Cheerleading get new coach and 11 new freshmen

They run at dawn three times a week. They lift weights. They will have scheduled team-study sessions for anyone below a 2.75 GPA when only 2.0 is required. After all that, they practice many hours per week striving for perfection in their sport.

National champion volleyball program still undefeated

The undefeated HPU Lady Sea Warriors volleyball team began defending the PacWest Conference on Sept. 7-8, by defeating University of Hawai‘i-Hilo on both nights. With the victories HPU is 8-0, and 2-0 in league play. At one point in the second game of the first match, the Sea Warriors found themselves down 7-12, after Ann Haggerty of the Vulcans served up four straight aces.

Volleyball team four-time HSC tournament champs

Out of Bounds: Sports guys also cry, sometimes

I’m a sports guy. Our idea of a good time is watching two teams of heavily armored gladiators pound one another every weekend. We nearly swoon when Mark McGwire launches a baseball deep into the upper-deck seats. Good theatre? We’d recommend “Rocky” and “Rocky II,” “Bang the Drum Slowly,” and more recently, “Remember the Titans.” Our concept of gourmet cuisine is a Dodger Dog, a cold beer, and a cigar for dessert.