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Updated at 10:46 a.m., Monday, October 22, 2007

Preps: State air riflery championships tomorrow

Advertiser Staff

The Hawai'i High School Athletic Association state air riflery championships will be held tomorrow at the Neal Blaisdell Center Exhibition Hall.

Mid-Pacific senior Jordan Muratsuchi returns to defend his individual title from last season. Muratsuchi and Punahou's Scott Hong both shot a 529 last year and a tiebreaker had to be used to determine the winner.

Punahou, last year's boys champion, has won the last two team titles. Saint Louis won the first five state titles since the championships began in 1999. Waiakea is the only non-Interscholastic League of Honolulu team to win a team title, capturing it in 2004.

Last year's girls champion, Jolana Gollero of Pearl City, has graduated. Sacred Hearts is the defending girls champion and returns its top four shooters — all seniors — from last year's state tournament.

The Lancers have won five state titles and Punahou has won the other three.

Boys will shoot first starting at 8:30 a.m., followed by the girls. The awards ceremony is scheduled to start at 3 p.m.