Photos from the Keiki Warrior Clinic, Warrior Camp and Day 1 of the All Poly Camp are now available for viewing in our Gallery. I posted 372 photos and Day 2 and 3 should be ready by tomorrow. Looking forward to this morning scrimmage, I’m going to leave for the park now!
Camper pulling one in
A few of the big boys
QB's take some reps
Posted By: Scott | Filed under: Site News on July 1st, 2009 | No Comments »
It was a beautiful day at Kapiolani Park, the emotion and excitement was pedal to da metal! Kenny Patton, Chad Owens and all of the other amazing coaches who generously gave back to Hawaii were the catalyst to this grand event. The coaches did a great job communicating, mentoring and teaching the kids vital skills and life lessons. You could tell that they were having the time of their lives and the coach’s message was clearly getting through to them.
The morning sessions ended with scimmages by age groups and this looked to be the highlight of the day for the kids. For the two lower age groups it was shirts vs. skins and the competitive juices were flowing with huge smiles on their faces. The oldest group did an offense vs. defense scrimmage and the intensity was fierce. There were a few good licks and the offense came up with more then a few long gains.
At 4:00 PM the All Poly Camp went into overdrive with an all star coaching staff. Listening to all of the coaches talk and inspire the kids was truly a privilege. Their ability to connect and get their message to hit home was inspirational. After the introductions and warm ups the kids went to stations by positions. A lot of instruction was given and the kids hit the field hard and participated with enthusiasm. Tomorrow will be full pads so the kids will be able to leave it all on the field.
I took almost 400 photos on day 1 and they should be up by the end of the week. Great camp so far and thank you again Linda for inviting SportsHawaii.com
Just a few of the hard working staff and sponsors
Go Campers Go!!!
Might Mouse!
Even Coach Mack was Rocking!
Coach Chow taking the QB's to the next level
Posted By: Scott | Filed under: Site News on June 30th, 2009 | No Comments »
Summer has hit us hard with the heat and lack of trade winds but the good news is that it also means you get to enjoy Bigwave96744’s online media guide for the 2009-2010 Warriors! He does such a great job and puts a lot of time and effort into it, this is something you cannot miss! He is currently on day 66 it will continue until the start of the season. Here is a little message from Bigwave96744 that he posted when this years media guide started.
2009 SportsHawaii.com Online Media Guide
Aloha Ohana,
It’s that time of the year when we begin to get to know the 2009 Warriors.
This year I will start with the GrayShirts / True Freshman / Transfers / and Potential Walkons that have already reported in the Spring.Then I will go to the RS Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors.
The last group will be the incoming Freshman and JC Transfers (once they have enrolled in school).A majority of the info will be gotten from the UH Website, Stephen Tsai, Leila Wai, Ferd Lewis (Honolulu Advertiser & Warrior Beat), Dave Reardon, Jason Kaneshiro, and Paul Honda (Star Bulletin) and the awesome SPORTSBOW.
Finally thanks to photographers from the Advertiser, Star Bulletin, IslandSportsMedia, Irse, Rainbows’ PBase site, Scott, Ubercow, UHWarriors, and many others who have taken time to photograph our Warriors.
If anyone knows of any other family ties with a current player and a former Hawaii Player, please add on
If anything is not correct, requested to be removed, or have something to be added (pictures, facts, stats), please email me at BigWave96744@hotmail.com
Aloha and GO WARRIORS!!!
Posted By: Scott | Filed under: Site News on June 24th, 2009 | No Comments »
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 12, 2009
Famed Names, Sport Gurus On Island for 1st All Poly Camp
The sports leader, ESPN.com, who drew 15.4 million viewers to its football recruiting scene, will be on Oahu for the first time as a partner in 1st Inaugural All Poly Camp. David Geaslen, former owner of the ESPN.com network will attend the three day camp, alongside a team that includes Tom Luginbill, National Recruiting Director for ESPN.com, Craig Haubert, William Tucker, Bill Conley and Paul Pawlak. The team will be present to evaluate participants of the Elite Camp that is already scheduled to be on Oahu later this month. ESPN.com’s renowned national capacity is highlighted frequently on ESPN’s comprehensive coverage of high school sports…(more)
Posted By: Scott | Filed under: Site News on June 23rd, 2009 | No Comments »
Ever thought about asking Jim Donovan, “How is the construction of the football offices coming along?” or “What set Dana Takahara-Dias apart from the other candidates for the women’s basketball position?” You can get those answers and ask Jim questions for yourself the first Monday of every month. It is usually at 10:00 AM and it you can find it in the “First and 10 with Jim Donovan” forum. Jim gives us 1 hour a month out of his busy schedule, he truly stays in touch with the community and the fans. Thank you so much for doing such a great job Jim! Next 1st and 10 with Jim Donovan will be on July 6th. If you can’t make the live chat then we usually open a thread to ask questions 1 week prior.
Past interviews:
Posted By: Scott | Filed under: Site News on June 18th, 2009 | No Comments »
For Immediate Release: June 15, 2009
JUST WIN FOOTBALL CAMP HOLDS 1st COACHES CLINIC and bring FUN CAMP EXPERIENCES
TALK STORY, LOCAL BOY STYLE with NORM SHOW
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t’s a norm of sorts, just local boy kine, “talk story session” with the legendary Norm Chow. And for this session, kicking back, relaxing, and perhaps sitting crossed-legged on the floor is exactly what Coach Chow is looking forward to. On the contrary, no college coaches will be allowed in Norm’s room. “Coach Chow was adamant about making his session only available to local coaches, not college coaches, He wants it to be a very easy going, come to learn, local style effort”, said JW Kenton, founder and owner of the Just Win Camp. The longest camp to be around and the first one ever started on the islands, the Just Win Football Camp continues to bring a high intense, fundamentally sound and positive camp with notable coaches in attendance. This year, Mike Leach – Texas Tech Head Coach, Mike Pettine – NY Jets Defensive Coordinator, Former Ravens linebacker, Mike Smith and Dave Arranda , both from the University of Hawaii have all volunteered to be a part of the experience…(more)
Posted By: Scott | Filed under: Site News, Uncategorized on June 16th, 2009 | No Comments »
On top of an awesome morning show on Tuesday’s and Thursday’s from 6 A.M. - 9 A.M (1500 AM Radio), Rob, Russ, Rev. Felipe and Jake have graciously put together Rob and Russ Online. Their new website is easy to navigate yet it has the elegance and complexity of a King and Queen…okay who’s the queen? Please take time to check it out and I promise you that you will thoroughly enjoy it!
Posted By: Scott | Filed under: Site News on June 14th, 2009 | No Comments »
ALL POLY SPORTS PRESS RELEASE:
June 9, 2009
RIVALS.COM and SCOUT.com TO ATTEND ELITE CAMP
In a highly unlikely event, and for the first time in Hawaii, rivals.com and scout.com will make its debut together at the 1st All Poly Sports Inaugural Camp. History itself shows that these national recruiting services have been competitors for many years anticipating that one is better that another. However, that will not be the case at the Hawaii All Poly Camp. The Elite camp is scheduled be held on Oahu later this month.
In a growing demand for coverage of high school sports and recruiting news, rivals.com and scout.com are the two dominant Web sites that provide the latest information on upcoming recruits, videos and message boards. Both will offer each All Poly football participant a recruiting database, up-to-the minute interviews, a display of highlight reels and will not cost the athlete anything.
“While rivals.com claims more than 150,000 subscribers; Scout.com says its subscriber base stands at more than 200,000”. Average users on these sites include colleges, coaches, fans and the athlete themselves.
“It is our utmost obligation to give as many Hawaii High school athletes an abundance of exposure that we can give them”, say camp organizers. All camp participants are asked to bring either two games or season highlight films for the national networks.
Rivals.com is the ‘’stickiest” sports Web site around, meaning its visitors stay there the longest. The average user of Rivals.com in December 2005 spent 1 hour, 10 minutes, 34 seconds, according to Nielsen/ Net Ratings. Rivals.com attracted 1.7 million unique users of free content last month, rating it the one of the most popular sports Web site.
Scout.com is an integrated sports publishing company consisting of two separate divisions that work closely together to deliver a unique and highly integrated Internet and print product offering. Scout directly provides more than 2.1 million people with content, while translating 1,100 pieces of content daily, making Scout as the most read independent sports publisher in the country.
“The opportunity for recruiting here is exciting”, that according to a camp spokesperson. “This establishes a protocol that will embark in the forthcoming years for high school athletics. What this does is broaden the avenues of exposure for other high school sports in Hawaii. This is very positive!”
For camp information, coaching inquiry, questions and concerns, email: admin@vilithewarrior.org
Posted By: Scott | Filed under: Site News on June 13th, 2009 | No Comments »
ALL POLY SPORTS PRESS RELEASE: ALL POLY BRINGS BIG OPPORTUNITIES
June 11, 2009
JETS Defensive Coordinator, Mike Pettini to attend All Poly Camp OAH’U
New York Jets Defensive Coordinator, Mike Pettini has accepted an invitation to attend and speak at the All Poly Football Camp in Honolulu, Hawaii. “Coach Pettini is an avid participant when it comes to giving his time to kids. He is a great mentor, teacher, having coached high school football himself in the early part of his career. He is a wonderful human being. We are grateful that he could be here”, said Linda Fehoko. “It surely is an honor and a privilege for us to have him.”
Click here for a biography on Mike Pettini:
Posted By: Scott | Filed under: Site News on June 12th, 2009 | No Comments »
Congratulations to Dana Takahara-Dias, who was named the new Wahine basketball coach today.
Former University of Hawai‘i women’s basketball player and assistant Dana Takahara-Dias has been selected as the school’s new head women’s basketball coach, athletics director Jim Donovan announced Thursday at a press conference in the Ed Wong Hospitality Room.
Takahara-Dias, a four-year UH letterwinner from 1984-88, is the program’s seventh head coach since becoming a varsity sport in 1974 and first woman head coach since Patsy Dung (1974-79).
“It is with great pleasure that I announce former Rainbow Wahine Dana Takahara-Dias as our new women’s basketball coach,” Donovan said. “She is a Rainbow Wahine at heart. She began as a walk-on in 1984, earned a scholarship, graduated from UH, and came back as an administrative assistant on former coach Vince Goo’s staff. She later went on to a successful high school coaching career at Moanalua and with Team Aloha and has honed her leadership skills with the City & County of Honolulu. She’s come back to the UH ‘ohana and will be a true role model for the young women of Hawai‘i.”
Posted By: Tombo Ahi | Filed under: Site News on May 28th, 2009 | No Comments »