Mission II … Kalani and Harding … Tomey enshrined
June 19th, 2009
By dreardon
By dreardon
This comes from Kevin Kaplan, director of the June Jones Foundation:
“We are doing our second annual American Samoa Football Academy & Medical Mission, June 26 and 27 in Pago Pago, sponsored by the June Jones Foundation. Jesse Sapolu, Jack Thompson, Samson Satele, Ta’ase Faumui and Ma’a Tanuvasa will accompany Coach Jones and McMackin as well as 10 doctors, nurses and other medical personnel on the trip. In all, we will be bringing $250,000 of donated medical supplies to the people of American Samoa.”
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I really enjoyed today’s story by Kalani Simpson on Matt Harding and his impact on UH football. Few can write narrative-type pieces like Kalani, and few could turn the tide of a football game like Harding … all 5-feet-8 and 145 pounds of him.
The 45-day Centurions series will feature many more stories from guest writers, including several from Kalani, our former columnist who now lives in Nebraska with his wife and two young children (Braden, and Mackenzie, who is just a few months old).
We were very pleased Kalani agreed to participate in the project — not just for his writing abilities, but also because of his credibility of actually having played college football. His voting and comments proved invaluable.
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This from the DePauw University web site, and relayed to me by the Star-Bulletin’s Craig Gima:
“Former UH head coach Dick Tomey is a member of the inaugural induction class of the Michigan City High School Football Hall of Fame. Tomey and four other graduates from the Indiana city will be honored July 20. The other inductees include former Chicago Bears head coach Abe Gibron, who will be inducted posthumously.”
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-By Dave Reardon
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June 19th, 2009 at 10:27 am
Great read on Matt Harding. I didn’t care for Kalani’s writing style when he first came to the paper. But over time, either he tweaked his style or maybe I grew to like it. I was sad when he left.
Kalani’s article is spot on! Matt was such a big play person on the field for UH. He may have been small in statue, but the guy had the heart of a Warrior! He is truly deserving of being in the top 100.
June 10th, 2012 at 9:46 am
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