Kale Ane was a Punahou junior when the Buffanblu last faced Roosevelt for the famed Paint Brush Trophy.

That was in 1969.

With Ane now on the sideline as head coach, the Buffanblu made sure the trophy would remain on display in the school library with a 38-0 victory over the Rough Riders on Friday night at Roosevelt’s Ticky Vasconcellos Stadium.

“It was exciting for me to come back and be part of that,” Ane said. “A lot of great memories of the rivalry and all the friends and families that were part of that. It was an honor to be part of it, and hopefully we can continue that in the future.”

Punahou made the short drive along Nehoa Street for the season-opening nonconference matchup and dominated from the start.

The Buffanblu, ranked fifth in the Star-Advertiser’s preseason poll, had a kickoff return for a touchdown called back to open the game. But that only briefly delayed the impending rout, as quarterbacks Larry Tuileta and Luke Morris both passed and ran for scores in the first half.

Once a highlight of the old Interscholastic League of Honolulu schedule, the Punahou-Roosevelt series — which drew its name from the incidents of students painting various areas of the opposing campuses — had been dormant since the public schools left the ILH in 1970.