Warrior Beat: UH-Navy tracker

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Cole McDonald and JoJo Ward team on a 75-yard scoring pass to extend Hawaii’s lead to 52-35.

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Malcolm Perry’s third pass of the game — fifth of his career — goes 19 yards to Tre Walker for a TD. UH still leads, 45-35.

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Cedric Byrd single-handedly extends UH’s lead to 45-28.

Byrd gets behind the defense, and makes a one-handed grab on a 31-yard scoring pass from Cole McDonald.

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Zach Abey scores two TDs in a 1:35 span to close Navy to 38-28.

In between, Cole McDonald lost a fumble on a sack-strip. It was McDonald’s first turnover in his two-season UH career.

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What more have we learned? Navy always fair catches kickoffs, and Zach Abey is tough near the goal line. Abey’s second TD closes Navy to 38-14.

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It’s 38-14 at the half. Here’s what we’ve learned:

> John Ursua, Cedric Byrd and JoJo Ward is very good.
> Cole McDonald is having a nice first half — 19 of 27 for 249 yards and three TDs (two on fourth down). There were four drops.
> Except for the two dive-driven drives, the Warriors 5-5-1 defense is unique and effective.

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UH’s celebration lasted 15 seconds.

Malcolm Perry goes 75 yards on a keeper to close Navy to 35-14 with 4:02 to play. Kenny Niumatalolo said Perry is an “explosive” player. I guess he’s right.

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Fourth and 1?

Was there a doubt Rolo would go for it?

On the play-action, McDonald and Ursua team on a 50-yard, catch-and-sprint for a 35-7 UH lead with 4:17 left before the intermission.

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Navy goes back to the basics — the fullback dive. Navy advances to the 3, from where Zach Abey scores on a keeper. UH still leads, 28-7.

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OK, who had Max Hendrie as the first Australian since Scott Harding to score a UH touchdown?

Hendrie goes 19-yards on the scoop-and-score following a Jeffrey Keene block.

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UH makes it 21-0 on 34-yard TD pass from McDonald to JoJo Ward. Navy pressed, Ward caught it with a little space … and then raced off with a lot of space.

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After going 28 yards on a dive, Fred Holly scoots 1 yard around left end for a 14-0 UH lead with 3:13 left in the first quarter. McDonald is 10-of-13 for 98 yards, with all three incompletions as drops.

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For the second time this season — and second time in two years — the Warriors score on their opening drive. Cole McDonald was 6-for-7 on the drive, with the final 7 yards coming on a scoring toss to Cedric Byrd. McDonald’s only incompletion was a drop — a pass that hit Marcus Armstrong-Brown right on the hyphen.

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For the first time since 2007, the Warriors had player introductions before the game. The defense was announced. It appears, from the intros, the Warriors are opening in a 4-3. They aligned in a 4-2-5 last week.

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It appears there was somewhat of a slowdown heading toward Aloha Stadium. There might be a significant crowd — 25,000? — today.

Count the UH men’s basketball team among the planned attendees. Eran Ganot said this is one of the planned team activities.

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Former UH offensive lineman Dejon Allen was one of the Chicago Bears’ final cuts today. If he’s not claimed on waivers by another team, he will join the Bears’ practice squad, according to agent Kenny Zuckerman.

The Detroit Lions announced the transactions to get to the 53-player roster limit. Lions’ moves. It appears Leo Koloamatangi has made the team. If so, congrats to one of the good guys.