ILH Championships
This past Saturday saw every Punahou wrestler competing for their respective ILH Championship. The intermediate team had a frustrating start, losing several matches in the last few seconds by giving up a big move...they were able to rebound slightly and finish the tournament tied for first with Kamehameha. We expect there will be several good lessons of mat awareness and match strategy learned for the future by many of these young, hard working wrestlers. Kudos to Mike Lee, Todd Fujie, De Lau and the rest of the Intermediate coaching staff...we are most definitely continuing to make progress with the young ...
ILH Week 3 Wrap Up
The boys and girls varsity teams finished the ILH dual meet regular season on Friday. The girls wrestled relatively well again and defeated both Kamehameha and Pac-5. The boys wrestled only Pac-5 and again finished with a win. Of note, Pac-5 has a few extremely solid wrestlers in each line-up, and unfortunately we did not wrestle our best in those particular matches, and ended up on the short end in nearly all of them. The ILH tournament in 2 weeks will be a chance for several of our wrestlers to rebound and prepare to ...
Solid Improvement for ILH Week 2
The girls team wrestled much better this past weekend and beat Kamehameha and Iolani, who both were missing a few girls from their lineup. We were also able to get some of our other girls exhibition matches, and they all battled hard in every position. It's nice to see them making progress, and we certainly will need to continue this trend as we make the final push. Friday night the boys team started slowly against Kamehameha, the weight class draw took us right to the heart of their lineup, but we were able to rebound well and string ...
Punahou Repeats as both Boys & Girls State Champions
In a performance that truly defines the concept of “team”, our wrestlers pulled together and delivered a series of incredible matches to repeat as both Boys & Girls State Champions. All season long, the coaches emphasized the wisdom of Joe Paterno, when he said “Take care of the little things and the big things will take care of themselves.” In the state tournament, the wrestlers took this to heart, scoring pins when needed and grinding out tough wins when it counted, and securing the team title in spite of serious challenges. The Boys were impressive in both the first round of ...
ILH Championship Results
Bouncing back from a lackluster performance last week, our wrestlers stepped up when it counted and had an outstanding ILH Tournament. Boys Varsity and Boys JV both recaptured ILH Championships and the Girls were runners-up, in spite of forfeiting three out of eleven weight classes. Varsity put their only loss of the season behind them and rolled to a 32 point victory over Kamehameha. They won six individual championships and set themselves up very well for this weekend’s state championship. JV also captured six individual titles on their way to 42 point victory, wrapping their season up with a strong finish. The ...
News
The Clash 2011–Tournament Day 1Today was our first day of competition and it was quite a roller coaster. We started...
The Clash 2011–Day 2
We started the day bright & early with a 7:30am shuttle to the RCTC for an 8:00a...
The Clash 2011–Settling In
After 14 hours of travel time and stopovers in Los Angeles and Minneapolis, we finally...
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Intermediate
Washington Intermediate Joint PracticeOn Tuesday, December 13th the Punahou Intermediate wrestling team held a joint practice...
ILH Championships
This past Saturday saw every Punahou wrestler competing for their respective ILH...
ILH Week 3 Wrap Up
The boys and girls varsity teams finished the ILH dual meet regular season on Friday. ...
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Punahou Wrestling
Washington Intermediate Joint PracticeOn Tuesday, December 13th the Punahou Intermediate wrestling team held a joint practice with the Washington Intermediate Eagle Wrestling club. Coached by Brett Kumabe c/o ’95 the Washington Eagles and Punahou Buff n Blue have collaborated on a number of successful projects in the past, and continued that success with a spirited and eventful afternoon. Getting... [Read more...]
Washington Intermediate and the Pa’ani Challenge
This past weekend our intermediate wrestling team had two great opportunities to advance their knowledge in the sport of wrestling. Our first year wrestlers competed in their first tournament at Washington Intermediate School, and our veterans got to watch some of the best wrestling in the state at the first Pa’ani Challenge Girls Wrestling Tournament. It... [Read more...]
Punahou at The Clash
We’re on the ground, trying to stay warm, and looking forward to some great wrestling. Check out all the updates from our trip by clicking here. You can also follow us on Twitter (@pwpcoach) for more random tidbits. Read More →
Matt Oney Inducted into the JE Athletic Hall of Fame
On June 2, 2009, Coach Matt Oney was inducted into his high school’s Athletic Hall of Fame. Coach Oney wasn’t able to attend in person so Jordan-Elbridge Athletic Director Brad Hamer presented the award to World Champion Gene Mills, who accepted on Oney’s behalf. Also there to honor Coach Oney were his high school lacrosse coach,... [Read more...]
Coach Oney Selected as Apprentice Coach for USAW Jr. World Team
Congratulations to Coach Matt Oney, who has been accepted to the USA Wrestling Apprentice Coach Program and will be traveling in July to Ankara, Turkey for the Junior World Championship. Coach Oney will be a member of the official USA delegation and will be included in all events and activities associated with the competition. Besides the opportunity... [Read more...]
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