Warrior Beat

Dan “Iceman” Kelly is prepared to transfer to Cal Baptist, where he will play soccer this fall. Kelly completed his UH football eligibility following the 2008 Sheraton Hawai‘i Bowl. But because he never redshirted, he still has eligibility at an NAIA school in another sport. Kelly said he has sent his transcripts to Cal Baptist. * * * At yesterday’s Pro Day was former UH linebacker Victor Santa Cruz, now a coach at Azusa Pacific. * * * Despite the […]

Ryan Mouton put on an impressive display before aggravating a hamstring injury while running the 40-yard dash. Mouton felt tightness in his left hamstring at the 20-yard mark, and he limped the final 10 yards. “I tweaked it,” he said. Still, he finished in 4.42 seconds. Earlier, Mouton wowed the scouts with a broad jump of 11 feet — a food longer than second-place finisher Erik Robinson’s 10-foot jump. Josh Leonard also was impressive, bench pressing 225 pounds 41 times. […]

Congratulations to basketball coach Bob Nash, who received a contract extension. Nash is entering the final year of an original three-year contract. He received a rollover for the 2010-2011 and an option for the 2011-2012 season. * * * ESPN or ESPN2 will televise the Dec. 5 football game between UH and Wisconsin. The Sept. 30 game between UH and Louisiana Tech will be shown on ESPN2. http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=3705341 * * * Linebacker Blaze Soares said he is on track to […]

From UH: Sept. 4          CENTRAL ARKANSAS Sept. 12        at Washington State Sept. 19        at UNLV Sept. 30        at Louisiana Tech* Oct. 10         FRESNO STATE* Oct. 17         at Idaho* Oct. 24         BOISE STATE* Oct. 31         at Nevada* Nov. 7          UTAH STATE* Nov. 14        NEW MEXICO STATE* Nov. 21        at San Jose State* Nov. 28        NAVY Dec. 5           WISCONSIN * * * Just because there’s no practice, it doesn’t mean there are no workouts. The Warriors ran sprints and lifted weights this […]

The Warriors opened spring training today: * * * As part of the warmups, players had to roll, stand and then sprint. Here’s offensive tackle Brett Leonard: * * * And here’s Brett Leonard getting ready to block in one-on-one drills: * * * Here’s left tackle Aaron Kia: * * * This morning, there was an hour-long team meeting, followed by position meetings. Here’s defensive end Victor Clore: * * * Here’s defensive tackle Rocky Savaiigaea: * * * […]

This is a big spring for: • Offensive lineman Laupepa Letuli. He is talented enough to have earned auditions at left tackle, left guard, tight end, running back and defensive end. But injuriies have prevented him from ever having a healthy training camp. Now a senior, he get his shot at right tackle. • Defensive tackle Rocky Savaiigaea. At the all-star practices in December 2004,, Rocky Savaiigaea was regarded near the top of the Warriors’ wish list. And that was […]

Oft-injured Raphael Ieru will get the first shot at playing right guard. Although he is bracketed with Brysen “Bulla” Ginlack on the depth chart, Ieru will get the first-team reps in Monday’s first practice. It’s been a steep ascent for Ieru, who always seemed to have problems related to a knee injury he suffered as a freshman. Now he is relatively healthy. * * * The Warriors won’t do any heavy hitting until their third practice — Saturday, April 4. […]

Greg McMackin said the coaches have scripted every drill for the 15 practices of spring training. The first practice is at 4 p.m. Monday. * * * And there’s a happy ending. Richard Torres has agreed to give up No. 11, enabling Inoke Funaki to finish his career with that jersey number. They’re both Kahuku High graduates, by the way. * * * Chris Williams will serve as the interim video coordinator. Williams is a former UH linebacker. His most […]