Punahou football

Give Mililani a little assist for helping Punahou into its third straight state championship game. The Trojans had their way with Punahou’s offensive line in the Buffanblu’s 24-14 win at Mililani early in the season, specifically defensive end Kelii Padello. All Padello did was torch both of Punahou’s tackles for four sacks and keep pressure on Punahou quarterback Larry Tuileta throughout. Punahou went to work immediately after the win, moving Semisi Uluave from tackle to guard and putting Davis Miyashiro-Saipa’ia […]

If any unit on the Mililani football team represents a lunch pail mentality, it is the offensive line. While the quarterbacks and receivers played catch and the defense messed around punting the ball back and forth to each other 15 minutes before practice began on Wednesday, each member of the offensive line already had his helmet on and was making good use of it. The big boys up front warmed up for practice running plays and knocking each other around. […]

Punahou has had a lot of practice at … well … practicing. After completing the ILH regular season on Oct. 11, the Buffanblu had a bye for the first round of the Division I playoffs. Following a win over Kamehameha on Oct. 25 to clinch the ILH title and the league’s state tournament berth, they went close to three weeks before playing Farrington last Friday in a Division I semifinal of the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Football Championship. While playing two […]