Warrior auditions

GOOD MORNING HAWAII!

One of the first!

Why did McBride run?

Fort!

Chow & Co recruit for their needs. Expect to see more “invited walkons”.

Dream big, go hard. Good luck to the walk on hopefuls.

Mr. Tsai –

Bought three pairs of walking shoes since my big event last January. The Nikes were by far and away the best. Won’t buy any other brand.

OMG. I’ve just committed Nike spam.

RIP Davy Jones.

I’m a Believer.

Go Warriors!

Ah- David Jones. Saw him as the Artful Dodger in Oliver in Chicago back in the day.

God Bless!

ummm… why is it referred to as “luau feet”?

rubbah slippahs iz da bestess fo’ walking.

Davey Jones made Marcia’s day.

is coach chow gonna continue the tradition of jj/mack and house the entire team up in the studios again during fall camp?

Studying the Riders depth chart, it looks like Colt and Willy are competing for the roster spot that was held by Ryan Dinwiddie, a name that might be familiar to UH fans. It should also be noted that Colt is not competing for the starting QB job, but if he beats out the other 2 competitors to become the #2 QB then he would be just a snap away…

“The fact that we’re talking about Number 2 or Number 3 quarterbacks is a good thing,” Taman said after the CFL team announced the signings of signal-callers Colt Brennan and Drew Willy. “If we were talking about the Number 1 quarterback, then we’d have a problem.

“When there are question marks around the Number 1 guy, that’s not what you want. Everyone in the organization knows that Darian will be fine.”

The Roughriders have added Brennan and Willy to a list of quarterbacks that already includes Durant — the full-time starter since 2009 — and fellow returnee Cole Bergquist. Ryan Dinwiddie, who was Saskatchewan’s No. 2 pivot in 2010 and 2011, was released in January.

http://www.leaderpost.com/sports/Roughriders+quarterbacking+depth/6222735/story.html

I met Davy Jones one time at Ihilani. He played a private show there.

i think i read somewhere that it was the rough riders who had the first signing rights to colt brennan.

If you dissect the family tree of those people on the Jersey Shore, you can see where herpes originated.

Wait . . . I thought Snooki has been pregnant for years now. I guess she is just short and round.

I hope that little boozing chainsmoker understands what being pregnant means.

oh yeah totally forgot about that malcolm lane incident.

Good morning everyone!

I use 4E shoes. One pair are Nike.

But with the small size 9 feet, the shoe front looks round. 🙁

Then again.. Amazon.com sells shoes, too. And many of theirs come with free shipping. I buy lots of stuff off of Amazon. Pricey stuff, too.

al –

“Luau feet” likely originated in the loi kalo or taro patch. The practice of “stomping” the loi to soften the mud for planting was best done by people with wide feet. Doing so also made one’s feet wider, it was believed. Working in the loi was the work of folks with wide feet. Luau is the name for young taro tops. Pick any of those reasons and you have “luau feet”.

Snooki’s hapai? I wonder how much money Maury Povich will offer her to do the paternity test thing. Big drama = big money.

The walk-on try outs underscore one thing about Coach Chow. He is nothing if not thorough. With his full court press on local recruiting, the mainland recruiting and these try outs, you can see he’s leaving no stone unturned.

Good morniing Tsaikos everywhere..

always a privilege to chat. 😀

hope Coach had a good walk on vibe.

February 29th or March 1st haha

DPK:

perhpas the director of the Lord of the Rings knew of our “luau feet” and thus the people of the Shire had “wide” feet.

also, knew of our Menehunes and thus the short stature of Frodo Baggens and Sam Wisegangie and Mary and ??? (forgot the other).

#9. That was the point I was making. true walkons maybe dinosaurs in the new regime.

Afternoon everyone. Think it’ll be a break out year position for mcbride. Hes on my watch list. Esp after moving him back to his original position safety.

UH offers LB’s Alani and Viliami Latu scholarships.

Norm Chow and Co. are RECRUITING !!! ; just as he promised.

Thanks again, to Sportsbow.

http://www.sportshawaii.com/sh/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=41861

#60 ai-ee-soos: Coach Chow doesn’t fool around. Glad to hear that he is in the recruiting mix. Don’t think keeping it quiet is going to prevent poaching. If they are good, they’re good.

Hope Alani and Latu joins Polynesia’s team!

Warriors Special Teams Coach Chris Demarest and Rainbow Wahine junior “co-ace” pitcher Kaia Parnaby on the Manoa Underground Radio Show TONIGHT at 7pm.

RIP to Davey Jones, but really . . . you are showing your age. The Monkeys? Or was that a spin off of them. I remember they had that television show. I was but a little keiki. Yikes! Better start talking about Snooki again so we feel relevant.

Monkees

I thought Davey Jones was a pirate. And who is Snooki?

#65:

I barely or more correctly vaugely remmebe the Monkeys as a singing group and no idea about Davey Jones. Here I thought why did Davey Jones die when he already is at the bottom of the sea?

Now, I remember the Four Aces, Four Freshmen, Four Preps – wonder how many “fours” groups were singing during the 50’s? How about Glenn Miller – tha’ts before my time as he died during WWII above the English Channel – some say that US bombers returning on bombing raids over Germany jettisoned their bombs over the channel and one or more may have hit the small plane carrying Miller – eye witnesses on the planes say they saw an explosion when there should have been none.

OH, Mrs A-House is caring for our Crown Prince who flew in today for a well deserved rest – well, caring is not really corect as he is still sleeping after a 12 hour day and very little sleep on the 1:55am flight home.

Okay, I just Googled and and now know who Snooki is. I don’t watch much reality TV shows.

Reality TV really is not.

Thanks to everyone who tried out yesterday!

Warrior blood courses through your veins.

Where is the spam when we need it.

Col, you no remember Rosemary Clooney and Doris Day???

With the great news about Colt to the CFL, got me wondering what Moniz is up to these days. Does anyone know?

Al — more sugar… the McGuire Sisters (trio)

Sugartime

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92iVi1tqdME&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL50F005A0B3E800DF

Help to 100:

It’s “Properly SPELT”: The MonkEEs — Also similar to Jeremy Lin (so far) Davey Jones never (apparently or showed, that he) let the fame get to his head …RIP indeed

No ONE Named Snooki, Kardashian or “On” The Jersey Shore (Show) IS RELEVANT…

One of My Top Favorite Things about Jeremy Lin is his (respectful of course) Dissing of Kardashian Gold and Attention-Digging …

That Also Puts him ahead of anyone named, “Odom” …

Jersey Relevant? Bruce Springsteen AND His E-Street Band — Also on Jimmy Fallon Friday Night (~1130+ pm) introducing his New and Very Good Album “Wrecking Ball” … which i hope many of our recruits also are ….

Here Are Your Options: Accumulate More Age … OR Die …

(I think it’s your choice how you show it ….

NOTHING Wrong with The Monkees or Bruce Springsteen…)

Jes filling up space until “100”.

There was a special during the Oscars about an actress named Delores Hart. I remember as a kid going with my cousins to see that movie, Where The Boys Are (my cousins were all girls). When I saw her on screen I just thought what a lucky guy I’d be if I could get a girlfriend who looked like that.

Then I saw Nancy Kwon in another movie and really fell for her.

Just trying to see who on this blog is as old as I am as I am sure if folks do not know who Davey Jones was, they’d know who these women were. Those guys are probably in their 30’s I’d say. Youngins, so to speak.

When talking old school music, the first time I heard Artie Shaw do “Begin the Beguine”, I had to find out more about the Big Band music.

i’d like to be rich and thought of irrelevant too.

daydream believer…

Here we come . . . walking down the street . . .

So you guys remember Al Harris from Leilehua? He was a very good football player there, but I really remember him for basketball. His brother Tim Harris was a very good basketball player there too. I think Tim ended up playing for Air Force Academy and was just a point away from being the all time scoring leader at the AFC. I could be wrong though as my mind is a little foggy.

Now I ono for spinach…

We’re struggling but it appears we’ll get to the century mark.

I miss the old fashion Crisco.

kevin, when and who da wahines play next??

buffoman, you miss it too. dang, all those good things that made it da bestest to cook with!!!!!!

couch, how’s about guri guri????

#22 Rainbow Wahine back in action ALL WEEKEND starting on Friday at 6pm vs Radford

HONOLULU—The No. 22 University of Hawai’i softball team (12-0) returns home this week to host the Bank of Hawaii Invitational, March 2-4. The ‘Bows will battle Radford, UC Santa Barbara, and No. 20 Florida State in the three day tournament at the Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium.

Hawai’i is off to its best start in program history, bettering its former record of 7-0 set last season in 2011. Although UH was idle this past week, the ‘Bows moved up to No. 22 in the National Fastpich Coaches Association/USA Today Poll and entered the ESPN.com/USA Softball Poll and No. 22 as well. Solid pitching and a potent offense have been the story thus far this season. UH’s pitchers—senior Stephanie Ricketts and junior Kaia Parnaby—have a combined ERA of 0.66 with 79 strike outs to 15 walks and six shut outs. Offensively, the ‘Bows have pounced on opponents’ pitching, outscoring their counterparts 109-to-11—59-to-0 in the first three innings alone.

In the circle, Ricketts is 7-0 in 2012 with a 0.64 ERA. She has completed all seven games she has started and has fired four shut outs already. Ricketts has held opposing hitters to a .151 batting average with 12 walks and 51 strike outs in 44.0 innings of work. Parnaby (5-0) is almost as equally stingy, with a 0.70 ERA with three walks and 28 strike outs in 30.0 innings.

Four Rainbow Wahine are hitting about the .400 mark, led by junior shortstop Jessica Iwata’s .459 average (17-for-37) who has four doubles, one home run, nine runs scored, and 12 RBI. Senior third baseman Sarah Robinson has also gotten off to a hot start, hitting .444 (16-for-36) with three doubles, two homers and is tied with two other teammates—Leisha Li’ili’i and Sharla Kliebenstein—with a team-high 15 RBI. Two freshmen lefties, Kayla Wartner and Li’ili’i, round out the .400 hitters with Wartner carrying a .438 average (14-for-32) and Li’ili’i bringing a .406 mark (13-for-32) in UH’s third tournament this season. Wartner has four doubles and a home run with 10 RBI while Li’ili’i is tied with Makani Duhaylonsod-Kaleimamahu and Kelly Majam for the team lead with three home runs and 15 RBI.

Record Watch:

Ricketts—who is already UH’s all-time strike out queen with 640 K’s—is closing in on several other career records, most notably she is now just one win away from tying UH’s winningest pitcher in school history, Kelly Gentle (1996-99). Gentle’s record stands at 82 career wins. Ricketts currently has 81 wins and is also looking to surpass Gentle and former UH pitchers Brooke Wilkins and Melissa Coogan’s career records in shutouts, innings pitched, game appearances and games started. (See page seven in tournament release).

Majam is closing in on former UH All-American Kate Robinson’s career home run record of 44. Majam currently has 42 homers—just two shy of tying Robinson’s record. Currently, Majam is also No. 3 with 136 runs scored and No. 6 with a career .347 average. She already is UH’s all-time walk leader with 90.

Scouting the Opponents…

Radford Highlanders (2-3)

Radford returns to Hawai’i for the second time in their school history. The Highlanders are led by senior middle infielder Nichole Beall who is hitting a whomping .467 (7-for-15) with a team-high six runs scored and two home runs. Junior utility player Ryndee Ruch is second on the team with a .333 average (4-of-12) with a double and four RBI, while freshman pitcher/shortstop Micalah Sacre is hitting .273 (3-for-11).

Radford has used four pitchers through their first five games. Junior Jackie Jenkins leads the Highlanders with a 1.70 ERA in four appearances and 12.1 innings pitched. She has one walk with five strike outs and is 1-0 on the year. Freshman Emily Norton is 0-2 with a 4.34 ERA; Sacre is 1-1 with a 4.57 ERAin 7.2 innings pitched; and sophomore Stephanie Dameron has pitched two innings in two appearances.

UC Santa Barbara (6-11)

The Gauchos of UC Santa Barbara had a rough 1-10 start to the 2012 season, but have most recently won five of their last six games including a pair of wins over perennial power and former No. 23 Houston and WAC member Nevada. UCSB is led by junior outfielder Jessica Soria who is hitting .345 (19-for-55) and has swiped a team-high five stolen bases. Sophomore outfielder McKenzie Kane is second on the Gauchos squad with a .333 average (11-for-33) with four runs scored and sophomore infielder Lauren Boser is hitting right below the .300 mark at .294 (10-for-34).

UCSB has two pitchers—freshman Shelby Wisdom and sophomore Andriana Collins. Wisdom has made 12 appearances with five starts and has struck out 63 batters with 24 walks. She is 4-5 with a 3.79 ERA in 61.0 innings pitched. Collins is 2-6 with five complete games and an ERA of 5.85.

No. 20 Florida State (15-0)

Undefeated Florida State (15-0) moved up to No. 20 in both polls this week after going 5-0 in last week’s Citrus Classic in Orlando, Fla. Junior outfielder Tiffani Brown leads the Seminoles with a .353 average (18-for-51) and is tied for the team lead with 12 runs scored and has a team-high 15 stolen bases. Sophomore outfielder, and Mililani High School alum, Courtney Senas returns to Hawai’i with FSU this week. She is hitting .349 (15-for-43) with three doubles and eight RBI and she is 9-of-10 in stolen bases. Junior infielder Briana Hamilton is hitting .310 (13-for-42) with a team-high four home runs.

The Seminole’s pitching staff has been solid on the mound with a combined 1.09 ERA. Junior Monica Perry was selected the Louisville Slugger Division I National Player of the Week by the NFCA after allowing just three runs in 21.1 innings pitched against UCF, St. John’s Marshall and Wisconsin. Overall this season, she is 6-0 with a 1.39 ERA in 40.1 innings. She leads FSU with 97 strike outs to just 25 walks and held opponents to a .159 batting average. Freshman pitcher Lacy Waldrop is a perfect 7-0 with three shutouts in 45.2 innings pitched. She has held opponents to a .159 batting average and has 14 walks with 30 strike outs.Freshman Bailey Schinella and sophomore Jessica Nori both are 1-0 this season.

Bank of Hawaii Invitational Information

Radio: ESPN 1500AM will carry Saturday and Sunday’s games live with Blaine Kauwe handling the play-by-play.

Admission is FREE!

Live Stats: Live in-game stats are available at HawaiiAthletics.com

Tournament Sponsor: Bank of Hawaii

Promotions: Ballpark Bingo is back! This week Bank of Hawaii will provide the Bingo prizes and will be tossing out t-shirts and/or “Beenie Babies” to the softball fans. See the marketing staff for bingo cards during the tournament.

2012 Bank of Hawaii Invitational Schedule

Friday, March 2, 2012

3:30 pm Florida State vs. UC Santa Barbara

6:00 pm HAWAI’I vs. RADFORD

Saturday, March 3, 2012

11:00 am Radford vs. UCSB

1:00 pm Radford vs. Florida State

3:00 pm HAWAI’I vs. UCSB

5:00 pm HAWAI’I vs. Florida State

Sunday, March 4, 2012

10:00 am Bracket Game #1: #2 Seed vs. #3 Seed

12:00 pm Bracket Game #2: #1 Seed vs. #4 Seed

2:00 pm Bracket Game #3: Loser Gm 1 vs. Loser Gm 2

4:00 pm Bracket Game #4: Championship Game: Winner Gm 1 vs. Winner Gm 2

i don’t think the monkees would be as popular if they were named the baboons.

Radford should be a good game for the Wahine to get back in the groove after a week off.

Saturday, the fun begins. UC Santa Barbara ain’t so hot, but has seen some good competition earlier and Florida State brings in some SOLID pitching as mentioned above. The FSU pitcher with 56 Ks is something we should be concerned about.

Gonna be a good test for BOTH FSU and UH as both teams have openly admitted that the other presents a serious test for them. Obviously we’re looking at a potential pitching dual.

Kevin, with the possibility of the Wahine playing FSU 3 times, do you think Coolen will pitch Steph in all 3 games, or will he go with Kaia in one of them?

Whitey

Here’s one better than Crisco for frying.

My grandma used to save all of the bacon fat. There was a jar of that white stuff on the stove that she used to spoon out globs of that fat to fry stuff in.

Opelu and halalu fried in bacon fat was da bomb! That salty fat crisping up the fish on the outside, keeping the inside nice and moist. Bruddah, one big bowl with day old poi…winnah!

Sorry, can only remember that now, not good for the cholesterol count. Doc will scold me.

Hey Kevin, starting this Friday, the Wahine will be playing 17 games in 16 days. For those who love watching Wahine Softball, this will be just super.

Kevin, that is true, about facing a pitcher like this now. Since they will be facing similar type pitchers when they play Texas A&M, Texas, and California.

stevem…i never heard that song before nor the mcquire sisters. you better check your birth certificate maybe your birth year is the same as ahouse….???

AL

and back in your yesteryear…didn’t have trios?

There was the Andrew Sisters, the Cole Trio (Nat King) and Beaux Arts, among others

steven, is there a depth chart for the football team? what is yours? when does spring training start? thanks. rico mililani ’10

Interesting flurry to break the century mark!

bummers. RIP Davy Jones.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxvrtyDnLT0

.Kaleheo hillside going up in Hugh flames, near the high school,our power went out twenty minutes ago when I looked out my front yard. Lord protect the nearby homes and firefighters.

Hugh=Huge

119. thanks for the great memories! 😀

and jkjones. thanks for the great info and hopes for the future. hoping the Alani bruddaz like play fo us.

Go Warriors.

Go Coach Chow!

I remember going to Ooka Supermarket with my Aunties on Maui to get plate lunch. Too bad they closed cause the food was onolicious.

3-prong…i frequent maui often for business and tiffany’s with duffer and whitey.

the wakamatsu legacy ended over ten years ago. mr. wakamatsu passed away 2-3 years ago.

the plight of the maui ma and pa store has been devastating to many a maui local. wakamatsu store, ooka store, kitsu in makawao, are some of the many casualties. even the kahului star market went down a while back. the big guys have made it tough for the family run stores these days. all one needs to do is look at the long lines at costco, kmart, walmart, whole foods, etc.

ah fook store almost literally went down when a huge fire gutted the old store. fortunately, they managed to re-open months later at a new location, albeit, half the size of the original.

the maui’s famous “no ka oi” brand portugues sausage ceased its operations last year. the second generation owner just got tired of running his one man operations.

it seems that the new generations of the old merchants just don’t want to continue the business or the competition has made it a tough task.

…sign of the times, i suppose.

but, i like maui for what it is. the folks there are still so down to earth, sincere, and great people.

(okay duffer and whitey…no get big head, eh.)

…nuff said.

yup,

these are exciting times.

Go Warriors.

Good morning Tsai-kettes, Tsai-kos, and Warriors!