Led by individual champions Jake Nakasone and Dane Yamashiro, the Raiders amassed 166 points en route to their 13th championship in school history. Sylvia Lee | SL

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Iolani is back on top.

More than a dozen years since its last state title, the Raiders reclaimed their spot atop the podium on the final day of the Chevron Hawaii/Hawaii High School Athletic Association Wrestling State Championships Saturday night at the Neal S. Blaisdell Arena.

Iolani amassed 166 points en route to its 13th team championship in school history.

Two individual titlists led the way for the Raiders. Jake Nakasone won the 120-pound division with a 14-2 victory over Lahainaluna's Kainalu Estrella and Dane Yamashiro captured the 285-pound bracket with a 10-4 win over Punahou's Kanai Eldredge.

"This was pretty much my goal for the year: to win states as a team and individually, so I pretty much accomplished that and I'm pretty happy," said Nakasone, a senior captain.

The Raiders had eight of their 13 entrants place in the top six of their respective weight classes. KJ Pascua (152 pounds) and Saiaiga Fautanu (182) turned in runner-up finishers and Kaua Nishigaya (106) was third. The trio of Colby Watase (113), James Mizota (126) and Jake Angelo (132) each placed fifth.

"Throughout the course of the year there definitely were obstacles that they had to overcome as a team really and for all the headaches and stress that came, for them to bond together for one another that really makes us proud as a coaching staff," Iolani coach Walden Au said. "These kids are amazing. They're a great group."

Campbell, paced by weight class winners Joshua Roy Gallarde (145 pounds) Micah Tynanes (195) and James Sullivan (220), accrued 137 1/2 points to finish second.

Gallarde won by forfeit over Moanalua's Caelab Reyes, who could not continue after an injury in the semifinal round that sent him to a hospital via ambulance. Sullivan improved upon a runner-up finish at the same weight last year, while Tynanes went from third at 182 pounds last year to the top of the podium Saturday night.

Tynanes, a junior, is now the third state champ in his family, following in the footsteps of older brothers Lowen ('07, '08) and Tyson ('09, '10).

"Those are my idols. It's unbelievable," Tynanes said. "I always wanted to be a state champ; That was my goal. I wanted to be up on that banner just like my brothers, so it's a great feeling and a wonderful experience."

Kapolei and Waianae tied for third with 106 1/2 points apiece and Moanalua scored 98 1/2 points to round out the top five.

Three championship bouts that featured a meeting of defending individual champs did not disappoint.

Saint Louis'  Corey Cabanban edged Campbell's Triston Santos with a third-period reversal, 4-3, for the 113-pound title.

"All I thought about was getting out, getting the lead and getting the reverse so that we couldn't go into overtime and just capturing my second straight title," said Cabanban, who won at 106 pounds last year. "It gave me more confidence. We train so many hours just to wrestle six minutes so I just wrestled my heart out."

Santos was the defending champion at the weight class.

At 132 pounds, Kamehameha's Blaysen Terukina, who moved up two weight classes after capturing the 120-pound crown in 2015, outdueled reigning 126-pound champ Shandon Ilaban-Totten of Kapolei, 14-12.

"I just thought of all the times we've been putting in all that work, all the times I had to dig deep," Terukina said. "I couldn't let my training go to waste so I just dig deep to make the most of it. I knew Shandon was really tough and I respect him a lot, so I came out hard with the right mindset."

The six-minute bout saw five lead changes and three ties. Ilaban-Totten scored three straight points on an escape and a takedown in the third period to pull ahead, 12-11.

However, Terukina tied it with an escape with 23 seconds left and scored a takedown soon after before running out the clock. He scored six first-period points on three takedowns and led by as many as four points after an escape to start the second period.

"I knew to win I had to beat him on his takedowns because he is tough on his takedowns, too," Terukina said. "It was going to be a takedown game — I knew that from the start — so I wanted to get a good, comfortable lead to give me some room so I tried to come out strong in the beginning."

Leilehua's Liam Corbett grinded out his second straight win at 152 pounds with a 2-1 victory over Iolani's Pascua, who was first at 145 last year.

"Actually I was super nervous before my match," Corbett said. "Me and him both had a lot on the line. We were both state champs and whoever gets this one walks out with a second state title, so I was pretty nervous to be honest."

Corbett was denied an escape point late in the second period after an overturned call by the referee, which sent the match into the third period still scoreless.

"That was a little bit frustrating, but you've got to overcome those things," Corbett said. "The same thing happened to me my sophomore year — I got a takedown taken away in the finals — and I kind of let that get to me, so I had to tell myself not to do that again."

Pascua got on the board first with an escape midway through the third period. He defended two takedown attempts by Corbett in the next 30 seconds, but couldn't fight off a third with just seconds to go.

"I was pretty tired, to be honest, but it was my last match ever in high school so it just gave me a little drive to finish the takedown. I wasn't going to let it end like that," Corbett said.

Damien's Connor Villarmia (170 pounds) and Punahou's Cameron Kato (120) also claimed their second titles.

Villarmia, who beat Baldwin's Troy Waki, 3-1 in four periods, moved up after winning at 160 pounds last year — and possibly giving up the sport.

"Before the season even started I wasn't even thinking of wrestling, I was thinking of just quitting and just leaving it all behind because I already won my state title and I was just dealing with a lot of tough classes, colleges and senior stuff, basically that it was just so stressful for me," Villarmia said.

When asked what ultimately brought him back on to the mat, there was little hesitation on his part.

"My friends and family; all the support," Villarmia said. "They helped bring me back up after the summer and they told me, ‘You can do it again,' so I thought why not? I'm not going to let them down, so just go for it."

Absence made the heart grow fonder for Kato, who as a sophomore captured the 106-pound title, but did not place last year.

"This one feels so much better, by far," said Kato, who beat Waianae's Keale Keliinoi by major decision, 10-2. "It was my last match in high school so I wanted to have fun and try not to leave anything back on the mat."

Other individual winners were Moanalua's Logan Garcia (106 pounds), Pearl City Baylen Cooper (138), Baldwin's Thomas Stevenson (160) and Waianae's Caleb Cardus (182).