Bess and Leonard Peters helped out with UH's camp

HSB Note: "Bess and Peters were among the Warriors alumni working at the Hawaii Football Skills Camp yesterday with Bess closing the session with a talk stressing the importance of education."

About helping out at UH's camp before returning to the Dolphins, Bess said:
"It just feels good to give back. I love to come back and show my support for these kids." (HSB)

About how he benefitted from the workouts with the Dolphins, Bess said:
"I think (the workouts) helped a lot in giving me my confidence to go into training camp ready to play. I'm pretty comfortable with the offense and knowing what's at stake." (HSB)

About how Samson and Reagan helped him adjust to the Dolphins, Bess said:
"Reagan and Sam are well respected on the team, so for them to take me in as a little brother I'm happy about that and just can't wait to get out there and get things rolling." (HSB)

About helping the kids this week at the camp, Leonard Peters said:
"It's great to see the kids. There's so much talent here and coming here and showing what they can do. They get to compete against the best on the island." (HSB)

About how they emphasized education to the kids at the camp, Bess said:
"Whatever you do, give 100 percent effort, on and off the field. Without grades, there's no college, there's no football, there's none of that. That was the No. 1 thing I was stressing to them." (HSB)

HSB Note: "The skills camp concludes today and UH's trio of summer clinics continues Monday with the start of the three-day Big Man Camp for offensive and defensive linemen. The kids camp drew about 500 youngsters last weekend and about 350 have attended this week's skills camp, bringing organizers within sight of their goal of 1,000 total participants as they couple football with education."

About reaching so many kids in Hawaii through their camps, Rich Miano said:
"We want to get these kids when they're in the fifth and sixth grade and talking about academics and staying in school and being around good people. By the time you're a (high school) sophomore it's too late with the core requirements you have to pass. If you do bad your freshman and sophomore years, you're not going to a Division I college. You have to get these kids in intermediate school to realize the importance of their freshman year in high school." (HSB)

About how he's learned a lot about UH's offense and QB skills at the camp, Leilehua QB Andrew Manley said:
"I've learned a lot about the UH offense and just how to throw the ball and when to throw the ball, how to read defenses. It's helped a lot." (HSB)

About how Brad Kalilimoku and Timo Paepule have been teaching the campers the ha'a, Miano said:
"They're getting into it and learning it,. Coach (Greg McMackin's) going to be shocked tomorrow because they're going to put on a show." (HSB)

About how he's recognized now that he led Leilehua to a state championship after being brought up from JV during the OIA playoffs (he led Leilehua to 5 straight wins), Manley said:
"It's weird now -- everybody's like 'what's up Drew,' and I don't even know half of them. It's been fun; I'm having a good time with it, but I'm ready to go next season." (HSB)