For the University of Hawaii football team, the cool reward for hard work was Tiger’s Blood.

The strawberry-watermelon-coconut concoction was one of the more popular flavors of shave ice following Saturday’s eighth practice of training camp. Head coach Nick Rolovich, who rented the shave-ice truck, invited players and fans to partake in the post-workout treat.

“Now I have to get my credit card,” Rolovich mused.

Rolovich’s gesture was the shave-icing on two weeks of training punctuated with Saturday’s series of scrimmage-like sessions.

After 88 plays of 11-on-11 and 7-on-7 drills, defensive coordinator Legi Suiaunoa suggested an offense-against-defense scrimmage utilizing overtime rules. Each series started with the ball 25 yards from the end zone.

“I’m all in when people have good ideas like that,” Rolovich said. “Let’s take advantage of it. I’m glad (Suiaunoa) was able to elevate practice.”

On the first play, quarterback Cole Brownholtz threw a 25-yard scoring pass to slotback Davine Tullis. It was Tullis’ fifth catch of the day (in six times targeted). Tullis had been hampered with a nagging ailment this summer, but he displayed quickness and route precision on Saturday.

“We asked him to step up his game a little for us, and he has,” Rolovich said. “I think he’s getting better.”

Tullis, who was a quarterback in high school, played wideout and defensive back as a UH freshman in 2016. This camp, he is playing inside receiver.

“I like it,” Tullis said of his new position. “I get the ball quick, and I can make a quick move and go from there.”

Brownholtz, who redshirted as a sophomore last year, also fired a 24-yard scoring pass to Kalakaua Timoteo. The 6-foot-1 Timoteo then soared to “dunk” on the goal posts’ 10-foot-high crossbar. He was assessed a 15-yard unsportsmanlike penalty, and the ensuing extra-point kick failed.

Timoteo apologized for what he described as a “selfish” act. Rolovich said it was a “teaching moment,” but conceded that there is time and place for unabashed celebrations.

“It was a hell of a touchdown,” Rolovich said of Timoteo’s play. “Like I told him, if that’s the end of the game, and we just won an overtime game … go do whatever you want to do. That doesn’t bother me. The game is hard. When they win, they need to have fun. But (this time), we still had an extra-point kick (to make).”

Quarterback Cole McDonald showed arm strength and elusiveness during the sessions. On one bootleg, he gained the first down when he stiff-armed a cornerback for an extra yard. On a keeper, he ran 28 yards for an apparent touchdown, during which wideout Isaisa Leeth’s block cleared a path. But it was decided McDonald would have been stopped at the 12 — quarterbacks are not allowed to be hit in scrimmages — and the ball was moved to the 12. Four plays later, McDonald threw 16 yards to tight end Kade Greeley for the touchdown.

“Sometimes I feel I need to stay in the pocket more and trust the (linemen),” McDonald said. “I need to stay behind those big bodies of mass.”

Larry Tuileta, who joined the Warriors on Tuesday, threw his first scoring pass since 2013, when he was a Punahou School senior. Tuileta was at USC for three semesters before moving back to Hawaii. He joined the UH volleyball team in January, and played in 26 matches at outside hitter and libero this past spring.

The Warriors have eased the way for Tuileta. In a four-rotation cycle, starter Dru Brown will get two reps, and McDonald and Brownholtz will get one each. Like a walk-in patient, Tuileta will be added into the team drills. He had a handful of 11-on-11 reps the past two practices. On Saturday, Tuileta took three snaps, resulting in a handoff, an incompletion, and a 20-yard scoring pass to wideout Drake Stallworth.

“I need to do that on a consistent basis,” Tuileta said.

Rolovich said of Tuileta: “He’s been great.”

The defense also had its moments. Cornerback Zach Wilson engaged in tough one-on-one battles against wideout Ammon Barker. Manu Hudson-Rasmussen, a cornerback who transferred from Riverside City College in January, intercepted a pass in the end zone. Defensive backs coach Abraham Elimimian motioned to Hudson-Rasmussen to press the wideout on that play. Hudson-Rasmussen has experience as a safety, and he prefers bump-and-run coverages. Hudson-Rasmussen, who was restricted in some recent practices because of ailments, said he received a pep talk from his cousin, Kory Rasmussen, a former UH defensive tackle.

“He called me (Friday) night, and said he was coming to practice,” Hudson-Rasmussen said. “He told me, ‘You’d better not be injured.’”