Punahou Wrestling

Welcome to the home page of the Punahou Wrestling program. We had a great 2007 – 2008 season and are looking forward to another successful year. Please check back often, as we’ll be updating this site more frequently as the season progresses.

Schedule changes for 2009 Season

Many of you have already heard that the 2008 – 2009 has been shortened by about a week. The ILH Championships are scheduled for February 14, 2009 at Punahou, with the State Tournament following the week after. For the wrestlers, the weight monitoring dates have also been set. They are: November 25, 2008 at Iolani […]

Looking for writers

We’re looking for help covering all the teams in the Punahou Wrestling Program. If you’re interested in writing reports on the Intermediate, Pumas, Girls, JV, or Varsity, please contact Coach Jimmy at takatsuka@punahouwrestling.org.

Heart of a Champion – Part 2

I’ve gotten quite a bit of positive feedback on the article I wrote last February about Bryson Fukushima and Arnold Toriumi. I’m glad people enjoyed reading about how they confronted their challenges with such positive attitudes and I’m glad those two young men got at least some acknowledgement of their efforts. For those who aren’t […]

2008 NHSCA Academic All-Americans

The National High School Coaches’ Association recently announced its 2008 Academic All-American selections. Hawaii had 5 honorees – all from Punahou Wrestling! Congratulations to: Daniel Chow (Senior) – Three-time state champion with 23-1 record at 145 pounds; four-time state place winner; career record 94-6. Earned 3.61 GPA and scored 1370 on the SAT. Chad Taniguchi […]

RESULTS: 2008 State Championships

“Finish”. It’s the motto the team adopted last year, as we rallied to our first State Championship in 39 years. But it also describes well, the effort the Varsity Boys put in as the season came to a close. 11 semi-finalists, 12 medalists and 225.5 total points are all the highest totals ever in the […]

Media coverage of the 2008 State Tournament

One of the pleasant surprises (at least to me) was the amount of media coverage at the state tournament this year. I think it helps that the definition of "media" has expanded quite a bit just in the past few years. We’re no longer limited to just the TV stations and the printed newspaper. Kudos […]

RESULTS: 2008 State Championships

"Finish". It’s the motto the team adopted last year, as we rallied to our first State Championship in 39 years. But it also describes well, the effort the Varsity Boys put in as the season came to a close. 11 semi-finalists, 12 medalists and 225.5 total points are all the highest totals ever in the […]

Heart of a Champion

Though our preparations for the state tournament this weekend are not yet done, I feel compelled to recognize two remarkable young men. On Friday, 14 boys and 8 girls will step onto the mat, representing Punahou School in what we hope to be a very successful weekend of wrestling. But there will be two young […]

A great article to re-read before States

Kalani Simpson does a great job capturing the spirit of our state tournament: https://archives.starbulletin.com/2004/03/06/sports/index.htmlhttp://starbulletin.com/2004/03/06/sports/simpson.html

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