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BIIF air riflery: Waiakea still teams to beat

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Between all their shooters and onlookers, seemingly half of the people in attendance Saturday at Waiakea’s gym were wearing T-shirts representing the home team.

In BIIF air riflery, the Warriors have organization and an ohana that easily helps them lap the rest of the field, and they annually develop into a state powerhouse , individually and team-wise.

St. Joseph’s Mark Nemeth admits the scene can get intimidating, but there are definitely bonuses to taking aim in relative anonymity.

Nemeth can just do his thing.

“My goal is to take states,” he said after posting a score of 253 in a preseason meet that was second behind only Hilo’s Damien Robledo (257).