Punahou football

Punahou will play Long Beach Poly in football this fall, according to Buffanblu coach Kale Ane. The game is scheduled for Aug. 31 at a site to be determined in Southern California. “We asked if they had an opening weekend and it turns out they had an opening date but had to switch their schedule around a bit to make it work,” Ane said. Both teams finished 8-3 last season. This will be the season debut for the Jackrabbits, who […]

Maninoa Tufono, like his football and basketball teammate (and classmate) Duke Clemens, has been a busy Buffanblu for several months. The Punahou senior had 39 scholarship offers to play football in college, signed with Southern California, completed his season on the football field, and then put on his sneakers for the hardwood. But before No. 1 Punahou could begin its ILH regular season in basketball, Tufono took a trip to Mexico City with Clemens. He played in the Hall of […]

Life has been a whirlwind over the past few months for Duke Clemens. The Punahou senior was busy enough as his football team entered the OIA-ILH alliance’s revamped schedule, giving all ILH programs many more games. Then came official visits, including one to UCLA, which Clemens signed with earlier this month. Basketball season means Clemens is a key low-post scorer for No. 1-ranked Punahou. At 6-foot-4 and 290 pounds, he is an All-State offensive lineman on the gridiron, but on […]

The new Open Division was supposed to bring teams like the Punahou Buffanblu back to the pack in the standings, but it didn’t quite work out that way. The Buffanblu finished 7-3 with two of their losses coming to ILH rival Saint Louis and the numbers suggest that the program was worlds better than the previous year despite what was supposed to be a tougher schedule. Punahou averaged 35.4 points per game in 2018, a jump of eight points over […]