In a game of Jeopardy, the answer is: the University of Hawaii basketball team’s open-to-the-public scrimmage on Friday night.

The question is: what is Green and White and full of enthusiasm?

“We’re doing OK,” head coach Eran Ganot said of the Rainbow Warriors’ Oahu debut in the annual Green-White scrimmage. “We’re three weeks away (from the season opener). We have a big three weeks to fix some things we obviously need to fix. Overall, I was pleased with the effort out there. As a team, we showed some potential. As always, it’s about consistency now.”

The event in the Stan Sheriff Center was split into two 10-minute games and a six-minute scrimmage. The six-a-side rosters were shuffled each game. The ’Bows played at different tempos and styles.

Eddie Stansberry, a 6-foot-3 transfer from City College of San Francisco, demonstrated his range of deep and deeper. He connected on seven of 11 3s, including 5-for-6 in the two 10-minute games. One 3 that was discounted was launched with a foot out of bounds.

“My teammates made it easy to get some open looks,” Stansberry said. “It wasn’t hard to think about the shot. As soon as my teammates got it to me, I was able to take a shot.”

Stansberry unleashed shots with different motions, including a two-handed push. “I have a regular shot,” Stansberry said. “Usually, my intentions are to catch the ball and shoot it from where I’m on the floor if it’s in my range.”

Ganot said he was “excited” about the ’Bows’ accuracy. “We added Eddie, who is our best shooter, and that says a lot because Jack (Purchase) and Brocke (Stepteau) are pretty good there, too.”

In the third game, Stansberry and Stepteau appeared to engage in their own game of H-O-R-S-E. With the White team packed in a 2-3 zone, Stepteau drained two deep 3s.

“I was trying to match (Stansberry),” Stepteau said, smiling. “I saw him get hot. I wanted to get hot.”

Stepteau said he spent the offseason extending his range. He said he can shoot up to 6 feet behind the 3-point arc, and comfortably from 3 feet past the line. “When I get into a rhythm, it feels good,” Stepteau said.

Zigmars Raimo, a junior from Latvia, led the ’Bows in hustle plays. Raimo grabbed 13 rebounds, including nine off the offensive glass. He also lengthened a possession with a floor-burning dive.

“I’m always trying to be tough,” Raimo said. “I’m always trying to make my guys better. I’m always going for the offensive boards.”

During the offseason, Raimo lost 15 pounds — he now weighs 227 — while maintaining his strength. “I’m just 6-7, 6-8,” Raimo said. “I’m not the tallest guy on the floor. I have to be fastest. I have to be toughest.”

On Raimo, Ganot said: “You can tell it’s a byproduct of one heck of an offseason. He had a little stretch before the tour (of Australia in August) when he missed some time, and that set him back. He had to work his way back. He changed his body every year, and he’s gotten better every year.”

Ganot said he has been pleased with the development of freshmen Mate Colina, Dawson Carper and Owen Hulland in training camp. Hulland was one of three ’Bows held out on Friday because of ailments. Colina was effective on breaks and outlet passes. Carper proved to be a mobile rim protector. Both also adhered to the verticality rule, leaping straight up when they were inside the low-post arc against a driving ball-handler.

“They’re adjusting to the rules,” said Ganot, who offers an inch of praise. “They’re 7 feet when they get a rebound. We say ‘6-11’ when they don’t.”

RIVERSIDE, Calif. >> Victory becomes easier when the opponent sabotages itself, as Hawaii witnessed Friday night in Big West Conference volleyball.

The Rainbow Wahine exploited UC Riverside’s numerous mistakes in a 25-16, 25-17, 25-22 sweep at the Student Recreation Center Arena.

UH (12-6, 8-1) used its third consecutive victory to remain a half-match behind first-place Cal Poly (18-1, 8-0). The 12th-ranked Mustangs swept Cal State Northridge on Friday to remain undefeated in conference play.

The Wahine conclude their road trip at Cal State Fullerton (6-15, 0-8) today (4 p.m. Hawaii time).

Riverside (6-13, 1-7) entered the match without perhaps its best player: senior outside hitter Ka’iulani Ahuna, who led Kamehameha-Hawaii to four Big Island Interscholastic Federation championships. Ahuna has not played since twisting her right knee Sept. 18 in Set 1 against Long Beach State, yet still ranks second in the Big West with 5.07 kills per set and holds fifth place with 213 kills.

Without Ahuna, the Highlanders hit just .114 for the match — .056 in the first two sets, minus-.029 in the second set alone.

“I think when the other team is making those errors, we definitely need to take advantage of that and force the errors, instead of ourselves making errors,” said McKenna Granato, who finished with 10 digs, two aces and a match-high 12 kills. “It definitely brings a lot of momentum to our side.”

It was the ninth double-double on the season for the senior hitter whose first ace of the match gave her 100 for her career.

That momentum proved pivotal in the first two sets. The hosts held a 9-8 lead in Set 1 when UH used an 8-2 surge to move ahead, 16-11. Three of the Wahine’s points came from hitting errors, with two more resulting from long serves. Out of those five errors, the Highlanders committed three in succession.

In Set 2, Riverside built a 6-2 advantage but UH turned two service errors, a spike that sailed wide off a quick set and a double-touch violation into four points, and senior opposite Angel Gaskin and senior middle Sarah Liva combined on a block to force a 7-7 tie.

At 9-9, a 4-0 burst gave the Wahine a 13-9 lead. Gaskin and Granato contributed kills during that spree, with junior middle Natasha Burns converting off a quick set by senior setter Faith Ma’afala.

Hawaii took a 2-0 lead when scoring seven of its final 12 points on the Highlanders’ hitting and service errors. Many of Riverside’s mistakes could be attributed to numerous adjustments the hosts made since their 25-15, 25-19, 25-17 loss at the Stan Sheriff Center on Sept. 29, as they tried to avoid their eighth loss in nine matches.

“When we were watching film, we knew they made a lot of changes,” Granato said. “So we just had to remember each hitter’s tendencies instead of where they play.”

The Wahine needed Granato and Ma’afala to take control late in Set 3, a tight set that saw 10 ties and the lead exchanged four times.

“Every time we come here, they just play crazy defense,” UH coach Robyn Ah Mow-Santos said of the Highlanders’ 51 digs. “Their defense is unbelievable.”

With Riverside holding a 17-16 lead, Granato pounded a cross-court kill from the right pin to tie it. Ma’afala, using a hard serve with virtually no rotation, followed with the first of her two aces.

Granato then propelled a cross-court kill from the left side followed by a hitting error from Kat Lowry. Ma’afala ended the 5-0 spree with another ace, and UH owned a 21-17 advantage.

The Wahine committed 12 service errors and 13 hitting errors when running their record to 25-0 against the Highlanders.

“I think we made a lot of mistakes, too,” Ah Mow-Santos said. “My team always gets off to a slow start. But the warm-up was good. The play maybe could have been a little better but energy-wise, we were pretty good.”

Ma’afala finished with 20 assists, junior Norene Iosia added 18 assists and senior libero Tita Akiu had a match-high 19 digs when surpassing 300 for her UH career. Riverside’s freshman hitter Marissa Holt had a team-high nine kills and sophomore libero Nicole Rodriguez 14 digs.

Kamehameha needed a near-perfect performance.

Punahou wouldn’t let that happen, turning four Warrior turnovers into a 21-point lead in the first quarter en route to a 35-0 playoff victory on Friday night at Aloha Stadium.

No. 2 Punahou (7-2, 6-2) will meet first-place Saint Louis for the Interscholastic League of Honolulu Open Division title next week. No. 8 Kamehameha completed the season 4-6 overall (3-5 ILH Open).

Trent Shiraki highlighted the string of takeaways, returning an interception 48 yards to paydirt. That gave Punahou a 21-0 lead with 2:40 left in the opening quarter.

“First, it was trips (formation) and my job is to secure the flat, the way inside slot. I saw 3 hook up and my eyes went straight to 2, and I saw the quarterback release and I just went for it,” Shiraki said. “I dropped one against Saint Louis, but I think I made up for it.”

Punahou limited Kamehameha to 157 yards of total offense. The Buffanblu finished with 279 total yards.

“The score doesn’t show it, but all these guys who were sophomores on my first team, they put in the hard work and moved the program in the right direction,” Kamehameha coach Abu Ma‘afala said.

In their previous meeting with Punahou, Kamehameha was locked in a 14-all tie at halftime. On Friday, the Warriors went with a quick tempo, hurry-up offense, but the giveaways allowed Punahou to begin its first two series at the Kamehameha 25- and 11-yard lines.

On its first snap from scrimmage, Kamehameha fumbled the handoff exchange and Punahou defensive back Alaka‘i Gilman, who scored on two returns against Waianae last week, recovered the ball.

Five plays later, Hugh Brady found Koa Eldredge, who tip-toed on the right side of the end zone for a 7-yard touchdown.

Kamehameha’s defense forced a Punahou punt, but the ball was muffed by Noah Feato and recovered by Kainalu Pu‘u-Robinson. Two plays later, Brady connected with Eldredge again, this time on a slant route for a 12-yard TD.

Then came Shiraki’s pick-6 play to open the lead to three touchdowns.

Kamehameha also fumbled away its next possession, but Punahou came up empty after Kalani Kamakawiwo‘ole sacked Brady, one of eight sacks by the Warriors.

Their defense stood firm, but Punahou got a 20-yard TD pass from reserve quarterback Kobe Muasau to Kanoa Kalahiki with 26 seconds to go in the first half.

Brady was sacked five times in the third quarter, but Muasau then finished a drive with a 40-yard strike to Eldredge, then found Tamatoa Falatea on a slant for a 5-yard TD and a 35-0 lead with 57 seconds remaining in the third quarter.

GAME SUMMARY

No. 2 Punahou 35, No. 8 Kamehameha 0
At Aloha Stadium

>> Kamehameha (4-6, 3-5) 0 0 0 0 — 0
>> Punahou (7-2, 6-2) 21 7 7 0 — 35

Punahou — Koa Eldredge 7 pass from Hugh Brady (Tim Horn kick)
Punahou — Eldredge 12 pass from Brady (Horn kick)
Punahou — Trent Shiraki 48 interception return (Horn kick)
Punahou — Kanoa Kalahiki 20 pass from Kobe Muasau (Horn kick)
Punahou — Tamatoa Falatea 5 pass from Muasau (Horn kick)

RUSHING — Kamehameha: Christmas Togiai 11-45, Reino Bush 8-21, Braden Akima 3-20, Alec Serrao 1-1. Punahou: Vincent Terrell 7-29, Sitiveni Kaufusi 6-23, Brady 11-2, No. 30 1-4, Gunnar Locke 1-3.

PASSING — Kamehameha: Togiai 10-24-1-66. Punahou: Brady 14-19-0-130, Muasau 7-10-0-92.

RECEIVING — Kamehameha: Edward Correa 4-29, Akima 3-17, Kahakili Pahio 1-11, Brock Ai 1-5, Bush 1-4. Punahou: Tamatoa Falatea 7-53, Eldredge 6-106, Moku Dancil-Evans 3-32, Terrell 3-9, Kalahiki 1-20, Matagi Thompson 1-2.

When the Kahuku community lost program legend Tommy Heffernan Sr. on Tuesday, the team was supposed to take the day off.

That is until grandson Duke, a senior on this year’s squad, and the rest of the family had something to say about it.

“Knowing my papa, if he was here right now and he saw all of us crying, he would tell us to shut up,” he said. “He would tell us to ‘be quiet and get your guys’ butts on the field, get to practice.’

“The day he died, we weren’t gonna practice but I made sure everybody practiced that day because we had to prepare for Kapolei.”

The preparation paid off for the No. 5 Red Raiders, who toppled the Hurricanes 33-13 behind Duke Heffernan’s two touchdowns and a defense that had three interceptions.

Heffernan finished with two rushes for five yards to go along with five receptions for 26 yards. He was also 2-for-3 on extra-point attempts.

“It’s an emotional roller-coaster for us this year. We miss Uncle Tommy. We love and respect him. Not just our team, but the whole community,” Kahuku coach Sterling Carvalho said. “To get this win and for his grandson to score twice on his behalf, was a sight to see tonight.”

Kapolei struck first when Hurricanes quarterback Christian Rapis hit Elijah Badoyen perfectly in stride for a 52-yard score with 3:33 left in the first quarter.

The Red Raiders evened the score at 7 after Heffernan took a direct snap from the wildcat formation for a 3-yard rushing touchdown and kicked the ensuing extra point with 10:56 to go in the second quarter.

Kahuku took the lead for good when Kainoa Crismon caught a 30-yard pass from Robert Sauvao with 2:48 to go in the half. Joseph Taufa picked off Rapis for a 25-yard touchdown a minute later, stretching the Red Raiders’ lead to 20-10 at halftime.

After a scoreless third quarter, the Hurricanes made it a one-possession game after Fonoti’s 25-yard field goal with 11:50 left in the fourth. Kahuku responded with a Mason Paulo 19-yard touchdown reception from Sauvao to extend its lead to 27-13. Heffernan sealed the game with his second score of the day on a 2-yard rush with 1:33 to go.

“You make as many mistakes as we did, you don’t deserve to win,” Kapolei coach Darren Hernandez said. “So, we made more mistakes than they did. They outplayed us. Football is players making plays. They made more plays than us.”

Kapolei no longer controls its own destiny for the fourth and final spot in the OIA playoffs. A coin flip will determine which among Waianae, Farrington and the Hurricanes gets in. Hernandez said afterward that he is unsure of the time and place for it, although he says he will be there in person.

For Kahuku, a rematch at Campbell awaits, where the Sabers were 28-27 victors on Oct. 6.

“We play a team that beat us right at the end. We’re looking forward to that rematch,” Carvalho said. “It’ll be a great game. I know coach (Darren Johnson) is a great coach. He’ll have his boys ready. We’re expecting a great battle coming up next week.”

GAME SUMMARY

No. 5 Kahuku 33, Kapolei 13
At Kahuku

>> Kapolei (3-7, 1-4) 7 3 0 3 — 13
>> Kahuku (6-3, 3-2) 0 20 0 13 — 33

Kapolei — Elijah Badoyan 52 pass from Christian Rapis (Micah Fonoti kick)
Kahuku — Duke Heffernan 3 run (Heffernan kick)
Kapolei — FG Fonoti 33
Kahuku — Kainoa Crismon 30 pass from Robbie Sauvao (Heffernan kick)
Kahuku — Joseph Taufa 25 interception return (kick failed)
Kapolei — FG Fonoti 25
Kahuku — Mason Paulo 19 pass from Sauvao (Heffernan kick)
Kahuku — Heffernan 2 run (kick failed)

RUSHING — Kapolei: Ezekiel Waiolama 8-4, Team 1-(minus 2), Christian Rapis 4-(minus 25). Kahuku: Zealand Matagi 16-75, Toalei Lefau 11-61, Heffernan 2-5, Team 1-(minus 2), Sauvao 5-(minus 6).

PASSING — Kapolei: Rapis 17-41-3-190, Noa Bailey 1-4-0-9. Kahuku: Sauvao 16-35-2-204.

RECEIVING — Kapolei: De’zhaun Stribling 8-78, Badoyen 4-66, Ikari Stokes 3-38, Waiolama 2-22, Rapis 1-(minus 5). Kahuku: Heffernan 5-26, Paulo 3-70, Crismon 3-50, Thorton Alapa 3-44, Lefau 2-14.

* JV —Kahuku 42, Kapolei 0

Waipahu opened its season with an upset and pulled off another on Friday to earn a shot at a championship.

The Marauders endured their share of undulations in the OIA-ILH Division I season after knocking off Waianae on Aug. 3, with a 50-20 loss to Leilehua among the valleys.

They closed the regular season at 6-4 overall and 5-2 in division play to finish third in the OIA D-I standings entering Friday’s rematch with the ninth-ranked and second-seeded Mules at Hugh Yoshida Stadium.

This time, the Marauders stifled a previously prolific Leilehua offense to eliminate the host Mules with a 29-6 victory in the semifinals of the OIA Division I playoffs.

“I think we executed very well tonight and everybody played together. We bonded as one team and played as one defense,” said Waipahu safety Deacon Kapea, who had two of the Marauders’ four interceptions, including a 12-yard return for a touchdown.

Waipahu (7-4) advances to Friday’s OIA Division I championship game at Aloha Stadium and will face the winner of today’s semifinal between Moanalua and Castle.

In the regular-season meeting on Sept. 28, Waipahu led 13-12 at halftime before Leilehua broke away with a 35-point third quarter. The Marauders controlled the second half in the rematch, shutting out the Mules after the break while running back Alfred Failauga fueled the offense on his way to finishing with 187 yards on 29 carries.

“We wanted make sure they focused for 24 minutes at a time,” Waipahu coach Bryson Carvalho said. “We wanted to make sure coming out of halftime we came out on top in the last 24 minutes.”

Waipahu scored twice in spectacular fashion to take a 13-6 lead into halftime.

After Akoni Tom-Makue gave Leilehua (8-3) a 3-0 lead with a 20-yard field goal, Waipahu’s Branson Jay Reyes leaped to snag the ensuing kickoff at the 1 to avoid a touchback and broke away on a 99-yard return.

Tom-Makue tied the game with a 41-yard field goal early in the second quarter. But Waipahu quarterback Cody Marques went 4-for-5 for 42 yards in Waipahu’s 13-play march and capped it by somersaulting into the end zone for the go-ahead touchdown with 5 seconds left before the break.

“Amazing. That’s gotta be SportsCenter Top 10,” Carvalho said.

Failauga broke loose for a 43-yard touchdown run in the third quarter and Kapea put it away with his pick-6 with 7:26 left in the game.

Leilehua had been averaging 34.5 points per game but Waipahu held the Mules without a touchdown while limiting them to 148 yards in total offense.

GAME SUMMARY

Waipahu 29, No. 9 Leilehua 6
At Leilehua

>> Waipahu (7-4, 5-2) 6 7 7 9 — 29
>> Leilehua (8-3, 6-1) 3 3 0 0 — 6

Leilehua — FG Akoni Tom-Makue 20
Waipahu — Branson Jay Reyes 99 kickoff return (kick failed)
Leilehua — FG Tom-Makue 41
Waipahu — Cody Marques 10 run (Brycen Amorozo kick)
Waipahu — Alfred Failauga 43 run (Amorozo kick)
Waipahu — Deacon Kapea 12 interception return (kick failed)
Waipahu — FG Amorozo 38

RUSHING — Waipahu: Alfred Failauga 29-187, Marques 6-9, Jayven Reyes 1-(minus-1), Matthew Fiesta 2-(minus-3), Team 1-(minus-11). Leilehua: Damarion Smith 7-30, James McGary 10-27, Rayden Rulloda-Kim 1-15, Tom-Makue 1-11, Max Nichols 5-18, Kalei Akagi 1-(minus-4), Team 1-(minus-1).

PASSING — Waipahu: Marques 9-15-0-81. Leilehua: Nichols 9-30-4-62.

RECEIVING — Waipahu: Fiesta 4-42, Saxon Tote 2-20, Jovan Gooman 2-14, Failauga 1-5. Leilehua: McGary 2-29, Jeremy Evans 2-11, Dorian Furtado 2-5, Vitale Afoa 1-9, Chad Dilay 1-8, Rulloda-Kim 1-0.

* JV — Leilehua 40, Waipahu 6

Campbell started quick and finished strong in a 34-7 victory over Waianae on Friday at Raymond Torii Field.

Despite the loss, the Seariders (1-8 overall) are still in the chase for an OIA Open playoff spot. They finished the six-team division tied for last place at 1-4 with Farrington and Kapolei. One of those three teams will advance — to join Mililani, Campbell and Kahuku in the semifinals — on a tie-breaking coin flip.

Quarterback Krenston Kaipo threw three early touchdown passes as the Sabers (7-3, 4-1) built a 20-0 lead after one quarter that ballooned to 34-0 at the half. Kaipo was hurt in the second quarter and didn’t return, and backup Kaniala Kalaola came through with a TD pass.

With the victory, Campbell finished in sole possession of second place in the league and will host Kahuku next weekend in a semifinal matchup. Only three of the four OIA Open playoff teams will advance to the state tournament.

Titus Mokiao-Atimalala had a big night for the Sabers with two TD receptions, while his brother, Tamatoa Mokiao-Atimalala, and Pokii Adkins-Kupukaa both caught a touchdown pass. Chasen Torres contributed a 7-yard TD run.

The Seariders had trouble sustaining drives and were hurt extra hard on penalties. Many of their positive gains on offense and special teams were called back.

The win was just the eighth for Campbell in 53 all-time meetings against the Seariders.

Jessie Kuehu scored Waianae’s only TD with a 1-yard run with 28 seconds left in the game.

GAME SUMMARY

No. 4 Campbell 34, Waianae 7
At Waianae

>> Campbell (7-3, 4-1) 20 14 0 0 — 34
>> Waianae (1-8, 1-4) 0 0 0 7 — 7

Campbell — Pokii Adkins-Kupukaa 20 pass from Krenston Kaipo (Jadon Arola kick)
Campbell — Titus Mokiao-Atimalala 15 pass from Kaipo (kick failed)
Campbell — Tamatoa Mokiao-Atimalala 68 pass from Kaipo (Arola kick)
Campbell — Ti. Mokiao-Atimalala 23 pass from Kaniala Kalaola (Arola kick)
Campbell — Chasen Torres 7 run (Arola kick)
Waianae — Jessie Kuehu 1 run (Kenneth Joseph Jr. kick)

RUSHING — Campbell: Cameron Sloan 8-39, Torres 3-23, Peter Manuma 2-8, TEAM 1-(minus-1), Kaipo 2-(minus-11). Waianae: Eteuati Lui 9-32, Joseph, 6-25, Kuehu 6-19, Elijah Lujan 2-7, Seanuinui Madeira 1-5, Malik Brown 1-0, .

PASSING — Campbell: Kaipo 11-18-0-212, Kalaola 10-23-0-91. Waianae: Justin Tacgere 9-18-1-135.

RECEIVING — Campbell: Ti. Mokiao-Atimalala 7-126, Adkins-Kupukaa 4-41, Ta. Mokiao-Atimalala 3-70, Jalen Henderson 3-30, Christian Quiambao 2-28, Disen Heu-Aragaki 2-8. Waianae: Lui 2-37, Diesel Tuinei 2-29, Shaydon Lopes 2-12, Joseph 2-11, Zhanden Kahue-Magsanide 1-46.

* JV — Campbell 35, Waianae 34

Context can be so important. Take a scene out of a movie, words out of a conversation or a still photograph of a facial expression and it can entirely lose its meaning without the things that came before and after.

But sometimes context can deceive, coloring your perception, preventing you from seeing something for what it is.

Metal (glam metal, hair metal, whatever) was such a popular genre of rock in the ’80s that many legitimately good rock bands were lazily lumped in with the Wingers and Warrants of the world, the kind of guilt by association that can ruin careers.

Fast-forward 25 years, take the music out of that era and we can see that bands like Guns ‘N’ Roses, Metallica and Def Leppard transcended the metal fad. A million and one metal bands have fallen by the wayside over the past quarter-century, relegated to the club circuit, but the biggies soldier on in stadium and arena dates. No need to think too hard about what genre those bands fit in when you can just see their music for what it is — great rock ‘n’ roll.

And that’s exactly what Def Leppard brought to the Blaisdell Arena on Friday night.

The Brits (along with guitarist Vivian Campbell, who hails from Northern Ireland) performed hits from throughout their nearly 40-year career — “Photograph,” Let’s Get Rocked,” “Rock of Ages,” etc., but the centerpiece of the show, which went for close to two hours, was their first complete performance of their 12-million-selling 1987 album “Hysteria” in more than five years.

Performing a whole album in order is great in concept and more bands should do it, but it is also tricky to pull off. How many albums are worthy of such treatment? There aren’t many, but on Frfday night, Def Leppard proved that “Hysteria” is one of them, showing each song the love it deserves — no shortcuts, no abridged versions. They even worked in every special effect from the Mutt Lange-produced masterpiece.

Their signature song, “Pour Some Sugar On Me,” got the biggest reaction (is there any band whose music is better summed up by its signature hit than Def Leppard is by that sweet but crunchy classic?), but it was clear that the entire record was embedded in the brains of nearly all the approximately 5,000 fans in attendance. (Friday’s show was the first of a two-night stand, but it was scheduled after Saturday night’s show was already a sell-out.)

“Rocket,” another of the seven chart hits on the album, got the crowd pumped up, as the band played it to its full album length of six-plus minutes. But even non-singles were met with enthusiasm, most notably “Excitable,” the penultimate track from “Hysteria.”

As great as the music remains, what makes the band worth seeing are the energy, the stage presence and the craft.

Guitarists Campbell and Phil Collen stride the stage like wind-up dolls, stopping only for solos or to chime in on vocals. And what solos they were! Collen got most of the flashy opportunities, but Campbell got to get the lead out a few times himself and was more than up to the task.

Singer Joe Elliott can still deliver a wail as great as ever, and bass player Rick Savage strutted every inch of the stage while laying a great musical foundation. Drummer Rick Allen was, of course, less mobile — that comes with the territory for drummers — but he remains another reason to see the band live. Where else are you gonna see a drummer excel using only one arm?

Two tips for anyone going to Saturday night’s show:

>> Get there early. … No, even earlier. There’s a craft fair in the same complex, which made parking a slow process Friday night, especially with the parking structure’s Kapiolani Avenue entrance closed. Consider alternative parking.

>> Bring earplugs. The show is quite loud, but the warm-up music, provided by a DJ, rose to an unbearable volume at times.

Notes: Friday’s show was scheduled for 8 p.m., but started at 9. Of course, no guarantees for Saturday night, so use your discretion as to what time to arrive. … T-shirts cost $30-35 and caps $25, but there was a vendor selling shirts from their recent co-headlining tour with Journey for $10 on the sidewalk near the parking structure. Incidentally, Def Leppard last played Hawaii in September 1983, and Journey played the Blaisdell Arena that same month.

Junior hitter McKenna Ross had nine kills on 17 errorless swings and Hawaii had a season-high 13 aces in sweeping Cal State Fullerton 25-3, 25-14, 25-13 in today’s Big West volleyball match in Fullerton, Calif.

Senior hitter McKenna Granato added eight kills without an error and four aces while playing just two sets, and Ross added a season-high 10 digs for the Rainbow Wahine (13-6, 9-1), who improved to 40-0 against the Titans (6-16, 0-9). Senior libero Tita Akiu had 19 digs as Hawaii won the dig war 50-36.

Senior setter Faith Ma’afala had a career-high six aces and 20 assists. Hawaii hit .333 with 11 hitting errors, eight coming in Set 2, and have won 39 consecutive sets against Fullerton.

The Titans got eight kills from Jayla Norman as they lost their 15th straight. Fullerton has lost 13 of those matches in straight sets.

Hawaii needed just 20 minutes to win its 37th consecutive set over Fullerton. The Wahine rolled out to a 17-0 lead behind the serving of senior setter Faith Ma’afala, with the Titans scoring all three of their points in closing to 17-3.

Hawaii finished out the set on an 8-0 run, with Granato coming up with three of her four aces. By the time the Wahine began Set 2 they were deep into their reserves, with 13 of the 14 players on the travel squad seeing time.

The highlight of Set 2 was the first career kills by freshman hitter Trinity Castaneda, two in a row giving Hawaii a 21-7 lead. Three Wahine hitting errors and an ace helped the Titans keep it respectable, pulling within 22-13.

Set 3 opened with Fullerton scoring as many points as it had in Set 1 in taking a 3-0 lead. The Titans had their biggest lead at 6-2 before Ma’afala’s service run had the Wahine taking the lead for good at 7-6, a margin that ballooned to 12-6 with a second ace by Ma’afala and three consecutive kills by senior opposite Angel Gaskin.

Hawaii returns home to host No. 12 Cal Poly on Friday and UC Santa Barbara the next night at the Stan Sheriff Center. The Wahine have lost 13 straight matches against Top 25 teams.

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TODAY

AIR RIFLERY
>> ILH: Individual Championship, noon at Mid-Pacific.

CHEERLEADING
>> OIA: Western Division Championships, 1 p.m. at Moanalua.

CROSS COUNTRY
>> College: Chaminade Invitational, 7 a.m., at Kapiolani Park.
>> ILH: Championships, 8:30 a.m., at Punahou.
>> OIA: Championships, 8:30 a.m. at Central Oahu Regional Park.

FOOTBALL
>> Mountain West: Nevada at Hawaii, 6 p.m., at Aloha Stadium.
>> OIA Division I playoffs, semifinal: Moanalua vs. Castle, 7:30 p.m. at Mililani.
>> OIA Division II playoffs, semifinals: Kaimuki vs. Kaiser, 4:30 p.m. at Mililani; Pearl City at Roosevelt, 5:30 p.m.
>> BIIF: Kealakehe at Konawaena, 7 p.m.
>> KIF: Kauai vs. Kapaa, 2:30 p.m. at Vidinha Stadium.
>> MIL: Baldwin vs. Maui, 7 p.m. at War Memorial Stadium.

KAYAK
>> ILH: Event No. 7-Championships, 9 a.m., at Sand Island.

SOCCER
>> Pacwest men: Point Loma vs. Chaminade, noon, at Saint Louis; Hawaii Pacific vs. Hawaii Hilo, 12:30 p.m., at Kamehameha-Hawaii.
>> PacWest women: Point Loma vs. Chaminade, 2:30 p.m., at Saint Louis; Hawaii Pacific vs. Hawaii Hilo, 3 p.m., at Kamehameha-Hawaii.

SUNDAY

BASKETBALL
>> College women: UH Green and White Scrimmage, 2:30 p.m., at Stan Sheriff Center.

POLO
>> Honolulu Polo Club: Nalo Polo League-Finals, 3 p.m., at Waimanalo.

VOLLEYBALL

New City Nissan Divison I Girls State Championships

Monday
First Round
Match 1 — Waianae at Kamehameha-Hawaii, 4 p.m.
Match 2 — Moanalua at Kamehameha-Maui, 5 p.m.
Match 3 — Farrington at Kahuku, 6 p.m.
Match 4 — Kapolei at ‘Iolani, 6 p.m.

Thursday
Quarterfinals
At McKinley

Match 5 — Farrington/Kahuku winner vs. No 4 Hilo, 5 p.m.
Match 6 — Moanalua/Kamehameha-Maui winner vs. No. 1 Kamehameha, 7 p.m.

Thursday
Quarterfinals
At Moanalua

Match 7 — Waianae/Kamehameha-Hawaii winner vs. No. 2 Milillani, 5 p.m.
Match 8 — Kapolei/‘Iolani winner vs. No. 3 King Kekaulike, 7 p.m.

Friday
Consolation
At Moanalua

Match 9 — Match 6 loser vs. Match 5 loser, 5 p.m.
Match 10 — Match 7 loser vs. Match 8 loser, 6:30 p.m.

Semifinals
At McKinley

Match 11 — Match 7 winner vs. Match 8 winner, 5 p.m.
Match 12 — Match 6 winner vs. Match 5 winner, 7 p.m.

Saturday
At Neal Blaisdell Arena

Fifth place: Match 9 winner vs. Match 10 winner, 11 a.m.
Third place: Match 12 loser vs. Match 11 loser, 2 p.m.
Final: Match 12 winner vs. Match 11 winner, 7 p.m.

ILH WATER POLO

Boys Varsity I

Punahou 15, Kamehameha 7
Goal Scorers–Pun: Jason Hiremath 5, Benjamin Weldon 3, Noah Weldon 2, Napu Kim 2, Jesse Brodkin, Luke Peters, Elijah Muzz. Kam: Kason Nitahara 2, Paliku Brown 2, Kana’i Tapia 2, Even Gates

Boys Varsity II

Punahou 5, Kamehameha 3
Goal Scorers–Pun: Braxton Simmons 2, Tate Goodman, Christopher Kang-Harris, Everett Higa. Kam: Tahitoa Louis-Perkins 2, Charley Jr. Nunies

BIIF CROSS COUNTRY

Championship Meet 5K

Girls

Team
1. Hilo 46. 2. Kealakehe 55. 3. Hawaii Prep 58. 4. Waiakea 101. 5. Kamehameha-Hawaii 124. 6. Keaau 171. 7. Honokaa 175. 8. Konawaena 228. 9. Kohala 255.

Individual
1. Sophia Cash (Hono) 21:52.33. 2. Leann Hamilton (Keala) 22:34.63. 3. Tia Lurbiecki (Makua Lani) 22:55.26. 4. Audrey Weir (Keala) 23:10.17. 5. Jordan Perry (HPA) 23:33.52.

Boys

Team
1. Waiakea 42. 2. Kealakehe 62. 3. Hilo 78. 4. Kamehameha-Hawaii 87. 5. Hawaii Prep 101. 6. Konawaena 186. 7. Keaau 192. 8. Honokaa 214. 9. Makua Lani 240.

Individual
1. Alec Ankrum (Keal) 18:22.95. 2. John Marrack (Hilo) 18:50.77. 3. Eric Cabais-Fernan (Waiak) 19:05.93. 4. Elijah Carigon (Waiak) 19:19.61. 5. Josiah Randerson (Keala) 19:21.68.

PACWEST WOMEN SOCCER

At Waipio Peninsula Soccer Stadium
Thursday

Point Loma 1, Hawaii Pacific 0
Goal scorer—PL: Abbi Swanson (50:39).
Note: Point Loma is 11-1-1, 6-0-1 PacWest; HPU is 4-5-4, 2-2-2.

A landslide on Pali Highway closed part of the roadway this morning after heavy rains fell overnight on Oahu.

At about 7 a.m., the state Department of Transportation said the Kailua-bound lanes of Pali Highway were closed at Waokanaka Street and Nuuanu Pali Drive near the tunnels because of a landslide.

State crews removed loose material from the slope and cleaned up the debris from the roadway, reopening the Pali at about 10:20 a.m.

At about 8:45 p.m. Friday, the National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for Oahu and said part of the H-3 freeway near Koolau Golf Course was closed due to two feet of water covering the roadway from flash flooding.

At about the same time, the DOT said the H-3 eastbound offramp to Kamehameha Highway was also closed due to flooding.

Both areas on the H-3 were clear by about 10 p.m., DOT said.

The flash flood warning for Oahu ended late Friday night, but a flash flood watch remains in effect through tonight for Lanai, Molokai, Maui, Kahoolawe and Hawaii island.

Weather service forecasters warned of an upper-level trough that will enhance the deep moisture already in the area. Slow-moving and persistent heavy showers and thunderstorms will result in the threat of flash flooding.

Across the state, tradewinds will slowly build up through Sunday night with strong trades returning by Monday and lasting through the middle of the week, the weather service said.

For the first time, one of the new immunotherapy drugs has shown promise against breast cancer in a large study that combined it with chemotherapy to treat an aggressive form of the disease. But the benefit for most women was small, raising questions about whether the treatment is worth its high cost and side effects.

Results were discussed today at a cancer conference in Munich and published by the New England Journal of Medicine.

Drugs called checkpoint inhibitors have transformed the treatment of many types of cancer by removing a chemical brake that keeps the immune system from killing tumor cells. Their discovery recently earned scientists a Nobel Prize. Until now, though, they haven’t proved valuable against breast cancer.

The new study tested one from Roche called Tecentriq plus chemo versus chemo alone in 902 women with advanced triple-negative breast cancer. About 15 percent of cases are this type — their growth is not fueled by the hormones estrogen or progesterone, or the gene that Herceptin targets, making them hard to treat.

Women in the study who received Tecentriq plus chemo went two months longer on average without their cancer worsening compared with those on chemo alone — a modest benefit. The combo did not significantly improve survival in an early look before long-term follow-up is complete.

Previous studies found that immunotherapies work best in patients with high levels of a protein that the drugs target, and the plan for the breast cancer study called for analyzing how women fared according to that factor if Tecentriq improved survival overall.

The drug failed that test, but researchers still looked at protein-level results and saw encouraging signs. Women with high levels who received the combo treatment lived roughly 25 months on average versus about 15 months for women given chemo alone.

That’s a big difference, but it will take more time to see if there’s a reliable way to predict benefit, said Dr. Jennifer Litton of the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. She had no role in running the study but enrolled some patients in it, and oversees 14 others testing immunotherapies.

“We’re really hopeful that we can identify a group of women who can get a much bigger and longer response,” she said.

Another breast cancer specialist with no role in the study, Dr. Michael Hassett at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, said he felt “cautious excitement” that immunotherapy may prove helpful for certain breast cancer patients.

Side effects need a close look, both doctors said. Nearly all study participants had typical chemo side effects such as nausea or low blood cell counts, but serious ones were more common with the combo treatment and twice as many women on it stopped treatment for that reason.

Three of the six deaths from side effects in the combo group were blamed on the treatment itself; only one of three such deaths in the chemo group was.

Cost is another concern. Tecentriq is $12,500 a month. The chemo in this study was Celgene’s Abraxane, which costs about $3,000 per dose plus doctor fees for the IV treatments. Older chemo drugs cost less but require patients to use a steroid to prevent allergic reactions that might interfere with the immunotherapy. Abraxane was chosen because it avoids the need for a steroid, said one study leader, Dr. Sylvia Adams of NYU Langone Health.

The study was sponsored by Roche and many study leaders consult or work for the company or own stock in it.

Did you end up with a losing Mega Millions ticket on Friday? If so, take heart: Nobody else won the jackpot, either. That means the top prize has now risen to an estimated $1.6 billion.

That’s the largest lottery prize ever, surpassing the $1.59 billion Powerball jackpot drawn in 2016. The previous record for a Mega Millions jackpot was $656 million in 2012. The money was divided evenly by winners in Illinois, Kansas and Maryland.

“We’re somewhat in uncharted territory here,” Gordon Medenica, lead director of the lottery consortium known as the Mega Millions Group, said today.

The next Mega Millions drawing will be Tuesday. The jackpot could rise even more by then, depending on how many tickets sell over the next few days, Medenica said.

If you’re itching to play before then, the Powerball drawing will be today. The Powerball jackpot also rose this week after no winners emerged Wednesday, bringing that grand prize to $470 million.

Mega Millions tickets are sold in 44 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the Virgin Islands. Residents in the six states that don’t have lotteries (Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Mississippi, Nevada and Utah) can buy their tickets often right across the border.

One of the largest lottery retailers in Georgia is at a truck stop on the interstate between Atlanta and Birmingham, Alabama, Medenica said.

Tickets cost $2, which seems like a relatively small price to pay for a chance at becoming rich. But don’t get your hopes up too much. The odds of winning the Mega Millions are about 1 in 302 million. Winning the Mega Millions and the Powerball and raking in more than $2 billion is even more unlikely: The odds are 1 in 88 quadrillion.

Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul, a senior official in Turkey’s ruling party said today, reflecting international skepticism over the Saudi account that the writer died during a “fistfight.”

The comment was one of many critical reactions to Saudi Arabia’s announcement of the writer’s violent death, indicating the kingdom’s efforts to defuse a scandal that has gripped the world were falling short. U.S. President Donald Trump, however, was an exception. Asked whether he thought the Saudi explanation was credible, he replied: “I do. I do.”

Despite widespread outrage over the killing of the columnist for The Washington Post, it is unclear to what extent the top leadership of Saudi Arabia, a key U.S. ally and a powerful player in a volatile region, would be held accountable for what human rights activists describe as an extrajudicial killing by Saudi agents.

The only way to find out what happened would be through an international investigation led by a U.N.-appointed panel, the editorial board of The Washington Post said.

Saudi Arabia’s “latest version asks us to believe that Mr. Khashoggi died after becoming engaged in a “brawl” with officials who had been sent to meet him. His body, Saudi officials told several journalists, was handed over to a “local collaborator” for disposal,” it said, while also criticizing Trump for allegedly trying to help top Saudi leaders escape “meaningful accountability.”

Saudi Arabia said 18 Saudi suspects were in custody and intelligence officials had been fired. But critics believe the complex scheme that led to Khashoggi’s death could not have occurred without the knowledge of Mohammed bin Salman, the 33-year-old crown prince whose early promises of sweeping reform are being eclipsed by concerns that he is an impulsive, even sinister figure.

The Saudi narrative of Khashoggi’s death, alleged to have occurred in a brawl following discussions with visiting officials in the consulate, contrasts with Turkish pro-government media reports that a Saudi hit squad, including an autopsy expert, traveled to Istanbul to kill Khashoggi and dispose of his body, which has not yet been found.

“It’s not possible for the Saudi administration to wiggle itself out of this crime if it’s confirmed,” said Numan Kurtulmus, deputy head of Turkey’s Justice and Development Party. He also said Turkey would share its evidence of Khashoggi’s killing with the world and that a “conclusive result” of the investigation is close.

Another Turkish ruling party official also criticized Saudi Arabia, saying the kingdom should have given its explanation “before the situation reached this point.”

The official, Leyla Sahin Usta, said it would have been “more valuable” if Saudi officials had earlier admitted that Khashoggi was killed in its diplomatic post.

Saudi Arabia initially denied any knowledge of the disappearance of Khashoggi, who disappeared after entering its consulate.

The overnight admission that the writer died in the consulate came in Saudi state media more than two weeks after Khashoggi, 59, entered the building for paperwork required to marry his Turkish fiancée and never came out. The kingdom has described assertions in Turkish media leaks, based on purported audio recordings that Khashoggi was tortured, killed and dismembered inside the consulate, as “baseless.”

In firing officials close to Prince Mohammed, Saudi Arabia stopped short of implicating the heir-apparent of the world’s largest oil exporter. King Salman, his father, appointed him to lead a committee that will restructure the kingdom’s intelligence services after Khashoggi’s slaying. No major decisions in Saudi Arabia are made outside of the ultraconservative kingdom’s ruling Al Saud family.

Khashoggi, a prominent journalist and royal court insider for decades in Saudi Arabia, had written columns critical of Prince Mohammed and the kingdom’s direction while living in self-imposed exile in the U.S.

“God have mercy on you my love Jamal, and may you rest in Paradise,” Khashoggi’s fiancée, Hatice Cengiz, tweeted following the Saudi announcements.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “stresses the need for a prompt, thorough and transparent investigation into the circumstances of Mr. Khashoggi’s death and full accountability for those responsible,” spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.

Standing outside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, the head of a media group said the “authority that gave the orders” in the killing of Khashoggi should be punished.

Turan Kislakci, president of the Turkish Arab Media Association, said Khashoggi was “slaughtered by bloody murderers” and that his group wants “true justice” for its slain colleague.

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the U.S. will advocate for justice in the Khashoggi case that is “timely, transparent and in accordance with all due process.”

Trump has called the Saudi announcement a “good first step,” but said what happened to Khashoggi was “unacceptable.”

The Saudi announcements about Khashoggi came in statements carried by the state-run Saudi Press Agency early today.

“Preliminary investigations conducted by the Public Prosecution showed that the suspects had traveled to Istanbul to meet with the citizen Jamal Khashoggi as there were indications of the possibility of his returning back to the country,” the statement read. “Discussions took place with the citizen Jamal Khashoggi during his presence in the consulate of the kingdom in Istanbul by the suspects (that) did not go as required and developed in a negative way, leading to a fistfight. The brawl led to his death and their attempt to conceal and hide what happened.”

There’s been no indication Khashoggi had any immediate plans to return to the kingdom.

The Saudi statements, which expressed regret and promised accountability, did not identify the 18 Saudis being held by authorities and did not explain how so many people could have been involved in a fistfight.

The kingdom at the same time announced the firing of four top intelligence officials, including Maj. Gen. Ahmed bin Hassan Assiri, a one-time spokesman for the Saudi military’s campaign in Yemen who later became a confidant of Prince Mohammed.

Saud Qahtani, a powerful adviser to the prince, also was fired. Qahtani had led Saudi efforts to isolate Qatar amid a boycott of the country by the kingdom and three other Arab nations as part of a political dispute.

On Twitter, where Qahtani had launched vitriolic attacks against those he saw as the kingdom’s enemies, he thanked the Saudi government for the opportunity to serve.

“I will remain a loyal servant to my country for all times,” he wrote.

Don’t look for Amy Schumer in any Super Bowl commercials this time around. She’s sitting this one out as she stands with Colin Kaepernick and his take-a-knee protest against racism and police brutality.

The comedian and “I Feel Pretty” actress explained her stance at length Friday on Instagram, challenging white NFL players to kneel as well. Addressing them directly, she wrote: “Otherwise how are you not complicit?”

“I personally told my reps I wouldn’t do a Super Bowl commercial this year,” Schumer wrote. “I know it must sound like a privilege ass sacrifice but it’s all I got.”

Diddy, Jessica Seinfeld and Christie Brinkley offered her support among more than 8,000 comments left on her post.

In 2016, Schumer appeared with Seth Rogen in a political-themed campaign for Bud Light, “Raise One to Right Now,” during Super Bowl 50. It was not immediately clear whether she had been approached to appear in an ad during the next one.

“Hitting the nfl with the advertisers is the only way to hurt them,” Schumer wrote of her ban. “I know opposing the nfl is like opposing the nra. Very tough …”

WASHINGTON >> When the Justice Department unsealed criminal charges detailing a yearslong effort by a Russian troll farm to “sow division and discord in the U.S. political system,” it was the first federal case alleging continued foreign interference in U.S. elections.

Earlier Friday, American intelligence officials released a rare public statement asserting that Russia, China, Iran and other countries are engaged in ongoing efforts to influence U.S. policy and voters in future elections.

The statement didn’t provide details on those efforts. That stood in contrast with the criminal charges, which provided a detailed narrative of Russian activities. Russian activities have also been outlined in previous criminal cases.

A look at what is known about foreign efforts to interfere in U.S. elections:

WHAT IS THE U.S. WORRIED ABOUT?

The U.S. has a lot of concerns; ballot tampering, hacking into campaigns, open and covert attempts to sway voters.

Friday’s announcement didn’t suggest that electoral campaigns or systems were compromised. Instead, it spelled out a focus on foreign campaigns aimed at undermining confidence in democratic institutions.

The criminal charges detailed how a Russian troll farm created thousands of false social media profiles and email accounts that appeared to be from people inside the United States. While social media companies are making an effort to combat fake accounts and bogus news stories ahead of the upcoming elections, there is a concern from advocates that it may not be enough to combat the foreign interference.

IS RUSSIA MEDDLING IN U.S. ELECTIONS?

The criminal complaint provided a clear picture that there is still a hidden but powerful Russian social media effort aimed at spreading distrust for American political candidates and causing divisions on social issues such as immigration and gun control.

Prosecutors said a Russian woman, Elena Alekseevna Khusyaynova, worked for the same social media troll farm indicted earlier this year by special counsel Robert Mueller, whose office is investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election. The case largely mirrors the one brought by the special counsel’s office against three Russian companies, including the Internet Research Agency, and 13 Russians — including a close ally to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Court papers describe how the operatives in Friday’s case would analyze U.S. news articles and decide how they would draft social media messages about those stories.

They also show that Russian trolls have stepped up their efforts with a better understanding the U.S. political climate and messages that are no longer riddled with misspellings.

In 2016, Russian trolls were trying to help elect Republican Donald Trump and harm the campaign of Democrat Hillary Clinton, while also sowing discord in America.

The latest charges show that Russia is continuing to focus on the latter, instead of helping a particular candidate. The case detailed how the operatives would often sent messages with diverging viewpoints about the same issue from different accounts.

WHAT ABOUT IRAN?

The Trump administration has accused Iran of all kinds of misconduct, including sponsoring terrorism and posing a threat to Middle Eastern nations.

But it hasn’t released evidence to back up its claim that Iran is trying to sway U.S. elections.

The U.S. has previous accused Iranians of cyberattacks that appear unrelated to politics.

In March, the Justice Department announced that nine Iranians carried out a yearslong cyberattack to steal secrets from American companies, universities and the government. Prosecutors said the hackers had worked at the behest of the Iranian government-sponsored Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Among the targets were employees at the Department of Labor, the Federal Regulatory Commission and the states of Indiana and Hawaii.

That case came about two years after the Justice Department indicted seven Iranian hackers for attacking dozens of banks and a small dam near New York City.

WHAT IS THE THREAT FROM CHINA?

Earlier this month, Vice President Mike Pence charged that Russia’s influence attempts pale in comparison to covert and overt activities taken by China to interfere in the upcoming midterm elections. He accused China of trying to counter the administration’s tough trade policies against Beijing.

While many details of Russia’s covert actions have been released, the accusations against China have been mostly about open activities such as advertising supplements and targeted tariffs. Unlike the accusations against Russia, no details about covert Chinese activities have been disclosed.

The vice president noted that a multi-page advertising supplement was inserted several weeks ago in the Des Moines Register in Iowa, a pivotal state in this year’s elections and the 2020 presidential election. The supplement “designed to look like news articles, cast our trade policies as reckless and harmful to Iowans,” Pence said.

He also charged that China responded to Trump’s tough trade policies with tariffs of its own designed to inflict maximum political damage.

Tensions between the U.S. and China have been high because of trade disputes, and Trump frequently criticizes China.

ARE FOREIGN THREATS HAVING AN IMPACT?

That remains unclear.

Intelligence officials have stressed that Americans should take steps to verify the information they read on social media and have called on technology companies to boost protections.

The national security agencies said they currently do not have any evidence that voting systems have been disrupted or compromised in ways that could result in changing vote counts or hampering the ability to tally votes in the midterms, which are 2½ weeks away.

“Some state and local governments have reported attempts to access their networks, which often include online voter registration databases, using tactics that are available to state and nonstate cyber actors,” they said.

But so far, they said, state and local officials have been able to prevent access or quickly mitigate these attempts.

FORT WORTH, Texas >> Kyler Murray threw four touchdowns, Kennedy Brooks and Trey Sermon both had 100-yard rushing games with scores and ninth-ranked Oklahoma rebounded from its only loss this season by beating TCU for the third time in 11 months, 52-27 today.

The Sooners (6-1, 3-1 Big 12) won their 18th consecutive true road game, never trailing after scoring touchdowns on each of their first four drives in their first game since losing to Texas two weeks ago.

Brooks ran for 168 yards on 18 carries with an early 21-yard TD. Sermon ran 17 times for 110 yards and scored twice before walking gingerly off the field after being tended to by trainers with about 8½ minutes left.

This was a rematch of the Big 12 Conference championship game last December, when Oklahoma won three weeks after beating TCU in the regular season. The Sooners have scored at least 38 points in their last four meetings against Gary Patterson’s defense, which entered this game tops in the league allowing only 20 per game.

TCU (3-4, 1-3) trailed 28-7 midway through the second quarter when former Penn transfer Michael Collins replaced ineffective starter Shawn Robinson. The Horned Frogs had only 25 total yards before the quarterback switch, and their only score was KaVontae Turpin’s 99-yard kickoff return.

Collins threw touchdowns on consecutive passes just less than three minutes apart, with Turpin turning a short throw into a 41-yard touchdown and Jalen Reagor’s 33-yard score after Oklahoma went three-and-out and punted from its own 9 after a sack and two penalties.

Murray completed 19 of 24 passes for 213 yards, and two of his TDs were to Lee Morris (9 and 27 yards) on his only catches.

The Frogs were within 31-27 midway through the third quarter when Cole Bunce kicked his second 41-yard field goal, but they didn’t score again.

THE TAKEAWAY

Oklahoma: The Sooners haven’t lost consecutive games in the regular season since 1999, and they still control their path to getting back in the Big 12 championship game — and maybe the College Football Playoffs.

TCU: There is now an interesting quarterback situation after Patterson for weeks brought up the idea of Collins playing more. Collins couldn’t maintain the momentum after halftime. He started 4-of-5 passing for 89 yards and the two quick touchdowns but was only 3 for 12 for 53 yards and an interception after the break. Robinson was 3 for 8 for 21 yards and gained nothing on his two carries.

POLL IMPLICATIONS

The Sooners will still be a top-10 team.

UP NEXT

Oklahoma is home for the first time in nearly a month to play Kansas State next Saturday.

TCU is on the road next Saturday to play Kansas.

ELKO, Nevada >> President Donald Trump said today he will exit a landmark arms control agreement the United States signed with the former Soviet Union, saying that Russia is violating the pact and it’s preventing the U.S. from developing new weapons.

The 1987 pact, which helps protect the security of the U.S. and its allies in Europe and the Far East, prohibits the United States and Russia from possessing, producing or test-flying a ground-launched cruise missile with a range of 300 to 3,400 miles.

“Russia has violated the agreement. They have been violating it for many years,” Trump said after a rally in Elko, Nevada. “And we’re not going to let them violate a nuclear agreement and go out and do weapons and we’re not allowed to.”

The agreement has constrained the U.S. from developing new weapons, but America will begin developing them unless Russia and China agree not to possess or develop the weapons, Trump said. China is not currently party to the pact.

“We’ll have to develop those weapons, unless Russia comes to us and China comes to us and they all come to us and say let’s really get smart and let’s none of us develop those weapons, but if Russia’s doing it and if China’s doing it, and we’re adhering to the agreement, that’s unacceptable,” he said.

National Security Adviser John Bolton was headed today to Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia. His first stop is Moscow, where he’ll meet with Russian leaders, including Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev. His visit comes at a time when Moscow-Washington relations also remain frosty over the Ukrainian crisis, the war in Syria and allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential race and upcoming U.S. midterm elections.

There was no immediate comment from the Kremlin or the Russian Foreign Ministry on Trump’s announcement.

Trump didn’t provide details about violations, but in 2017, White House national security officials said Russia had deployed a cruise missile in violation of the treaty. Earlier, the Obama administration accused the Russians of violating the pact by developing and testing a prohibited cruise missile. Russia has repeatedly denied that it has violated the treaty and has accused the United States of not being in compliance.

Defense Secretary James Mattis has previously suggested that a Trump administration proposal to add a sea-launched cruise missile to America’s nuclear arsenal could provide the U.S. with leverage to try to convince Russia to come back in line on the arms treaty.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry said in February that the country would only consider using nuclear weapons in response to an attack involving nuclear or other weapons of mass destruction, or in response to a non-nuclear assault that endangered the survival of the Russian nation.

“We are slowly slipping back to the situation of cold war as it was at the end of the Soviet Union, with quite similar consequences, but now it could be worse because (Russian President Vladimir) Putin belongs to a generation that had no war under its belt,” said Dmitry Oreshkin, an independent Russian political analyst. “These people aren’t as much fearful of a war as people of Brezhnev’s epoch. They think if they threaten the West properly, it gets scared.”

Trump’s decision could be controversial with European allies and others who see value in the treaty, said Steven Pifer, a former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine and now a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution who focuses on nuclear arms control.

“Once the United States withdraws from the treaty, there is no reason for Russia to even pretend it is observing the limits,” he wrote in a post on the organization’s website. “Moscow will be free to deploy the 9M729 cruise missile, and an intermediate-range ballistic missile if it wants, without any restraint.”

U.S. officials have previously alleged that Russia violated the treaty by deliberately deploying a land-based cruise missile in order to pose a threat to NATO. Russia has claimed that U.S. missile defenses violate the pact.

In the past, the Obama administration worked to convince Moscow to respect the INF treaty but made little progress.

“If they get smart and if others get smart and they say let’s not develop these horrible nuclear weapons, I would be extremely happy with that, but as long as somebody’s violating the agreement, we’re not going to be the only ones to adhere to it,” Trump said.

JUNEAU, Alaska >> Alaska Gov. Bill Walker’s surprising announcement that he was quitting his bid for re-election with less than 21 days to go was an effort to boost Democratic rival Mark Begich’s chances of beating Republican Mike Dunleavy.

Walker, the only independent governor in the country, said Friday he could not win a three-way race and that Alaskans deserve a choice other than Dunleavy. There are a lot of things he and Begich don’t agree on, but Walker said Begich would be better for Alaska.

Whether Begich can overtake the presumed front-runner remains to be seen with two-and-a-half weeks before the election. Begich, who said his campaign was “inundated” with calls after Walker’s announcement, thinks he can win.

Some Democrats and independents had long worried Walker and Begich would split the vote, handing the race to Dunleavy. Walker, a former Republican, was elected in 2014 with Democratic support. The clincher for Walker’s decision to leave the race, it appears, was his lieutenant governor’s abrupt resignation days earlier over an inappropriate overture to a woman.

After his announcement Friday, Dunleavy campaign manager Brett Huber blasted Walker’s “bitter, partisan attack” on Dunleavy. In a statement, Huber said Walker’s decision to drop his re-election bid will provide voters “a clear choice.”

Key issues in the race are crime, the economy and the future of the annual check Alaskans receive from the state’s oil-wealth fund, the Alaska Permanent Fund.

Walker worries Dunleavy could undo actions he’s taken as governor, such as expanding Medicaid. Dunleavy has expressed concerns with the program.

Dunleavy, a former state senator, wants to reduce state spending and supports a full payout of Permanent Fund dividend checks. Alaskans should get a say on any proposed change to how the dividend is calculated via an advisory vote, he said.

The size of the checks has been capped since 2016, first by Walker, then by legislators, amid budget deficits. Lawmakers this year began using Permanent Fund earnings to fill much of the deficit after going through billions of dollars in savings amid gridlock and rejecting Walker tax proposals. Fund earnings also are used for dividend checks, setting the stage for a political fight.

Begich, a former U.S. senator, has supported constitutionally protecting the dividend and using bonds for infrastructure projects. He also has noted his support of abortion rights, which distinguish him from Dunleavy and Walker.

Walker’s announcement came three days after his lieutenant governor and close friend, Democrat Byron Mallott, resigned. Walker told reporters there wasn’t any one thing that caused him to abandon his campaign now, though he said it was a tough week. He said conversations he’d had with Begich about Begich’s positions and the dynamics of the race also were considerations.

“There was no, quote, deal as such on anything like that,” he said.

Begich said there were talks with Walker about Alaska’s future, born of shared concerns about Dunleavy.

“So we’d continue to have conversations to try to figure out, Is there a path forward to move Alaska and unify in a way that makes sense? And we are where we are,” he said.

Jay Parmley, executive director of the state Democratic party, said he expects additional help from the Democratic National Committee. The Republican Governors Association already has been a major contributor to a third-party group backing Dunleavy.

Pollster Ivan Moore said people are starting to pay closer attention to the race. But he said the impact of Walker’s decision remains to be seen. He said Dunleavy also could pick up some Walker votes.

Stephen Gasche, a Juneau independent, leaned toward Walker before Mallott’s resignation and toward Begich after. On Friday, he said he would vote for Begich. “I am so glad I don’t vote early!” he said via Facebook messenger.

Lindy Jones, a Walker supporter from Juneau, blamed Begich for creating a three-way race but said he’d “reluctantly” vote for him.

Alaska Democrats opened their primaries to independents, and Walker, who wanted to run with Mallott, flirted with entering the primary. He backed out when it appeared Begich would run and instead gathered signatures to appear on the ballot, a move that ensured he and Mallott could be running mates.

Jones said Walker’s decision to abandon his campaign was another example of tough decisions he’s made.

“I think that he realizes that there’s going to be a spoiler if it’s a three-way race, and this is the only hope,” Jones said. “And frankly I don’t know if it’s going to be enough.”

Libertarian Billy Toien also is running.

Two people were killed after the motorcycle they were riding on crashed into an oncoming SUV on Friday night in Kapaa, Kauai police said.

The victims were identified as Shane Duncan, 39, and Sanoe Soares, 33, both of Kapaa.

Police said Duncan was driving a 2008 Suzuki motorcycle westbound on Kawaihau Road near the intersection with Makaleha Avenue at about 10 p.m. when he crossed over the centerline in a right-hand curve in the road and slammed into an oncoming 2014 Jeep SUV.

Soares was thrown from the motorcycle and ended up trapped under the SUV. Firefighters removed her, and medics took her to Wilcox Memorial Hospital where she died.

Duncan sustained major injuries and was taken to Wilcox where he also died.

The driver of the Jeep, a 53-year-old Kapaa woman, sustained non-life threatening injuries and was treated at a hospital and released.

Police closed Kawaihau Road for about four hours while officers investigated.