It wasn’t just that Hilo’s Mehana Sabado-Halpern won every BIIF cross-country race she entered last season, but she never took a break, entering every race on the schedule.
By season’s end, the results became all too predictable.
“You’d always like to see somebody give somebody a hard time,” Vikings coach Bill McMahon said.
With Sabado-Halpern out of the way – she’s attending Linfield College in Oregon and plans to compete in track and field – everyone gets a fresh start at the season-opener Saturday in Waimea.
“It feels different,” Hawaii Prep girls coach Kimo Higgins said.