Warrior Beat

Defensive back Tony Cabral, a 2018 Waianae High graduate, is joining the Warriors as a preferred walk-on. Cabral is enrolled in UH’s second summer session, which began yesterday. Cabral is 5 feet 10, 165 pounds and is capable of running 40 yards in 4.58 seconds. His vertical jump is listed at 32 inches. Here is a link to his highlights: Cabral videos Cabral is projected to compete at cornerback for the Warriors. * * * * * The UH baseball […]

Kalamaku Kuewa, a 2018 Kamehamaha-Kapalama graduate, is set to join the Warriors as a walk-on. Kuewa is a 6-foot, 185-pound safety. In 2017, he was credited with eight interceptions, parlaying one into a touchdown, and three forced fumbles. Kuewa was named to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s all-state second team. “No. 1, he’s a high-character kid,” Kamehameha coach Abu Maafala said. “He’s a hard-worker. I think UH is getting a steal in him.” Maafala said Kuewa’s skills as a baseball center fielder […]

Thursday was an emotional day with end of the partnership between Panda Travel and the UH athletic department. It was a relationship that spanned more than 20 years, and grew from then-Gov. Ben Cayetano’s appeal for the community to support the UH football program. Panda’s two-person office on the athletic complex’s third floor was cleared Thursday to make way for the JTB Hawaii, which won the rights to arrange UH’s travel. The transition was eased with JTB retaining Lavana Francisco […]

Linebacker/safety Dylan Toilolo will join the Warriors next week. Here’s the skinny: > Credentials: Toilolo was named to the Star-Advertiser’s all-state first team as a Saint Louis School linebacker in 2016 and to the second team as a Kapolei High safety last year. He can mix it up (he was an inside backer in the Crusaders’ 3-4 scheme) and all over the place in the Hurricanes’ 4-4 defense. > Road to Manoa: Toilolo was all set to join Utah. He […]

In case you missed it, the second wave of Warriors has enrolled at UH. The start of the so-called bridge program — a two-course session that helps newcomers acclimate to UH while attaining college credits — began this week. Mason Mataafa, Jonah Laulu, Solo Vaipulu, Khoury Bethley, Zach Rittner, Chevan Cordeiro, Jonah Kahahawai-Welch and Kai Kaneshiro are now eligible to participate in the UH-administered workouts. (They previously were allowed to participate only in the player-run practices). The next group starts […]

One of the state’s top defensive backs — Tiger Peterson of Kamehameha Schools-Kapalama — told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser he has accepted a scholarship offer from the Warriors. Peterson, who will be a senior this fall, said he plans to graduate in December and enroll at UH in January 2019. The timetable would enable Peterson to participate in the Rainbow Warriors’ offseason conditioning program and spring training. “There were a lot of factors going into choosing Hawaii,” Peterson said. “The main […]