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Warrior Beat: Former Punahou LB joins Warriors

By Stephen Tsai on March 23, 2019

Noa Kamana, a former Punahou linebacker, has been added to the Warriors’ spring roster as a defensive back. Kamana, who is 6 feet 185 pounds, played a combo linebacker for Pacific as a true freshman in 2017. Earlier this month, Kamana impressed at UH’s walk-on tryouts, earning a spot with the Warriors. Kamana comes from a successful football family. His grandfather, John “Squeeze” Kamana Jr. was USC’s center in the 1950s. His uncle, John Kamana III, was a running back […]

Warrior Beat: Finish to start

By Stephen Tsai on March 22, 2019

Baseball coach Mike Trapasso has a unique dilemma: His best pitcher is his best starter and best reliever. His solution is to try to use Dylan Thomas in a closer’s role in the first two games of a series. If situations dictate that Thomas does not appear in those two games, he starts in the third. And that’s why Thomas will start in Saturday’s third game of the four-game series against Ohio State. The Rainbow Warriors dropped the first two […]

Former QB joins UH staff as intern

By Stephen Tsai on March 20, 2019

Kolney Cassel, a backup quarterback for UH last season, will serve as an intern for the Warriors. It should be an easy transition for Cassel, who spent every day in the quarterback room in meetings, video reviews and exchanging ideas. Even before his stint as a graduate transfer, Cassel had deep knowledge of the Warriors’ run-and-shoot offense. He began his NCAA career as a quarterback at SMU under June Jones. Cassel has proven to be a helpful teammate. Prior to […]

Ursua, Tavai impress scouts at pro day

By Stephen Tsai on March 19, 2019

Former Warriors John Ursua and Jahlani Tavai were impressive during today’s UH pro day on the UCLA campus. Despite still being bothered by hamstring ailment, Ursua, a receiver, was credited with running 40 yards in 4.58 seconds. He had a 10-foot broad jump, and completed the short shuttle in 6.78 seconds. Tavai, a linebacker, did not participate in the measurement events because of the short preparation time following last year’s shoulder surgery. But Tavai did well in field drills, according […]

Va‘a Niumatalolo will help coach O-line

By Stephen Tsai on March 18, 2019

Va‘a Niumatalolo will serve as graduate assistant this football season, head coach Nick Rolovich confirmed today. Niumatalolo worked as an offensive intern this past year. In his new role, Niumatalolo will work with the offensive linemen. Niumatalolo replaces Jake Thomas, who recently accepted the O-line coach’s job at Azusa Pacific. Niumatalolo’s father is Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo, a former UH quarterback and coach.

Game Night: ‘Bows vs. 49ers

By Stephen Tsai on March 14, 2019

It’s game night with fourth-seeded UH and No. 5 Long Beach State meeting in the opening round of the Big West tournament. The Rainbow Warriors are at ease in Orange County with this being their 10th day on the road. With their final regular-season game against Cal State Fullerton, the ‘Bows did not even have to change hotels. Eran Ganot said it was one of the rare Sundays on the road not spent in an airport or on an airplane. […]

Warrior Beat: Countdown to spring ball

By Stephen Tsai on March 12, 2019

The countdown to the Warriors’ March 29 start of spring ball has started. The Warriors are wrapping up this portion of offseason training this week. UH’s spring break kicks off on Saturday. Next week, nine former Warriors will compete in UH’s pro day in conjunction with the UCLA football team. And yesterday, 12 UH Manoa students participated in the walk-on tryouts at Ching field. Among the hopefuls were Austin Antoni (Radford), Tristan Fleming-Nazara (Konawaena), Noa Kamana (Punahou) and Trey Larsen, […]

Warrior Beat: Fogel likely to miss rest of season

By Stephen Tsai on March 9, 2019

The UH baseball team received more discouraging news when an MRI showed center fielder Adam Fogel suffered significant damage to his right (throwing) shoulder. Fogel suffered the injury during an eighth-inning slide a week ago. The hope was the injury was not too serious, and that he eventually would feel good enough to be used as a designated hitter, at the least. But the pain did not subside, and Friday’s MRI confirmed the worst-case scenario. It appears Fogel will need […]