McKinley’s Laulii Iosefa remained calm in the wake of his enormous upset of Punahou’s Legend Matautia in the quarterfinals of the Texaco/HHSAA State Wrestling Championships on Wednesday at Blaisdell Arena.

“First of all, I was thinking about God throughout the whole match, and I’d like to thank him,” Iosefa said. “I was just playing my game, taking my time being patient with everything. I just went all out.”

Iosefa, who finished third at states last year, scored on two reversals to come back from a two-point deficit to defeat the top-seeded Matautia 4-2 to move into today’s 220-pound semifinals.

Matautia, ranked No. 9 in Hawaii Prep World’s pound-for-pound rankings, was the only No. 1 seed to fall on the first day of the two-day event.

Saint Louis’ Corey Cabanban (No. 1 p4p) kept his dream of four state titles alive, but he didn’t have much breathing room in his 126-pound quarterfinal against Leilehua’s Isaac Stalcup, who pushed it to the limit in a 3-1 decision.

“He’s a really tough opponent,” Stalcup said. “His technique and his strength is all there and he has the speed. I tried my hardest, but I came up short. He’s a super tough guy. Logan (Garcia, of Moanalua) or Casen (Watanabe, of Punahou) might have a shot at him.”

Cabanban faces MIL champ Zeff Dudoit of Lahainaluna in today’s semifinals, and Garcia (No. 7 p4p, 106 state champ in 2016) and Watanabe go at it on the other side of the bracket.

At 120 pounds, Kamehameha sophomore Kysen Terukina (No. 5 p4p) avenged a rare loss from December at the Officials tournament when he pinned Baldwin’s Kahilihiwa Joy, and he is pursuing a second state crown.

“My coaches always tell me it doesn’t matter who wins in the beginning,” Terukina said. “My older brother Shayden Terukina was a three-time state champion and he got pinned five times his freshman year and he came back and won it all. So it doesn’t matter.”

Out to get his first state title, four-time MIL champ Kainalu Estrella (No. 4 p4p) of Lahainaluna earned a 14-5 major decision over Mililani’s Elijah Diamond to advance to the 132 semis.

Three second-seeded boys were knocked out of the championship bracket: Saint Louis’ Elijah Kaawa lost to Leilehua’s Hunter Nagatani 9-3 in the 113 quarters; Maui’s Jonathan Aunese lost to Waianae’s Jayce Gonzales 14-10 in the 195 first round; and Maui’s Chance Rodrigues forfeited his 285 quarterfinal to Kahuku’s Marcus Lombard.

Gonzales wound up being eliminated by Pearl City’s Aidan Fernandes 8-5 in a triple-overtime quarterfinal. That side of the 195 bracket is plenty tough, and Campbell’s Alize Wright (No. 8 p4p) is one win away from making the final from the other side.

At 152, Kapolei freshman Branden Pagurayan is trying to do something his brothers Jayson and Andre couldn’t do in the recent past, earn a state championship. The newly crowned OIA champ defeated former ILH champ Jake Angelo of ‘Iolani 8-4 in the quarters.

“I didn’t really want to use my gas up like I did in my first-round match, so I kind of played it safe,” Pagurayan said. “I just want to be a state champ and work hard to keep titles going, starting this year.”

The much ballyhooed 170-pound class is down to the final four — three-time ILH champ and second-seeded Kaysen Takenaka of ‘Iolani, 2017 state runner-up Kachi Respicio of Campbell, Salvador Gonzalez of Roosevelt, and No. 1 seed Keanu Punley of Leilehua.

Punley survived a 1-0 scare in his first-round match and then pulled away at the end for a 6-2 win over Kamehameha’s Kainalu Huddy in the quarters. Respicio upended fierce rival Gianni Oyadomari of Kapolei 9-3 in another 170 quarter.

Perhaps the best match of the day at 170, however, was Takenaka’s 7-5 quarterfinal comeback win over Pearl City’s Kasey Kikuyama, who held a 3-2 early lead.

Leilehua’s Brett Barefoot (No. 6 p4p, 182), Campbell’s Zayren Terukina (No. 2 p4p, 145), Pearl City’s Makoa Cooper (No. 3 p4p, 160) are all still in the chase for a second state championship. Ikua Tihada (No. 10 p4p), a two-time MIL champ, advanced to the 113 semis.

Kamehameha leads extra-close team standings with 80 points, followed by Lahainaluna (79.5), Leilehua (74) and Saint Louis (68).