News and Notes

Some bits of news from the past few days...

The Fayetteville Guard did not make the AIFA playoffs despite the strong play of former UH QB Shawn Withy-Allen.

Withy-Allen completed 17 of 36 passes for 199 yards and six touchdowns, giving him 16 since returning to the Guard three games ago.

Chad Kapanui completed 16 of 32 passes for 140 yards, but the Sioux City Bandits got eliminated in the first round of UIF playoffs. Kapanui will play in the UIF All-Star Game on July 19th.

Greg McMackin, Cal Lee and George Lumpkin are among 24 NCAA coaches helping out with the Game Plan Academy from June 30 to July 2.

The academy is designed to help the athletes get information on graduating with a college degree while playing a sport.

UH will be hosting a lot of camps this summer, including three football camps. Details can be found here.

Future Warrior Lewis Walker participated in the Utah High School Football Coaches Association all-star game on Saturday. He got a very brief mention in this Deseret News article.

Judge Memorial's Lewis Walker, who will play at Hawaii, was 3A's workhorse.

Future Warrior Earvin Sione is an OIA Red East first-team volleyball all-star.

Stephen Tsai writes that Kaleo Wong will join the team as an invited walk-on in August. And Josh Andrews hopes to join UH as a non-scholarship player.

Here's another nice mention of Davone Bess.

Miami Dolphins WR Derek Hagan and undrafted rookie WR Davone Bess impressed the team during minicamp according to PFW. Bess, who comes from pass-happy Hawaii, has the best set of hands on the team, according to one club source.

Cleveland Browns defensive lineman Melila Purcell was among the coaches and counselors who took part in the All Poly Camp in Utah.

Purcell remembers attending a Joe Salave'a camp when he was in high school. "I dreamt of being in this position," Purcell said. "I'm just trying to give a little back to the kids and show them the road I took."

Detroit Lion defensive end Ikaika Alama-Francis is mentioned in this NFC team report.

DE Ikaika Alama-Francis has shown improvement, but that progress must continue at a rapid rate for him to rebound from an unproductive rookie year. He must improve his footwork and hand placement to be effective.

Looks like Timmy Chang will be on the Hamilton Ticats roster when their regular season starts this Thursday. Looked dicey a few weeks ago, but he had a great series of practices and that awesome preseason game.

For Warrior fans not in Hawaii or Florida on August 30th, you can watch the UH vs Florida game on Raycom, or according to this Raycom webpage, on ESPN Gameplan.

The telecast will be available as part of ESPN's Game Plan Package in U.S. markets not listed above. Game Plan is a pay-per-view service offered via DirecTV, Dish Network and participating cable systems.

Thanks to fuzzylogic and 4uhfan for some of the links.