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Toa Taua, a 4-star running back/linebacker from Lompoc (Calif.) High recently took an unofficial visit to UH. Taua, who will be a senior this year, is 5-10 and 207 pounds. He has received 11 Division I-A offers, including three from Pac-12 schools. In 2016, he rushed for 1,777 yards, averaging 9.7 yards a carry, with 28 touchdowns in 13 games. His older brother, Vai Taua, rushed for 4,500 yards during his Nevada career.
Remember that group, Sunday Manoa? This was one of their hits: Kawika But I digress. On this Father’s Day, the Warriors held their final youth camp of the spring/summer. The youth tour, which went from the North Shore to Kauai, ended on the Manoa campus.
The Warriors’ final youth camp of the summer is set for tomorrow — Father’s Day — from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. on the Manoa campus. The camp is open to participants who will be in kindergarten through eighth grade this fall. The entry fee is $20. Each camper receives a T-shirt. Registration is at 7 a.m. Inquiries are available at hawaiiathletics.com or by showing up. * * * * * The Youth Impact Program is still seeking applicants for […]
Another morning, another series of workouts for the Warriors. As always, they were divided into three groups: Early, really early, where’s-the-snooze-button early.
High school quarterbacks and receivers are invited to participate in the 808 Passing Academy Camp on Friday, June 23, at Aloha Stadium. The cost? Nada. Zip. Nothing. Former UH quarterback Sean Schroeder, PAAMCO and several individual donors will pay the insurance, rental and operational costs. Each camper gets T-shirt. “Our form of payment is seeing kids succeed, like we were able to when we played,” said Schroeder, UH’s starter in 2012 and 2013. “We wanted to make it inclusive to […]
On Day 3 of the MLB Draft, two former UH baseball players were selected. Reliever Casey Ryan was picked by the Chicago Cubs in the 18th round; third baseman Josh Rojas was taken by the Houston Astros in the 26th round. The Major League Baseball draft continues today. Here are players selected with Hawaii ties: > Hilo High pitcher Joseph Jarneski, 12th round by Texas Rangers. Jarneski said he will forgo college and sign with the Rangers. > Hawaii recruit […]
The Warriors scholarship offer to 11-year-old Titan Lacaden is unique — it drew coverage from USA Today to the New York Daily News — but not unprecedented. A brief recap of the Warriors’ youth movement: > In 2000, Patrick Lavar Harley joined the Warriors as a linebacker. He was 16. Harley could read and write at age 3. He began kindergarten at 4. He was promoted from third grade straight to fifth grade. That freshman year at UH he could […]
Nick Rolovich came away with a few observations from the past weekend’s Elite Camp, such as: > It was elite: “You’re probably talking about 95 percent of the best football players in the state were at the camp,” Rolovich said. “You’re going to hear a lot of those names being called at this year’s high school football games.” > Future Warriors? “Toward the middle of the camp, I’ve never been more convinced that the majority of our recruiting class could […]