After a return to the playoffs last season, Eastland-Pearl City wants to make the postseason a habit again.

It’s going to take a blend of veteran leadership and new faces to do so.

Last season’s 7-3 finish ended a four-year playoff hiatus, following a stretch where the Wildcatz earned a postseason berth 19 times in 22 seasons from 1998-2018 – but a first-round loss to Rockridge in Class 2A saw several key starters’ careers come to an end.

Now, the guys who are coming back from that team are providing guidance and setting the tone for the newcomers to step in and step up.

“They were showing some leadership skills last year. We’ve had a leadership council and we’ve met with those guys to kind of teach them how we want them to be leaders, and they’ve really taken a big step in the leade

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