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HHSAA football: Hilo, Damien have cure for nerves

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Butterflies, mutterflies.

Hilo High football coach Kaeo Drummondo and his counterpart at Damien, Eddie Klaneski, each have the same simple recipe for throwing a curve at their teams’ nerves as the biggest game of their lives looms: preparation.

Try as they might, the HHSAA Division I final isn’t just another game for two schools looking for their first state title, but for the Vikings (9-1) and Monarchs (10-3), the week leading up to the game can be just another week.

On Tuesday at an HHSAA media day at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, site of Saturday’s 5 p.