By MATT GERHART
Hawaii Tribune-Herald
KEAAU — Hawaii Prep swimming coach Mark Noetzel has only dangled the carrot that is the HHSAA swimming championship in front of his team once.
And he did it with the ultimate qualifier.
“I told them you’re the underdog and you’re going to have to earn it if you are going to win it,” Noetzel said. “Let’s just keep our heads down and do some work.”
For some, that process started at Saturday’s BIIF meet at Kamehameha’s Naeole Pool, though HPA didn’t so much as dive right in as it merely dipped its toes in the water.