Kaneshiro Takes Over the Sextra / WitP: Forney, Veikune

Jason Kaneshiro will be taking over the football side of the UH Sports Extra blog, according to Dave Reardon. Kaneshiro's first post is about the final event of this year's Super Games.

The Warriors will try to channel their inner Kolten Wong in the final event of this year’s Super Games competition Wednesday morning.They won’t exactly be swinging from home plate (they’ll move up considerably closer to big blue), but tomorrow morning’s home run derby at Murakami Stadium figures to decide a close race for the overall title and, more so, bragging rights.

The post also reminds me that spring practice is just two weeks away!

UPDATE: Stephen Tsai writes that Mana Silva and Steele Jantz homered to help the Tundakatz win the Super Games

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Via 4uhfan on WSN, Chargers.com has a profile of former UH offensive lineman Kynan Forney, who just re-signed with San Diego and is looking to play more this year.

Forney signed with the Chargers last September after being released by the Falcons at the end of the preseason. He was active for just three games last season and didn’t see any playing time during his first campaign in San Diego.

Watching from the sideline wasn’t something Forney was used to. He earned a starting job with the Falcons as a rookie in 2001 and was a fixture in Atlanta’s offensive line for each of his seven seasons with the club. The 2008 season tested his patience at times.

Forney claims that he feels better than he has in years. In retrospect, he’s thankful for the chance to let his body heal and is hopeful that the down year will trigger a revival of his career.

And the Miami Dolphins have set up a private workout with David Veikune.

The Dolphins -- who scouted receivers Hakeem Nicks and Brandon Tate at North Carolina's Pro Day on Tuesday -- booked private out-of-town workouts with several prospects they like, including outside linebackers Connor Barwin (in Cincinnati earlier this week) and David Veikune (Hawaii), receiver Brian Robiskie (Ohio State), Texas Tech guard Louis Vasquez (Wednesday) and one of the draft's top punters (Cincinnati's Kevin Huber).