{"id":99739,"date":"2025-05-21T00:05:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T10:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/?p=99739"},"modified":"2025-05-20T16:45:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T02:45:20","slug":"year-of-the-tyger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/year-of-the-tyger\/","title":{"rendered":"Year of the Tyger"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_99740\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99740\" class=\"wp-image-99740 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/05\/delkin-834-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/05\/delkin-834-2.jpg 750w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/05\/delkin-834-2.jpg?resize=450,300 450w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/05\/delkin-834-2.jpg?resize=335,223 335w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-99740\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photos Courtesy Andrew and Heidi Taam<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">H<\/span><span class=\"s1\">ow do you celebrate after making history?&nbsp;If you\u2019re Moanalua High School senior Tyger Taam, and you just became the first high school wrestler in Hawai\u2018i in nearly 40 years to win four consecutive state championships \u2014 without losing a single match along the way&nbsp;\u2014 you enjoy some ice cream and down time with friends and family.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Then you turn right around and find another challenge.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">In his case, high school judo.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cAfter wrestling season was done, I didn\u2019t really have much to do,\u201d Tyger says, adding that he had competed in judo tournaments when he was younger, and even won some national titles, but stepped away to focus on wrestling. \u201cI was like, \u2018Why don\u2019t I just try judo again? I could possibly place, or maybe win, so I\u2019ll just try.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">And he did win. Earlier this month, he placed first in the state\u2019s high school judo championship. He competed in the 178-pound weight class, which is two classes above his weight of 151 pounds. This came on the heels of his being awarded the 2025 Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award for Hawai\u2018i.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">T<\/span><span class=\"s1\">hose who know Tyger describe him as reserved and humble. Lucas Misaki, head coach for Moanalua High\u2019s boys wrestling team, says the young grappler can be quite fun and funny, it just takes him a little while to open up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">But beneath Tyger\u2019s quiet demeanor is an unshakable determination. He aims to concede nothing on the wrestling mat. There, it\u2019s dominate or be dominated \u2014<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; <\/span>and his record speaks for itself.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cAny challenge that I come across, I believe that I can do it and nothing will stand in my way,\u201d the 18-year-old says. \u201cAny challenges that I come across, I will just deal with it with a positive mindset.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">This was the case in 2022, when he won his first Hawai\u2018i High School Athletic Association championship as a freshman. It was a banner year for Moanalua. Both its boys and girls wrestling teams also won the state championship that year.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Tyger became the one to beat and he knew it.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cAfter my freshman year, whenever I wrestled at a regular tournament I would always have eyes on me,\u201d he says. \u201cWhenever I got scored on, the whole crowd would erupt even though I ended up winning the match.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Says Misaki, \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of external pressure because when you\u2019re on the mat you\u2019re basically in a fishbowl and everyone in the stands can see every move you make.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Tyger found a way to tune out the noise.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI didn\u2019t let that bother me,\u201d he says. \u201cI made it my goal to win three more state titles and I made it my goal to never give up or lose a match. I wanted to be an inspiration to the OIA (because) the past four timers were from private schools.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">The OIA, or O\u2018ahu Interscholastic Association, represents 30 public high schools that compete in junior varsity and varsity sports. Its counterpart is the Interscholastic League of Honolulu, which represents 19 private schools, one charter school and one co-op school&nbsp;in intermediate, junior varsity and varsity sports.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">The last person to win four consecutive state championships with an undefeated record was Patrick Higa in 1986. He wrestled for \u2018Iolani School.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">W<\/span><span class=\"s1\">ith four state championships under his belt (five if you count judo), it may seem like Tyger just&nbsp;never loses.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">But he\u2019d been pitting himself against some of the nation\u2019s best long before high school, so he\u2019d racked up his fair share of losses.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">It all really started when he was 8 or 9 years old and began wrestling under Kamuela Woode, coach of the Golden Backs Wrestling Club.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI was taking my son, Tyger and a couple other boys around the nation, challenging the best kids (on the mainland),\u201d says Woode. \u201cWe knew we were going to lose, but we were OK with it. All I wanted was growth for the boys.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Tyger competed in the Super 32 Challenge in North Carolina, the Doc Buchanan Wrestling Tournament in California, the Tulsa Nationals in Oklahoma and Reno Tournament of Champions in Nevada, among others.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWhen I was a kid competing in local tournaments, I used to do pretty good,\u201d Tyger says. \u201cThen I started competing at another level, and that\u2019s where I learned I\u2019ve got room to improve.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">His father, Andrew Taam, adds, \u201cTyger has had as much downs as ups, trials and tribulations \u2026 but one thing he\u2019s shown over the years is he perseveres.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201c(Wrestling) is an easy sport to quit compared to other striking sports or ball sports because when things don\u2019t go right (your opponent) can pretty much impose their will on you,\u201d he continues. \u201cBut he never quit.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">W<\/span><span class=\"s1\">oode remembers one match in particular as the turning point. Tyger was competing in Reno.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cTyger was third in his bracket and he lost his first match,\u201d Woode says. \u201cHe got beat pretty bad. Then he faced \u2019em again for third place and he beat \u2019em.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI knew it from then. He was in the 12 and under (bracket) and it was a hard tournament, really hard. And 12 and under \u2026 separates you from the pack, like who moves forward from middle school to high school and who doesn\u2019t.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cHe was bust up, could barely walk,\u201d Woode continues. \u201cBut he fought to the end and he was so happy (he placed third). After I saw that, I was like, \u2018Man, the sky\u2019s the limit for this kid.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">For his part, Tyger says Woode played a big part in his success.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cHe always believed in me,\u201d he says. \u201cEvery day, he would text me \u20184X state champ.\u2019 It just kind of lodged in my brain that that\u2019s what I\u2019m going to do. And he always knew that I could push myself, even when I didn\u2019t want to.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">The former Marine has high expectations for his wrestlers, and although he didn\u2019t wrestle in high school, he respects the sport.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI was doing martial arts in the Marines and I figured out the wrestler was the best guy,\u201d Woode says. \u201cI figured it out because I got dominated. And that was it. I was like, \u2018OK these wrestlers are different. They\u2019re OK with grinding and they don\u2019t quit \u2014 they just keep coming.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">So when he left the Marines, he got his son, Analu Woode, who was still quite young at the time, into the sport.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Andrew saw the progress Analu was making (he is now a nationally ranked wrestler and also won the state wrestling championship this year, as a freshman from N\u0101n\u0101kuli High and Intermediate School) and asked Woode to coach Tyger.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">G<\/span>oing to the mainland may have given Tyger an edge, but the cost of traveling added up. Andrew and his wife, Heidi, are small-business owners. They sell martial arts apparel and equipment through Hawaiian Fightgear. Heidi remembers a conversation with their accountant.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cHe said, \u2018If you guys want to retire, you have to cut out your travel,\u2019\u201d she recalls.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">But rather than give up, Heidi applied to become a flight attendant. She was 50 years old at the time, but American Airlines accepted her. It was a big help because American flew to many of the cities that hosted wrestling tournaments.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">It wasn\u2019t the first time the Taams readjusted to support their children.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">When Tyger and his older brother, Boltyn (who won the state wrestling championship in 2018), were still very young, Andrew had a day job managing a local surf shop. He remembers his sons running to him after sports practice, exclaiming about how much fun they\u2019d had.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cAnd I was like, \u2018Oh my God, I didn\u2019t even get to watch it!\u2019\u201d he recalls. \u201cI was like, \u2018I gotta try to change my career, do something on my own so I can be there for my kids.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Once he left his day job for good, he really went all in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cI came home one day and the kids were at judo practice or wrestling practice and I (told Heidi), \u2018You know what? I\u2019m going to mat up this house.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cNow, 85% of the wives out there, if their husbands said they were going to put (wrestling) mats all over the house, they would say, \u2018Hell no.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Not Heidi.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">She recalls, \u201cI said, \u2018Do it!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">For Tyger and his supporters, it all paid off. They\u2019ll always remember the moment he became a four-time champion.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cIt was amazing. The atmosphere was blazing,\u201d he says of the day he won his fourth title. \u201cThe crowd was cheering. I finally did it. It was a rush of emotions, like all the hard work I put in, all the dieting, all the days that I had to cut weight, every day that I had to go to practice or double practice. It was just a rush of emotions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cIt\u2019s not easy to be a four-time undefeated state champ,\u201d he adds. \u201cBut if you put in the work and you\u2019re dedicated and consistent, it definitely can be done again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Next up for the soon-to-be high school graduate is Menlo College in Atherton, California. The tight-knit campus is known for its business curriculum (Tyger is interested in pursuing a business degree) \u2014 and its wrestling program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cI\u2019m going to go there and train to become a Division II national champ,\u201d he says. \u201cThat\u2019s my goal and I believe I can do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do you celebrate after making history?&nbsp;If you\u2019re Moanalua High School senior Tyger Taam, and you just became the first..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":99740,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cover-story"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Year of the Tyger - 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