If all goes according to plan, Hilo football coach Kaeo Drummondo will feel much better leaving Aloha Stadium on Saturday night than he did after a short stint there earlier this week.
Drummondo attended the HHSAA championship media day in Honolulu on Tuesday, and he was no worse for wear when he got back to Hilo in time to lead practice in the afternoon. That night, however, he came down with flu-like symptoms, and a fever and body aches Wednesday forced the third-year coach to miss practice for the first time he could remember.
During any other week he probably would have remained in bed Thursday, but he was back at practice, a cold sweat noticeable, drawing X’s and O’s on the chalkboard.