It’s not just another sweep at the ILH wrestling championships.

This time, it is Kamehameha that brought the brooms.

Kamehameha’s boys and girls wrestling teams had 11 champions between them and swept the ILH championships at Saint Louis on Saturday night.

Punahou had swept the titles in each of the past two years, and the Buffanblu boys saw their streak of seven straight championships end at the hands of the aggressive Warriors. While Punahou’s boys seemed to be trying to survive, Kamehameha’s were going for a pin in every match.

"It’s an honor to compete with a team like that," Kamehaheha coach Chris West said. "Matt Oney has done an incredible job with that team, but it’s a tribute to our boys. Our boys did what they had to do. You can lead a horse to water, but it’s up to them if they drink or not. They drank."

Dane Pestano led the boys with his third straight ILH crown, while Bree Rapoza pinned Punahou’s Erika Takase at 117 pounds for her fourth straight ILH title. She was not going to accept anything less than the points a fall would bring her.

"It feels good," Rapoza said. "But I didn’t take this one for myself; I took it for the team because we are fighting for the title. I needed to get all of the points I could."

Rapoza will try to get her third state crown this week and can expect to get a top seed for her efforts. Other Kamehameha girls to get favorable draws for themselves with ILH championships on Saturday were Tate Williams at 121 pounds, Teysha Alo at 130 and Erin Scheidt at 155. They all won by pin. Nalani Stanley won at 220 pounds for her second ILH title, but she didn’t have to wrestle because there was nobody else in her weight class. Perhaps the symbol of Kamehameha’s day was Kylan-Jo Tanaka, who beat Decembers Smith of Sacred Hearts 9-7 to take the 113-pound class in a huge upset. Kamehameha had the top seed at that weight in Mariam Kaaiakamanu, but she lost in the first round and saw the unseeded Tanaka avenge her.

"It helps that she is coachable," Kamehameha girls coach Bill Venenciano said. "Scoring, a lot of defense and a luck of the coin toss and now she has the confidence to know that she can make it happen every time."

Punahou beat Kamehameha the last two years but finished 11 points (194-183) behind the Warriors this time despite having one more ILH champion than Kamehameha did.

Thai Ha Sloan and Zoe Hernandez each won their third ILH titles on Saturday, while Kimberly Mesick, Miranda Oda, Michaela Kubo and Kori Kunioka took their first. Kunioka won her title from the trainer’s table after Kamehameha’s Harmony Pacheco slammed her to the mat. Injury time ran out while Kunioka was recovering, causing the referee to award the match to Kunioka because Pacheco’s attack was out of the bounds of the rules. Kunioka spent the rest of the final round on a trainer’s table with a large pack of ice on her ribs.

"We are all extremely proud of the girls," the Buffanblu’s Oney said. "Every girl who was in the tournament today for Punahou wrestled the best that they possibly could. Win or lose, we are really proud."

Shannon Paaina of Mid-Pacific took her second ILH title, and Alexandra Fautana did the same for ‘Iolani.

The boys race was not nearly as close, with Kamehameha outscoring Punahou 191.5 to 160 and Pac-Five coming in third with 125.

But don’t tell Pestano that it wasn’t close. He toyed with Logan Sandborn of Saint Louis in the 215-pound title match, repeatedly taking him down and letting him up for a 20-8 lead until Sandborn lifted him off his feet three times. Then Pestano pinned him, which was the plan all along.

"I don’t think I could have pinned him in the first round or the second round," Pestano said. "But I knew I could wear him down and we needed the points because every point counts."

Josh Terao of Mid-Pacific and Laurent Remillard of Punahou matched Pestano with their third ILH crowns. ‘Iolani’s Jordan Ng tried for his third title but was stopped by Kamehameha phenom Blaysen Terukina 9-4. Terukina, a freshman who comes from a long line of ILH champions, knew that he would have to beat Ng eventually after not being able to run him down for much of the year.

"This is when it matters," Terukina said. "Hard work pays off, train every week every day and it all pays off."

Keamalu Richardson and Ikea Ikehara each won their second ILH titles for Kamehameha, and Hinano Kaaialii and Jonathan Kamaka won their first. The six champions in 14 weight classes didn’t surprise West.

"I believe in all of our boys," West said. "I believe every one of them who stepped on the mat can win an ILH championship. We enjoy this and get back to work on Monday, but I think the belief in ourselves might be a little bit more now."

Brandon Lum of ‘Iolani won his second ILH title, and Tyman Hayashi of University matched him. ‘Iolani’s Jake Nakasone and Spencer Kiehm, University’s Alex Ursua and Thomas Tawata of Hawaii Baptist all won their first crowns.

Makana Valdez won the 140-pound class for Punahou, just the second of the eight Buffanblu who reached the final to take a crown.

"I’m not sure what happened with the boys," Oney said. "But it’s going to be a busy week."