Warrior football: Sacramento TE commits
Gavin Reinwald, a tight end from Sacramento’s Elk Grove High School, told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser he has accepted a scholarship from the Warriors.
Reinwald is 6 feet 3 and 215 pounds. He is capable of running 40 yards in 4.62 seconds.
Reinwald and teammate Damario Mclean, who committed to the Rainbow Warriors on Sunday, completed a UH-sponsored recruiting visit the past weekend.
“We love what Coach Rolo and all the coaching staff are doing there,” Reinwald said. “I felt I connected with each and every coach on that team. I really connected with the players. They’ve definitely got a lot going for next year.”
Reinwald played wideout, tight end and safety for Elk Grove. He said he will compete at tight end at UH. He said he hopes to weigh 235 pounds when he enrolls in UH’s bridge session in June.
Reinwald also received scholarship offers from Nevada, Wyoming and UC Davis.
He’s noted for this video: Reinwald TD
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One of the offseason goals is to improve aerobic conditioning for linemen. The idea is to help players excel, at the same 100-percent level, in spurts simulating game tempo.
In this week’s testing, linemen did eight reps of sprint-pushing weighted sleds 20 yards. That equated to the length of an average play. The players’ heart rates were then tracked using monitors attached to their wrist and chest.
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With his first name, the assumption is Kingjames Taylor would have a Cavalier attitude. Nope, he’s a life-long Lakers fan.
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Slotback Dylan Collie gained weight — and strength — and now is 180 pounds. He also improved his conditioning. He recently went free diving, where he saw a hammerhead.
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Jeff Hall, associate head coach of Wahine volleyball and head coach of Wahine sand volleyball, arrives at work.
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If Taufa‘asau is only a verbal which means nothing to his dad and another player is available and will give a firm commit they should take Ralph’s scholarship and offer to the one who wants to play for UH.
Like Rolo, in ST we trust…. “Taufa‘asau is not going to Washington State.”
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2nd that, IN ST WE TRUST!!!
For the youngsters on this blog who don’t know the song
Peggy Lee’s lyrics:
You gotta have heart
All you really need is heart
When the odds are saying you’ll never win
That’s when the grin should start
You gotta have hope
Mustn’t sit around and mope
Nothing’s half as bad as it may appear
Wait’ll next year and hope
When your luck is battin’ zero
Get your chin up off the floor
Mister, you can be a hero
You can open any door
There’s nothing to it
But to do it
You’ve gotta have heart
Miles and miles and miles of heart
Oh, it’s fine to be a genius, of course
But keep that old horse before the cart
First, you gotta have heart
We’re so happy that we’re hummin’
That’s the hearty thing to do
‘Cause we know our ship will come in
So it’s ten years overdue
So what the heck’s the use of cryin’
Why should we curse
Things can only get better
`Cause they can’t get worse
And to add to it
We’ve got heart
We’ve got heart
We’ve got heart
We’ve got heart
All you really need is heart
When the odds are sayin’ you’ll never win
That’s when the grin should start
We’re so happy that we’re laughin’
That’s the hearty thing to do
So we ain’t been autographin’
‘Cept to sign an I.O.U.
We’ve got heart
Miles ‘n miles n’ miles of heart
Oh, it’s fine to be a genius of course
But keep that old horse before the cart
Who minds those pop bottles flyin’?
The hisses and the boos
The team has been consistent
Yeah, we always lose
But we’re laughin’
‘Cause we’ve got heart
We’ve got heart
We’ve got heart
I never knew the value of pushing the sled, Now I know. Thanks ST for passing on this information/knowledge and for the pics. Cole McDonald and the other QBs, along with RB Freddie Holly, should make spring practice quite interesting.
Rolo, bring back Vili!!!!!!!!!
kingjames taylor is a beast.we will be hearing that name for years.
The marshmallow man, Vili are the past. Time to move on. I think a mascot may be the responsibility of the AD. If not, maybe should be.
Another UH commit…….
https://twitter.com/NickRolovich/status/822273283215138817
Gotta love Collie. We were pretty rough on him, called him Roberto Duran “Hands of Stone.” But he’s proved himself, he made some nice plays out there this year and he’s got great potential. Undersized but tough. Plays hard. Nothing sweeter in sports than showing people you can play and you deserve to be out there. Well done son.
Gavin Reinwald of Elk Grove commits to UH … scored 17 TDs in 2016.
Gavin looks like an awesome pick up.
http://www.hawaiiprepworld.com/football/hawaii-grown-ttus-fehoko-to-transfer/
CAN YOU SAY “H-A-W-A-I-I” … ?????
LIVE ALOHA / PLAY WARRIOR / DEFEND THE ROCK … GO ‘BOWS !!!!!
I always thought Sumo training in the off season would do wonders for the O line and even D. Any chance of them doing some of that?
Also, I saw that Braden Fehoko is transferring from Texas Tech.. any idea where he is headed?
Whoever dee-jays the music at UH men’s basketball games, I applaud you for playing “I Can See Clearly Now” at last night’s CSUN.
I am ready for the next four years.
So what’s the skinny on Brendan Fehoko? Why is he transferring? In any case I think the Warriors have a full house at nose tackle.
Gavin Reinwald looks like Greg Salas on video, maybe a tad taller.
Gavin Reinwald scored 17 TDs in 2016?!!? I wanna know who’s the QB on that team. That is the main thing on offense – put the ball in the end zone. Touchdown baby! Go ‘Bows.
UH is almost done recruiting. Get on board or call Sallie Mae. Hat game is a solo dance
Just started a NCAA 14 Hawaii Dynasty on YT, intro today and then first game Saturday!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tBwrb70J0c
ST: Arrived home tonight and a recruit from Phoenix, AZ was also on-board with his mom for an “official visit”. I asked him what his position was and it is Offensive tackle. Today is his 19th birthday. The kid is nice, well-mannered, and HUGE! I hope he enjoys his official visit. I heard that Cal Davis and Montana were interested in him…
#21 – Micah Vanterpool OT 6-5 270 Central High; Phoenix, AZ.
ST, can you tell us how many recruits have committed to UH to date? I have 18 including two greyshirts (not including Taufa’asau). Do the greyshirts (Ford & Naotala) count for 2017 or 2016?
Great Morning All!
The Don of a New Era…
“Think big and dream even bigger” Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, 2017.
Doesn’t look like we’re going to get a QB, unless a transfer or somebody out of the dark suddenly shows interest. Is Rolo satisfied with what he has in the program?
Based on several blogs/websites I have been on, it appears that Hawaii has 18 commits for the 2017 class. Here is who I currently have:
WR Marcus Armstrong-Brown 6’3 195 JR
WR Donovan Dalton 6’3 205 FR
WR Drake Stallworth 6’1 183 FR
WR Isaia Mullen 6’4 190 FR
TE Ralph Taufa’asau 6’5 220 FR
TE Gavin Reinwald 6’3 215 FR
OL Emil Graves 6’3 275 JR
OL Eneasi Kavapalu 6’7 310 FR
DL Jamie Tago 6’3 260 JR
DL Kalepo Naotala 6’2 275 FR
DL Josaiah Maama 6’3 240 FR
LB Penei Pavihi 6’2 220 FR
LB Kesi Ah Hoy 6’0 195 FR
DB Manu Rasmussen 6’0 185 JR
DB Jeremie Dominique 6’1 193 FR
DB Eugene Ford 6’2 190 FR
DB Damario Mclean 6’2 185 FR
DB Akil Francisco 6’1 160 FR
I understand that a recruiting class usually consists of 25 Scholarship offers. Quick question, with Aaron Zwhalen and Beau Reilly transferring, does that mean Hawaii has 27 scholarships available?
808SEC, good job on putting together the list!
Max initials are 25 per year.
BUT you cannot exceed 85 scholarship players on the team at any time.
someone estimated that there were about 65 scholarship players after accounting for all the graduating and end of eligibility players.
That would mean that there are only 20 or so initials available.
Andrew Ho is graduating early and leaving the program with a year of eligibility left in search of a graduate school for his Cal teaching credentials. So that might be another one.
808SEC You can take Kesi Ah Hoy off the list, he de-committed.
808SEC You can take Kesi Ah Hoy off the list, he de-committed.
madeinhawaii, thanks for the information
Andrew James Ho was not on scholarship
Wow.. paid his own way… housing too.. Sounds like he enjoyed his final year, though.
Wishing him the best.
You also can exceed 25 initials if a player is awarded a blueshirt after training camp opens. That player would count toward the following year’s class but eligible to play this year. But that player would have to initially join as a walkon. And there are no guarantees he would be awarded a scholarship.
Sometimes people have a year left but feel it’s time to move on. Aaron Novoa could have played in 2016 but he already earned a degree and it was expensive to be a walkon with no guarantee of playing time as Sanchez’s backup
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