If these words were spoken Thursday by anyone else involved in BIIF boys basketball, they might be dismissed as coach-speak:
“We’ll take the preseason to get better and hopefully we play our best basketball when it counts.”
But when Donny Awa speaks, everyone has to listen.
He spoke a similar theme early last season as a youthful Wildcats squad tried to find its way, which was in stark contrast to the previous two veteran Konawaena squads, who already were working on their HHSAA tournament credentials. Yet, even with an entire new cast last season, the Wildcats found their chemistry, got healthy and joined the previous two to become BIIF Division I champion.