UH Football taking on UCLA tomorrow PLUS interview with Honolulu Little League

[Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] happy aloha friday everyone and welcome back to the co2 rundown i'm your host chad owens football is back we're gonna talk about that here shortly so like we always do let's dive on in to the co2 rundown [Music] it's been almost two years since we've had a regular season high school football game and i know the boys are excited everyone's excited the ilh kicks things off for us uh this year and today iolani is taking on damien at 3 15. that's in a couple hours it's almost game time and then kamehameha takes on punahou later on tonight so look i just want to say congratulations uh to to everyone that was involved you know to to make this a successful new beginning i'm just going to call it that right and all the boys are fired up coaches are fired up family and fans are all fired up good luck to you guys let's go and the oia announced his newest fall sports schedule things got pushed back at the beginning but now at least these student athletes have some dates fall sports will be kicked off with girls volleyball october 12th we're looking forward to that and then football to follow uh october 15th and 16th a bunch of games happening during that time so yeah we talked about the islands getting started and i know the oia has been patiently waiting for their opportunities so guys just continue to work continue to be prepared and i know everyone is excited for the start of fall sports and just another reminder that tomorrow our university of hawai'i rainbow wars are taking on ucla in their football season opener i'm excited i'm excited to see the show i'm excited to see what these boys are going to bring i know it's high energy on defense i know it's crisp routes big play-making ability on offense so like always man special teams you're going to be the x factor in this one power five opponent you know big time big time school big time program and like i alluded to uh the other day coach todd graham believes that ucla is the best team on their schedule so there's no better way to start something than to go after the best and look i'm excited for it i know you all are excited for it boys we're gonna be tuning in let's go bows yeah sunday it's jake paul versus tyrone woodley youtuber turned professional boxer taking out all these guys now he's fighting a former you know mma champ former ufc champion this is going to be entertaining i don't know if you guys been following along but the the press conferences the the the back and forth the marketing basically of this fight has been pretty hyped so i know there's some bad blood there and i don't know tyrone lily on one end just wants to shut jake paul's mouth but in the other side if you guys really have watched jake paul this dude can actually box right he's got some skills he actually trains like a true professional boxer and he's a great promoter so i hope you guys are gonna be tuning in to this one i'm gonna be watching it's gonna be pure entertainment like i said let's go my prediction tyrone woodley knocks out jake paul in the second round let's go all right and and this is the meat and potatoes of today's segment i had the i had a distinct honor and privilege to to sit down and and interview slash join our honolulu little league baseball team these all-stars these boys that are getting ready to take on michigan tomorrow i got a chance to sit down with them uh via zoom and just ask them some questions they asked me some questions and it just gave me it gave me an unbelievable feeling it gave me a feeling like i was back you know in the locker room i was like i was on that team like i was part of their team and uh these boards are so so humble so disciplined and they're ready to go so look check this out guys thank you so much for joining me here on the co2 rundown yeah throw it up throw it i'll throw it up how you guys doing awesome well look i i just want to personally say you know congratulations and and this is this is an honor for me this is honor for us uh you know at the co2 rundown on this show via the honolulu star advertiser to have you guys on man we've been following your journey and congratulations uh you know so far of all the things you guys have been able to accomplish so just wanted to share my appreciation for you guys taking the time out you guys are busy you guys are grinding you guys got championships on your mind and so i just wanted to say thank you for uh taking some time out of your busy day to join me here tonight because you guys on the east coast it's late yes sir okay so um i'm gonna start off smack dab in the middle again so uh in the middle i got chasing okay i got micah on the on the right and on the left we got one more time um come on come on that's right okay i'm speaking to you three you guys gonna be uh getting these questions and i guess you know guys anyone can answer this what has been the most memorable thing that you guys have have had up until this point anything could be on the field it could be off the field what has been that moment for you guys go ahead jason that's how you raise your hand most member memories we made was at first we made friends we met each other because we're all on different teams and wanted as a as a team and after that we started playing good because we bond we pick each other up and that's like our memory because making friends and we can be like lifetime friends look man that hit me right here because you know i lived that right throughout my professional man college high school college and pros guys even at the age that you know little league pop warner football for me it was all about and again i'm talking about all up into the pros right it's it's all about that camaraderie it's all about the friendships it's all about what happens in the locker room for you guys in the dugout at home um you know outside of the playing field those are the things that i remember the most and that i miss the most and so you are spot on jason that that is it that's what you guys are going to remember about this about this team this team that came together in 2021 you guys came together from various you know teams and places and you guys become a unit you guys became a family and from here on out you guys will forever be able to talk about this uh this this journey right so i appreciate that um man tell me about you guys daily grind like what's the okay the morning what do you guys do take me through a day in the life anyone um first in the morning you would eat breakfast and after we might study or have practice and then when you come back we have lunch then if you have a game then we're gonna play our game and then sometimes we just stay in the room for a little bit nice so it's pretty much all day i mean obviously you guys are there for on a mission right you guys are there on a mission uh but yeah i just wanted to sort of like get a gist of what your day is because to me it almost feels like it reminds me of i guess the only thing i can compare it to for me is like a in college or bowl week right we got a bowl game coming up there's festivities just things throughout the week uh in in toronto when i was with the argos in the canadian football league it was grey cup week man every day it's like you know there's things going on because we're preparing preparing for a game but it's like every day there's things we got to do right there's appearances there's you know uh and things like that and it could be a distraction right there's a lot of things that that can be a distraction to us when there's still a goal to achieve at the end of the week or for you guys it could be you know sometimes baseball you play a couple times in a week so there may be a couple games spread out over the course of seven days but there's a lot of distractions out there and again that's why i want to commend you guys on on being able to stay focused having fun right doing what you guys have to do but in the heat of the battle when it's time to go you guys lock in right um you know you mentioned uh studying what what in that study time like what did what are you guys studying do you get to study your opponent are you guys studying practice what are you guys studying i mean school what's what's what are you guys referring to there um well we're studying or both uh we're studying early i think we spent part of our time on like watching film on the opposing team that we're going to be playing we watched um the game who or they gave who they see who they played before then also we um get our studies in for actual school read a book of the work on the computer um and like get schoolwork done oh okay that's awesome yeah i mean studying uh film study i i used to love that i used to be a avid film study guide you know because that's that's how you get the edge right especially on the on the offensive side you got to study that picture right and i don't know i mean there's probably there's probably a lot more details in baseball i don't know all those details in the game of baseball right i'm pretty sure you guys could take me to school on a lot of those details uh but that's what it takes guys it takes that extra it's that extra effort right you guys want to be champions hey you're going to spend an extra 15 minutes more than the opponent you're gonna spend an extra you know an extra couple extra reps out there in the field maybe you're gonna do one more lap around the bases whatever it takes right because we got one chance one opportunity to be 2021 little league world series champion so you know we we we got to leave no stone unturned right um what's the biggest piece and again guys you i hope you guys know this you guys are a huge inspiration and motivation to so much people here not just other kids right you guys are inspiring adults you guys are inspiring former pros like me you guys are inspiring a lot of people um you know so there's two things that can come with that if you let it right they could be like this this pressure pressure to like oh i gotta do this right which i'm gonna remind you you don't there is no pressure because you guys just as long as you're focusing on having fun and enjoying the moment everything else will take care of itself so don't forget that continue to have fun and enjoy the moment the other side is there's some adversities right so right now what's you know as a team as individuals what are some of the adversities if any that you guys have had to face throughout this process so far well i think some adversities was um getting some covenant in san bernardino because that took away a part of our team which i think really affected us but we were able to battle through that and now our team is full again um maybe another one was we're down in states i think four nothing in the top or top of the third and we kept battling and battling even though it was difficult and um we actually uh we eventually ended up winning that game so uh i think i think this team is really good at battling and um fighting to the end yes i mean relentlessness right no matter what i have a saying guys um and it's part of my brand you know co2 it's part of my brand guys advert this is one of my sayings and i start off with this adversity fuels me all right i want us to say that you guys did you guys hear that adversity fuels me so on account of three i want us to say adversity fuels me you ready one two three yes and it has to you know we can't be afraid of adversity right so when it fuels us when we're faced with adversity when we're down in the game when we face adversity that are things and elements we can't control you talked about you know a covid situation hey it happened hey guess what adversity also creates growth right the opportunity to get better and how did you guys get better you guys overcame that and now you guys are tighter right you guys are more hungry and so adversity fuels it should fuel us i just want to say thank you guys so much for for taking the time to spend with me to show some some love and support to to you know hawaii you know rainbow rainbow warrior sports and i just want to again reiterate to you guys man that that we are all proud of you we are all pulling for you we're rooting for you good luck and i will be following you guys uh on saturday and hopefully we get to do this again i love to when you guys get back after we you know we win this thing i want to i want to hook up with you guys when you guys get back to hawaii and let's uh let's do another one of these okay thank you hey look right on guys mahalo have a good night and we'll see you guys again soon okay represent and that is it for today's show i want to thank you all so much for tuning in what an unbelievable segment today was it was a happiest of happy aloha fridays so i hope you guys are having a blessed day it's beautiful out here have a great weekend enjoy yourself like i always remind you reset relax rejuvenate and get ready because monday is another opportunity to get that much better aloha [Music]