Looking back now, it’s almost inconceivable considering the BIIF girls basketball hierarchy of the last decade, but Honokaa High got the best of Konawaena during the 2006 season.
And not just once or twice, but three times.
“We used to beat them all the time,” Daphne Honma said.
That’s a fitting parting shot for Honma, who recently stepped down after 20-plus years at the helm of the Dragons, deciding not to reapply for her job. Per school rule, coaches must do so on a year-to-year basis.
Honma had two stints as coach. First she guided the Dragons as a perennial BIIF powerhouse before state classification, and most recently she led Honokaa to consecutive HHSAA Division II titles in 2014-15.