There were fly sweeps, wildcats and other football plays with living-creature names unleashed during Hawaii’s first live scrimmage of this training camp.

"We put in a lot of things," coach Norm Chow said in the aftermath of the Warriors’ ninth practice.

While there was much to be praised in the 94-play scrimmage — a grind-it-out running game and a successful red-zone attack — the measurements went beyond statistics.

"We weren’t worried about results," Chow said. "We wanted to see effort and energy. The kids had a lot of energy."

The Warriors are three weeks from the season opener against Southern California. Chow said almost the entire playbook has been implemented, although only a portion will be part of the first game plan.

"Now that we know the offense, we can play faster," Chow said.

In a 43-year coaching career, Chow has been tied to a pro-set offense whose money tactic — the play-action pass — banks on an aggressive running attack. It’s a strategy as old as boxing: pound the body repeatedly, then swing for the head.

"I believe in the play-action pass," Chow said of the play in which the quarterback fakes a handoff, rolls out and then throws.

The Warriors used running backs Joey Iosefa, Will Gregory, John Lister, Sterling Jackson and Steven Lakalaka to lure the defense. They combined for 126 of the scrimmage’s 139 rushing yards.

"When you have a guy in the backfield like Joey (Iosefa), at 240 pounds coming downhill play after play, it’s easy to slip in one of those play-actions," quarterback Sean Schroeder said. "Our backs carry out the fakes really well. Coach (Chow) always preaches to us, even on a run, to carry out the fakes. It keeps the defense honest."

Schroeder, who was named the starting quarterback earlier in the week, completed seven of 14 passes for 95 yards and two touchdowns. The scoring passes were on red-zone plays of 10 yards to Justin Clapp and 12 yards to Trevor Davis.

The Warriors ended Friday afternoon’s practice with a physical 12-play session.

"Coming off (Friday’s) practice and the quick turnaround had something to do with a lackadaisical start (to the scrimmage)," Schroeder said. "Then we started getting it going.

"We had a couple of scores in the red zone, which was a good way to pick up the enthusiasm."

This was the Warriors’ final Manoa practice of training camp. The Warriors relocate to Joint Base-Pearl Harbor this afternoon. They will practice on base for a week before the Aug. 20 start of the fall semester.