Punahou football

Update 7:04 p.m. All in all, a dominant performance by Punahou. Baldwin’s defense was tough, fast, physical, but the unit was on the field far too long as the offense struggled to cross midfield much of the night. Keelan Ewaliko was a bright spot, but he was chased by Punahou’s defense most of the way. They spied him endlessly and he never broke a run the way he did last week against Farrington. Next up, Kahuku and Leilehua. Update 6:13 […]

(Wrote more than enough for the print edition. Here’s the uncut version.) In the beginning, there was basic, vanilla kicking of points after. He kicked the PATs, but preferred catching the football. Then came high school. Kaimi Fairbairn didn’t see much ahead in football, even at a program on the rise. He took a chance on water polo. “I almost drowned,” he said. “I’m not that good of a swimmer.” He went back to football. Punahou is quite glad he […]