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Wahine high on big signing class

By Brian McInnis on November 15, 2018

The Hawaii women’s basketball team bolstered its ranks considerably with the 2019 early signing period. Four of the players were mentioned on Warrior World previously. Those four are all incoming freshmen. They are: >> Nae Nae Calhoun, a 5-4 point guard out of JW North (Calif.) High >> Olivia Davies, a 5-9 combo guard out of Wasilla (Alaska) High >> MaKayla Edwards, a 5-10 guard/forward out of Salesian College (Calif.) Prep >> Kasey Neubert, a 6-0 forward out of Highlands […]

Hawaii sweeps UCI 3-0, MVB schedule released, Swords out

By Cindy Luis on November 15, 2018

FINAL: Hawaii sweeps UC Irvine, 25-19, 27-25, 25-16. Set 3 UH wins 25-16 8:46: Norene Iosia ends it 25-16. 8:38: Casey Castillo with her 14th kill, puts Hawaii up 20-12. TO UCI. Castillo needs one more kill to tie her career high. 8:30: McKenna Granato’s sixth kill puts Hawaii up 11-8. TO UCI Set 2 Hawaii wins 27-25. 8:13: Hitting error by UCI ends it 27-25. 8:12. Call stands. Sarah Liva with the kill. It’s 25-24. 8:10: UCI challenging whether […]

Soccer signs 7

By Brian McInnis on November 14, 2018

It was a productive signing day for Michele Nagamine and the Hawaii soccer team. The Rainbow Wahine added seven players, including one local prospect, for the 2019 season. All were officially announced on the national signing day Wednesday. It’s a defender-heavy class, at least going by their listed positions. UH just lost seniors Raisa Strom-Okimoto (F/M) and Sarah Lau (M) from a 9-7-1 (4-4 Big West) season that saw the fifth-place Wahine narrowly miss out on their first Big West […]

Volleyball NLI updates

By Cindy Luis on November 14, 2018

Pictured above are Anna Maidment Sabrina Hardisty and Ilihia Huddleston Maia Hannemann and family As mentioned previously, the players may sign an official NLI but coaches can’t talk about them until paperwork is received and processed. I believe Hawaii will do one big release so that may be a few days for indoor women and men. See beach update at bottom Signing with the indoor Wahine this morning at Dublin Coffman High (Ohio) was Riley Wagoner, 6-foot OH, recently named […]

VIDEO: UH football readies for senior night

By Brian McInnis on November 14, 2018

The Hawaii football team’s 18 seniors will be honored Saturday in the team’s 2018 home finale. But the Rainbow Warriors (6-5, 3-3 Mountain West), losers of four straight, still hope to qualify for the Hawaii Bowl by defeating UNLV at Aloha Stadium and thereby securing another home date on Dec. 22. UNLV (3-7, 1-5) is coming off its best performance of the season in a road win at San Diego State. Here’s video from Tuesday’s team practice featuring UH seniors […]

SandBows to sign 3; ‘Swords to D-II regional

By Cindy Luis on November 13, 2018

Here’s another photo from Monday’s SandBows 6th annual Portuguese Horseshoes fundraiser event: The SandBows expect to sign the three players mentioned previously in February. Maia Hannemann, daughter of former Warrior Albert (Al=B), Fla. Canadian Anna Maidment Sabrina Hardisty, Scripps Ranch CA A couple of walk-ons expected are: Ilihia Huddleston, Hi’ilawe’s sister, El Camino CA Laurie McGrath Hilo High Also mentioned previously, the two SandBows who transferred: Lea Monkhouse to UCLA and Chloe Luyties to Cal. As for Chaminade and D-II […]

Warrior Beat: Hey, ’19

By Stephen Tsai on November 13, 2018

Yesterday’s pledge from a former 4-star athlete — back/receiver Melquise Stovall — further boosts the Warriors’ 2019 recruiting class. Stovall was at California for two years before enrolling at Riverside City College this semester. Stovall, who can run 40 yards in 4.5 seconds, was rated as the nation’s No. 6 all-purpose back as a Paraclete High senior in 2016. He had committed, then de-committed to USC, before signing with Cal. UH has first-burn knowledge of Stovall. He scored a TD […]

Note from an equipment manager (1956-60)

By Dave Reardon on November 13, 2018

Sunday’s stories about football managers spurred this response from a reader and reminds us that unsung heroes have been making sports events possible for a very long time: Thank you for The Longest Day article. It brought back many memories from long ago when I was both a basketball and baseball manager for the Washington Huskies. It was much simpler in my time, 1956-1960. Basketball, we traveled with 12 players, 3 coaches, 1 trainer and a manager. My senior manager […]

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