Warrior Beat

The offseason conditioning program is actually voluntary, but two on-the-mend players — slotback/running back Samson Anguay and safety Kawika Borden — refuse to be sidelined. While their teammates go through speed, agility and weight drills, Anguay and Borden perform exercises that do not impact their injuries. Anguay, who uses crutches, recently had arthroscopic surgery to clean his right knee. Borden is recovering from hernia surgery. Both should be ready for the Aug. 1 start of training camp.

Brodie Nakama Harold Moleni The 2014 spring semester is officially in the books, and the UH football team made the grades. Fifty-six of the 101 players on the spring roster had grade-point averages of 3.0 or better. Here are the leaders: > Luke Shawley, rush end — 3.82 > Brodie Nakama, long-snapper — 3.82 > Harold Moleni, tight end — 3.80 > Marrell Jackson, safety — 3.76 > TJ Taimatuia, outside linebacker — 3.75 > Jeremy Higgins, quarterback — 3.75 […]

It rained. It was early. It didn’t matter to the Rainbow Warriors, who showed up at 5:45 a.m. on the first day of the NCAA-approved offseason conditioning program.   The players rotated at workout stations. While a group lifted, one group ran shuttle drills, another worked on leg exercises, and so forth. All but two players from the spring roster signed up for one of the three sessions — one is in California because of a family situation; another was […]

There is the Gregorian calendar, of course, and the Chinese calendar. But we all know the most important is the football calendar. Tomorrow is the first day of the football year. That’s when the offseason conditioning program officially begins for the Rainbow Warriors under the direction of strength/conditioning coach Gary Beemer. There are sessions available at 6;30 a.m., 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Session assignments are usually based on class schedule. (All but two UH scholarship players are enrolled in […]

Let’s suppose you’re a UH head coach and you want to hire an assistant coach, graduate-assistant coach or, even, an administrative assistant. UH rules require the position to be advertised for 11 working days. Because tomorrow is Memorial Day, the advertising period would begin on Tuesday. The 11th business day would be June 10. But the next day is Kamehameha Day, a state holiday. After that, about five finalists must be interviewed. That can be done through telephone interviews on […]

The Rainbow Warriors have added all-state center Kaiwi Chung of Kamehameha Schools and cornerback Jamal Mayo of Laney College. Here’s what it means: > Filling needs: Cornerbacks and offensive linemen topped the 2014 recruiting wish list. Even though signing day was in February, the Rainbow Warriors continued to build the 2014 roster. Mayo is fast (he ran track at Oakland’s Skyline High), productive (10 interceptions in 18 JC games) and highly recommended (UH coach Norm Chow and Laney coach John […]

All men exaggerate. OK, maybe I’m exaggerating. But many exaggerate about 40-yard-dash times, SAT scores, income, sock size, Bruno Mars concert seats, post-prom experiences, fish weight, and so forth. A million claimed to be UH fans during the vonAppen years. Twenty thousand were there when Chaminade upset Virginia. So we shouldn’t be concerned about  Richard “Dick” Parson’s actual basketball experience at UH five decades ago. What is troubling is the incomplete archives of UH sports. It should not be surprising. […]

Former UH quarterback Bryant Moniz  told the Star-Advertiser he has reached agreement on an two-year contract with the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League. Moniz reports to camp on May 28. Calgary’s first exhibition game is June 14. Details of the contract were not released, but the CFL minimum is $50,000 per year. * * * * * While being recruited, Saint Louis School senior Devan Stubblefield received post-card sized letters from the UH football coaches. Some letters were […]