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Hawaii Tribune-HeraldSaturday, September 17, 2016

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BSPORTS DESKMatt Gerhart, sports editor, 930-7335;Kevin Jakahi, sports writer, 930-7331E-mail sports@hawaiitribune-herald.comFax 961-3680Online www.hawaiitribune-herald.com

By J.R. DE GROOTEWest Hawaii Today

The home-cooking didn’t last long for Hawaii. Fresh off a win in their home opener, the Rainbow Warriors are on the road again, this time for a date in the desert with Pac-12 opponent Arizona (1-1).

The game is slated for 5 p.m. HST on Saturday and will be shown on the Pac-12 Network.

Last week against UT Martin, the ‘Bows (1-2) scored three unanswered

touchdowns in the second half to erase a 10-point deficit, but needed another

touchdown late to down the FCS Skyhawks. Quarterback Ikaika Woolsey overcame three interceptions by throw-ing a career-high four touch-downs, including a 63-yard pass to Marcus Kemp that gave UH the lead for good.

First-year Hawaii head coach Nick Rolovich admit-ted when talking to local media earlier this week that he didn’t exactly let out a huge sigh of relief after grabbing the first win of his young head coaching career.

“If it was smoother I

might have, but we have a lot of work to still do,” Rolovich said. “I hope the boys did though. As ugly as it was, they did fight and stay together. They deserved to win and should be proud of themselves.”

A win is a win, and Hawaii has just three in its last 15 tries — two of those against FCS oppo-nents. However, the early going hasn’t been a cake-walk for the ‘Bows.

BowbasicsWho: Ha-waii (1-2) at Arizona (1-1)When: 5 p.m. HST Where: Tuscon, Ariz.TV: Pac-12 NetworksLine: Arizona by 24Series: Arizona is 4-0 against the ‘BowsLast meeting: Arizona beat Hawaii 27-6 on Sept. 3, 1998

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Hawaii looks to build momentum with latest test at Arizona

On the road again

Vulcans: hello, Paiea; see ya later, LaieBy MATT GEHART

Hawaii Tribune-Herald

For one UH-Hilo pro-gram, aloha will mean hello. For another, the greeting signifies a farewell.

The men’s and women’s soccer teams have finally moved away from the con-straints – not too mention dirt

– of playing on their campus baseball field, and they are set to kick off the PacWest season against Chaminade on Saturday at Kamehameha’s Paiea Stadium in Keaau.

Meanwhile, the volleyball team heads to BYU-Hawaii in Laie, Oahu, for a final time.

The Cannon Activities Center has been a house of horrors for UH-Hilo of late, but coach Tino Reyes is never-theless sad to see the program go. The Seasiders are fazing out all of their athletic pro-grams after the school year.

“Oh yeah, I’ll miss

it,” Reyes said. “Any time you lose a program, that’s not a good thing. We’re talking about peo-ple’s livelihoods here.”

The Vulcans (2-3) have a chance to leave a lasting memory in a gym they’ve struggled mightily at recent-ly. BYU-Hawaii has often treated UH-Hilo as a mere

three-set speed bump toward contender status in the Pacific West Conference.

Reyes called BYU-Hawaii the “dean of PacWest programs,” but getting players to join a near-ex-tinct one has been under-standably challenging.

Soccer teams set to debut at Kamehameha

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Associated Press

Wide receiver Ammon Barker celebrates during Hawaii’s 41-36 victory last Saturday against UT-Martin.

Pacific’s Buckley knows how to build

Photo by Pacific University

Pacific coach Keith Buckley fist-bumps Chase Larkin (11) while Ina Teofilo (43) and Kennon Quiocho (57) look on during a game against Dubuque on Sept. 10.

Boxers found perfect fit in seventh-year coachBy KEVIN JAKAHI

Hawaii Tribune-HeraldPacific University coach

Keith Buckley could give advice on how to build a foot-ball program from scratch to the Cleveland Browns and UH-Manoa, both still search-ing to find a flashlight to see a light at the end of the tunnel.

The Boxers, a Division III school from Forest Grove, Ore., eliminated football in 1992 and reinstated it in 2010. They struggled in their first three years, going 4-23,

including 0-9 in their return season. In the first two years, they were outscored 770-332.

Then Pacific had three consecutive winning seasons, including a 6-4 record and fourth place in the Northwest

College footballWhat: First D-III game in HawaiiWho: Pacifi c (0-2) vs. Occidental (0-1)When: 5 p.m. SaturdayWhere: Kamehameha-Kapalama

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Commentary

Racing, golf no help to LGBT cause

By PAUL NEWBERRYAP Sports Columnist

Often reticent about getting involved in divi-sive politics, the

sporting world has been on quite an activist roll when it comes to North Carolina.

It started with the NBA stripping away its lucrative All-Star Game from Charlotte because of a state law that limits protections for LGBT peo-ple. The NCAA and the Atlantic Coast Conference followed suit this week, reclaiming a host of major events including the first and seconds rounds of the men’s basketball tournament and the ACC football championship.

There’s still room to dole out more finan-cial pain, but that would require NASCAR and golf — two entities with a hefty stake in the Tar Heel state — to step up.

Not going to happen.NASCAR, which has

its headquarters, its hall of fame and one of its big-gest races in the Charlotte area, is not the least bit inclined to get involved in the fight over HB2, the so-called bathroom law.

Already struggling to fill seats and draw television viewers, the organization is undoubtedly mindful that its conservative fan base wouldn’t take kindly to anything that sounds the least bit progressive.

Ditto for golf, another sport that it’s fair to say comes down largely on the right side of the political spectrum. There’s zero chance that next year’s PGA Championship will be held anywhere other than Charlotte’s Quail Hollow Club or, looking much further down the road, that the 2024 U.S. Open won’t be held at Pinehurst.

Let’s face it: If you’re on a quest for social justice, better look elsewhere.

Nothing to see here.NASCAR czar Brian

France could’ve made quite a splash by threatening to move his company’s head-quarters to a more-inclusive state or pull the two races held each year at Charlotte Motor Speedway — one on Memorial Day week-end, the other part of the end-of-the-season playoff.

Instead, he’s continually talked out of both sides of his mouth, expressing opposition to the law but not doing anything to show he’s really displeased.

“We don’t agree with the law,” he said again this week. “Anything that has a discriminating component to it, we are not in favor of it. I have voiced my views directly to the governor.

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SPORTSHawaii Tribune-HeraldB2 Saturday, September 17, 2016

FOOTBALLDivision I

BIIF overallHilo 2-0 2-1Keaau 1-1 1-1Waiakea 1-1 1-4Kealakehe 0-2 0-3

Division IIKamehameha 2-0 4-0Konawaena 1-1 2-1Honokaa 1-1 2-1Hawaii Prep 0-2 0-3

Eight-manKohala 1-0Ka’u 1-0Pahoa 0-2

FridayKealakehe at Kamehameha, lateKeaau at Honokaa, late

SaturdayHawaii Prep at Hilo, 6 p.m.Waiakea at Konawaena, 5 p.m. JV, varsity followsEight-man: Pahoa at Ka’u, 1 p.m.

VOLLEYBALLRed division

W-LWaiakea 8-0 Kamehameha 7-0 Hilo 5-1 Konawaena 3-3 Keaau 3-5 Kealakehe 2-5

White divisionKohala 6-2 Honokaa 4-2 Hawaii Prep 5-3 Pahoa 3-3 Laupahoehoe 1-6 Ka’u 1-9

Blue division Christian Liberty 5-1 St. Joseph 4-3 Makua Lani 4-4 Ehunui 1-5 HAAS 1-6 Parker 0-5

Monday Hawaii Prep def. 25-16, 20-25, 25-15, 25-18 Makua Lani def. Parker 25-22, 27-15, 25-14JV: Makua Lani wins 25-15, 25-18

Tuesday Hilo def. Ka’u 25-11 25-11, 25-17JV: Hilo wins 25-9, 25-8 Kamehameha def. Honokaa 25-21, 25-16, and 25-12.Stats: (Naniloa Spaar with 12 kills followed by Kailee Yoshimura and Keanu Akui with 6 kills each.)JV: Kamehameha wins 25-16, 25-9

Wednesday St. Joseph def. Makua Lani 23-25, 19-25, 25-16, 25-22, 15-12 Keaau def. Pahoa 25-22, 27-25, 25-14 Ehunui def. HAAS 3-2 Waiakea def. Laupahoehoe 25-6, 25-6, 25-11

Thursday Kohala def. Ka’u 25-10, 25-18, 25-12JV: Kohala wins 22-25, 25-3, 15-10 Konawaena def. Ehunui 25-8, 25-11, 25-9

FridayLaupahoehoe at Ehunui, lateHAAS at Hawaii Prep, lateKealakehe at Waiakea, late

SaturdaySt. Joseph at Kohala, 10 a.m.Ka’u at Parker, 10 a.m. JV, varsity followsKonawaena at Keaau, 10 a.m. JV, varsity followsMakua Lani at Pahoa, 10 a.m. JV, varsity followsHonokaa at CLA, 6 p.m. JV, varsity follows

CROSS-COUNTRYSaturday

At Kealakehe, 10 a.m.

AIR RIFLERYSaturday

All schools at Kamehameha, 9 a.m. (two meets – the second is a make-up for the postponed Sept. 2 meet).

BOWLINGSaturday

At KBXtremeKa’u vs Kamehameha, 9:30 a.m.Konawaena vs Hilo, 9:30 a.m.Ka’u vs Konawaena, 1 p.m.Kealakehe vs Hilo, 1 p.m.

BIIF glance

HOLLYN JOHNSON Tribune-Herald

For once, Ziggy Bartholomy will be running on his home turf. Kealakehe hosts its first BIIF cross-coun-try meet in some time at 10 a.m. Saturday.

UHH/UH-Manoa watchNotes: Home games in caps; all times HST

UH-HiloVOLLEYBALL

Saturdayat BYU-Hawaii, 7:30 p.m.

The skinny: The Vulcans are 2-3 after a 2-2 trip to the D2 West Region Volleyball Showcase in Carson, Calif. They are 1-2 in five-set matches this season. On Saturday, UH-Hilo makes its final trip to BYU-Hawaii, which is eliminating its athletic programs after the school year.

SOCCERMen

Saturdayvs. CHAMINADE (0-1), 12:30 p.m. at Kamehameha

WomenSaturday

vs. CHAMINADE (0-2), 3 p.m. at Kamehameha

The skinny: While the UH-Hilo men head home looking for their first victory at 0-3, the women have some momentum and a dynamic goal-scorer in the making. After scoring all three of the Vulcans’ goals in two matches in Nampa, Idaho, Tiera Arakawa was named the Pacific West Confer-ence Player of the Week on Mon-day.

CROSS-COUNTRYSaturdaySept. 24

At Silversword InvitationalGOLF

MenSept. 23-24

Saint Martin’s Invitational, Olym-pia, Wash.

WomenOct. 7-8

Saint Martin’s Women’s Invitation-al, Olympia, Wash.

UH-ManoaFOOTBALL

Saturdayat Arizona (1-1), 4:30 p.m.TV: Pac 12Line: Arizona favored by 24 1/2

The skinny: What’s another trip of 5,800 miles round trip – plus a bus ride from Phoenix to Tuscon – when you’ve already traveled more than 19,000 miles for your first two games? After beating an FCS foe, UH (1-2) get its third opponent from a Power 5 conference.

VOLLEYBALL

Fridayvs. PEPPERDINE (6-3), late

Saturdayvs. PEPPERDINE, 7 p.m.TV: OC Sports

SOCCERTuesday

Hawaii 2, Air Force 1

The skinny: The Wahine have time off to enjoy their program-best 7-1-1 start to the season. UH doesn’t play again until Sept. 30, when it takes the field at Cal Poly in its Big West opener.

BASKETBALL

The skinny: Earlier in the week it was announced that UH men’s basketball team would participate in the ESPN’s College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon. As part of the Outrigger Rainbow Classic, the Rainbow Warriors will face Florida Atlantic on Nov. 14 at 11:15 p.m. local time on ESPN2.Quotable: It’s always great to be involved in this fi rst-class event,” head coach Eran Ganot said. “The late tip provides a unique atmosphere for our fans and players and has produced some of our school’s more memorable moments. Coming off a season in which we had a dozen national and regional TV appearances, this continues our emphasis

VULS From B1

BYU-Hawaii is just 2-7 this season.“That’s unprecedented of

late and we’re not used to see-ing that, but we can’t take any-body for granted,” Reyes said.

Since finishing 2-2 at the D2 West Region Volleyball Showcase, UH-Hilo has been busy shoring up its serving and passing. The process has been made more difficult with the absence of libero Mina Grant.

Reyes was hopeful the sopho-more could return from injury by Wednesday’s home match against Hawaii Pacific. Junior Trixie Croad will fill in at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the Vulcans’ PacWest opener.

SoccerFirst-year coach Gene Okamura

is familiar with the artificial turf at Paiea Stadium, having coached Kamehameha’s girls soccer team.

The men’s team is winless entering its 12:30 p.m. match against the Silverswords (0-1).

At 3 p.m., the Lady Vulcans (1-2) get a shot to debut in front of the home fans against a Chaminade team that is off to an 0-2 start.

The Silverswords likely will pay a lot off attention marking soph-omore Tiera Arakawa, who has scored all three goals for UH-Hilo this season and is the league’s reigning Player of the Week.

While Okamura gushes about Arakawa, he’s bullish on the women’s team in general.

“I like the way they work together toward a common goal,” he said.

PACIFIC From B1

Conference in 2015. The last time the school had a string of success was from 1946-52.

Three of Pacific’s four losses were to teams that played in the NCAA Division III national playoffs: Linfield, Whitworth, and Dubuque.

How did Buckley change the cul-ture at Pacific, which has more than 20 players from Hawaii on its roster?

In no particular order: Depth, patience, and find-ing the right quarterback.

In his first fall camp, there were more than 100 players. None had played college ball. It was a clear blueprint of patience and foun-dational building, not a quick-fix with junior college transfers.

It was also an exercise in Darwinism, the theory that the strongest survive. Because Division III schools don’t offer athlet-ic scholarships, the Boxers that remained on the roster all four years grew in physical maturity as well as leadership qualities.

When a team paddles in the same direction as a coach, wins usually follow on a consistent basis, a perfect example being the New England Patriots.

It’s no surprise that Pacific improved each year, going 0-9 in 2010, 1-8 in 2011, and 3-6 in 2012. The players bought into Buckley’s philosophy.

“We look for kids who have great character, will be great team-mates and representatives of Pacific and will compete like mad to help us win football games,” Buckley said. “It is what creates the culture and cohesion in our program that whether you are from Hilo, Los Angeles or rural Oregon you can have a successful academic and athletic experience at Pacific.”

When players tune out a coach, a team’s record usually deviates from one season to the next or craters.

In UH coach Norm Chow’s first year in 2012, the Rainbow Warriors went 3-9. They were 1-11 the next season and 4-9 in 2014. By his fourth season, when he recruit-ed a majority of the roster, UH was 3-10, and Chow was fired.

Buckley came to Pacific from UC Davis, where he served as assistant head coach and recruit-ing coordinator for the Aggies, a FCS or Division I-AA program.

He had two gold stars on his resume. The 1996 graduate of UC Davis, with degrees in rhetoric and communications and English, was surrounded by success and knew how to snag the right-fit recruits.

Buckley played an instrumen-tal role in the program’s transition from Division II to Division I under coach Bob Biggs. The Aggies had a run of 37 consecutive winning seasons and upset Stanford in their third season of transition to FCS.

In 1999, he moved to the Northwest and coached the sec-ondary and linebackers at Idaho for two years. When he was with the Vandals, Buckley worked for for-mer Oakland Raiders head coach and current Seattle Seahawks assistant head coach Tom Cable, one of the best in the business at teaching offensive-line play.

After a one-year stint as a defensive backs coach at Division II Humboldt State for the 2001 season, Buckley spent one year as a defensive assistant and two years as the associate direc-tor of football operations at Stanford under Buddy Teevens.

As a Cardinal, Buckley learned the roadmap of recruiting elite aca-demic student-athletes. Stanford has a 4.7 percent admission rate, the lowest of any school in the country. (Of all the Division III

schools, 81 percent are private.)

Right QB is the keyLike the NFL, the most important

position in college is quarterback. A QB touches the ball the most, makes decisions on every play, and has a direct hand in the outcome of each possession, such as throw-ing a touchdown or interception.

In 2010, Pacific had nine quar-terbacks on the roster, includ-ing Oahu’s T.C. Campbell from Kamehameha-Kapalama and P.J. Minaya from Hanalani, an ILH Division II school with a track record for throwing the ball.

Campbell won the job over his fellow freshman and started eight games, but Minaya got one start, played in five games and had a better completion rate, 67 percent to 58, though in limited time.

In 2011, there were six QBs on the roster, and Campbell and Minaya were clearly the top two, but the gap had closed.

Campbell played in nine games and went 130 of 219 for 59 per-cent with 13 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. In eight games, Minaya was 63 of 99 for 64 per-cent with five TDs and two picks.

The next season, there were a half-dozen signal-callers on the ros-ter, including 2012 Kamehameha graduate Warner Shaw, the heir apparent to the Oahu quarterbacks.

Basically, Buckley hit a home run when he recruited from Hawaii, especially targeting quarterbacks.

“Nearly 25 percent of our rosters have come from Hawaii. Our first three starting QBs — Campbell, Minaya and Warner Shaw — were from Hawaii,” he said. “Our record-breaking running back, Bronson Barretto (Kamehameha-Kapalama), was from Hawaii, and arguably the best wide receiver, Jordan Fukumoto (Saint Louis), we’ve had was from Hawaii.

“Talent is everywhere, and our roster reflects our desire to find the right fits for our program. The Big Island has been good for the development of Boxer football.”

In 2012, Minaya played nine games and threw for 2,258 yards at a 64 percent clip. Campbell played in one game and threw for 237 yards. He was lost to the year due to injury.

Stick aroundShaw got his feet wet as a fresh-

man. He played in two games, went 5 of 11 for 67 yards with one touchdown and one interception.

By 2013, Minaya and Campbell were seniors. They shared the job, and Pacific finished with a 7-3 record. It was the first win-ning season since 1987, quite a turnaround. Three years earli-er, the Boxers were winless.

There were seven QBs on the roster, an indication that Buckley was already preparing for his next signal-caller. Shaw played in two games, developmental time that would serve him well as a junior the next season.

In 2014, Shaw beat out seven oth-er QBs and led the Boxers to a 6-3 record, despite the loss of 38 players from the program’s first senior class. He completed 68 percent of his passes, threw for 1,814 yards, and earned All-NWC honorable mention.

Last season as a senior, Shaw broke the school record for TD passes in a season (23), and set the career completion percentage mark (67 percent). He went 187 of 284 for 2,395 with only six picks and earned second-team honors.

And for the Boxers, success never strays far from home. Minaya is the wide receivers coach and Shaw an undergraduate offensive assistant.

Cubs celebrate first NL Central title in 8 years

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs had to wait until Friday to cel-ebrate their NL Central title, but they quickly made up for lost time.

Moments after Miguel Montero’s 10th-inning homer lifted Chicago to a 5-4 victory over Milwaukee, the Cubs pulled on postseason hats and shirts and then partied all over Wrigley Field. It began with pictures and hugs all over the infield, and then transi-tioned to a boozy segment in their plush clubhouse before returning to the field to wave to their delirious fans and pose for more pictures with family and friends.

The Cubs became the first major

league team to clinch their division when St. Louis lost at San Francisco late Thursday night. They had a chance to wrap it up on the field, but Scooter Gennett’s tiebreaking two-run double in the seventh lifted Milwaukee to a 5-4 win earlier in the night.

Manager Joe Maddon and the play-ers were long gone from Wrigley by the time the Giants finished off the Cardinals. But they were clearly ready to go on Friday.

A DJ played thumping dance music as the players and coaches sprayed each other with beer and champagne. It was mostly quiet for a short time while owner Tom Ricketts toasted executives Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer and “the best team in all of baseball,” and then the party was on.

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