearl City Hongwanji and Kyle Tsubota of Hodokan Judo Club. They beat a team from Upper Mountain (Idaho) Yudanshakai in a quarterfinal match before dispatching host Nanka (Southern California) in a semifinal. In the final, the 50th State edged Hokka (Northern California) by a score of three wins to two. “They played well together and they had a lot of fun participating in a team event,” said Pearl City Hongwanji instructor Chris Sokugawa, who coached both Hawaii teams along with his father, Vince. “It was exciting for them and the crowd was getting into it, too.” Wusstig, Hoshino and Marumoto picked up victories in the championship match. “It felt really good to be able to represent Hawaii, we’re pretty proud that we were able to win,” said Hoshino, who placed third in the Juvenile B, under 141-pound division individually. “I liked it because we got to play with some people who we usually play against at the local tournaments.” The girls’ team was made up of four players from Pearl City Hongwanji: Teshiya and Teniya Alo, Zoe Tateyama and Taylor Castro along with Kapolei Judo Club’s Brandy Lopez. They defeated Daiheigen (California) Yudanshakai in a semifinal match before meeting Nanka in the final. The teams split with two wins, two losses and one tie each, but the 50th State won on a tiebreaker. Teniya Alo tied her match while Tateyama and Teshiya Alo each won by ippon to give the 50th State the edge. Nanka’s two wins were by ippon and waza-ari. “I think we were all really excited to be a part of this team and it was really fun, but at the same time we wanted to win for the 50th State,” said Teshiya Alo, who also won individually at Juvenile A, under 96 pound division. “The experience of competing together was something I’ve never felt before.” Sokugawa also said he enjoyed the opportunity to lead a team. “It was a lot of fun. We wanted to represent Hawaii well and I feel that everyone played to their best abilities and fought as hard as they could,” Sokugawa said. “It was a good, organized event with lots of quality competition and that day we were fortunate enough to be better than everyone else.” Reach Kalani Takase at ktakase@hawaii.edu Thank you to all that participated in the 31st Annual Pan-Pacific Festival and ParadeSunday, June 13, 2010
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