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Rainbow Warrior baseball: No short cuts

By Stephen Tsai on March 6, 2019

The late, great Ferd Borsch once noted that baseball, as a sport without a clock, could conceivably have a game that never ends. Well, we have a clock and we noticed that UH games involving video-review options take longer — much, much longer — than games without. According to our abacus and moon dial, the four games allowing reviews averaged 3 hours, 56 minutes. Games without the reviews averaged 3 hours, 14 minutes. There are some factors. The replay monitors […]

8 to participate in UH Pro Day

By Stephen Tsai on March 5, 2019

Eight former Warriors will participate in UH’s Pro Day on Tuesday, March 19, at UCLA’s practice facility. The participants: > Noah Borden, long snapper > Kolney Cassel, quarterback > Kaiwi Chung, fullback > Mel Davis, running back > Jahlani Tavai, linebacker > Dakota Torres, tight end > John Ursua, receiver > Penitito Faalologo, defensive lineman Of note: > This is the fourth pro day under Nick Rolovich. The previous three were jointly conducted at Azusa Pacific, where former UH linebacker […]

Warriors seeking GA for D-line

By Stephen Tsai on March 3, 2019

The Warriors are seeking a replacement for Numi Lolohea, who accepted a graduate assistant’s job at Tennessee. Lolohea was the Warriors’ GA for the defensive line last year. The process for being accepted into a graduate program is lengthy, but working as a UH grad assistant or intern has been a boost to careers. Since the end of the 2018 season, Billy Ray Stutzmann has been hired as offensive assistant coach at Navy, Jake Thomas joined Azusa Pacific as the […]

UH hoops: Senior night

By Stephen Tsai on March 2, 2019

The Rainbow Warriors play their final home game of the 2018-19 regular season with tonight’s senior night against CSUN. >> The ‘Bows are in fourth place with a 7-6 Big West record. The Matadors are right behind at 6-7. >> The Matadors have the league’s top two scorers — 6-7 Lamine Diane (24.2 points) and 5-8 Terrell Gomez (19.3). Diane is averaging a league-best 10.9 rebounds per game. >> UH guard Drew Buggs, who suffered an ankle injury last week […]

Game Night: UH vs. Longwood

By Stephen Tsai on March 1, 2019

UPDATE 2: Dylan Thomas was dominant, striking out 11 in a 9-1 win for UH. It was the first time this season UH won the first two games of a series. UPDATE: UH got the series started with a 5-4 comeback win over Longwood, with Dallas Duarte knocking in the go-ahead run in the bottom of the eighth. UH and Longwood meet tonight in the first game of a four-game series over five days. They don’t play on Monday. > […]

Bear market for former UH football intern

By Stephen Tsai on February 28, 2019

Makana Garrigan, who has served on the UH football coaching staff the past three seasons, has joined Maine as a running backs coach. Garrigan is reunited with assistant head coach Pat Denecke, who is the Black Bears’ run-game coordinator and offensive line coach. Denecke, Garrigan and UH head coach Nick Rolovich were on the Nevada staff four years ago. “The weather is slightly different,” said Garrigan, noting tonight’s 12-degree temperature at the Orono campus. “Just a little different.” Garrigan was […]

‘Bows in the pros

By Stephen Tsai on February 25, 2019

Hawaii is well represented in the Alliance of American Football league. Consider: > Benetton Fonua: The Star-Advertiser’s 2011 Defensive Player of the Year and 2012 Kahuku High graduate played in 43 games during his four-season UH career. He’s now a 6-foot, 234-pound linebacker with the Memphis Express. > Meffy Koloamatangi: The younger brother of Leo Koloamatangi (now with the Detroit Lions), Meffy Koloamatangi had a productive career with the Warriors. He is now a 6-5, 273-pound defensive end for the […]

Warrior Beat: Thomas goes to Azusa Pacific

By Stephen Tsai on February 20, 2019

Jake Thomas, who worked with the offensive line as a graduate assistant, is returning to his alma mater — Azusa Pacific — as the offensive line coach. Thomas is a former APU offensive lineman and assistant. “Jake is a great pickup,” said APU head coach Victor Santa Cruz, a former UH linebacker. “He played O-line for us. He got his coaching break at Azusa. We appreciate all he’s been able to learn at Hawaii.” UH coach Nick Rolovich said landing […]