By KEVIN JAKAHI
Hawaii Tribune-Herald
Tradition has always carried Kohala like a racehorse on the basketball court, where defenders would have difficulty corralling streaking Cowboys headed for an easy layup.
It was not necessarily an uptempo playing style that defined the Cowboys but rather a simple mindset.
“It’s playing hard as you can every night,” coach Don Fernandez said. “That’s Kohala’s tradition. You should be playing hard for each other and to represent Kohala and the community the best way that you can. No matter what it says on the scoreboard, you have to play hard.