MPI boys, Pearl City girls win state air riflery crowns


Just as they did in 2013, the Mid-Pacific boys and Pearl City girls were victorious at The Civilian Marksmanship Program/Hawaii High School Athletic Association Air Riflery State Championships Tuesday on the campus of Kamehameha-Maui.

Colin Chun (194 prone-157 standing-184 kneeling—535 total) was second overall to lead the Owls. Aaron Kam (191-160, 179—530) place sixth, Colby Sakumoto (192-161-174—527) eighth and Zachary Chang (189-156-181—526) 11th for Mid-Pacific (2,118 total points).

Waiakea was second (2,086) in the team results and last year's champion, Punahou, finished third (2,080). Pearl City (2,042) and Kauai (1,988) rounded out the top five teams, respectively.

Waiakea's Guy Yokoe won (192-161-184—537) to become the fourth individual state champion from his school, joining Steven Zonaki (2004), Regan Ancheta (2005) and Justin Gray (2013).

Punahou's Ryan Ogasawara (185-168-180—533) was third, Kamehameha-Maui's Jacob Julian (184-168-179—531) fourth and Punahou's Ty Suthard (189-165-176—530) fifth.

Pearl City won the girls' team title with 2,104 points over Mid-Pacific (2,097). Waiakea was third (2,041), followed by Kalani (1,973) and St. Anthony (1,920).

Jennifer Louis (192-164-174—530) led the Chargers with an eighth-place finish. Danielle Tanabe (185-174-170—529) was 10th, Kiara-Lin Wasano (190-59-174—523) 14th and Madison Hataishi (183-164-175—522) 15th.

Hawaii Baptist's Michelle Chan (193-174-185—552) won her school's first individual state title. She held off Mid-Pacific's Megan Nakamoto (192-157-188—537), Punahou's Camille Baptist (188-169-179—536), Maui's Tiffany Kokubun (192-175-169—536), and Sacred Hearts' Dorothy Sanidad (193-170-172—535).