Brett Leonard out 3 games, Team Captains named

Stephen Tsai has some bad news about Brett Leonard.

Brett Leonard, who was projected to start at center, is scheduled to undergo arthroscopic knee surgery and miss the University of Hawaii's first three football games.

Bronson Tiwanak, a senior walk-on from Damien Memorial School, will start in Thursday's season opener against Southern California.

The backup center will be London Sapolu, a junior college transfer and the son of former UH and San Francisco 49er lineman Jesse Sapolu.

Tsai also writes that Vaughn Meatoga, Greg Salas and Corey Paredes were named team captains.