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Mililani lineman Tuatagaloa commits to Hawaii football

By Stephen Tsai on June 10, 2019

Mililani High lineman Jake Tuatagaloa told the Star-Advertiser he has accepted a 2020 football scholarship offer from the Warriors. The skinny: > Tuatagaloa is 6-2 and 305 pounds. He plays offensive guard and on the defensive line. He projects to compete as an O-lineman for the Warriors. > He suffered a foot injury that will keep him out of football camps this month. But he said he should be fully healthy for the start of Mililani’s 2019 football season. > […]

Hawaii men’s basketball: ‘Bows in the pros 2018-19 wrap

By Brian McInnis on June 8, 2019

We’re in the thick of summer, which means it’s time to take stock of what some former Hawaii men’s basketball players did over the past several months. Yep, it’s ‘Bows in the pros, post-2018-19 edition. Noah Allen (G League), Garrett Nevels (Spain’s Liga Endesa), Isaac Fotu (Germany’s BBL), Bill Amis (Belgium’s EuroMillions League) and Matt Lojeski (Greece’s A1 league) are among the ex-Rainbow Warriors playing some prominent ball, a step or two down from the NBA. Below you’ll find the […]

Hawaii Football: Camp draws coaches, talent

By Stephen Tsai on June 8, 2019

The 2019 Rainbow Warrior Football Elite Camps kicked off with this morning’s session for offensive and defensive linemen on the Manoa campus. The UH coaching staff and coaches from 21 universities, including three from Pac-12 schools, served as instructors. The state’s top O-lineman for the 2020 class, Faaope Laloulu, was among the participants. Laloulu played for Saint Francis School, which recently closed. He is set to enroll at Farrington High for his senior year. UH’s offensive line coach Mark Weber: […]

Hawaii football: Borden earns tryout with Oakland Raiders

By Stephen Tsai on June 7, 2019

Former UH long-snapper Noah Borden has received an invitation to participate in a tryout with the Oakland Raiders. Borden departs Sunday, with the workout scheduled for Monday. Borden, a Kamehameha Schools graduate who grew up in Pearl City, was a reliable long-snapper for the Warriors. After returning from a church mission, Borden made 319 snaps without an error in four seasons for the Warriors. He was nearly as perfect in the classroom, with a 3.8 GPA. He was named to […]

Hawaii baseball: Minnesota Twins pick Dylan Thomas in 13th round

By Stephen Tsai on June 5, 2019

A year later and 25 rounds earlier, the Minnesota Twins selected pitcher Dylan Thomas in the 13th round of the MLB First-Year Player Draft. Thomas was the Twins’ 38th-round choice in last year’s draft. But he opted to return to UH as a fourth-year junior. Thomas and six family members gathered to watch today’s draft on a TV that was hooked up to a computer. A few minutes before the selection, an area scout called Thomas to check on his […]

Hawaii volleyball: Wahine add setter Bailey Choy; U.S. men 1-2

By Cindy Luis on June 4, 2019

Hawaii makes it official. Paperwork cleared today (June 4). Setter Bailey Choy has transferred to Hawaii from Utah for her final season. The ‘Iolani graduate is one of three transfers on the 2019 Rainbow Wahine roster, joining five freshmen. Choy is finishing her undergraduate degree at Utah and has been accepted into the master’s program at UH’s Shidler College of Business. In the release, coach Robyn Ah Mow says, “We are beyond thrilled to have an athlete of Bailey’s caliber […]

Hawaii football: Tomey Trophy ups perpetual trophy battles to 4

By Brian McInnis on June 4, 2019

For a while — Hawaii’s final decade-plus in the Western Athletic Conference — the Rainbow Warriors had no trophies to vie for except that of the conference crown, and sometimes the Hawaii Bowl. But with the joining of the Mountain West in 2012 and the return of some older WAC foes to the schedule, that meant resumption of two dormant series in which perpetual trophies were in play — the Paniolo Trophy (Wyoming) and the Kuter Trophy (Air Force). In the last 24 […]

Hawaii athletics: 4 announced as 2019 Circle of Honor inductees

By Brian McInnis on June 3, 2019

The 2019 class of the UH Sports Circle of Honor is set. The names should be familiar: former Hawaii basketball Fab Fiver and head coach Bob Nash; former athletic director Hugh Yoshida; former national champion diver Emma Friesen; and longtime UH basketball booster Carolyn Berry Wilson. The four, making up the 37th class into the CoH, will be officially enshrined during homecoming weekend, including the Sept. 21 football game against Central Arkansas. Stephen Tsai’s full writeup on the four inductees […]