David Hafoka Commits, Funaki, Back to Practice, Video

Stephen Tsai writes that JC defensive tackle David Hafoka will become a Warrior.

Hafoka, who already has earned his associate degree, will enroll at UH-Manoa in January, and participate in the offseason conditioning program and spring practice.

"Everything is good to go," Hafoka said.

Hafoka received offers from Utah and Arizona.

But, he said, "Hawai'i seemed like a place where I would fit in. I feel comfortable there."

Congrats to David! In the same article, Tsai profiles Inoke Funaki, who talks about a possible position change:

With Greg Alexander set as the starting quarterback, and Brent Rausch progressing strongly, all indications are that Funaki will move to running back or slotback in the spring.

"Maybe (the coaches) feel with my athleticism, they could use me elsewhere," Funaki said. "Maybe they don't want me sitting on the side. ... I expressed it to coach (Greg McMackin): 'If you want me to move, that's fine. If you want me to stay and battle it out and try to get better and push the competition, I'll do that, too.' I want to contribute to the team."

His family home also incurred some damage from last week's storm.

Jason Kaneshiro writes about the Warriors hitting the practice field after a week off, with the Cincy game still fresh in their mind:

"We let one slip away," senior linebacker Adam Leonard said. "Anyone who watched that game could tell we had it won, but that's why you play four quarters. They took full advantage of the time they had. That's our challenge this game. We have to put four quarters together."

Said quarterback Greg Alexander: "We can have some confidence that we had some success against a great team, but at the same time we know we should have finished it off."

Leila Wai spoke to Greg McMackin, Keao Monteilh, Daniel Libre and Greg Salas about returning to the field.



And Chawan compiled the back to practice news from KITV, KGMB, KFVE and KHON. Liz Chun also talks to Chad Owens of the Colorado Crush about the AFL cancelling the 2009 season.