After a 1-and-7 start amid a 6-game losing streak, the idea of the University of Hawaii football team having to move forward without perhaps its best player was a disturbing one.
But that was the possibility as cornerback Mike Edwards underwent an MRI Monday morning, on his left shoulder which got banged up in Saturday’s 45-10 loss to Fresno State.
The good news is Edwards told KHON2 that he expects to be "good to go" when Hawaii hosts Boise State this Saturday.
The shoulder in question is the same one Edwards had surgically repaired in the off season to remedy a torn labrum.
Edwards is 12th in the nation is passes defended, and one of the top kick returners in the country as well.
Meanwhile, Head Coach Norm Chow and the Warriors continue to search for answers following another ugly defeat.
And it doesn’t get any easier with the 7-and-2 Broncos coming to town this week.
Hawaii ranks 122nd out of 124 FBS teams in scoring defense this season and is riding the third longest losing streak in program history.
Still, Coach Chow says neither he nor his assistants like defensive coordinator Thom Kaumeyer are hitting the panic button.
HIC Pro Day 2
Waves were in the 8-to-10 foot range at Sunset Beach on Oahu’s North Shore.
It was prime conditions for day 2 action of the HIC Pro….a qualifying event for the upcoming Triple Crown of surfing.
One of the guys that stole the show…local boy Kalani Chapman…who got a near-perfect score when he "houdini’d" out of the barrel.
He advanced as did veteran Sunny Garcia.
The 6-time Triple Crown winner, now a resident of California, said afterward he came here to win.
Contest is off for Election Day and will pick back up on Wednesday.
Star runner to compete in Honolulu Marathon
The Honolulu Marathon has added to its field, what amounts to a "major superstar" in the sport.
Wilson Kipsang of Kenya…who won a bronze medal at the Olympics, and whose run the second fastest marathon of all time…has agreed to compete in Honolulu, December 9th.
Kipsang’s time of 2-hours, 3-minutes and 42-seconds at the 2011 Frankfurt marathon was just 4-seconds off the world record.
It’s rare for the Honolulu Marathon to enlist a runner of that caliber…but with the cancellation of the New York Narathon due to Superstorm Sandy, Kipsang sought another race opportunity.
He’ll be the fastest man to ever compete in the islands.
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