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 [...]

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 [...]

Girls & JV Win, Varsity 2nd at ILH Dual Meet Tournament

Our Girls wrestled well this weekend, while the Boys (at both levels) have a lot of work to do as we head into the last week of the ILH season. The Girls looked sharp as they avenged two earlier losses to Kamehameha and repeated as ILH Dual Meet Champions. We’re particularly proud of the Girls’ [...]

Intermediate Wins 2010 ILH Championship

The Punahou Intermediate Boys and Girls Wrestling teams competed in their ILH championship tournament this past weekend at St. Louis High School. As it has all season, our wrestling improved with each match and round of competition. After a slow start to the morning, the team really picked up the pace and turned in their [...]

ILH Dual Meet Tournament

Overall we put in a solid performance this past weekend at the ILH Dual Meet Tournament. In spite of forfeiting four out of eleven weight classes, the Girls went 2–1, dropping a close match to Kamehameha on Friday but bouncing back nicely to beat Pac-5 and Iolani on Saturday. The Boys started with wins Friday [...]

Jan 15 Duals – A Solid Performance

We put in a solid performance in our Friday night duals, wrestling much better than we did on Tuesday. The Girls kicked off the night with a strong outing against Pac-5. Due to forfeits on both sides, we only wrestled head-to-head in six matches and won all by pin. The Boys wrestled much better than [...]

2010 ILH Season Begins!

We opened our 2010 campaign with the boys wrestling St. Louis and the girls wrestling Kamehameha. Overall, a solid, if sluggish, performance and we were able to come away with victories at the varsity level. We wrestled upstairs in our wrestling room, which is a great venue since the fans are right there on matside. [...]

Girls Win; Boys take Second at Iolani Duals

Both Boys and Girls teams wrestled well last week and finished strong at the 2009 Iolani Dual Meet Tournament. The Girls charged through the tournament, going 6 – 0 to win for the second consecutive year. The Boys also wrestled very well, but lost a close one to Kamehameha in the finals. The energy level [...]

Boys & Girls Win at Officials’ Tournament

This past Friday and Saturday the Punahou Boys and Girls Wrestling teams competed in, and won, the Official’s Scholarship Wrestling tournament.  Though the wrestling was predictably at a pre-season level, there were both bright spots and exposed weaknesses that were revealed that we now can work on and improve upon. Placewinners were, for the Girls: [...]

Girls Win on Maui

The girls kicked off their 2009-2010 season right where the left off last year — with a big win. With eight medalists –  including six individual champions — the girls won the Maui Invitational by a 35 point margin over second place Lahainaluna. Overall, the coaches were very satisfied with the level of wrestling demonstrated [...]

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