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Stacy Kaneshiro | ScoringLiveOctober 25, 2016, 8:45pm
The 18th Civilian Marksmanship state air riflery championship was twice as nice for Moanalua's boys.
Na Mehehune outdistanced runner-up Pearl City, 2,091 points to 2,008, to win their first state title Tuesday at the Neal Blaisdell Exhibition Hall, avenging a loss to the Chargers in the Oahu Interscholastic Association championship.
"It feels great," Moanalua's Ian Lung said. "We lost OIAs, so that was a little bit of a hit for us, but we came back strong and winning states is great."
Moanalua also is the first OIA team to win a state crown. The Interscholastic League of Honolulu has traditionally dominated the tournament, winning 14 of the previous 17 meets. Ironically, none of the ILH schools qualified for the team championship because they did not have sufficient individual entries. Pac-Five, the ILH champion, could not qualify as a team because it is made up the league's smaller schools. Punahou, despite having only three qualifiers, finished with the seventh-most points at 1,561.
"This time, we practiced harder and we were ready," Lung said of the difference from the OIA championships and the state meet.
Kalaheo's Justin Pascua won the individual title. He had the high score of 549 in the qualification round (made up of prone, standing and kneeling scores) and the best final round (standing only) with 92 points.
This was the first time the state tournament's individual scoring was done in two phases.
"I liked it, " Lung said. "Still kind of nerve-racking, but I enjoyed it none the less."
Obviously, the new format did not affect Pascua, who is only a sophomore has a chance to become only the second repeat champion since Kamehameha's Keanu Paikai in 2010 and 2011.
"It's really exciting," Pascua said. "It's taking a little time processing (the win), but I'm super excited."
Pascua said he worked harder to prepare for this season, even making adjustments to his technique.
"My coach just changed me up and then I practiced that and I got better."
Pascua, who placed seventh in last year's meet, is somewhat of a gun enthusiast.
"I was into guns, like air soft and paint ball," he said. "I was into sharp-shooting. Like the movies, I thought that would be cool to do it as a sport, so I turned to air riflery and it turned out to be really cool."
Team Standings
Rank
Team
Prone
Stand.
Kneel.
Total
1
Moanalua
739
661
691
2091
(Ian Lung, Cole Fukumitsu, Mackenzie Tokuda, Justin Enoki)
2
Pearl City
744
593
671
2008
3
Waiakea
745
601
651
1997
4
Waianae
712
581
1964
5
Kamehameha
711
587
656
1954
Individual
Name
School
Qual.
Final
Justic Pascua
Kalaheo
192
170
187
549
92.0
641.0
Nicholas Kimata
Hawaii Baptist
190
177
537
90
627.0
Aaron Kam
Mid-Pacific
168
179
539
85.4
624.4
Evan Ebesu
185
171
178
534
88.8
622.8
Ian Lung
186
174
173
533
86.7
619.7
6
John Hasebe
Saint Louis
166
191
544
74.9
618.9
7
John Gillette Jr.
Island Pacific
189
164
182
535
83
618.0
8
Jake Yeager
193
163
175
531
73.8
604.8
9
Kyle Axt
Punahou
155
526
0
526.0
10
Jonathan Zerez
523
523.0
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