The first test
The event: The Warriors’ first scrimmage of spring practice.
Breakdown: 60 plays — 34 runs (including six sacks) and 26 passes (including two negated because of penalties).
The good: Inside receiver Scott Harding is making a case for the Warriors to use more three-receiver sets. A day after dropping a wide-open TD pass in a limited-contact scrimmage, Harding came back in the full-contact scrimmage to grab four of the five passes thrown in his direction, including one that resulted in a 58-yard TD. The Warriors think Harding is so sure-handed he is now the backup holder. QB David Graves did a good job, completing 9 of 13 for 147 yards, with throws to nine different receivers. He wasn’t intercepted. Graves was 8 of 8 on passes to the slots, backs and tight ends. The offensive line, down to single digits because of injuries, did a good job on run-blocking, particularly in the red-zone segments. The competition is intense between centers Ben Clarke and Kody Afusia. Speed back Will Gregory is proving to be a good between-the-tackles runner; he scored two TDs. In implementing the 5-2 scheme, defensive coordinator Thom Kaumeyer emphasized that he did not want robots. Translation: The defensive players have the green light to become playmakers within the concept of the defensive scheme. The defense made six sacks, forced a fumble and intercepted a pass.
The not-so-good: The wideouts caught only one of the six passes in which they were the primary target (there was a drop and four overthrown passes). There were two costly offensive penalties, with one wiping out wideout Trevor Davis’ 40-yard gain, and twice the offense had only 10 players on the field. Dante Johnson made a nice interception of a Jeremy Higgins pass, but then was stripped of the football on the return. Ball security goes both ways.
Most wanted: For the first six practices, Tavita Woodard was one of the Warriors’ top defensive ends. The past three, he was one of the top tight ends. Woodard made two tough catches on crossing patterns in which it took a group effort to bring him down. He has the hands, size and grittiness needed for a tight end in this offense. His work at TE was supposed to be a one-day experiment that keeps getting renewed. Defensive line coach Lewis Powell, meanwhile, waits. “Lew is mad at me,” head coach Norm Chow said. “I said, ‘I wouldn’t respect you if you didn’t protect your guys.'” Kaumeyer avoided the debate, saying the decision is made above his pay grade.
Most dependable: Kicker Tyler Hadden is healthy and confident. He converted all of his FG attempts yesterday. In the “game-winning” drill, special teams coordinator Chris “Demo” Demarest wanted to set up for a 48-yard attempt. Hadden requested a 50-yarder, which he easily made. “Kicking is a big confidence thing,” Hadden said, “and I feel confident now.”
The grade: “This was the first time we did this,” Chow said. “Overall, it was OK.”
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The Warriors’ 2012 version of the haka makes its public debut in an event tonight.
* * * * *
Happy birthday to Mr. “America” — (Jesse) James.
And happy birthday to Dr. Elizabeth Ignacio, one of Hawaii’s greatest surgeons who is skilled in the operating room and the aisles of Trader Joe’s.
ST,
Thanks for confirming that Tavita Woodard played so well at yesterday’s scrimmage that the coaches will probably keep him at TE on offense.
Off of what he displayed yesterday’s scrimmage, I just don’t see Tavita going back to DE anytime soon.
First? Back to lurking….
Wow…..first time I posted #1.
#2, Is that you WW?
Dos!
I guess O and K can be grades.
Dos….Cinco …..who’s counting?
Good morning Tsaikos!
Thanks for the scrimmage report.
GO WAHINE!!
GO BOWS! !
Happy birthday (J)J!
JMHO that another “good” part was that….most of the rushing yards were gained between the tackles….so hopefully we won’t be seeing alot of QB sneaks on short yardage situations from now o.
BUT JMHO that also “not-so-good” part was that…the OL which was definitely getting a pretty good push on the DL….which didn’t happen the last 2 years (with Meatoga, Tuipulotu & Masch).
Howzit Tsaikos everywhere.
Kapakahi, you are here, there, everywhere.
love your posts. you’re hitting da nail at da top! 😀
ST
great post big guy!
things are looking up for me. you and BigWave going tandem, huh?
“Overall, it was OK.”
Go Warriors !!!
i dunnno about you guyz… but
da participator… who is writing tings about hitting da nail at da top…
and hitting da nail at da highest…
and hitting da nail … period…
i seen dis befo…
must be a Catholic thing.
:mrgreenA:
Good Morning Gangeez! 🙂
Top Twenny!
Sounds like Norm has got the program off to a good start. I’ll give him credit for implementing the system in such a short amount of time. Let’s keep the momentum rolling.
Only 140 days until opening kickoff at the LA Coliseum.
Shock the Trojans!
ST:
I appreciate your report of the scrimmageg since I and others weren’t able to be there. The team sounds promising. Keep up the hard work Warriors!
Hey King! Long time no see! How you?
GOOD MORNING HAWAII!
Thanks for the news on the scrimmage.
Stephanie’s vote percentage slipped a bit since yesterday, dropping to 3%+.
So VOTE AND VOTE OFTEN!
kapakahi you just beat me! Not WW, JK.
Thanks for the fine summary Mr. Tsai. The heavy vog kept me from the field yesterday. RB position looks like it shaping up nicely. Will be fun to see what Jackson adds to the mix when he’s healthy.
Good morning everyone!
Thanks for the scrimmage overview, ST.
Sounds like session on Maui is moving into prime time excitement.
BTW, if you are going to be on Maui that day (April 21), whitey will be arranging a possible pre- and post-practice Cattle Call (darkside tour by request). Please post here if interested…even tentatively…for number estimate purposes. A list of possible attendees is in the Tsai-ko Events Calendar on my web page (click on my name, then scroll down).
Keep the votes coming, keep Steph on top!
http://www.seniorclassaward.com/athletes/text/stephanie_ricketts/
Mystery Man #20 is on deck and will be revealed tonight..
Very intesting fun facts on this dude…
poof… I’m out..
I like haddens attitude! Go Warriors
Use this link to vote for Stephanie:
http://www.seniorclassaward.com/athletes/text/stephanie_ricketts/
Use it lots and lots of times, Steph’s lead is slipping!
Hi King Katonk and OC Warrior — long time! The UH season opener is heading your way in September. Will you be attending the game? How about the SDSU game?
morning 808 and nice sunny day as they say in Sesame Street
anoddah beeg test today will be trying to maneuver getting into the lower campus quarry area with all the happening taking place … should be fun
congrats to the kane and wahines ….. EO ho’olanakila
SOLID! KEEP GOING!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY (J)JAMES !!!
…original Tsai-ko and Blog Party 1 attendee James
changed years ago to (Jesse)James when another blogger used “James”
a.k.a. (J)James, (J)J
Happy to see Hadden fully recovered and kicking well.
Did he do the kickoffs at the scrimmage yesterday? How did he do?
DPK and SteveM,
Hey guys I’m doing ok, trying to stay out of trouble. It’s been a long time, but I still lurk everyday. The Tsaikos always crack me up.
I’ll definitely be at the USC game but I’ll be sitting in the Green section. Da Wife and In-Laws are all SC grads. I told her she cannot come to the luau wearing Red.
I just got back from San Diego last week and ate at Junior Seau’s place. The SDSU game is a real possibility.
Stephen got any info on the beach volleyball in Hermosa? Please let me know what courts if you can and the times. Our City has no idea when or where. But a few of us want to go. Sand is going to be hard and heavy as we have been having heavy rain the last 24 hours.
Mahalo.
Aloha Tom!
I think in L.A. it’s best not to wear red or blue. Never choose sides.
I rushed, so I screwed up on a couple of stats for yesterday’s post. (I just corrected them.) Had to add a 6-yard rush to Gregory’s total, so he had 10 rushes for 39 yards. While that might not sound that great, he had all 20 yards on five consecutive carries in the red-zone drill.
Also, I forgot to mark down Dante Johnson’s pick of a Higgins’ pass. So, Higgins was 5 of 8 for 57 yards.
Happy Birtday to Da False Pordagee!
PolyMom: Wahine Sand VB at the courts by the Hermosa Beach pier between 11th and 13 st.Started at 8am Pacific, tomorrows start time at 9am.
I voted for Stephanie. That Cassie girl from Alabama is really coming on strong. Better vote as often as you can for Steph.
SteveM: I’ll be there at War Memorial Stadium. It’s on my calendar. See you next week.
ST,
As the Trojan faithful like to point out, the school’s colors are officially cardinal and gold. But isn’t cardinal Stanford’s color/name? I guess they are just wannabes.
Do you know if the Warriors will still keep the ha’a?
I’d love to see them perform it in the Coliseum.
Happy Birthday to, Jesse-da-out-law-James.
GO WARRIORS!!
king katonk…wat!?, da wife had u all shackled up?
Thanks Last Call! We only have 36 streets of courts. Going tomorrow to cheer on the Wahine. Thank God only a block from my house and the Mermaid is right there to grab a cup of java. Mahalo.
Happy Birthday (Jesse) James!
Did anyone hear the 3 quick loud explosions last night at about 1am in the aiea/pearl city area? i thought i was dreaming.
Happy Birthday (Jesse) James!
GO SOFTBOWS!
GO BASEBOWS!
Be Serene in the parking structure this weekend! 😉
#40 mctruck,
Thank goodness my wife and in-laws are not hardcore sports fans. But whenever the opportunity arises they will pull out their Trojan gear. I want to buy them some USC crutches in case they break their ankles jumping on and off the bandwagon (ie Trojan basketball).
Come to think of it, I shouldn’t use the term “hardcore” when referring to my wife…
and especially the in-laws.
Kapakahi:
I imagine with the way the numbers are working out, Woodard eventually will have to move back. Harold Moleni and Ethan Watanabe are joining this summer. Clark Evans was brought in exclusively to be a TE. Then again, Beau Yap, Marcus Malepeai, Siaki Cravens and Desmond Dean are doing well at DE opposite Paipai Falemalu.
I heard it, and I live in Royal Kunia.
Howzit, everyone!
Happy birthday, (Jesse)James!
Mahalo for the summary, ST! Gotta get the accuracy down with our receivers. Plenny reps between both groups from now ’til USC…
Love da ‘tween-da-tackles running!
Hope they settle on what Tavita Woodard’s role will be, so he can focus on it. Good to hear of that kind of talent and athleticism, but gotta make a decision.
I will post the results every day after I vote, so we can see the movement. Due to real life, I will definitely NOT vote at the same time every day, but will try to be somewhat consistent.
Name Current vote count
Valerie Arioto 14.8%
Katelyn Boyd 5.7%
Mallory Duran-Sellers 3.9%
Julie Fernandez 4.5%
Ashley Hansen 4.3%
Michelle Moultrie 9.4%
Christi Orgeron 10.5%
Cassie Reilly-Boccia 19.4%
Stephanie Ricketts 23.3%
Niki Williams 4.2%
test
http://www.seniorclassaward.com/vote/softball_2012/
(Jesse) James
Happy birthday!
Vote for Stephanie this way – it’s faster.
1. Click on link —
http://www.seniorclassaward.com/vote/softball_2012/
2. Fill in form and vote for Steph.
3. After the ballot is tallied and closed, click the BACK button on your browser
to return here.
4. Click on the link, and vote again.
5. Do this OVER and OVER and OVER …..
6. Works for me …. got it ???
I just came back from Hermosa and it’s really windy. That’s some tough playing conditions. I don’t think we were winning too many matches. When I left Jane and Ashley were down in the second set, but I think they won the first set. I couldn’t see the score from where I was. I think Alex lost, Jade/Larissa went to a third set, but not sure if they won. It’s hard too watch all the matches at once, I think four of the teams were playing at once.
Re:#41….yup, was in Pearl City, in my neighborhood….aerials.
ai-eee-soos: Your method doesn’t work for me. When I click on the link, I get to the website however there is a message that says that I have already voted once today. Then it says I can vote again tomorrow. You must have a magical computer so keep going.
ST…..Tanks for your practice updates!
Makes me so very excited for the season ahead. Even the “not-so-good” features make me excited!!
GO!, WARRIORS! coach Chow and Co., lookin-good.
It makes my heart glad to see many old timers queing in again…ahhhhh!!!, life-is-good!!
ST or anyone else
can you give us insight to what players the coaches are high on. is there a first and 2nd team established yet. whom do you and or the coaches think will be the stand outs, play makers.
54. Haleakala:
April 14th, 2012 at 11:07 am
” … ai-eee-soos: Your method doesn’t work for me. When I click on the link, I get to the website however there is a message that says that I have already voted once today. Then it says I can vote again tomorrow. You must have a magical computer so keep going. ..”
Haleakala – there have been discussions on this blog about clearing the “cookies”
from your computer – whatever cookies are. Perhaps someone on this blog
can help you.
What I did was, clear my “Browsing History”, which allowed me to select, and clear
the cookies.
Can someone help ? me, I no sabbe computers.
#54 – Haleakala:
Do you use Firefox as a browser?
kk,
Back in 2003, I couldn’t convince my friends (SC alums) to eat breakfast in Garden….at either Gardena Bowl or Bob’s Okazuya….on our way to the Coliseum….SO we ended up at The Original Pantry….a total SC hangout….with me the only guy in the joint wearing Warrior green colors.
Needless to say, it was just as awkward for me at the game…sitting smack dab in the middle of the SC regular season ticketholder section. But everyone sitting nearby was cool….probably ‘cuz my friends are definitely die-hard SC fans….particularly during that brutal 2nd quarter….when Warriors kinda wilted under that scorching SoCal sun….aided by that bogus phantom fumble call by the ref on SB Gerald Welch.
Thank goodness the Coliseum no longer serves alcohol at SC games…like they used to back in 2003, ‘cuz JMHO that alot of the die-hard SC fans can get pretty arrogant….especially when they’re fueled up.
RB Wes Keliikipi’s stiff-arm will always be my fondest memory of that 2003 SC game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-8m1T3oYqM
Today is the last day of voting, so I really don’t see anyone else catching up with Ricketts… Although, the panel reserves the right to audit the votes to make sure they are all legitimate and to discount what they perceive to be illegitimate votes.
Aieeesos:
I guess that makes sense. I will try it later. My computer is going through a virus check right now. I’m writing this on my iPad. I’ve tried to vote from the iPad before but it doesn’t work.
Tom: I use Internet explorer. My son has been trying to get me to use Chrome or Firefox but I feel most comfortable using IE.
mih, Isn’t the last day May 14 or is it April 14?
I dunno.. my eyes are bad.. LOL.. got to go look for it again.. hee hee..
My bad.. it is MAY 14th.. gotta keep voting!!!!
Listening to USC spring practice(No Tackling) is definitely controlled by defense. The under of the over/under probably will be correct play in September
No kidding blown like crazy wind in Hermosa Beach. And add freezing on top of that!
Someone said it was 98 degrees in Kaneohe, today. I didn’t realize it till he said it. Now I’m starting to feel the heat.. Hoo boy…
#60 Kapakahi, thanks for the memory of Wes Kiliikipi’s stiff arm in UH-USC 2003 game…seems like only yesterday.
PolyMom,
I got to Hermosa about 11:45 today, and the Hawaii matches against LBSU started at 12pm. Not sure what time they will start tomorrow or what time the rest of the matches started today. There was a USA Volleyball tent, but it was too crowded to look at what was there.
Hawaii needs a cool looking tent like USC, but at least we had a tent unlike Pepperdine.
Ahh, those were the days. Here’s a quick peek at it again:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-8m1T3oYqM
Wonder what he is doing today?
Did Brenden Daley get to participate in the scrimmage? I don’t recall seeing him. Saw a lot of TJ. What’s with Daley?
Stephanie is now up to 23.8%. Guess all the urging helps.
Mercy! Mercy!
While Hadden had a great scrimmage, so too did Kyle Niiro….who converted all his FGs too….including a 43-yarder with a few more yards to spare.
Hadden’s 50-yarder also had some yards to spare too.
Direction that FGs were kicked is normally downwind….but yesterday afternoon was pretty much Kona Wind voggy….so distances were pretty much true.
I counted 10 O-linemen that participated in the scrimmage. This includes Hunter Hallowed, No. 76. Where did he come from?
Wow! Don’t know how I missed it…
Happy birthday, Dr. Elizabeth!!!
MIH… I’m pretty sure it said May 14 is the final day for Softball voting, not April 14.
Here’s the announcement, as it is written up at the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award site:
Yes, let’s not have that kicking adventure again, please! I’d prefer a nice, solid, automatic game when it comes to the kicking game.
Steph now up to 24% … keep it going.
.. going take “break”.
# 80
Breedgreen
Hunter Hollowed
2011: Redshirted
Prior To UH: Attended Mount San Jacinto Junior College in California for two years…earned second-team all-league as a sophomore.
Prep: A 2009 graduate of Redlands High School in California…lettered three times in football and wrestling…member of Citrus Belt League championship team as a sophomore…he along with the rest of the offensive line were named the team’s co-Offensive MVP during senior year.
Personal: Born in Los Angeles, Calif…intends to major in business…has two brothers and two sisters…parents are Sean Hollowed and Julie Cariveau of Redlands, Calif.
6.1 270 OL
Way to go Wahine. Swept series 9-1, 9-1, and 8-0.
ST: You mentioned some O standouts. Who were the standouts on D in the Fri scrimmage?
Wow slow day and night, where is everyine?
Helloooo!!!
This an early request but if anyone has information on what hotel where the team is staying at when they’re in San Diego and Fresno that would be great. Looking to reserve room(s) close to the where the team is at. Thank you in advance.
Crickets…
Back to lurking…
Congrats to the Wahine!
Mercy x3!!
The LaTech was having a bad weekend…
GO BOWS!
😳 The LaTech *coach* was having a bad weekend…
Stephanie @ 24.3 %.
… back in the saddle again …
Stephanie @ 24.4 %. — keep it going.
… break time …
chawan_cut Dan-O I was still up and heard the boom. It set off car alarms in the neighborhood in Royal Kunia
Happy Birthday JesseJames!!
So did anyone catch the new haka?
Tommui, thank u for update on Hunter. He’s not that big, but he plays big.
?
100
maybe clark evans is one snap away from working out as an emergency qb?
Stephanie @ 24.5 %. — keep it going.
BTW, Hunter is #67, while Lefotu is #76.
# 101.
Great idea – as someone said (the birdie ?) — Suddenly 4 QB’s aint enuff.
Mercy…Mercy…Mercy!
Lady Bows Kicked A$$ and took no prisoners.
Wow! That’s more power than the exalted one who just happened to be on campus today.
Happy birthday, (J)J!!!
Happy birthday, Dr. Ignacio! (the team doc?)
Congrats to the SoftBows! I was doing “work” stuff all day, but caught the end of the game at 4 p.m. Mercy, mercy…
Great reports from practice, ST. Thanks for the updates. Wish I could go…
Happy Birthday to our fearless Grill team leader:
Jessie (Ventura Hwy) James!
happy birthday j/j.
btw, just how old are you now?
Stephanie @ 24.6 %. — keep it going.
Stephanie @ 24.7 %. — keep it going folks.
I recall him saying he was 39… and working his way to 29 next year. 🙂
he was 39 when he first posted on this here blog.
mwahahahaha.
oyasumina-tsai!
i think those explosions were too loud to be aerials. especially if it was heard in royal kunia.
Keep your head down c_c!
Notey nite, all!
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