Maldonado says
he hasn’t received
scholarship offer

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Defensive end Reggie Maldonado, who started classes at the University of Hawaii this week, denied a report in another publication yesterday that he has accepted a scholarship to play football for the Warriors.

The reason is that he hasn't been offered one.

"They've been recruiting me, but they haven't offered me anything yet," Maldonado told the Star-Bulletin yesterday. "So I was kind of surprised to be reading about it. I called (a UH coach) to find out about it, but I couldn't get a hold of him."

Maldonado, a 2000 Kamehameha Schools graduate and transfer from Saddleback Community College (Calif.), said he was told earlier that something might be worked out later once he gets enough credits for an associate's degree.

"If I get my grades up this semester they said they would offer me," Maldonado said. "But I have to get my AA."

The 6-foot-5, 265-pound Maldonado helped Saddleback to a 9-2 record in 2002.

In other UH recruiting news, Armani Purcell of Pago Pago, American Samoa, is visiting the Manoa campus. The 6-foot-3, 220-pound defensive end is the brother of Mel Purcell, whom UH recruited last year. Mel Purcell sat out last year as a partial qualifier, but is expected to be available to play this year.

Viloria's right hand not broken

Waipahu flyweight Brian Viloria's right hand is not broken.

Dr. David Kulber, the hand specialist who operated on Viloria's right hand after a break early in his career, said that this time Viloria strained an intercarpal ligament, and Kulber placed it in a cast for a week. It is the same hand Viloria broke during his first professional fight, but Kulber says the two injuries are unrelated.

"It is an occupational hazard that every big puncher shares," Team Viloria Manager Gary Gittelsohn said. "We will just make sure it heals and it won't impact his schedule at all. He was going to take the next three weeks off anyway."

Viloria (11-0, 6 KOs) hurt the hand in the third round of his unanimous decision over Alejandro Moreno Friday. Moreno broke his rib in the same round.

DiBella gets license: Lou DiBella got his promoter's license recently. Dibella owns the promotional company that Viloria fights under, and most of Viloria's fights will be promoted by DiBella, with the exception of his annual shows in Hawaii. Tom Moffatt will continue to handle those, and Gittelsohn says he is the only promoter granted such freedom by the company.

"Tom is a real friend of DiBella Entertainment," Gittelsohn said. "Hawaii is a special market that he knows better than we ever could."

Upon further review, Coyle qualifies

On Saturday, Hawaii 1-meter diver Jonathan Coyle was third in his event in a double-dual meet with Wisconsin and New Hampshire.

By Monday, officials had re-checked the math. Coyle's point total was misentered. Coyle actually finished first, with 334.10 points, an NCAA Zone Qualifying score.