Last season was a “growing year” for Grand Island. “We knew that after graduating 14 seniors from the year before, that it was gonna be one of those seasons where we’d take little steps forward and maybe a lot of steps backward,” said coach Don Pray. “And we did last year. We’re overall happy with where we ended up. We …
Grand Island rebuilding with young skill
Here’s some context to Grand Island’s 5-1 loss to Williamsville East in the small school semifinals last season: it was the first time in the history of the varsity program that the Vikings had ever reached a semifinal, and Williamsville East went on to finish as the state runner-up. “I thought the season last year went pretty well,” said junior …