PUHI — It’s going to come down to the final match of Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation air riflery. Island School boys, coming up with a big win over Kaua‘i High School, Tuesday in a make-up game, dropped its match, Wednesday. Waimea
PUHI — It’s going to come down to the final match of Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation air riflery.
Island School boys, coming up with a big win over Kaua‘i High School, Tuesday in a make-up game, dropped its match, Wednesday.
Waimea High School, hosting the Kapa‘a Warriors at the Hanapepe Armory for the final time this season, swept its series, the Menehune boys outpointing Kapa‘a, 1146-918 and the Menehune girls coming up with an 1128-1103 edge.
Waimea coach Victor Aguilar said this sets up an important final match, Oct. 12 when Island School visits the Hanapepe Armory.
“If the Island School boys win, it sets up a tie for the KIF title,” Aguilar said. “It’s not over until then.”
Sean Magoun, coach for the Island School boys, was thrilled with its make-up win, Tuesday when the Island School team edged past Kaua‘i by a scant eight points, 1088-1080.
But the team could not hold the line, Wednesday as the Kaua‘i boys edged out Island School by 34 points, 1135-1101.
The Kaua‘i girls picked up wins on both days, 1100-177 on Tuesday and 1193-149, Wednesday.
“Our two girls have come a long way since the season started,” said Tom Sloger, the Island School assistant coach. “Allison Culliney had her season-best, Tuesday with a 177 (74-38-65) and Franny Kimi continues to improve (Tuesday posting a 173 (74-50-49) and Wednesdy improving to 175 (77-45-53). They’re going to be contenders in the coming years.”
Magoun said the Tuesday win was led by Daniel Miller, Cole Moore and Marcus Punua, posting 228 (79-76-73), 226 (89-68-69), and 226 (93-51-82), respectively, including Moore and Punua posting the top two highest scores in the prone position and the highest scores in the kneeling and standing positions.
“Having the tight group of scores for Island School is what held Kaua‘i High off by just eight points,” Magoun said.
“But the top shooters, Wednesday, could not come through,” he said. “If they had shot what they did Tuesday, who knows what would have happened.”
Wednesday, Punua posted high score honors for the Island School boys with a 243 (92-73-78), but Moore faltered at 208 (83-69-56) and Daniel Moore followed at 205 (87-67-51).
Micah Kimi, finishing Tuesday with a 208 (87-53-68) for the Voyagers, soared to a 216 (90-70-56), Wednesday, but that effort fell short.
Kaua‘i’s make-up match,Tuesday was led by Brandon Chun posting the day’s high score at 236 (86-67-83) followed by Hikari Oberman (85-60-76-221) and Reyn Morioka (84-55-79-218).
Chun and Morioka topped the Wednesday scoring with 233 (87-89-57) and 232 (83-82-67), respectively, followed by Matthew Kawamura (89-75-64-228), Michah Chun (92-83-51-226) and Colby Ihara-Takase (83-71-62-216).
Delissa Nobriga finished with high point honors Tuesday at 237 (89-70-78) and Kristen Yamamotoya ending at 228 (88-67-73) to lead the Red Raider ladies. That trend continued Wednesday, Yamamotoya jumping to the top spot with a 254 (93-86-75) and Nobriga ending with a 239 (89-79-71), a two-point improvement over Tuesday and Yamamotoya’s 254 being the highest point score for Wednesday.
Jackie Taylor, posting high point honors for the Menehune last week, continued the trend with a 242 (95-83-64), including a near-perfect 95 in the prone position.
Rachel Umetsu followed with a 228 (92-77-59) and Lia Shigematsu rebounded from her sub-200 last week to a 225 (79-75-71), the Menehunes posting 200-plus scores from all 10 of its shooters in the win.
Marissa Goo (78-83-75-236) and Kaylyn Armstrong-Shiira (89-81-63-233) set the pace for the Kapa‘a girls followed by Kichelle Momohara (87-59-78-224), Jessica Pasadava (79-68-66-213) and Shyanne Almaza (77-77-43-197).
“The Kapa‘a girls have been improving on every match,” said Ian Versammy, the Kapa‘a coach. “They’ve come quite a ways from the start of the season and have been in the competition on every match.”
Austin Kuhishige set the pace for the Waimea boys with a 244 (90-85-69) followed by Kristopher Toma (94-77-61-232), John Medeiros (93-84-52-229), Anthony Dalicon (80-76-66-222) and Joey Silva (79-74-66-219).
Adam Clark (82-80-52-214) topped the Kapa‘a boys’ scoring followed by Kalani Murakami (80-72-50-202), Justin Pasadava (83-69-45-197), Justin Apilado (61-68-47-176) and Emanuelle Tangolan (55-46-28-129).
Kaua‘i travels to Kapa‘a High School for the final match of the KIF season, Oct. 12 while Island School is at the Hanapepe Armory for the 3 p.m. start.
There will be no matches scheduled during the fall break.
