Konawaena keeps making BIIF history, and that only brings back a flood of fond memories for Jessica Hanato, who is an assistant basketball coach but is better known as one of the original champions.
She was part of the Wildcat Big Five, along with Nancy Hoist, Hina Kimitete, Jazzmin Williams and Kristin Kitaoka, who all shared the wheel and steered the school to its historic first HHSAA state championship in 2004.
On Saturday, Konawaena added to its legacy as the greatest program in league history after a 56-32 victory over Hilo for its eighth straight BIIF Division I championship, and that’s not all.