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Hawaii athletics facilities: Stan Sheriff Center floor resurfacing underway

By Ferd Lewis on August 2, 2019

“We can hardly wait to get out on our new floor, it is going to be something,” University of Hawaii women’s basketball coach Laura Beeman said today as workers have begun the refinishing of the Stan Sheriff Center court. The floor that the Rainbow Wahine and Rainbow Warriors basketball teams call home was last resurfaced nearly 20 years ago. The Stan Sheriff Center itself is about to enter its 25th year of athletics. The approximately $90,000 project is scheduled to […]

Hawaii football team practices at Saint Louis School

By Stephen Tsai on August 2, 2019

“I just woke up like this,” said pass-game coordinator Craig Stutzmann, who was dressed in his high school alma mater’s apparel. “I don’t know what happened. I had a Saint Louis shirt and a Saint Louis hat right out of bed.” It was a fitting attire for Stutzmann, whose football worlds met when the Rainbow Warriors practiced on the Saint Louis campus today. The Rainbow Warriors had to move practice sites in anticipation of inclement weather. The Warriors’ only available […]

Hawaii football: Offensive line shuffles at Practice No. 6

By Stephen Tsai on August 1, 2019

A day after delivering the hits in a fully padded workout, the Warriors were back in “shells” — shoulder pads and shorts — for Thursday’s sixth practice of training camp. The focus was in the middle, where true sophomore Solo Vaipulu was the center with the No. 1 offense. Vaipulu, who started all 14 games at right guard in 2018, is filling in for Kohl Levao, who is expected to miss most of the remaining days of training camp with […]

Hawaii football: The Byrd is still the word

By Brian McInnis on August 1, 2019

At the end of Thursday morning’s practice, the Hawaii football team broke into position groups and began sprinting downfield one at a time — even the linemen — to haul in passes. Because of the entertainment and curiosity factors, there was almost no reason to watch the full-time UH receivers do their regular thing. Almost. In the final minutes, senior slotback Cedric Byrd II, seemingly without effort, hauled in a ball one-handed on the run, tightroping a sideline. “We had to […]

Hawaii football: Kai Kaneshiro straps up at nickelback

By Brian McInnis on July 31, 2019

Kai Kaneshiro’s natural instincts have been unleashed. Kaneshiro, a Saint Louis School graduate who’s in his second fall camp with Hawaii, is still a defensive back. But in the spring, the UH coaches switched him from cornerback to nickelback going into his redshirt freshman season. It boils down to proximity for the 6-foot-2 youngster with hybrid talents. “I actually really like the switch to be more closer to the ball. I’m always around it. I really like it,” Kaneshiro said […]

Hawaii men’s volleyball: Despite Cowell, U.S. loses to Chile in Pan American opener

By Cindy Luis on July 31, 2019

Hawaii outside hitter Colton Cowell put down a team-high 16 kills but it was not enough as the U.S. fell to Chile in Wednesday’s men’s volleyball pool-play opener at the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. Cowell, a rising senior, added an ace in the 25-17, 25-17, 17-25, 25-22 loss at the Callao Sports Center. Former Rainbow Warrior All-American setter Joe Worsley, who played all four sets and started the last two, had two aces and a kill, and former […]

Hawaii football practice No. 5: Pads on, restrictions off

By Stephen Tsai on July 31, 2019

Today’s first fully padded practice meant anyone who did not throw or kick a football was a target. “It was exciting,” nickelback Eugene Ford said of the two full-contact, 11-on-11 sessions. “All that tagging off (in limited-contact practices), we’re not used to that. We play football in full pads. It gives us a good feel of what it’s going to be like in a game.” The defense set the tone — and imprint — early. On the first play of […]

Hawaii football: Justus Tavai keeps mid-camp tabs on brother Jahlani

By Brian McInnis on July 30, 2019

Jahlani Tavai reached up, batted a ball thrown by NFL veteran quarterback Matthew Stafford, hauled it in and took off running. You can bet the Detroit Lions’ rookie linebacker’s younger brother, Hawaii defensive tackle Justus Tavai, heard, saw and talked all about it right after UH football practice Tuesday morning. The two brothers and former Rainbow Warriors teammates are still tied by bonds of training camp. They just happen to be thousands of miles apart. Jahlani Tavai was taken as […]

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