PUHI — The Kaua‘i High School air rifle team split its series against Island School while at the Hanapepe Armory, Waimea swept Kapa‘a in the final match of the Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation air rifle matches, Thursday. But, the Kaua‘i boys,
PUHI — The Kaua‘i High School air rifle team split its series against Island School while at the Hanapepe Armory, Waimea swept Kapa‘a in the final match of the Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation air rifle matches, Thursday.
But, the Kaua‘i boys, picking up a 1132-1032 win over the Island School boys, won the match that forces a shootoff for the KIF title against the Menehune men who soared to an 1190-1068 win over Kapa‘a.
That shootoff, according to an e-mail from Jon Kobayashi, Waimea High School athletic director, will take place Oct. 11 at the Island School facility, a neutral location per the by-laws of the KIF.
On the girls line, Island School took a 1047-point win over Kaua‘i who fielded just four shooters who totalled 818 points on the day. Waimea girls soared to a 1207-1166 victory over Kapa‘a.
Coach Victor Aguilar was pleased with the Waimea performance.
“We did very well,” he said in an e-mail. “Six of our girls fired their personal best at this match, and two of our boys fired their personal best.”
Additionally, Aguilar said one of his boys achieved expert ranking while one of the girls just missed achieving the same rank by just a point.
Throughout the season, the matches have been close, last week, Waimea men taking Kaua‘i by just a point following a recount, Nobriga said.
Two weeks ago, Waimea girls earned the KIF title when Kaua‘i showed up with just four girls, making them ineligible for team scoring.
“It’s going to be tough,” coach Douglas Nobriga of the Kaua‘i High School team said. “Everyone still has a shot at states. But the teams need to be determined first, and that comes on the shootoff.”
Jason Cabot led the Kaua‘i boys with a 268, including posting 90s in the prone (93) and kneeling (91) positions. That brought a smile to Nobriga.
Another gem that added to the smile was Christopher Wedemeyer’s 222 (85-78-59) that was good enough for third place among the Raiders, and Wedemeyer’s only second KIF competition.
Christopher Mazzia (88-76-57-221), Kelan Adachi (79-76-64-219) and Kent Rapozo (86-72-44-202) followed in the team scoring.
Logan Domingo (88-69-65-222) led the Island School sharpshooters followed by J. Riley Louis (84-70-63-217), Kenji Rutter (82-69-58-209), Ian Ruiz (83-64-53-200) and Kaylan Blaine (82-64-53-200).
Peter Joyce (96-83-82-261) topped the Menehune, the marksman getting an almost perfect score in the prone position. He was followed by Geoffrey Tran (93-80-73-246), Kevin Aguilar (84-69-76-229), Jared Coleman-Stark (95-58-75-228) and Ty Shitanaka (96-72-58-226).
The Menehune men finished with four marksmen who shattered the 90-point mark in the prone position, Shitanaka’s 96 tying Joyce’s near-perfect mark.
Ian Ramos (84-77-68-229) and Jonathan Ganir (77-74-77-228) topped the Warrior men followed by Reji Butac (91-75-47-213), Ikaika Fernandez (82-75-51-208) and Philip Hawley (59-68-63-190).
Beverly Grande (89-84-81-254) continued to lead the Menehune ladies followed closely by Mershelle Rivera (89-85-76-250), Ceci Sun (88-79-74-242), Chaelyn Briones (87-86-58-231) and Syanne Sagawa (86-86-59-231).
Alma Iglesia (88-84-70-242) and Britney Inanod (81-82-77-240) led the Warrior wahine followed by Darlena Jarquio (89-85-59-233), Heather Walker (85-87-56-228) and Kamala Rojas (79-72-72-223).
Michelle Woltmon anchored the Island School girls with a 232 (89-81-62) followed by Lexa Mink-Flacco (88-71-60-219), Blaise LaMadrid (84-71-48-203), Lindsey Duarte (80-56-63-199) and Maddisen Domingo (80-73-41-194).
Valerie Ganiban (83-78-62-223) paced the Red Raider ladies followed by Nicole Cristobal (70-77-66-213), Megan Rasay (62-74-66-202) and Jennifer Tagupa (67-60-53-180).
