Warrior Beat

By most accounts, Brenden Urban is a good person, good student (pre-law studies) and good teammate. By trade. Urban is a center. If he were asked to move to guard, he would — willingly and enthusiastically — sometimes with only minutes notice. There was a numbers crunch last year, necessitating Urban’s re-assignment to the scout team. He didn’t grumble. Instead, he worked hard, and later was added to the 64-player travel squad. But Urban, a Colorado resident who was at […]

To all the old farts like me, remember what your room looked like when you were in your late teens and early 20s? Magnify that image by 18, and that’s what Stan Sheriff Center manager Rich Sheriff and men’s volleyball coach Charlie Wade expected when they opened the dead-bolt-locked locker room. To their surprise, the locker room was as neat and clean as a Marine’s bed. The floors were spotless. Everything was folded and placed in the proper place. Strange, […]

Four years after committing to UH — and then de-committing to sign with Washington — defensive tackle Lawrence Lagafuaina is poised to join the Warriors. Lagafuaina earned a bachelor’s degree from Washington and has applied to a UH graduate program. If everything goes according to plan, Lagafuaina will be ready for the Aug. 1 start of training camp. Here’s what this means: > No waiting period: As a university graduate, Lagafuaina is eligible to play this coming season. > No […]

Former USC quarterback Max Wittek said nothing is final yet — there are more “conversations” with family, as well applications to be submitted and then accepted — but he acknowledged there is a “good possibility” he will join the Warriors as a walk-on. If it works out, UH would add an experienced quarterback at no cost. Wittek, who currently is not enrolled at USC, would need to redshirt this season. He then would be eligible to compete as a fifth-year […]

UH’s athletic department can prove its business sense with today’s opening of the H-Zone merchandise store at Ward Centers. While the on-campus facilities — Stan Sheriff Center, Les Murakami Stadium and Duke Kahanamoku Aquatic Center — are run efficiently, UH has to chance to show it can handle the merchandise duties it has long craved. H-Zone appears to have a solid plan, including using corporate partners to defray costs. The corresponding Web site should boost the store’s reach. Now it […]

Today is the last day of UH’s fiscal year, which means: > The music has stopped, and  UH’s financial net for the past academic year— pending a thorough audit, of course — is set. Impact? There probably will be more memos to tighten budgets. > This is the first day of the bridge program, two three-credit classes that run through the Aug. 1 opening of training camp. All the Warriors’ incoming freshmen are enrolled in the program. > The NCAA […]

Most of the Warriors’ 2014 recruiting class is in town for tomorrow’s start of the bridge program — two three-credit summer classes that run through the Aug. 1 opening of training camp. Here’s cornerback Jalen Rogers:   * * * * * Here’s safety/linebacker Malachi Mageo:   * * * * * Here’s  lineman Ka‘au Gifford:   * * * * * Here are defensive end Marquis Fairchild and wideout Darrian Josey:   * * * * * Here’s cornerback […]

During an algebra class at good ol’ Roosevelt High, a future blog host noted that inner beauty is what counts most. A female classmate then said: “Why do all ugly people say that?” The clumsy segue is that the state is spending a lot of money completing the Ching complex and building/renovating locker rooms and meetings rooms on UH’s lower campus. But while the projects are much needed, long overdue and aesthetically pleasing, there apparently isn’t enough money for new […]