Comments on: Mid-Pacific’s Simon inspired by Owls seniors https://www.hawaiiprepworld.com/girls-basketball/mid-pacifics-simon-inspired-by-owls-seniors/ The source for Hawaii's high school sports Sat, 30 Jan 2016 22:52:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: Rams33 https://www.hawaiiprepworld.com/girls-basketball/mid-pacifics-simon-inspired-by-owls-seniors/comment-page-1/#comment-68853 Sat, 30 Jan 2016 22:52:52 +0000 http://www.hawaiiprepworld.com/?p=58846#comment-68853 That senior night atmosphere seemed to be a double edged sword for MPI. Didn’t score for the first 11 minutes of the game but helped by the crowd (and perhaps some home cooking by the refs) in the second half. I agree that they’re likely to meet in the state finals and there should be some good battles between these teams for years.

MPI has some great young talent and would probably have competed well in D1 this year if they didn’t make the move down. They won the D1 intermediate title last year and it shows with several key contributors as freshmen this year.

Meanwhile HBA had a heartbreaking state finals loss to Honokaa and lost 7 seniors but somehow haven’t missed a beat this year. Stephanie Dang is a wizard with the ball and If Ally Wada can have a strong tournament, they’ll be tough to beat.

Maybe a Kaimuki or KS-Hawaii can get hot in the states and take down one of these two but I expect to see a rematch in the near future.

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