Noa, Bess, Arena Games, Projected Lineup

Dave Reardon talks to Kalua Noa about accepting UH's grayshirt offer.

"I'm super excited," said Noa, who completed his senior season with the Cougars last fall. "It's always been in the family."

Noa's father, Henry, played for UH. So did Kalua's older brothers, Kilinahe and Waikoloa.

Here's another video of him, this one from last month's HHSAA Track and Field Championship.



Davone Bess made a nice play in Miami Dolphins minicamp.

The highlight of the afternoon session was the floater Henne connected on with Bess. He put it into the right side of the endzone during redzone drills. Henne put the ball right above the cornerbacks head and Bess jumped high to pull it down.

Here's another one:

Davone Bess, a free agent rookie out of the University of Hawaii, made a nice catch to balance some of his drops. With quarterback John Beck rolling and almost out of room on a red-zone play, he threw into the end zone behind Bess, who managed to reach back against his momentum for the catch.

And Bess is mentioned in this report about the Dolphins' passing game.

The Dolphins also signed Ernest Wilford, who’ll be replacing Marty Booker as the go-to veteran, and rookie Davone Bess, from Hawaii, has turned a few heads this offseason.

A couple of arena football games of interest are being played today. Chad Owens and the Colorado Crush will play the Grand Rapids Rampage. Here's an excerpt from the press release.

WR CHAD OWENS ranks first among rookies in all-purpose yards (1,461). Ranks fourth among rookies in points (90). Ranks fifth among rookies in receiving yards (626), receptions (61) and first downs (38)

Shawn Withy-Allen may play for the AIFA's Fayetteville Guard after being re-signed last week.

Nate Ilaoa of the Columbus Destroyers is out for today's game as he recovers from a dislocated shoulder suffered a few weeks ago.

CFN has an article with projected 2008 WAC starting lineups. Here's who they think will be in UH's starting lineup:

QB 11 Inoke Funaki, 5-11, 195, Jr.
RB 26 Daniel Libre, 5-8, 185, Sr.
Position Spotlight: Everyone's wondering about the passing game and which quarterback will be under center. Literally, under center, which is a change from the shotgun June Jones ran all the time. The Warriors will be able to throw the ball just fine, but now they're going to run it a little bit, too, with Libre playing a big role.
WR 1 Greg Salas, 6-2, 195, So.
WR 89 Malcolm Lane, 6-2, 185, Jr.
WR 5 Mike Washington, 5-7, 175, Sr.
WR 85 Aaron Bain, 5-9, 190, Sr.
OT 77 Aaron Kia, 6-5, 300, Jr.
OG 62 Keith AhSoon, 6-1, 315, Sr.
C 55 John Estes, 6-2, 290, Jr.
OG 51 Latu Tuioti-Mariner, 6-0, 285, Sr.
OT 78 Keoni Steinhoff, 6-3, 280, Sr.
PK 86 Dan Kelly, 6-3, 210, Sr.

DE 94 David Veikune, 6-3, 250, Sr.
DT 96 Fale Laeli, 6-1, 290, Sr.
DT 68 Keala Watson, 6-3, 300, Sr.
DE 58 John Fonoti, 6-3, 250, Jr.
LB 53 Blaze Soares, 6-1, 240, Jr.
LB 17 Solomon Elimimian, 6-0, 220, Sr.
LB 44 Adam Leonard, 6-0, 235, Sr.
CB 2 Ryan Mouton, 5-10, 80, Sr.
SS 35 Keao Monteilh, 5-11, 195, Sr.
FS 24 Desmond Thomas, 6-3, 174 Sr.
CB 3 Jameel Dowling, 6-3, 205, Sr.
P 49 Tim Grasso, 5-11, 221, Sr.

Pretty good list, but of course none of the JC guys are listed and a few of them are supposed to push for playing time right away. Well, hopefully they will, if not this year, then next -- look at all those seniors! Thanks to Fuzzylogic for finding this, among a lot of other articles.