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Warrior Beat: Whacky Wednesday

By Stephen Tsai on December 5, 2018

Freaky Friday? No, today was Whacky Wednesday, during which several offensive and defensive players switched roles. The purpose was twofold: 1) It allowed an offensive player to see what a defensive counterpart goes through. 2) It gave the coaches a chance to see if, down the road, a receiver could be used as a cornerback. “It gave us a look at some guys who may be newer to the program, see what their skill set is,” head coach Nick Rolovich […]

Hawaii Beat: Extra workouts

By Stephen Tsai on December 3, 2018

As a bonus for qualifying for the SoFi Hawaii Bowl, the Warriors were granted 15 practices leading to the Dec. 22 game. The extra work has been beneficial for the offensive and defensive lines. During today’s practice, tackle Ernest Moore and guard Gene Pryor got ample work with the first-team offensive line. On defense, Justus Tavai has been honing his skills as a hybrid at nose tackle and 3-technique.

Warrior Beat: Back in action

By Stephen Tsai on December 1, 2018

After a week off, the Warriors today worked out for 90 minutes, the first of 15 NCAA-allotted practices in advance of the Dec. 22 SoFi Hawaii Bowl. UH coach Nick Rolovich said he views the bowl practices as “another spring practice.” The Warriors are using the extra workouts to give meaningful reps to freshmen, redshirts and developing players. Consider this an advance tutorial for next next season. “You don’t want to waste one opportunity to get better,” Rolovich said. “If […]

Baylor with a reverse sweep, Hawaii down in 5

By Cindy Luis on November 29, 2018

Here’s the breaking summary of Baylor’s 23-25, 23-25, 25-14, 26-14, 16-14 win over Hawaii in the NCAA first round. Set 5 Baylor wins 16-14 7:22. Baylor ends it 16-14. 7:19: Baylor with match point at 15-14. TO UH. 7:16: Milana hits long, UH with match point 14-13. TO Bears. 7:13: Call stands, it’s 11-11. 7:12: In the fifth set, you get another challenge. Baylor had already used its 3. If call stands, It is tied 11-11. if not, Baylor would […]

Game Night: UH vs. UCLA

By Stephen Tsai on November 28, 2018

Tough night in Westwood for the ‘Bows, who fell 80-61 to UCLA in Pauley Pavilion. Prince Ali stole the show, pouring in a season-high 23 points. He started off with four all-swish 3s and finished with a thunderous dunk. The ‘Bows bench had some nice moments. Owen Hulland had a 14 points, and Samuta Avea had a run with jumpers and aggressive defense. The ‘Bows return home tomorrow, having gone 1-3 on this trip. Next game is Dec. 8 against […]

Ursua named to All-MW first team; UH and LaTech in Hawaii Bowl

By Stephen Tsai on November 28, 2018

The nation’s leader in touchdown receptions — John Ursua — scored a big honor, being named to the 2018 All-Mountain West first team. Here’s why: > No. 1 nationally in touchdown receptions (16) > No. 5 in receiving yards (1,343) > No. 5 total touchdowns (17) > No. 10 receiving yards per game (103.3) Rush end Kaimana Padello was named to the second team. Here’s why: > Leads team with 11.5 tackles for loss > Leads team with 7.5 sacks […]

First-round match on Spectrum OC16

By Cindy Luis on November 28, 2018

From UH, they are working on a live stream of Hawaii’s NCAA tournament first-round match against Baylor on Thursday. TELEVISION: Spectrum OC16 will broadcast the match between UH and Baylor with Kanoa Leahey calling the play-by-play and Chris McLachlin handling the play-by-play. LIVESTREAM: TBD RADIO: KKEA 1420-am, UH’s flagship radio station, will be covering the first round of the NCAA Tournament with Tiff Wells providing the play-by-play. LIVE AUDIOSTREAM: A live audio stream will be available at www.espn1420 am.com LIVESTATS: […]

How have ‘Bows fared at Pac-12 schools?

By Brian McInnis on November 27, 2018

With the Hawaii men’s basketball team taking on UCLA at historic Pauley Pavilion on Wednesday, now might be a good time to examine how the Rainbow Warriors have fared historically in road games against the Pac-12 Conference. The first thing one notices poring through the UH media guide is that there’ve been almost none of them in the 21st century. In fact, going into Wednesday, there’ve been all but three true UH road games against the westernmost Power Five league […]

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