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Maui High School shooters take aim from the kneeling position during Saturday’s MIL air riflery meet at the Sabers’ Shine Matsui Athletic Center. The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo

KAHULUI — Maui High School junior Dylan Arisumi has risen to the top of the list of shooters in Maui Interscholastic League air riflery, finishing with the best individual score, boys or girls, in four of six meets this season.

The only time she didn’t finish on top of the list at an in-person meet was a fourth-place finish in the second week of the season. Saturday at the Shine Matsui Athletic Center on the Maui High campus, she matched her season best with a score of 270 out of a possible 300.

Her prone score of 96 matched the top score in that discipline, her standing score of 87 was the best mark by two points, and her 87 in kneeling was three points off the top mark.

She felt right at home on a busy Saturday morning on the Kahului campus — the school also hosted the MIL cross country meet in addition to a combined band practice with Maui High and Maui Waena Intermediate musicians.

“It makes me more motivated because I want to defend our home ground,” Arisumi said. “But, yeah, I think it’s cool because it’s kind of like team bonding when we set up, too. … We started around 6:30 (p.m.) and ended around 8 last night.”

Lahainaluna’s Bianzy Nicole Barbosa (from right) and Mo’unga Fifita shoot from kneeling positions while teammate Ka‘ohu-Lynn Flores-Akiona uses binoculars to check her target Saturday. The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo

Arisumi had the best overall score by 11 points — Kamehameha Maui’s Luc Sheehan had the top boys score at 259 and Ava Rutherford Storm, the leader of the KSM girls, matched Sheehan to take second among the girls.

The Warriors’ Bennett Takahama was just one point behind teammate Sheehan among the boys.

The MIL championship meet is Oct. 21 at the Baldwin armory and the state championship meet on Oahu is Oct. 31.

“I’m definitely getting closer, but I’m not quite reaching my goal quite yet,” Arisumi said of her score.

Sheehan, a junior, surprised himself a bit, edging out Takahama — last year’s individual champion — for the boys title.

“When I was shooting, like honestly, I didn’t think that I did that well, especially on my kneeling, especially since I double shot one of the targets,” Sheehan said. “It was pretty good that I shot a 259, even though that’s like 11 points underneath Dylan.”

Sheehan likes his boys team’s chances to defend its MIL crown. The Warriors edged Maui High 1,007- 1,001 on Saturday.

“If we all do good, then I think we have a pretty good chance of taking MILs,” Sheehan said.

The Kamehameha Maui girls won their team crown with 1,000 points, 18 more than Baldwin on Saturday.

“Especially me, I like competing with the team during practice,” Sheehan said. “Every day me and (teammate) Kody (Sakamoto), we say 1 v 1, so always every day, we’re trying to beat each other.”

Saturday marked the return in full of the Lahainaluna teams — in a postal meet the week prior, the Lunas had one shooter.

Lahainaluna senior Mo’unga Fifita shot 87-41-72–200 in her first meet of the season. She was glad to be back in a routine after the Aug. 8 wildfires delayed their season start — the Lunas were able to practice on campus on Friday for the first time since the fire.

“Honestly, it’s awesome because I like the teamwork, just like the companionship that we have with each other,” said Fifita, who was displaced by the fire. “Even though there’s new people, I can feel the community through them when we’re going through this.”

She said the sport itself has helped her immensely since the tragic events in Lahaina.

“It actually really does help because it makes my mind focus — when you do air riflery you are focused mainly on the target, so my mind is only mainly on the target,” she said. “It’s like meditating in a way.”

Ka’ohu Flores-Akiona is also a senior for the Lunas, in her second year in the sport. She shot 79-58-71–208. Being able to practice at home for the first time was huge for the Lunas, Flores-Akiona said.

“It was hot, but it feels very good to practice on our home school grounds,” she said. “To me, I like shooting guns, so this is somewhat the closest thing I can do and it’s also for my school, too.”

* Robert Collias is at rcollias@mauinews.com

MIL AIR RIFLERY SHOOT NO. 6

Saturday’s Results • At Maui High

Kneeling-Prone-Standing–Total

*-denotes top individual shooters

Boys

1. Kamehameha Maui 376-304-338–1007: *Luc Sheehan 95-78-86–259, Bennett Takahama 96-72-90–258, Chaysen Tanaka 89-79-79–247, Keanu Tabaco 86-75-82–243, Ezekiel Kamalani 96-60-77–233, Ryan Kama 86-54-80–220, Brennan Tanaka 86-49-72–207.

2. Maui High 366-299-344–1001: Jayse Miyagawa 85-83-87–255, Andy Oviedo 93-75-87–255, Dutch Akana 92-68-88–248, Jaryk Lucero 89-73-81–243, Aaron Inda 92-68-72–232, Evan Bailey 70-51-82–203.

3. King Kekaulike 367-273-326–941: Jackson Barcus 94-77-84–255, Blake Yatsushiro 90-67-84–241, Josiah Medeiros 85-68-78–231, Christian Payton 92-42-80–214, Seth Bell 84-54-68–206, Benjamin Loo 91-37-72–200, Kade Shimada 64-61-47–172.

4. Seabury Hall 341-282-310–926: John Kaahui 86-71-84–241, Turner Alston 87-69-77–233, Brandon Yu 83-66-81–230, Kekai Apana 85-70-67–222, Jacob Robello 82-72-65–219, Sean Cortez 80-63-68–211, William Kayes 75-59-56–190, Colm McManus 77-33-65–175, Alex Frampton 53-60-47–160, William Santos 70-20-65–155.

5. Baldwin 366-234-319–906: Connor Tumaneng 92-70-82–244, Tyton Takahashi 94-55-80–229, Jesse Lau 89-52-77–218, Tehzion Cordero 90-46-79–215, Ethan Franks 87-55-73–215, Evan Goodness 90-54-71–215, Mason Means 81-44-78–203, Robert Mashino 67-44-64–175.

6. Molokai 339-232-286–833: Kaldryn Lenwai 94-59-86–239, Jaden Sasada 82-68-66–216, Mason Habon 79-59-55–193, Nykee Naeole-Starkey 84-32-69–185, Randyn Cabreros 69-46-65–180, Kaizen Lenwai 74-32-59–165.

7. St. Anthony 305-212-250–767: Kail Bowes 87-66-84–237, Rob Gonzales 82-54-74–210, Alika Kish 76-51-66–193, Johnny Wall 60-41-26–127.

8. Lahainaluna 212-128-128–468: Edralin Sam Ceon 56-36-30–122, Humble Lin Kee-Delos Reyes 49-31-37–117, Kalani Camacho 47-38-32–117, Klein Consignado 60-23-29–112.

9 Kulanihako’i 120-54-56–230: Kymani Eldredge 42-27-33–102, Kanaloa Storey 40-12-13–65, Colton Friske 38-15-10–63.

Girls

1. Kamehameha Maui 372-304-346–1000: Ava Rutherford Storm 92-79-88–259, Ella Weber 88-73-88–249, Charlene Vierra 93-72-84–249, Takara Oana 90-72-81–243, Faith Ribao-Cravalho 82-76-82–240, Ava Takahama 93-76-70–239, Keli’a Kang 85-66-86–237, Lihau Agcaoili 94-64-75–233, Melina Espino 92-47-68–207, Alyssa Retuta 86-40-72–198.

2. Baldwin 366-305-329–982: Jaelynn Fukuda 94-72-83–249, Rianna Ribucan 92-72-82–246, Nikki Toyama 88-73-83–244, Maya Kozawa 83-85-75–243, Kaylee Miyamoto 91-75-75–241, Poerava Espaniola Brewster 89-68-80–237, Chloe Kihara-Tolentino 81-66-76–223, Aicia Ramos-Carroll 78-43-81–202, Victoria Gonzalez 81-46-75–202.

3. Maui High 362-296-321–974: *Dylan Arisumi 96-87-87–270, Kaytin Bayez 93-74-90–257, Anna Valdez 87-61-78–226, Keona Comilang 83-72-66–221, Kalyssa Orikasa 86-63-62–211, Natasha Esclito 73-47-43–163.

4. King Kekaulike 361-264-322–938: Pasha Akina 88-74-89–251, Kapualiliaoelena Rodrigues 94-71-81–246, Kaylee Parsons 86-66-72–224, Lilinoe Quitazol 93-49-75–217, Kalaahie Wong 77-53-77–207, Marlee Whyte 81-49-72–202, Rachel Medeiros 79-48-71–198.

5. Seabury Hall 355-284-296–922: Molly Thompson 88-84-75–247, Kayce Migita 89-73-71–233, Skylar Kuroda 90-58-75–223, Gianna Cabanting 88-63-68–219, Chloe Florian Fontanilla 79-64-73–216, Alana Jonick 80-46-73–199, Olivia Tom 84-41-70–195, Mai-Li Tom 83-40-63–186, Kalei Cotney 71-55-59–185, Maehani Cleveland 70-40-59–169.

6. Lahainaluna 322-252-295–839: Carmela Bonifacio 83-64-80–227, Kaohu-Lynn Flores-Akiona 79-58-71–208, Sonia Rojas 73-74-57–204, Mounga Fifita 87-41-72–200, Mina-Genesis Nagasako 61-56-72–189, Bianzy Nicole Barbosa 68-43-61–172.

7. Molokai 300-213-285–775: No’eau Lenwai 78-60-74–212, Zaylynn Satele-Tangonan 77-53-73–203, Aiko Kanemitsu 80-46-66–192, Malie Kaahanui 65-31-72–168, Alexis Bishaw-Juario 61-54-52–167.

8. St. Anthony 303-158-236–697: June Wu 82-52-63–197, Mikayla Gerard 86-31-58–175, Maricar Mendez 76-37-52–165, Masako Kaya 59-38-63–160.

9. Kulanihako’i 102-33-61–196: Gabby Salas 66-13-36–115, Caylee Damasco-Yabes 36-20-25–81.

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