Rainbow Wahine win Series opener

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Great to hear about the blog continuing, ST!

Based on the paragraph above, I guess you are being retained, huh, ST? If so, how will your roles be divided amongst the SB sports editor? Are you still covering the UH football side or will it be split? Also, will the two newspaper blog be merged?

Sorry, been out of the loop lately as I just got back today and somehow the bed tripped me on my way to the bedroom.

Ralph–

Just got back today.

BG Karaoke call this saturday at Krazy Karaoke, 7 pm, join us, meet the rest of the tsaiko bloggers. Cost is $15, byob and people are bring food and pupu items.

you can join Whitey on the wild side in the Philipines or Bangkok, he is one happy camper.

99club
for a retiree you got up early for breakfast

Ralph–

I don’t think Bangkok is a place I want to go to at this moment as the country is somewhat in turmoil. But I have heard a lot of great stories about Bangkok. Definitely will be one of the many places I would like to visit.

BTW, we had an Indian business man from our tour group and he said that English is the unofficial language in India. English is widely spoken throughout India more so than indian. Didn’t know that.

BG don’t forget, Na Wahine on TV this morning, Thurday on ESPN at 7 am HST. Softball world series vs Missoui.

Good morning, SteveM!

I see you are still awake. Join the club.

Good morning BleedGreen808. Welcome back!

…You guys, of course, may retain your online names, too.

ST — this sentence makes me a little nervous…especially when I looked at the S.B. blog the other day and I got the impression that the posters there were registered or had some account. Especially when some poster icons had pix and some were generic. Hope I’m wrong. I didn’t stay to experiment with it.

Aloha, Tsaiko Ohana!!

Great news that the blog is continuing although it sounds like we will go through another period of turmoil like the last time the blog software changed, as we get used to the software and the new company gets used to us.

Steve M, what kind of food should we bring to the saturday night potluck? Is there a list somewhere of what folks are bringing? Probably do the healthy salad thing we have been doing at the tailgates.

And where is Krazy Karaoke? Too lazy to Google it. LOL

Thanks!!

Lopaka43 — click on my name above (in brown) and check the yellow background Events section on my web page. A few more details and a link to a map is there.

I have long given up trying to compile a pot luck list. You have been to several Tsai-ko tailgates… very few people say they are bringing anything but we usually end up with enough food for 2 days.

I posted some potluck items for the Karaoke Call only because the MOMs are very diligent in their pot luck reporting to Esme. 🙂

I will list voluntary pot luck contributions if they are reported here on the blog. But mostly it’s a matter of faith… 🙂

Good morning Tsaikos and to the deer(s) in my backyard.

Since this will be the last Warrior Beat show, I want to thank ST, Princess, and everyone involved for putting a most informative show. Thank you very much.

It will be interesting to see how the blog changes under the new format.

Go Wahine!

Be the titas!!!

Do the MOMS have another site yet?

The Idaho Statesman has a feature article on the MWC’s Commissioner.

“A lot of people think that Craig and I are adversaries because of the competition between the WAC and the Mountain West and the history of it,” Benson said. “We’ve worked well together, we have mutual respect for each other and we like each other.”

Over the last six weeks, Benson said, he and Thompson have had weekly conversations. At no point has Thompson told Benson of his league’s intention to invite Boise State.

“If they do, I’m sure I will get a phone call immediately,” Benson said.

The MWC and the WAC subsidize their Athletic Departments much more than schools in bigger budget conferences. The MWC has bigger Athletic Department budgets and they sure spend a LOT more than the WAC per student. Wyoming has 41% of tuition and fees going to Athletics?

Public schools competing in the Mountain West and Western Athletic conferences shell out an average of $1,177 and $718 per student, respectively, to subsidize their athletic programs, among the costliest subsidies in the NCAA’s 120-school Football Bowl Subdivision, according to a new report.

These numbers are much larger than the per-student subsidies in the six power conferences enshrined in the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) and illustrate the financial inequities that abound in intercollegiate sports, according to the report’s authors.

In 2008-09, MWC and WAC schools covered 43 and 47.5 percent of their athletics costs, respectively, through student fees and institutional support, compared with the 3.6 percent among storied Big Ten teams such as Ohio State and Michigan State, according to the report. And these subsidies equal 17.3 percent of annual tuition collected at WAC schools and 15.5 percent at MWC schools, on average, versus less than 1 percent in the Big Ten, where sports subsidies are just $67 per student. USU’s subsidy was 19 percent of tuition.

At the U., the athletics subsidy amounts to 5.41 percent of tuition and fees, compared with 41 percent at the University of Wyoming, which is on the high end of range in the MWC.

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~•~~~~•~ ♪ ♫ ♪ Belated..Birthday..wishes..to..Cenn!!! ♫ ♪ ♫ ~•~~~~•~

Mizzou is the “Show me” state…. 😯

You show ’em Wahine!!! 🙂 😀 😆

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Congratulations ST and to your brother, too.

This is great news about your careers and the continuation of WB.

Bake a better cake?

Good morning everyone.

Mctruck,

Agree. He doesn’t practice what he preaches.

http://espn.go.com/blog/big12/post/_/id/13046/colorado-sets-two-game-times

Colorado has set the kickoff time for its home opener against Hawaii, which will not be televised. The game will kick off at 3:30 p.m. ET and will also serve as Alfred Williams Day, celebrating the career of the former CU linebacker who was a member of the 1990 national championship team and a recent inductee to the College Football Hall of Fame.

Re-The ump that blew the call ruining a pitcher’s perfect game

By now I’ve read many articles and comments about this incident and the prevailing opinion is that the pitcher got robbed and MLB should have instant replay (they do only on questionable home runs).

I agree. The runner was out by a foot. Not even close.

But another point I’d bring up, and one that I haven’t read yet, is why not have the umpire’s sobriety checked?

Bus drivers and airline pilots have this done all the time, especially if it appears that their judgment is impaired. Or when do something wrong and egregious. Was the ump’s bad call egregious? Yes it was.

To the the shocked onlooker witnessing this play could it appear that the umpire’s judgment was impaired and maybe his sobriety should be checked?

I think so. Especially when you consider that the umpire is a veteran of 21 years.

Yet all I’m hearing poster’s say is the MLB should have replays. But in addition I think sometimes, like this time, umpires should submit to post game drug testing.

For those who will not be near a TV but have access to the internet, this
is what I have found.

Radio on ESPN 1420

INTERNET: Channel surfing (ESPN)
CBS sports all- access doesn’t list the UH game.
NCAA sports is ESPN 3. Need to subscribe.

Aloha Kakahiaka!
Nice the start the day with good news!

Looking forward to MORE Good News today and this week!

GO WAHINE!
WE BELIEVE!!!!

hiho

Congrats ST about the blog!! I can now breathe a sigh of relief. Regrets to those who have lost their position or have chosen to move on due to circumstances.

Aloha Kakahiaka!!!

It’s wonderful to know that the blog will continue with its current identity. We are the Tsaikos…we are the Tsaikos…

Great report from OKC on the KGMB morning news. Don Murphy did make it there; they interviewed him. Brooks also interviewed a HS softball coach who said they adopted the UH “H” logo and green & black colors for their team. That team is from Alabama and they are rooting for UH.

GO WAHINE!!!

Great Morning All!

Good news that the WB continues past Sunday, woulda been a lo-o-o-ong summer otherwise.

Tame da Tigers!(used to be a favorite banner back in the day at the Termite Palace…sorry Al/SteveM/A-house)

GO NA WAHINE!

aloha and good morning to everyone,

with the rising of the sun it is a new day filled with new challenges and blessings. our celebratory mood of finding out that the WB will continue is offset by the realization that everyone from the HA is not going to be retained by the new entity. that is sad, our prayers to them and their ohana.

i try and wake up with an attitude of gratitude so that i might achieve what i believe; but i try to be thankful for all of the blessings around me and appreciate those that i am honored to call friends….

let us keep those from HA that have not been retained by the new entity in prayer and hope for the best for them. we all have head the axiom that ‘when one door closes, another one opens’…..but sometimes that resounding THUD of that closing door is too deafening.

as someone said earlier…..’The Beat Goes On………’

Let’s Go Bows!
Let’s Go Bows!
Let’s Go Bows!

Be the clouds and be the sky,
Be the wind and you will fly.
Be the dirt and be the grass,
Be the ball and kick their ass!

Go Wahine!
Go Wahine!
Go Wahine!

Good MorningTsai-kos!

Go Wahine!
Ready to turn on tv at work.

Here’s one of the links 808ike provided:

http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2010/jun/02/swinging-for-the-fences/?tigerextra

Go for broke, Rainbow Wahines!!!!!!!!!!

Hit for the fences! High scoring game for the Wahine today! Got to win today’s game. WE BELIEVE!

GO WAHINE!!!

Taking a long lunch to catch the game! 🙂 Hot dogs for lunch, of course.

GOOD MORNING TSAIKOS!!!!

GO WAHINE!!!!

CHA CHING!!!!

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OK, one for each defensive position…..now let’s do one for every home run hit this season….

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Are you nuts??? I was only joking, haha………..but really GO WAHINE

Cmon Steph! Settle down!

After a talk from Coolen, Steph strikes out the 2nd out. Got the bases loaded. We need this out!

Good to hear the blog will live and the mighty Blog Master still has a job. Good luck and best wishes to the others that were not so fortunate.

Prayers for the HA staff who are going to be without a job after Sunday.

After 1 inning, 0-0.
Hawai‘i went down in order

Mizzou (batting order, wasn’t paying attention to numbers)
#1 batter, 4-3
#2 batter, 1B (single to RF)
#3 batter, BB
#4 batter, BB, bases loaded
#5 batter, K
#6 batter, K

Good morning Tsai-kos!!

Happy birthday joje!

Knew all along the blog would be retained. Was just worried about the format.

HR AA!!!

GO WAHINE!!!

Double by Kanani. Very nearly out of the park.

gooooood mmmorning tsaiko country

so far so good for da wahines, they no look so nervous yet and playing accordingly.

keep it up, stay focused and swing dat pipe babe

again the ESPN announcers claim our fences are 190 down the lines. No follow up homework by these ladies.

I was wondering what ball field they were talking about. Wonder if they would pick up a comment during the game on the ESPN site?

So far, so guuuuuud!

From this morning’s article on the last Golf Page:

Lori Castillo

Rainbow Wahine coach

Three-time USGA champion

Hawai’i Golf Hall of Fame

“No doubt, the No. 1 thing Hawai’i golf has going for it is junior golf. What Title IX did for women’s golf nationally, the HSJGA did for the state. It created opportunities and a vision kids did not have before. And everybody jumped in. It’s just the nature of a small state. We all pull together.”

Current golf goal: “Getting a national championship is part of the five-year plan.”

rickette settling down but needs to chilax just play her game

There aren’t too many parks where that HR wouldn’t have gone out….Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Grand Teton come to mind. 🙂

eh rumphy no work today bwhaaaaaaaaaaa

no, working today, got to leave soon.

settle down, patience look for your pitch and then attack it

MLB ump would have called that safe at first 😀

rumphy???

eh, koakane you creating your own words again?

oh yes souljah mahalo plenty this works better

morning al, duffer, jm#, ralph, slugger, jerry, and dj

come on wahines refocus

Amanda’s bad throw cost the Wahine a run. Our defense has to help Ricketts by playing smart and good defense.

ricketts looking good she can do it just need to be ahead on each batter

After three innings, Hawai‘i 1, Mizzou 1

3rd inning Hawai‘i
18 Yoshikawa, F8
00 Majam, 1B (RF)
1 Iwata, 6-4-3

Mizzou
3 Taylor, 1B
Taylor AOE, 2B
26 Marston, F7
8 Hudson, 2B (RF)
Taylor scores
30 Fleming, K
23 Lee, K

I guess Amanda thought she could make the throw like she did with the foul ball. Oh well.

go afta this girl she struggling with pitches

yea pressure pressure pressure

Wow, I’m shocked that they corrected themselves RE: the UH fences being 200 ft. vice 190 ft. We must have crashed ESPN’s email server!

I also posted that message on the chat section on espn3

What lack of communication? The coach held her up while watching the play in front of him.

au’wryte hang loose attitude eh

get ahead steph keep focused

okay, our top of the order up again, third time should be a charm.

Thanks papajoe2: for helping the “neural” networks. 😎

papajoe2:
June 3rd, 2010 at 8:04 am
i just called michelle smyth (not smith) to let her know that our fences are 200 down the lines and all the way around with 6′ fences. got the number from yesterday’s blog. don’t call or email her with negative comments about her as she has the power of the national media where our responses would be censored.

All this talk about “hot bats”. Call the game ESPN.

Good job, biased ESPN announcers… build the bachi.

GO WAHINE!!!

BTW- every facebook post that says ESPN, whether you are a friend or not, shows up on the ESPN Network facebook page.

The announcers sound overjoyed by that Missouri home run!

They didnt seem so happy bout Hawaii’s run.

After five, Hawai‘i 1, Mizzou 2

5th inning for Hawai‘i
21 Grimes, F8
18 Yoshikawa, F6
00 Majam, 1B (infield single to 1st)
1 Iwata, 1B (single through the infield to RF)
Majam advances to 2B
33 Gonzalez, F4

Mizzou
3 Taylor, HR
26 Marston, F5
8 Hudson, F8
30 Fleming, F6

Let’s start crushing it ladies!!!

I’m following the game via gametracker.

Can anyone watching tell me the reason for 6 hits and one run?

kazz one hit was a homer

Stranded runners, Kazz.

Koakane,

I know. What happened to the rest? 😯

Alright Wahine. Crunch time. We need to score here to stay alive.

From Keahi’s sister:

“An update on Barbie for all who are wondering: Barbie got through her first chemo session and had the Absoulute Best result situation possible!!! Thank you so much for everyone help and conntinued prayers they are so grately appreciated!”

God Bless!

HR 3-2 Hawaii

2 run HR Yoshikawa!!!

Let’s see now, that was 38-0 when leading after 5? I heard that somewhere… 🙂

Let’s get more, ladies!

Come on Wahine. Keep up the pressure.

These ladies are just plain awesome. No matter what happens.

As Kazz would say…

DEY YOU GO!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂

C’mon Wahine…play smart, play hard….JUST DO IT!!!

Listening to 1420AM….no doubt about their bias! 😆

ok now balls to the walls

lock it down, no let up, d up now

Come on Wahine!

1-2-3!

OK… what happened? Had a conference w/my boss and missed it.

Yikes! OK. I better stay away…
Watch the highlights later…

HiHo
WE BELIEVE!!!

1 out.

Mizzou… top of their line up… squeeze okole time…. C’mon Wahine!!

2 outs.

Yeeehaww! What a catch!!!

Whew…two!

yea yea yea

wow what a catch

Gotta believe everyone in Hawaii is now standing.

Slider.

Way to go Wahine ❗ ❗ Keep it Going..

Auryte!

pop up. it’s over!!!

Final score: Hawai‘i 3, Mizzou 2
Rainbows Win!

7th inning for Hawai‘i
21 Grimes, 1B (to center)
PR 8 Padaguan
18 Yoshikawa, HR (Right center)
00 Majam, F7
1 Iwata, L8
33 Gonzalez, L5

Mizzou
3 Taylor, F6
26 Marston, F7
8 Hudson, F5

Wahine win! Great game!

Back to work….(:

whew that was a good game

congrats to the wahines yheaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa babe

Whootah.. Wahine WIN!!! Mizzou down to one life.. Wahine preserve theirs and go on to play in the winner’s bracket… gotta love it… !! Congrats Na Wahine!! No ka oi!

ST change the title please.

Great job Ricketts.

Loud in this apt and churning/churned stomachs—:D

Nice hard fought win for the Wahine. Great job. Way to go ladies!

Auryte WAHINE!!!!

Kazz

What’s my running tab now?

YEE HAW!!!!!

Hmmm… weren’t they saying before the game that no one had hit a home run against the Nottlemann in the Regionals and Super Regionals?

Oh well, bummer!

Stephanie Ricketts pitched a very good game.

ESPN give credit for the Wahine being in the weight room and not the big bats. and BTW wahine must hit HRs too fast for you to count- you are 2 behind living in the past .. 🙂 😎

YEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAWWWW!!!

Kepp it coming Wahine! Way to go!!!

Traci knows when to do it. There is no bottom in this order.

SWEET!
MAHALO, KE AKUA!!!

Bud Selig rules that he will not reverse the blown call last night that cost Galarraga a perfect game.

Wahine next game is tomorrow at 1 pm Hawaii time.

The seniors come through!
Alrighty then!
Way to go Bows!
Making memories Bulla, Making memories!

eh kazz wahines pulled it out top of seven with bottom of order up

Runner on 1st.. 2 outs… …last inning…last opportunity… deja vue

Kazz you got to survive to pay your tab, otherwise Whitey and Duffer will be left alone in the tub

KAZZ – I’m going to the Mainland on Friday otherwise I would buy you a drink on Saturday – I am assuming you may be out of $$$ on that date!

But you put your money where your mouth is and deserve at least a drink!

Stan Manley you got to believe in the Na Wahine, its not you, watch and listen in real time and enjoy the ride with the Na Wahine softball team.

Coach Coolen needs some lip balm…or is he allergic to lip balm? Everytime he appears on tv I feel his pain…ouch!!!

If its our bats then why haven’t we been doing the same thing for the past couple of years? We’re using the same exact bats.

Happy birthday, JoJe!

What a birthday present. I’m going to have to watch this next game to see what the opposition is like.

WooHoooooo!!!!

GO WAHINE!!!

It looks like the Pac-10 is going to try to steal half of the Big 12!

The Big 12 meetings are reaching their climax Thursday and Friday in Kansas City with the presidents and chancellors from the league coming together to discuss pressing issues, including sites for championships. (Look for the Big 12 title game in football to stay at Cowboys Stadium for the next three years.)

But when it comes to possible realignment, the Big 12 meetings may be premature.

Why?

Because it appears the Pac-10, which has its meetings in San Francisco starting this weekend, is prepared to make a bold move and invite Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Colorado to join its league, according to multiple sources close to the situation.

Left out would be Iowa State, Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, Nebraska and Missouri.

It looks like they already lined up the TV money!

An invitation from the Pac-10 will be hard for the six Big 12 schools being targeted not to consider. Why? Because Fox Cable Networks (a division of News Corporation), which serves as the chief operating partner of the successful Big Ten Network, appears ready to make the Big 16 Network happen.

Fox is the chief television partner of the Pac-10 currently, and its subsidiary Fox Sports Net currently holds the rights to the Big 12 cable package, which comes up for bid in the spring of 2011. The Pac-10 also has television deals with Fox up for re-bid at the same time.

kaimiloa,

Forget what these announcers say about the bats, they conveniently forget that every team out there has access to the same bats…many have access to the most expensive, top of the line gear… so why are our Wahine swinging them better than anyone else, eh?

The Wahine may not get love / props by the announcers, but at the ESPN sports desk, at least, it seems to be a different story. Didn’t get her name (think it’s Sherry / Sheri?), but she has been very complimentary. She strongly stated Hawaii is not just a home-run hitting team, but a team that hits the ball hard, plays good defense and puts pressure on opponents & has solid pitching. I LIKE her!

I’m sorry ESPN.. but didn’t Hawaii also get MORE hits than Mizzou today?

Go to UH website and look at the pics of the wahine. They do not have skinny arms. You can tell they are putting in the work to get the power. Still you have to get the bat on the ball to hit it.

Kazz,

Add one codicil to your will…just in case.

The runners left on base and undercutting hits has been nothing new to this team. WHAT has been slightly different as the season moves along is the time of the hits. VERY CLUTCH.

Believe it folks. When Coolen uses in game adjustments over scouting reports, it’s true.

protector- yes. Sheri finally gave UH good props in the summary. I have been spouting off on FB and caught that and thanked her.

Before that, I commented:

She just called us “Surprising Cinderella Hawaii”.
How about NCAA RECORD HOMERUN TEAM HAWAII?

Just give credit where credit has been earned! Only people who have no STATS or Super Regional Game history should be surprised now.

All we want is a LEVEL announcing field…

Looks like the UMPS are getting into the nethermost parts of the rulebook.

Softball is turning into GOLF.

Announcers are calling the second game “bizarre”.

OK then!

congrats wahine! congrats to ST and the WB!

That was a clutch HR by Yoshikawa. You have to give a lot of props to Grimes to get on base before with a pitchers count hit. It seems to me that that hit shook up the Mo. pitcher as it was a very good pitch in a good location. Little things make big things possible!

Duffer,

ukazzh (at) gmail (dot) com

Still don’t get a ruling based on an amendment made in August 2002 to be retroactively applied to an event that happened in May 2002. Different time machine.

Ok, back to happy thoughts…and watching my speed again as I head out to lunch. I think it’s a good time to hit a buffet in San Diego.

from a few days back…

looking ahead…

first of all, kaia parnaby was the real most valuable player in the super regionals. she may not have registered the wins, but, she came through when she was called upon. this true freshman may have given up some runs both games, but, she kept us in it for the most part when our “ace” was under the weather and really needed the rest. we would not have gotten to the dance without her.

now comes the csws. parnaby is no longer a rookie. great. ricketts got some well deserved rest. this righty-lefty two women staff will again play a big part in our success.

the top of the lineup will continue its success, i have no doubt about it.

the key to the csws will be our 5-6-7 batters. aguirre, pu’u-warren, and tauali’i must contribute at the plate for us to succeed.

the secondary key will be defense. we must play error free ball. no second opportunities for our opponents.

finally, the team must not be overcome with just being there at the csws. they must continue to practice, lift weights, and do all the little things it took for them to get there in the first place. they must not be starstruck with the csws aura that suurounds them.

they gotta believe that not only do they belong there, but rather, that they can win this thing.

…nuff said.

a well rested and healthy ricketts pitched with grit and toughness. one unearned run and a homerun off of a pitch out of the strike zone.

aguirre delivered.

we make one error which results in an unearned run. fortunately ricketts was on it and yoshi (the most improved batter in the postseason) clutched up.

and this team believes!

OKAY GANG A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT

Since we are all ecstatic about the Wahine win and the good news about the WB being continued…it is time….

SAVE THE DATE!!!

5th ANNIVERSARY BLOG BASH

Date: Saturday, August 7th, 2010

Place: Bay View, Kaneohe (Kaneohe Bay Drive across from Castle High School)

Time: 4:00 p.m. Pupus/drinks/meet and greet
6:00 p.m. Buffet dinner/music/program
10:00 p.m. Start closing down

Menu (all you can eat):

– White Rice
– Toss Green Salad
– Macaroni Salad
– Fried Noodles
– Kalbi Short Ribs
– Salmon w/Teri-Miso Sauce
– Boneless Fried Chicken
– Sheet cakes
– Coffee
– Fruit Punch
– Water
– Tsaiko made pupus/desserts

*Fountain Sodas and Alcohol (cash and carry)

Price: $29.00 per person (includes tax and tip)

More details to follow about RSVP, payments, and other information…from what I hear there may be prizes and stuff like the last anniversary blog bash we held but please stay tuned. Just wanted to let people know ahead of time so that they can plan accordingly….So save the date.

Your Blog Bash Committee

Wow. That is a lot of folks being laid off from the Advertiser. Why is it that I felt that the “new” paper was going to be a combination of two papers? Stupid me.

I realize now that the new paper is pretty much the Star Bulletin….with a few HA workers. I went through several huge layoffs in my lifetime….including the massive closure of the sugar plantation that defined the space that we came from. These places have never truly recovered. The real life human stories that come with these layoffs are truly heartbreaking at times. My best go out to all you guys in this position now. Always remember that the darkest part of the night is right before dawn. Shoooots den. Good luck.

BIK

the drums are beating louder, I hear it
great win, the sun is shining, the wind is in their sails
this is getting good

rumphy…i don’t see it as a “crow hop” in the true sense of the term. if it were she would take a hop off the rubber and replant her back foot in front of the rubber.

her forward momemtum is carrying her forward by her lead foot. i think softball needs to revisit that interprepation of the rule.

#310 – BLOG BASH is the PERFECT time for LURKERS and CASUAL POSTERS to SHOW UP and HAVE FUN!!!

Woo Hoo!

One of BIG ‘F’s for the Tsaikos! FUUD! It’s a party!

Put it on your calendars. August 7th!

Oh, and if you have not joined Na Koa for this season, please do. You should bring your current Na Koa membership card to the Blog Bash. You just might win something. 🙂

http://www.nakoa.org/membership.htm

Kazz, you got mail.

Tomorrow is a busy day with the Wahine a 1pm and the BaseBows at 2… how to follow both, eh?

#87 duffer, you may be right about the bat speed of Kelly. does anybody know the bat speed of Kelly Majam?
#266 MIH, i’m pretty sure there may be more wahine that are seniors. not much playing time but very vital to the team. back up catcher may be one of them. could be others.

watching UCLA play softball, wasn’t it them who used a pitcher who enrolled in school, pitched the team to a national title, then left school without attending a class? could be another sport but i think it was softball. anybody??

papajoe2,

There is a bat speed meter thing they attach to the top of the bat to measure the swing.

Kelly Majam was clocked in at a little more than 70mph.

papajoe2

“We work a lot on bat speed,” Coolen said. “So that’s why you have Kelly Majam, who swings the bat over 70 miles an hour, can hit the ball as far as she can hit the ball with a 5-foot-3 frame because she just has so much bat speed. Her hands go to the ball.”

papajoe2,

And wouldn’t you know it.. her name was Tanya Harding… LOL

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2026&dat=19950602&id=HcEjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9NAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4724,311278

Hey papajoe2,

Kelly would make a good right handed golfer! 🙂

9 runs off 8 hits thru 3 innings….must be some dingers in Game 2.

Anybody know?

Duffer,

E-mail with info sent.

Condolences and prayers for the Wedemeyer family.

#327 duffer, i’m a right handed golfer. she probably would whip my okole in golf even if she played right handed. wait a minute………. maybe i should try left handed.

# 319 & #325

Yeah, that Aussie –

Didn’t she beat the Wahines in consecutive games to knock Hawaii out of the playoffs? (hard for me to remember all the details).

Ferd would probably know – I think he wrote a column about it (seems so long ago).

Anybody remember?

Condolences to the Wedemeyer Ohana

Kazz,

Is she really? I was reading her bio on the UCLA site and didn’t see any reference prior to her college days.

Al NCAA mandated that umps start calling illegal pitches, “crow hopping”, and Brombacher was singled out during the SEC tournament as someone who was called for an illegal pitch often during the regular season. IIRC she was also called for illegal pitches in the last world series. Brombacher was called twice in a game I watched in the SEC tournament. So for the Florida coach to say that why change now is misleading.

Condolences to the Wedemeyer ohana. I remember when Charlie was making headlines. It was a blessing that he could be with his family that long.

aloha charlie wedemeyer!

great memories of charlie running circles around would be tacklers at the old honolulu stadium.

God bless your family.

its the 4th inning of the second game and the ESPN announcers are still talking about the bats and all the home runs this year. if i remember, only Hawaii beat the record. boy, did they beat the record. next team in HRs may be Georgia Tech? not too sure, but i think they have something like 118. i wanted to know about Kelly’s bat speed just in case Michele returns my call to her earlier. how high is the fence protecting the tennis courts? 30ft? is it only in left field or left center, or also in center? i know Kelly hit several into the courts. others did it to, but Kelly is lefthanded.

Brooke Wilkins vs Tanya Harding, the Aussies were good. IIRC Harding was at UCLA for one semester, Spring, to play softball and left without taking her exams or finishing any of her courses.

koakane: June 3rd, 2010 at 11:32 am

wtf announcers got to get with the times. don’t downplay the long ball, diss the bats or the players etc. give it up and just announce the plays

koakane: June 3rd, 2010 at 11:36 am

every sports go thru changes in player, equipment, rules, strategies and the teams that adjust keep winning and moves on. that is why they are always in the hunt. 😈

sorry put on wrong post

Not following the game closely, but it seems that UCLA is very “economical” with 7 runs on 5 hits and 1 FL error thru 5 innings….

Ralph:

I may be older, but some facts still in the cranium and one of them is the debacle with Tanya, her sorid softball history ( as you pointed out only 1 semester ), and Brooke pitching for UH.

Wonder if Brooke and Tanya ever “hooked up” again down under?

crap they make ucla home runs sounds something so special give me a break

koakane:

what’s up with your #354 post?

if you need to go some place drive your own car!!

har de har har!!!

Both Tanya and Brooke pitched for the Australian Olympic National Team. Tanya was the number one, Brooke shared number 2 with another pitcher.

d1

More like Florida is being overly generous. I think those two calls against the pitcher has the team rattled.

FL is going to mercy-ruled.

…going to = going to be…

Condolences to the Wedemeyer ohana.

#5 seed UCLA is about to mercy rule #4 seed Florida. UCLA now leading 16-3 top of the 6th. Looks like the Wahine will be playing the Bruins tomorrow.

16-3 in the 6th. Where is the mercy rule? Did I miss something?

to the wahine softball team: keep your souls on fire; and keep having fun at the womens world series softball tournament…you are doing what you love to do and that is playing softball…we the fans love the home runs!!!but once in awhile a single or double will surfice just to make it more interesting…congrats on your winning missouri.

I hope Jenna is okay. She took a mean shot to the face.

Mr. A-House:

The seedings you see are based on how the teams were seeded in the regionals. As you can see, there are no #1 and #2 seed.

Happy Birthday joje!

Mr. Ralph:

Missouri is the #9 seed.

377 labrat please explain didn’t see anything like that?????

Pomai – it was a foul tip that bounced back up and caught her just under the helmet.

Jenna didn’t bat in the 7th, did she? It looked like we skipped a couple of players in the final rotation.. am I wrong?

NCAA,

Salamat.

I only tuned in at 16-3. It seemed like it had been 16-3 since March 2010.

By all accounts, was Rodriguez ok?

pomai #382 easily done……. just teach them the right way the first time

NCAA you’re right, I thought Missouri was the favored, it was Georgia Tech who lost to Oregon. And Missouri beat Oregon.

Mr koakane:

You are correct. Pitchers need to be taught how to pitch within the rules. Same with hardball pitchers. Stay within the rules or you may be called for a balk.

Mr Pomai:

Obviously, the Florida pitcher has a history with the illegal pitch. It falls on the coaching staff to correct her form, not change the rules to conform to her form.

J-Rod fouled straight down and it bounced up to tip her helmet.

Candera sp? Arizona’s coach talked about teams using “hot bats” that are made of composite material hitting too many home runs, he should have focusing of teaching fowler how to pitch without crow hopping. lol. 3 illegal pitches with the first batter, can be a long afternoon for the freshman All American.

Kazz,

In the bottom of the 7th inning, J-Rod was in the dugout hanging off the rail, cheering.

HA!

DEY U GO RALPH!!! 😆

so, no tv coverage for the BaseBows tomorrow?

Illegal pitch is also enforced in club and high school play.

Good evening Tsaiko Nation, GREAT win vs. Missouri as I was tooth and nails watching Yoshikawa hit the BIG home run to put another “AWESOME” come back in the books and watching “PrimeTime” Ricketts go the distance and pitched an omens game.

The centerfielder Taylor of Missouri was a tough player as getting her out in the bottom half of the 7th inning was KEY to the wahine pulling out another come from behind victory !

So now it’s the lady wahines vs. the lady bruins as this game here will be a task for the Hawaii softbows as UCLA with ALL it’s great accomplishments in athletics will be in HIGH form as I feel the wahines can match them as pitching is going to be the key as both teams can put up the offensive numbers !

One thing for sure your Hawaii girls “DO NOT QUIT” as time after time they continue to show the resiliency that it takes to become “CHAMPIONS” as I will be tuned in LIVE tomorrow as the SEC, BIG 12 and now the PAC 10 will feel “Hawaii Ball” as it is “The Real Deal” !

Congratulations Wahine on a great game and win.

Wahine recruits for those who missed it——-

http://www.hawaiiathletics.com/news/2009/11/18/SB_1118092115.aspx

what is weird is that i was just reading that same article…hmmm.

there were several blue chippers in the local softball high school teams like senas, manuma, lee, ioane, etc. i hear ioane is still on the fence but the rest have committed to mainland schools.

coolen and the gang will have to work harder. i know its not from lack of effort because i have seen him scouting/recruiting local kids from a very young age.

al,

I see where I got confused… Pagdilao pitch ran for J-Rod in the 6th..

DPK – yep I knew via facebook.

Seeing how Missouri is the, “Show Me” state, I guess it was fitting that the Wahine’s, “showed them.”

Arizona’s starting pitcher is likewise having problems going airborne delivering her pitches, like the Florida pitcher before her.

That’s fine with me as I’m rooting for Tennessee anyway.

I was able to watch the 7th inning replay on espn3.com — awesome. They are just clutch. One win down, two more to the finals.

if this stadium is the ASA stadium, who uses it after the world series. I doubt they would build a stadium for the local ASA club teams, too expensive to maintain.

No questions here Mr. NCAA, you’ve been plenty helpful already.

al.

It would certainly help scouting a lot if there was more fanfare when the Wahine won the WAC.. the Regionals..(this time and the last time) as well as the Super Regionals…

How much of a media blitz they get after this and how the public welcomes them may help steer a lot local kids towards UH.

You kind of wish HPU had more notoriety, noise and fanfare after their National Championship win.

thanks for the info NCAA,

Go Wahine!

Nice job being the titas!!!

Happy birthday Joje!

Ralph . . .

Nah. Another hour or so — maybe. HA!

I set the DVR this morning but we must have had a blip because it did not record anything. Good thing everyone on the blog does a such a nice job of updating the game.

Try to record the game tomorrow afternoon — 4p.

Go Wahine!

Be the titas!!!

OOps.. I meant help recruiting.. not scouting..

Another source….

http://texas.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1090747

Texas wants their own network!!!

Kazz,

you’ve got mail.

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This may *not* end the Big 12…and if I was the MWC or any conference located near the Big 12 North (MWC, Big East, C-USA), I’d worry about teams getting poached. The teams left in the Big 12 have a LOT of cards to play.

1. The 6 teams leaving will each be forced to pay $10 million or so in an exit fee. That is a huge amount of money to the other 10 teams! If Missouri and Nebraska leave, that is $80 million in exit fees for 4 schools to split!

2. The AQ spot is kept by the Big 12 for at least the next 2 years, so teams joining from the MWC or C-USA become part of an AQ conference immediately.

3. The Big 12 bowls are under contract and are VERY lucrative. The TV contract pays many times more than any MWC, WAC, or C-USA school earns.

4. The 6 teams leaving (and maybe Missouri and/or Nebraska also) are leaving behind 6 years of NCAA men’s basketball credits. Those joining the Big 12 will earn a *lot* of money for 6 years because the other teams did well in the tournament. That is more than the 3x profit that UH would make going to a BCS bowl every year for 6 straight years!

If I was the Big 12, I’d add the following teams:

1. TCU. Need to keep a strong Texas team. They would leave the MWC for the reasons above and if they could rejoin several SWC teams.

2. Houston. They would definitely leave the C-USA.

3. Memphis. Big market, good basketball team, and they have been begging to get into an AQ conference.

4. Louisville. I don’t know if they would go, but they have to ask.

5. Utah or BYU. Get into that market…invite both if they have to.

6. Colorado State. Keep a foot in the Colorado market.

Backup plans would be BSU, SMU, and New Mexico.

Conference Alignments? 🙄

UH is currently in the WAC….
The WAC is lead by …. dead weight. You’d think a real leader would be proactive and trying to cut deals, preparing plan A, plan B, and plan C. But NOOOOOOO….. this person is content waiting for Prince Charming to show up w/ the glass slipper. Well – the “slippa” is truly warranted. 🙄 😈 😥

brew808,

The thing is, if the Big 12 gets gutted by teams leaving for the Pac-10 and Big 10, then they have to raid the *MWC* to get enough credible teams. That may be the opening that UH needs to get into a better situation.

I ran the scenarios many times (on the blog in discussions with a few people who know some interesting things) and felt that the only way for *UH* to benefit was for the MWC to get weakened enough by poaching that they needed to add a lot of teams.

If the Big 12 raids the MWC *and* takes Houston and a few other key schools, then the MWC is forced to merge with the top half of the WAC. That is the only scenario I can see where UH might actually be in a position of strength to do something.

Yup…. leftover MWC + leftover WAC….

… maybe ESPN will loose out on all the big deals and HAVE to sign the leftover’s to a decent TV deal…. still pretty depressing…. 😥

Let the top of the MWC join the WAC, let them pay the exit fee.

Bpew808 that’s not BYwho blue is it?

game is already beyond 2 hours and its only in the top of the 6th

at first i wanted Georgia to win because i didn’t want Hawaii to face Lawrie and her riser. but after watching Georgia’s slow down tactics, no way. after almost every pitch, someone from Georgia goes to the pitcher’s circle to talk to the picture. when batting, the coach calls all the runners on base and the batter to talk story, thus delaying the game. booooorrrrriiing. but may be effective.

by the end of 7 innings this will be close to a 3 hour game.

Interesting to see how proactive the PAC10 is. They knew that the Big 10 wanted Texas, but they didn’t wait around until the BIG 10 would actually make the offer. They’re going to try to get that Texas TV market for themselves. PAC 10 leadership is showing, ummmmm what’s the word that I am looking for, ummmmmm great leadership.

….notbenson? 🙄

The trick to beating Lawrie is hitting her one or two times hard dosen’t have to be HR but soild hits, it seems like it mess’s with her thinking and she starts to fall apart. I have seen this before.

The freshmen for UGA is pretty good, with another year she should be real good. Seem’s like a lot of freshmen around the country are doing pretty good.

What if the MWC and CUSA teams don’t bite at the bait? By staying together and letting the Big 12 die, they have a better chance of getting an automatic BCS spot.

Note that my estimate of $40 million to $60 million extra is for a 6-year period. Doing a little research into the non-BCS bowls that the Big 12 has under contract, plus seeing how their basketball teams have done over the past 6 years, that actually might be a low estimate for the amount of extra money a MWC/WAC/C-USA school would get.

Garret,

What bowl tie-ins? What TV contracts? Those are under the assumption that the bowls and TV are getting Texas, Oklahoma, and Nebraska type of teams. You don’t think they will be trying to get out of those deals if the big stars leave the conference? If those teams end up leaving, either the Big 12 is dead or seriously injured and won’t be able to command the kind of money they used to.

Garret, the remaining MWC teams are the teams that formed their own conference and left Hawaii out. why should they take Hawaii now? they could take Fresno State, Nevada, Boise State and maybe another school from another conference or maybe not even that many schools. The reasoning why they left Hawaii out of the forming of the MWC still applies. too expensive to have Hawaii. tell me something good about having Hawaii PLEASE.

sie = site

papajoe2,

That is why I’ve been saying that the MWC has to lost a LOT of teams for UH to get a chance to be in the MWC/WAC combo. If the MWC loses just 2 of Utah/BYU/TCU, then they just need BSU and 1 other team as replacements. If the MWC gets hurt *badly* by expansion, then UH has a chance.

Most of the schools that didn’t want UH due to travel reasons and other reasons will be in the Big 12 or other conferences in the scenario I posted above. Then UH has leverage.

I’m just posting best-case scenarios. If the MWC holds together and loses only a few teams, they won’t be inviting UH. If the Big 12 looks east and north or within Texas for too many replacements (Memphis, Louisville, Utah, Houston, TCU, SMU), then UH will be left in the WAC and Fresno State will probably be in the MWC.

homey….in two years sataraka at punahou will be pursued by dozens of d1 programs.

Another WOW for the Wahine! Had to work so got by on the radio & HA updates.

An earlier post said the Wahine out hit the Tigers, this was impressive as that pitcher is good. Saw on KITV that Wahine had 3 runs on 2 hits and Tigers had 2 runs on 6 hits; Kekaula mentioned this. Was the post person correct or is KITV’s recap.

Tomorrow is another radio & HA update day for me.

GO WAHINE!

Attorneys, please?

because we did bad in football and basketball, i think we’ll be left out in spite of our success in a lot of wahine sports. men’s volleyball doesn’t count as they are in the MPSF. baseball, once a major player for Hawaii, has been mostly mediocre or slightly better in the last decade. Cal, Davis, Montana, Portland State, you ready for the WAC?

#499 Willy

Kekaula was wrong! Home runs alone made up two hits. The official NCAA.com site shows the box score as Hawaii with 3 runs, 9 hits, and 1 error.

papajoe2 “we did bad in football and basketball’, is that an understatement, especially in basketball.

hmmm. cor. 7 months

Mahalo Bowbooze for the correct stats, hopefully Kekaula will read the blog and make the correction. He got about almost an hour so he don’t make “A”.

Speaking of “A”, just saw KFVE sports with the Missouri coach showing what a poor loser sounds like. Yesterday he said their appearance made them more ready than Hawaii. What a contrast to the Alabama coach who took the loss to the better team graciously, showed a lot of class. This Missouri guy was missing the 1st two letters. So far his team is 0 & 4 at the WCWS. His comments going sure bring bachi and the Tigers should start packing to go home reverse Hawaii 5-0.

wowlaulau,

Huh? Hawaii gets 9 hits off of Mizou’s pitcher and their Coach Earleywine praises Kristin Nottelmann for a solid performance then dubbs Ricketts a “common pitcher” even though she kept his so called, “well-prepared” for Ricketts, team to 6 hits?

Mwahahahahahaahaaa! And to think that Cooley doesn’t scout the opposing pitchers.. 😉

re #512 – they can’t even get Aguirre’s name right. 👿

Slugger

Agreed with your thought that Coolen should have sent the runner home instead of holding her up. He had his number one pinch runner on second who was running on contact since it was two outs. Brynne was rounding third at full speed while the 2nd baseman was running away from the plate to pick up the ball on the outfield grass. By the time the infielder picked up the ball, she was on the outfield grass and would have to make a long throw with no momentum behind it. No brainer. Send the runner with hopes of drawing a bad throw and maybe score two. BTW, I think the 2nd baseman’s first look wasn’t at home plate after picking up the ball which probably means she had already conceded the run.

Ralph…my name is BG.

#507 Ralph, i was trying to be nice but you’re right.

So, with the BaseBows playing at 11 and the Wahine at 1, tomorrow will be a very unproductive day. They should just give everyone the day off…

I need to go to sleep. Another graduation tomorrow evening.

GO WAHINE!!!!!

papajoe2,

It’s not about sports anymore or the student athlete. It’s about the money and people keep supporting the system and justifying for it.

FINALLY!! Our cable system is back working. A couple of things to check out if you’re having trouble with your cable system.

First, do you live in a rainy area? If so, anything made out of metal is liable to get rusty and shorten its life-span. That was a major cause of the problems we were facing.

Second, moisture in the air as well as on the surface of wires also impacts cables and connectors.

Anyhow, we’re back on line and I was able to develop my iPhone skills – at least in reading e-mails. Every time I try to “type” something, I feel like I’m wearing boxing gloves. Hopefully, my fingers will shrink a bit in the days & weeks to come.

Note that there’s going to be a blog party in early August. We’ll be there in spirit.

Can anyone answer this question – can financial gifts be made to sports programs to underwrite recruitment costs – coaches’ traveling expenses, promotional materials, campus visits, etc? Since softball doesn’t generate any revenues, how can we naximize the long-term positive impacts that the Wahine have generated nationally over the past three-plus weeks.

Looking at the rosters of the top teams from public universities throughout the country, most of them recruit heavily from out of their home state. We need to do that as well.

Perhaps we Tsai-kos can help out in some way by underwriting a fundraiser to support the team’s future recruiting efforts.

Another question – I know that on the world-wide playing field soccer is huge amongst adults. I also know that thousands of local kids play soccer as well; however, is soccer considered a significant sport in US high schools, colleges & universities? I know that girls play soccer in middle & high school here, but do boys? Or do they switch to football once they get into the 7th or 8th grade?

How will the new blog page be set up on Monday? Any word on that yet?

Rainbowtique is taking Na Wahine World Series t-shirt pre-orders, $20. Limited time offer.

Ralph,

Prior to this, I only saw the ugly white ones on the NCAA’s website. Today I saw Keilani Ricketts wearing a unique green one with a specific UH design.

Rainbow Baseball 2010 WAC Championship shirts available at the Rainbowtique now also.

White only. $15.00.

#8. *yawn*

👿 One more… this guy is definitely a top 6 Tsai-ko Tsinger…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syuxX4A85ko

Ok…Got up early. Slowly trying to re-adjust to our time zone. One more day before getting back to the real world.

Go Wahine!!!

Be the titas!!!

Kansas, Kansas State, and Baylor might have to go to the MWC or C-USA? Ouch!

A mass-exodus of the conference would leave just K-State, Kansas, Iowa State and Baylor in a defunct Big 12, essentially marking the end of what has been one of the most successful and competitive conferences in the country.

With no league seemingly “wanting” those four schools, other options would need to be explored, options that could include membership in the Mountain West or Conference USA — two non-BCS conferences — which would then open the door to an entirely new set of issues for schools like K-State to work through.

E-mails from Ohio State’s leadership indicate that Texas is the Big 10’s target for expansion…but the Big 10 might have been waiting around too long and the Pac-10 moved quicker. Basically, you snooze you lose.

Internal conversations in the Big 10 indicate that Texas had to bring Texas Tech with them to a new conference.

A decision about expanding the Big Ten might be months away, but e-mail conversations indicate that the University of Texas is an object of the conference’s attention. And the school’s athletic director isn’t making a commitment to stay in the Big 12.

Ohio State University President E. Gordon Gee sent an e-mail to Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany on April 20 saying that he had spoken with Texas President William Powers.

“I did speak with Bill Powers at Texas, who would welcome a call to say they have a ‘Tech’ problem,” Gee wrote in an e-mail that was among several obtained by The Dispatch through a public-records request for documents and correspondence related to Big Ten expansion proposals.

“We are fast-tracking it but need to know the $ and observe contracts,” Delany wrote. “Also need to make sure we leverage this to increase chances of hr additions. Finally double chess # of moving parts including not harming brand as we executy.”

In baseball, HR means home run. In the Big Ten, the addition of Texas would certainly qualify. The Longhorns have the only college athletic program that earns more revenue than Ohio State. Texas’ revenue for the 2008-2009 school year was $138.4 million, nearly $20 million more than Ohio State.

The Longhorns have elite football and basketball programs, and Texas is considered a top-tier academic institution.

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On the other end of the spectrum, NMSU cut $3 million from its Athletic Department budget in just 2 years. That is going to hurt their performance in the WAC and will hurt the WAC overall. BSU’s Athletic budget went up something like $5 million in 2007 and is up something like $10 million over 5 years…SDSU just got another $4.5 million in student fees for athletics…cutting money will hurt NMSU and the WAC.

No money for summer school or for players who want to play a 5th year due to redshirting? Does that mean that they cannot afford to redshirt players?

Last year the New Mexico State Aggies cut approximately $1.5 million from their athletics budget.

This year, they will have to cut another $1.5 million.

“We will balance the budget this year, and over the last two years we’ve sustained about a $3 million budget cut,” Athletics Director McKinley Boston said. “Obviously, that’s a result of a very bad state economy, national economy.”

Boston also said the football program won’t buy new uniforms or helmets in Year 2 under head coach DeWayne Walker. And, the athletics department will cut back in summer school help for its student athletes.

“Probably the one that I feel less good about is having to reduce our summer school aid strategy,” he said. “Our availability for summer school aid and fifth-year aid have all been reduced and we’ve put in tighter policies that may, long-term, hurt our graduation rate, but hopefully not.”

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Last year, NMSU couldn’t afford to feed their football players after practice and they asked their fans to bring *juice boxes* to practice so that the school could give them to the players. Now they are going to cut $1.5 million more from their budget?

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Great Morning All!

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Wonderful story about some of the SoftBow parents in OKC on the front page…

…hope the concession stand is open “early and often” 😉

Like Bulla always says, “Make memories.”

Capitol -ist/WassupDoc:
June 3rd, 2010 at 11:35 pm

Can anyone answer this question – can financial gifts be made to sports programs to underwrite recruitment costs – coaches’ traveling expenses, promotional materials, campus visits, etc? Since softball doesn’t generate any revenues, how can we naximize the long-term positive impacts that the Wahine have generated nationally over the past three-plus weeks.

I think Hawaiian Air donated 100 round trip tickets for recruiting. Not sure if for only football or other sports have access to it.

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