By: GED

GED — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 10:22:42 +0000

It’s plain and simple, in the ILH, you got to recruit or come up with a game plan to be competitive. I believe Hirata, left Maryknoll to be with his pal D. Low…

By: Mr. Okada

Mr. Okada — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 00:45:21 +0000

Now Saint Francis gets to see first hand what Mid-Pacific has had to deal with playing in ILH D1 all these years as a small school. MPI faces the same size disadvantages that SF and Damien have used as reasons to declare DII. MPI could’ve definitely done the same and played DII for boy’s basketball any numbers of seasons and they would have been automatic challengers for the DII state title every year. Maybe then MPI would’ve had the same treatment SF has had the past two seasons with hype-up articles and putting guys on (DII) all-state teams. Ryan Hirata does an amazing job with his squad and it can’t be easy to go up against the ILH powerhouses who siphon in talent from all over the island every year.. but he has done a bang up job imo. Could’ve easily went the easy way out and dropped down a level but facing the grind of the DI ILH schedule is daunting and one MPI has had to compete against which I feel they don’t get enough respect for.

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By: GED

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