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BIIF basketball: Dragons giving coach hope, insomnia

If Jayme Carvalho has a few circles around his eyes at Honokaa Armory the next few days, it’s for a good reason.

Whatever you do, Carvalho tells his Honokaa boys basketball team at practice, make my job difficult. The easy way out for Carvalho would have been if some of the Dragons were slackers, making lineup choices a quick chore.

But, much to coach’s delight, that hasn’t been the case. Honokaa has given 110 percent, he said, and that’s made divvying up playing time a tall task.

“They’ve made it hard on me,” Carvalho said. “I’ve had a hard time sleeping.