Punahou School football coach Kale Ane doubles as his team's defensive coordinator, which means he spent his hours this week — awake and at rest — thinking about Leilehua's potent offense.

Quarterback stud Andrew Manley, running back Rico Newman, receivers Edieson Dumlao and Cheves Aberilla Ramento ...

"I didn't get much sleep," Ane said yesterday afternoon, about seven hours before his Buffanblu took on the Mules in the First Hawaiian Bank Division I Football State Championship game.

Well, Ane can rest easy tonight.

Punahou put on a stunning display of defense, limiting Leilehua to just 210 total yards and one touchdown in a 38-7 victory.

"It's a great defense," said Manley, a junior who had built up almost legendary status for his postseason heroics the past two seasons. "We've faced some great defenses all year, and this was another one."

Manley finished with 30 completions in 54 attempts, but he was intercepted four times and his longest pass play through three quarters was for only 11 yards.

The base package the Buffanblu used — called "31 Rover" — was the same one they used in an Interscholastic League of Honolulu title-clinching win over Saint Louis three weeks ago. It employed a three-man rush, with five linebackers/ rovers playing the short routes, and three defensive backs deep.

"It's what we had prepared for, but they just executed better than we did," Mules coach Nolan Tokuda said. "They had a good game plan, and they just played better."

Tokuda said falling into a 21-0 hole just 13 minutes into the game did not help his offense.

"We had wanted to control the clock, but when you're down 21-0 it puts the team back into a situation where you're trying to get a score," Tokuda said.

Tokuda and Manley said Punahou senior Manti Te'o, who earlier in the day was announced as the inaugural winner of the Dick Butkus Award going to the nation's best high school linebacker, causes more than the usual havoc.

"He's amazing," Manley said.

Tokuda said Te'o "was tough, but they've got a lot of great players and a great coaching staff.

"They deserved to win, and they're the best team in 2008."

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