The Campbell boys wrestling team doesn’t win every match, but it is always up for the challenge.

The Sabers filled out a complete lineup in each of their three matches and won all of them at an OIA dual meet at Waianae on Saturday. Campbell beat Waianae 48-16, Radford 53-18 and Mililani 56-25.

The Sabers knocked off Mililani in the last showdown of the day despite losing each of their matches, because injuries and the flu bug limited the Trojans to penciling in five wrestlers to the Sabers’ full complement of 14.

Dayton Furuta led it off for Mililani at 220 pounds against Tristen Ludiazo, and it turned out to be a complete war. The favorites for the OIA title at that weight spent the first part of the match on their feet, but the action ramped up in crunch time. Ludiazo worked a takedown with 35 seconds left for a 3-2 lead, but Furuta worked an escape with 26 seconds left to eventually send it to overtime.

Just 45 minutes earlier, Ludiazo was fighting for his life in a match, eventually winning 5-1 on an escape and two takedowns in the third period. Furuta sat in the first row of the bleachers watching the action, but being fresher didn’t mean Furuta wanted to wrestle Ludiazo any more than he had to.

"I knew that time was running out and I really didn’t want to go to another overtime," Furuta said. "So I just gave it my all and pushed myself a little farther."

He took care of it in overtime, letting Ludiazo chase him out with 29 seconds left but recovering to get a double underhook and a leg trip for a takedown. Ludiazo landed out of bounds, but the referee gave Furuta the two points he needed after the buzzer sounded.

"I wasn’t really trying my best," Ludiazo said. "I was kind of stalling, trying to get it to a second overtime, but he caught me and I fell out of bounds and the ref gave him the points. It is what it is. If I could have gotten to a second overtime, I definitely would have locked him up."

Furuta and Ludiazo wrestled twice last year, and both of them were close wins for the Trojan. The boys consider themselves friends and gravitate toward each other after a cooling-off period to chat, whether it is about wrestling or anything else. Among Furuta, Ludiazo and Kamehameha’s Boman Tokioka, who grew up with Furuta, the 220-pound class is shaping up to be quite a civil war when states roll around.

"(Ludiazo) is a great wrestler," Furuta said. "He’s a tough guy, he’s tall and he’s strong and incredibly athletic. We are about even (as far as strength), but I think I am mentally stronger."

Mililani went 2-1 with its reduced squad, beating Nanakuli 36-12 and Aiea 30-12. Isaac Diamond and Brayden Akeo wrapped up their days with pins for Mililani, while Gabriel Jiminez won his match 13-4.

Mililani hosts its own duals next Saturday, while Campbell travels to Nanakuli. Moanalua and Kalaheo host the other two events. If nothing else, the Sabers are sure to show up for a scrap.

"Injuries, wear and tear, those things happen," Campbell coach Brian Weida said. "It’s kind of the nature of the sport. You look for guys to challenge and hope you can wrestle them, but it doesn’t always happen.

"As long as everybody is ready at the end of the season."