by Jeff Fisher
The Fire and Ice Bowl is now a tradition when it comes to the start of high school football in America.
For the second straight year, the high school football season kicked-off off the mainland with Alaska taking on Hawaii.
Last year it was one game, this year it was two on Friday night in Hawaii.
Punahou, which finished runner-up in Hawaii's Division I, won the first game of the year with a 48-0 shutout of West High School from Anchorage. Hawaii made it a clean sweep of the Fire and Ice Bowl with a 23-15 victory by Leilehua over defending Alaska Big Schools champ Service. Last year, Service and Leilehua battled to a 34-34 tie in the inaugural Alaska vs. Hawaii game.
The
Alaska Daily News reported that Punahou was led by sophomore wide receiver
Kanawai Noa, who caught four touchdown passes in the first half to lead the Buff and Blue to a 34-0 halftime lead.
In the Leilehua/Service match-up, the Mules jumped-out to a 23-7 halftime lead on their Alaskan opponents. According to the Anchorage Daily News, Service drove to the Leilehua 30-yard line with 10 seconds left, but fumbled on the last play of the game.
Click here to read the Leilehua/Service game story.
However, I should point-out those weren't the only games this weekend as many other Alaska and Hawaii schools also began their regular seasons.
Below are all of the first week's scores:
Friday Scores -Alaska
East 42 Kenai 7
Lathrop 44 Nikiski 41
Lathrop JV 60 Seward 8
Leilehua (HI) 23 Service 15
Punahou (HI) 48 West 0
Saturday's Scores - Alaska
Colony 56 Skyview 7
Eielson 26 Valdez 0
Juneau-Douglas 45 Thunder Mountain 7
Monroe Catholic 16 Barrow 0
Palmer 27 Soldotna 7
Sitka 30 Ketchikan 8
South 68 Eagle River 6
Wasilla 21 Bartlett 14
West Valley 35 Chugiak 12
