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Warrior Beat: Hawaii football has head-to-toe trial run

By Stephen Tsai on August 20, 2019

In preparation for Saturday’s season opener against Arizona, the Hawaii football team wore their game helmets and game shoes during today’s two-hour practice. Head coach Nick Rolovich said breaking in the black helmets and Under Armour shoes was a “sign” that the first kickoff was approaching. “I think the team is fairly mature in that it doesn’t affect them one way or another,” Rolovich said. “I think it’s a subliminal message we’ve got a few more days.” The Warriors worked […]

Hawaii football: Batoon knows time of the essence dealing with Arizona’s fast break

By Dave Reardon on August 20, 2019

Sometimes, when a football coach says his players are “not thinking,” it’s a good thing. It doesn’t necessarily mean they’re making bad decisions. Actually, it’s often a reference to excellent preparation. Because they’ve learned in practices, they don’t have to think during games; things come naturally, instinctively. Conscious thinking during a play can slow you down. Last year, when first-year University of Hawaii defensive coordinator Corey Batoon brought in some new position coaches and a new system, the players had […]

Hawaii men’s basketball: Ganot teases 100th season; Jacobsen joins Cal Baptist

By Brian McInnis on August 20, 2019

From Day 1 on the job as Hawaii men’s basketball coach, Eran Ganot championed the program’s past as one of its greatest selling points. Over the course of the 2019-20 season — the 100th in program history going back to 1912 — UH plans to honor that past in a variety of ways. Ganot teased some of those methods this week as he stood in front of the NCAA and NIT tournament plaques he had custom made for the hallway outside […]

Rainbow Forecast: Hawaii hosts Arizona football, USC soccer

By Brian McInnis on August 19, 2019

Welcome to the very first Rainbow Forecast, your weekly primer for upcoming University of Hawaii sporting events. Check back on Mondays, from now through the spring, for a breakdown on upcoming Rainbow Warrior and Rainbow Wahine games and other notables spanning that Monday through Sunday. So, here we go. To begin the 2019-20 athletic calendar, a couple of Pac-12 opponents — USC and Arizona — come to town for the respective openers of the Hawaii soccer and football teams. UH’s […]

Hawaii, Arizona release depth charts for football opener

By Stephen Tsai on August 19, 2019

The Arizona and Hawaii football teams today released their depth charts for Saturday’s season opener. Here are the tentative starters: Arizona Offense WR Drew Dixon (6-3, 205, So.) or Jalen Curry (6-2 207, Fr.) SB Brian Casteel (6-0, 195, So.) or Jamarye Joiner (6-1, 205, Fr.) TE Bryce Woma (6-4, 244, Jr.) LT Donovan Laie (6-4, 315, So.) LG Robert Congel (6-4, 310, So.) RG Cody Creason (6-4, 295, Sr.) RT Edgar Burrola (6-6, 305, So.) or Paiton Fears (6-5, […]

‘Bows in the Pros football roundup: Hawaii alum Marcus Kemp out for season

By Billy Hull on August 19, 2019

Week 2 of the NFL preseason is in the books. Here’s an update on some of the ‘Bows in the pros. >> Kansas City Chiefs receiver Marcus Kemp will miss the entire 2019 season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament and medial collateral ligament in the same knee suffered in Saturday’s preseason game against Pittsburgh according to The Kansas City Star. Kemp had an MRI that confirmed the injury. Kemp was hit low after catching his first pass of the […]

Hawaii women’s volleyball: Back-row players Hanawahine, Okino, Gong dig in

By Brian McInnis on August 19, 2019

The competition has been equal parts fierce and friendly. A three-way battle to determine the successor to Tita Akiu as the next Hawaii women’s volleyball libero is underway at every Rainbow Wahine preseason practice. The candidates: fourth-year junior Rika Okino, junior Kyra Hanawahine and third-year sophomore Janelle Gong. The team temporarily got away from the daily grind over the weekend with a West-side camping trip, wrote Cindy Luis in Monday’s print edition of the Star-Advertiser. But they were right back […]

Warrior Beat: Hawaii football ends training camp

By Stephen Tsai on August 17, 2019

The Warriors ended training camp with today’s 90-minute practice on the grass field. The wind-down came in stages: last week’s final full-contact scrimmage, the creation of scout teams and depth charts, and the newcomers moving out of camp-assigned dorm rooms. The regular student body moves into the dorms this week. With the fall semester starting on Monday, Aug. 26 — two days after the season-opening game — the traditional camp schedule appears to be out of order. School usually opens […]

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