Somewhere out there, Beatrice Moniz is singing with the angels.
All because her great-granddaughter had a magnificent surprise on Tuesday. Madissyn Marr’s first-ever win came on the biggest day of the season. The Kalaheo senior captured the girls individual title at the Civilian Marksmanship Program/HHSAA Air Riflery State Championships at the Blaisdell Center Exhibition Hall.
Marr finished with a score of 547 — 197 prone, 167 standing and 183 kneeling — to lead all shooters entering the finals. The top eight qualified, and Marr protected her lead with a tally of 86.2 in the final round. Her total of 633.2 was enough to outlast Sophia Crisci of Mid-Pacific (624.9) and Taylor Dunaway of Kaiser (624.9). Dunaway was closest to Marr with a score of 545 entering the final stage.
“She’s always shot well. I’m not surprised she did well. We’re surprised at how well,” Mustangs co-head coach Craig Garcia said.
It was a great send-off to her senior season. Marr struggled during the summer and fall after her great-grandmother died at age 90.
“It was a little bit of a big change. We lived with her and it was a lot of adjusting and changing. She was the oldest and always at home, the one everyone’s connected to,” Marr said. “I stopped caring about my scores in riflery and my grades were getting kind of bad.”
A talk with mom was the turning point.
“My mom (Michelle Caban) convinced me it’s my senior year and I’d been doing it since freshman year. I had to get us a (team championship) banner. Kalaheo never had one,” Marr said.
Kalaheo’s girls finished fourth overall and didn’t win the OIA.
“But I ended up having fun and started to enjoy the sport again,” Marr added.
She finished sixth in the OIA, behind teammate Suki Lecher, who was third. Marr was the definition of a dark horse, no pun intended. She was as surprised as anyone with her title run. She is the first girl from Kalaheo to finish in the top eight at states.
“I don’t know. I have no clue,” she said. “I came here and I didn’t let myself get frustrated. I just wanted to focus on the next bull’s-eye instead of the last one. That’s the best way I can put it.”
In team competition, Mid-Pacific won its first girls title since 2014 with a team score of 2,118, outpointing Sacred Hearts by eight points. The foursome of Owls were Crisci, Kimberly Oshiro (530), Charlize Jasmine Pascual-Tabuyo (526) and Zoe Oshiro (525).
“We were trying to maintain positive energy with each other,” said Crisci, who is a junior.
Devez Aniol of Kamehameha-Hawaii captured the boys individual title with a score of 645.7. Shayden Kang of Hilo (636.5) placed second and Jarin Ashimine of Hawaii Baptist (633.7) was third.
The Owls made it a sweep in the team competition. MPI’s boys took first with a score of 2,144, led by Anthony Umemoto (544), Michael Tam (536), Brandon Lum (532) and Christian Loo (532).
Pearl City (2,113) finished as runner-up and Moanalua finished third (2,100).
The Owls won boys titles in 2013 and ’15, and a girls crown in ’14, all under Jon Narimatsu. This is the first boys and girls sweep for MPI. Previous sweeps were by Punahou under Karen Finley in ’05, ’08 and ’11 and Waiakea in ’12.
MPI isn’t about to call this a dynasty.
“Any given day, it could be any of these teams that can win. It all depends on if you’re mentally prepared. I feel lucky and really fortunate,” Narimatsu said.
MPI could become the first program to repeat as boys and girls champions.
“None of team are seniors,” Narimatsu said. “Most of them are juniors.”
HHSAA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
TUESDAY
At Blaisdell Exhibition Hall
Boys varsity
Team
1. Mid-Pacific (Anthony Umemoto, Michael Tam, Brandon Lum, Christian Loo), 2144 points; 2. Pearl City, 2113; 3. Moanalua, 2100; 4. Kalaheo, 2090; 5. Waiakea, 2050; 6. Kamehameha Maui, 1950.
Individual
1. Devez Aniol, Kamehameha-Hawaii, 645.7 points; 2. Shayden Kang, Hilo, 636.5; 3. Jarin Ashimine, Pac-Five/Hawaii Baptist, 633.7; 4. Anthony Umemoto, Mid-Pacific, 633.2; 5. Donovan Shiraishi, Pac-Five/Hawaii Baptist, 632.3;
6. Chase Nakata, Moanalua, 625.1; 7. Jordan Asentista, Punahou, 621.4; 8. Joshua Kobayashi, Pearl City, 612.8; 9. Kainoa Carvalho, Kalaheo, 537.0; 10. Michael Tam, Mid-Pacific, 536.0;
11. Rockne Sasaki, Leilehua, 535.0; 12. William Andres, Kauai, 534.0; 13. Justin Pascua, Kalaheo, 532.0; 14. Christian Loo, Mid-Pacific, 532.0; 15. Brandon Lum, Mid-Pacific, 532.0;
16. Alec Fong, Moanalua, 530.0; 17. Duane Cobeen, Kalaheo, 529.0; 18. Jacob Alvarez, Kauai, 528.0; 19. Ryan Roche, Pearl City, 527.0; 20. Cade Aihara, Pearl City, 527.0;
21. Cole Fukumitsu, Moanalua, 527.0; 22. Laiku Paleka, Kamehameha-Hawaii, 526.0; 23. Rainer Tanaka, Kalani, 524.0; 24. Jacob Gonsalves, Pac-Five/Pacific Buddhist, 524.0; 25. Ryden Sumi, Pac-Five/Hawaii Baptist, 522.0
Girls varsity
Team
1. Mid-Pacific (Sophia Crisci, Kimberly Oshiro, Zoe Oshiro, Charlize Jasmine Pascual-Tabuyo), 2118 points; 2. Sacred Hearts, 2110; 3. Moanalua, 2105; 4. Kalaheo, 2099; 5. Kamehameha-Hawaii, 2089; 6. Waiakea, 2083; 7. Pearl City, 2078; 8. Kapaa, 1994; 9. Kamehameha-Maui, 1984.
Individual
1. Madissyn Marr, Kalaheo, 633.2; 2. Sophia Crisci, Mid-Pacific, 624.9; 3. Taylor Dunaway, Kaiser, 624.9; 4. Megan Nakamoto, Waiakea, 623.8; 5. Maile Fox, Sacred Hearts, 621.1;
6. Ellie Toguchi-Tani, Pac-Five/University, 618.4; 7. Kanani Araki, Kamehameha-Hawaii, 617.9; 8. McKenna Hewitt, Kamehameha-Hawaii, 617.0; 9. Lexi Tokuda, Moanalua, 536.0; 10. Kelci Hooker, Kailua, 534.0;
11. Xun He, Sacred Hearts, 533.0; 12. Maileen Cardenas, Pac-Five/University, 533.0; 13. Jessica Williams, Pearl City, 533.0; 14. Lauren Fong, Moanalua, 532.0; 15. Mindy Higa, Pac-Five/Hawaii Baptist, 531.0;
16. Alexandra Lecher, Kalaheo, 531.0; 17. Dahee Jung, Sacred Hearts, 531.0; 18. Kimberly Oshiro, Mid-Pacific, 530.0; 19. Megan Ibara, Kaiser, 528.0; 20. Clarissa DeSmet, Sacred Hearts, 528.0;
21. Josephine Lin, Moanalua, 527.0; 22. Charlize Jasmine Pascual-Tabuyo, Mid-Pacific, 526.0; 23. Zoe Oshiro, Mid-Pacific, 525.0; 24. Jewel Rivera, Pearl City, 525.0; 25. Madison Carvalho, Waiakea, 524.0.
