Comments on: Derby’s blast from the past https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/court-sense/derbys-blast-from-the-past/ Sat, 06 Oct 2018 23:48:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Lisa Penhart https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/court-sense/derbys-blast-from-the-past/#comment-2687869 Sat, 01 Sep 2018 23:20:48 +0000 http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=46558#comment-2687869 My favorite was the one with you Brian, and Richard Higa. Go Pearl City Chargers!
Really great montages! xoxoxo

]]> By: Geoff McDonald https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/court-sense/derbys-blast-from-the-past/#comment-2687792 Fri, 31 Aug 2018 18:47:37 +0000 http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=46558#comment-2687792 Derb, thank you for putting this together and reminding us of those AWSOME times! Each one brings tears to my eyes. It was a golden era for the ‘Bows and, win or lose, those teams brought it week in and week out and made the whole state and Hawaiians everywhere proud! It was an honor playing with you (‘81-‘83) and being your roomy for two years and playing against your Chargers in HS. Mahalo for bring Samson and your othe coaches to Richmond every year to coach up our OL!

]]> By: Merle Gornick https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/court-sense/derbys-blast-from-the-past/#comment-2687700 Thu, 30 Aug 2018 20:26:18 +0000 http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=46558#comment-2687700 These were probably some of the best memories in my life! Dick Tomey cultivated a culture of ohana that reached far beyond the team, but throughout our communities and entire state!

All of the current connections via social media and reunions at various games throughout the season reflects just that. The ohana connections are still there! Nice job of Brian Putting these videos together!

]]> By: NorthShoreFan https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/court-sense/derbys-blast-from-the-past/#comment-2687699 Thu, 30 Aug 2018 20:02:01 +0000 http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=46558#comment-2687699 Great presentation. Brought back so much good memories of UH Football. The crowd is not the same but this spoke of the best years of UH football.
Forgot the backer who went airborne over the O line to get to the qb but it really freaked the crowd out. I remember going nuts after seeing that play. Semeri Ulufale..original Flyin Hawaiian..wedge buster maniac..fearless..but a gentle soul. Fletcher, Gaison, Niko, Al, Petelo, Lopati, Morgado, Levi, Laboy, June, Golden, Colt, Higa (Timex), Tuineis, Woodcock, Matsushima, and countless men who made Saturdays a much anticipated day…Game Day!
Mahalo to all who played and are Warriors! … IMUA!

]]> By: Dennis Wong https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/court-sense/derbys-blast-from-the-past/#comment-2687692 Thu, 30 Aug 2018 16:47:36 +0000 http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=46558#comment-2687692 It was a special time for friends and family to gather before and during every home game. Our family and church gang were all season ticket holders. We got married on November 7, 1981 and scheduled our wedding on an away date to ensure people would come to the wedding. We also had to purchase a new invention called VHS VCR for $1,200.00 and promised we would record the away game that happened on our wedding day and everyone could come over and watch the next day. I recall sitting in the pastors office just prior to the start of our ceremony listening to the game on the radio against UTEP. We even got back from our honeymoon in time for the next home game on November 14, 1981 against our rival BYU, both teams were ranked & undefeated and the game was broadcast live via satellite to the mainland, something rare during those years.

]]> By: Jim Tuyay https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/court-sense/derbys-blast-from-the-past/#comment-2687688 Thu, 30 Aug 2018 14:46:55 +0000 http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=46558#comment-2687688 Boolakanka. SPATS? I don’t think so. Point After was Da Place. Bookumdanoaloha.

]]> By: Brian Derby https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/court-sense/derbys-blast-from-the-past/#comment-2687683 Thu, 30 Aug 2018 06:45:11 +0000 http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=46558#comment-2687683 Mahalo everyone for the awesome comments. Let’s go Bows!

]]> By: Brian Derby https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/court-sense/derbys-blast-from-the-past/#comment-2687682 Thu, 30 Aug 2018 06:44:09 +0000 http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=46558#comment-2687682 It was a very Special time for many people. Rick, you know a lot about this time as you followed every part of the program. I met awesome people on and off the field. A time that I will never forget.

]]> By: buffalo https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/court-sense/derbys-blast-from-the-past/#comment-2687667 Thu, 30 Aug 2018 00:43:42 +0000 http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=46558#comment-2687667 True warrior Brian Derby took my son there to Kapahulu park taught him how to pass block
many top lineman working out there , played at city college SF 2 years coach rush and 2 national titles
and 2 years Kstate under coach Snyder, mahalo Brian for FREE lessons in life and football on those weekends your finger prints all over Hawaii and Mainland.

]]> By: Rick Karasaki https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/court-sense/derbys-blast-from-the-past/#comment-2687640 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 16:52:35 +0000 http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=46558#comment-2687640 These were very special times for all involved. I could write a book or at the very least a few good chapters describing the importance of what this period did for football in hawaii as we know it today, the family unit, and the culture in hawaii. It will definitely be described in my memoirs.

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