LIHUE — Kapaa High School marksman Michael Rosa finished just two points shy of perfect in the prone position Wednesday during the Kauai Interscholastic Federation air rifle final round of the season at the Kapaa High School range.
Rosa’s performance, coupled with 85 points in the standing position and 83 points in the kneeling position, gave him a total 266 points. He tied with Jacob Alvarez (97-81-88-266), the top Kauai High School marksman at the Island School range, and fueled the Kapaa High School boys team to a 1,189-1,147 showing over the Waimea High School boys.
On the other side of the range, Kapaa was limited to just its scoring shooters who edged out Waimea, 1,185-1,168, this week, the Warriors getting the lead from Kiara Dolino (92-74-90-256).
Earlier, the Kapaa girls clinched the KIF title for its division with a win over Kauai High School, last week at the Kauai High School gym.
The Kauai High School boys, similarly took a victory over the Kapaa boys last week to clinch its KIF air rifle title.
This week, the Kauai boys were a 1,265-1,078 winner over the Island School boys, led by Alvarez.
On the girls’ range at Island School, the Kauai High School girls finished an 1,185-1,168 winner over the Voyager women, led by Kelli Okayama (96-78-85-259).
Next for the KIF champion marksmen, the Kauai boys team, the Kapaa girls team, and qualifying individualists travel to the Blaisdell Exhibition Hall on Oahu to participate in the Civilian Marksmanship Hawaii High School Athletic Association air riflery championships on Oct. 23 on Oahu.
Results
* Indicates designated scoring shooters
Kauai High School boys: Jacob Alvarez (97 prone-81 standing-88 kneeling-266)*, Kalen Konishi (90-78-74-242)*, Vincent Javinar (74-43-88-205), William Andres (93-83-85-261)*, Brandon Marcos (91-81-84-256)*, Michael Patricio (87-67-86-240)*, Keanu Medeiros (86-62073-221), Bryce Fernandez (91-61-84-236)
Island School boys: Kaikea Kaui (74-62-75-211)*, Bryant Wu (92-58-67-217)*, Ka‘ohu Ranis (94-69-67-230)*, Anakin Zingray (66-53-60-179), Joshua Dobashi (82-49-70-201), Laurenz Meyer (70-63-59-192), Cody Manibog (91-56-65-212)*, Kainoa Merano (88-59-61-208)*
Kauai High School girls: Glycelle Morden (74-62-65-201), Kelle Albarado-Planas (88-64-85-237)*, Keirstyn Bukoski (94-74-89-257)*, Kylee Viernes-Toyama (81-68-81-230), Jenna Takata (96-63-89-248)*, Kaylah Santos (78-60-83-221), Kelli Okayama (96-78-85-259)*, Ciena Ruiz (91-84-75)250)*
Island School girls: Bonnie Lee (79-63-87-229)*, Quinn Catlin (85-58-63-206)*, Paulina Do (77-57-70-204)*, Taylor Raco (82-43-75-200)*, Emma Harris (81-52-51-184)*, Maiya Oshima (83-44-50-177)
Kapaa High School boys: Michael Anderson (92-75-87-254)*, Isaac Gorospe (75-51-58-184), Songkrit Janphet (78-71-81-230)*, Ryan Laborte (79-72-72-223)*, Michael Rosa (98-85-83-266)*, Eli Saflor (90-54-68-212), Keio Wakuta (91-49-76-216)
Waimea High School boys: Kylan Takakusagi (93-65-69-227)*, Shannon Caoagdan (91-71-84-246)*, David Rickards (78-56-71-205)*, Breicen Medina (78-57-48-183), Bergen Ceballos (88-72-88-248)*, Keinan Kamakele (79-55-67-201), Derick Soriano (84-67-64-215)*, Adrian Buyat (75-45-41-161)
Kapaa High School girls: Pe‘alani Hurley (88-35-53-176)*, Analani Bacon (94-79-79-252)*, Kiara Dolino (92-74-90-256)*, Haley Gokan (88-86-81-255)*, Loren Weiner (90-60-76-246)*
Waimea High School girls: Dawn Serapio (86-71-71-228)*, Keycee Saniatan (84-71-77-232)*, Leslie Uri (74-66-81-221), Kaela Tsuchiya (87-66-82-235)*, Norie Mae Ramirez (88-70-80-238)*, Jenna Antolin (88-62-68-218), Rhona Lei Batacan (81-67-69-217), Larissa Kobayashi (91-66-78-235)*
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Dennis Fujimoto, staff writer and photographer, can be reached at 245-0453 or dfujimoto@thegardenisland.com.
