Punahou football

Even without stellar linebacker Seyddrick Lakalaka (foot injury), Punahou’s defensive unit is formidable to say the least. Leilehua’s offense found that out on Friday night. Kona Andres passed for 203 yards, but it was a battle to get downfield in the first half, when the host Mules managed just a field goal. By the break, it was 49-3, and Punahou barely relented in a 70-9 runaway win to start Week 1 of prep football. Andres returned from a mid-game injury […]

Star-Advertiser Preseason Top 10 Countdown Today: No. 3 Punahou Punahou will be without the services of senior outside linebacker Seyddrick Lakalaka for most of the season, Buffanblu head coach Kale Ane said Monday. Lakalaka, who has a foot injury, was a big part of the team that finished 8-2 and lost 27-23 to Saint Louis for the ILH championship last season. “Seyddrick will be out for a long period of time, we think,” Ane said. “Looks like the majority of […]

Kale Ane‘s All-Star football staff at Punahou is growing. Fred Salanoa, who stepped down from his head coaching position at Radford after leading the Rams to the Division II state championship last fall, is now under Ane as the Buffanblu’s wide receivers coach. The former Radford and Eastern Washington quarterback will have a stellar cast of receivers to work with, too. Honolulu Star-Advertiser All-State second-team pick Ethan Takeyama returns for his senior year as does second-team ILH All-Star Andrew Martinson, […]

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