National Shooting Sports Foundation

NEWTOWN, Conn --(Ammoland.com)- Just like matching your car’s speed with the speed of vehicles on the highway, you can merge your gun’s swing speed with the speed of the target.

Gil Ash of OSP Shooting School explains how with the proper technique and practice you can gain an advantage you may never have thought existed.

Gil offers a quick tip that can help you break more targets – matchgun speed with target speed.

About NSSF
The National Shooting Sports Foundation is the trade association for the firearms industry. Its mission is to promote, protect and preserve hunting and the shooting sports. Formed in 1961, NSSF has a membership of more than 6,000 manufacturers, distributors, firearms retailers, shooting ranges, sportsmen’s organizations and publishers. For more information, log on to www.nssf.org.

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Champion Traps and Targets

ONALASKA, Wis. – -(Ammoland.com)- Champion introduces $25 and $50 mail-in rebate offers for purchases on many popular electric trap throwers.

The WheelyBird, EasyBird series, SST and 180-Sporter Traps are all eligible for cash back. Rebates are now available for redemption.

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Champion WheelyBird Auto-Feed Trap Thrower

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Fast, Fun and Effective Practice
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About Champion
Champion is a leading provider of quality trap throwers, paper targets, metal targets, clay targets, hearing and eye protection and shooting systems. For more information please visit www.championtarget.com.

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

DONIPHAN, Neb. --(Ammoland.com)- Sophomore Aaron Lafler of Lincoln Pius shot a perfect 100 to take the individual crown in the 16-yard targets of the senior high division at the 42nd Cornhusker Trapshoot on Friday.

Lafler, 15, accomplished his feat despite gusting winds that came and went. He said timing was everything.

“I just got lucky,” he said. “I’ve shot 100 straight before. This really isn’t as abnormal as you think, but these aren’t the greatest conditions, either. You’ve got to shoot quicker.”

Jacqueline Baude of Papillion-LaVista South won the girls’ individual title, but she and fellow seniors Melissa Harnack, Taylor Holzer, Marisa Braddock won their fourth straight girls’ team title.

Baude said her 96X100 in the 16s was a byproduct of teamwork. “We’ve always had a mentality of team first,” she said. “We just keep plugging along.”

It’s a good thing. The Lady Titans No. 1 team that also included freshman Bailey Kustka needed to plug along. “We didn’t get off to the best start but closed out really well,” Baude said. “We missed the first two or three birds out, then started to get used to the wind. We did a lot better in the second 50 (rocks) than the first 50.”

The team finished with a 432X500.

The Cornhusker Trapshoot, held at the Nebraska Trapshooting Association (NTA) home grounds, concluded this past Saturday with senior high handicap competition and the presentation of the Cornhusker Cup to the overall winner.

There are 1,216 shooters competing in the senior high division.

The Cornhusker Trapshoot is hosted by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission and the NTA.

Friday’s results in the 16-yard competition are:

• Top 10 Individuals – 1. Aaron Lafler, Lincoln Pius, 100X100; 2. Cody Newlun, Hastings 4-H, 97X100; 3. Caleb Goedeken, Thayer Central, 97X100; 4. Mitch Cassels, Omaha Creighton Prep, 96X100; 5. Matthew Fero, Grand Island, 96X100; 6. Tyler Merry, Norris, 96X100; 7. Logan Ritz, Stanton 4-H, 96X100; 8. Grant Rogers, Wilber-Clatonia 4-H, 96X100; 9. James Vasko, Omaha Creighton Prep, 96X100; 10. Nick Yardley, Gordon-Rushville, 96X100.
• Top Three Girls – 1. Jacqueline Baude, Papillion-LaVista South, 96X100; 2. Becky Wessel, Stanton 4-H, 95X100; 3. Mavis Morgan, Lincoln Southwest, 95X100.
• Top Three 4-H Teams – 1. Republican Valley No. 1 (Eli VanBoening, Shane Kohmetsher, Trenton Jordening, Blake Brumbaugh, Kelly Faimon), 448X500; 2. Karp and Krow No. 1, 440X500; 3. Red Cloud No. 1, 434X500.
• Top Three Girls Teams – 1. Papillion-LaVista Lady Titans No. 1 (Melissa Harnack, Taylor Holzer, Bailey Kustka, Marisa Braddock, Jacqueline Baude), 432X500; 2. Lincoln Southwest Pink, 430X500; 3. Omaha Marian Blue, 400X500.
• Top Six Teams – 1. Omaha Creighton Prep Blue (Mitch Cassels, Ryan Glow, James Vasko, Nick Zuerlin, Mark Stockdale), 460X500; 2. Lincoln Southwest Gold, 457X500; 3. Norris No. 1, 454X500; 4. Papillion-LaVista Titan No. 1, 452X500; 5. Papillion-LaVista Titan No. 2, 450X500; 6. Crete Red, 450X500.

Jim Carlisle Memorial Second Generation Individual (traveling trophy) – Aaron Lafler, Lincoln Pius

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

DONIPHAN, Neb. --(Ammoland.com)- Cory Sorahan of Grand Island had a painful introduction to shooting sports. On the other hand, she was just a fourth-grader and the shotgun she shot packed a wallop.

From that experience at Walnut Junior High’s outdoor field day, Sorahan took to shooting sports, despite her first impression. “I was done; it hurt so badly,” she said of her first experience. “But I knew it wouldn’t be like that all the time.”

“She told me she wanted to shoot those orange things,” said her aunt, Michelle Sorahan, with whom Cory lives. “I said ‘You mean blue rocks?’ She said, ‘No, they are orange.’ “

Now the 15-year-old sophomore is a veteran in her fifth season competing at the 42nd Cornhusker Trapshoot. On Friday she shot an 87X100 at 16-yard targets during competition in the senior high division.

Her squad on Friday included four boys. She is used to competing with boys.

“She irritates the boys,” said Jack Wiese, a Ducks Unlimited member from Grand Island and the person who taught Sorahan how to shoot.

Wiese taught Sorahan how to shoot with the discipline he learned as a decorated member of the U.S. Marine Corps. “She has natural talent,” he said. “She doesn’t have any bad habits. She just doesn’t miss.”

Sorahan didn’t miss much last year when she finished second in the 20-21 yard individual handicap division at the Cornhusker Trapshoot.

On that night back in the fourth grade, Sorahan won in a drawing a membership into the Ducks Unlimited Green Wings program for youth shooters. That’s when Wiese took her under his wing.

Sorahan didn’t care that there were few girls her age shooting. “It’s something a lot of girls didn’t do at the time, so it was something, like the boys, I could do,” she said.

“It’s not about winning; it’s about shooting against people and making them think they have to be better than you.”

Sorahan has a lifetime of trapshooting to look forward to now.

“That’s another reason that I like to shoot trap,” she said. “You can’t play basketball your whole life, but you can shoot your whole life.”

And at least two more Cornhusker Trapshoots.

“Boys and girls of all ages are taking up shooting sports as a hobby,” Shoot Director Terry Brentzel said. “It is getting easier to do that, too, because there are so many opportunities available to get started. There are hunter education courses, live-fire programs, school programs, and mentored hunts available, as well as a number of excellent shooting ranges.”

Contact the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission for more information on learning how to shoot.

Thunder Mountain Trap and Skeet

New Jersey Coalition for Self Defense

Ringwood, NJ --(Ammoland.com)- In our continuing effort to move the issue of gun rights forward, we are pleased to announce that we will be holding a fundraising event to benefit the Second Amendment Foundation in part to assist with funding the landmark second amendment case against NJ.

• June 5th (Sunday)
• 10AM – 3PM
• Ringwood State Park / Thunder Mountain
• Shotgun competition
• Raffles, auctions and other fun stuff to do
• BBQ (burgers, dogs, chicken, etc. by Westwood Prime Meats)
• Price: $100 all included – food, ammo, the whole thing.*
• Ringwood state park charges $10 per car for parking.

Please book by going to our main site and clicking on the event, or by this link: CLICKY

At this time we must limit the attendance to approximately 50 people due to limitations of the grill and capacity for RSOs at Thunder Mountain. Families are welcome and we can accommodate additional meals at a nominal additional expense if your spouse and/or children wish to attend, but not participate in the shooting event.

If the event is booked, please add your name to the waiting list and we will look into holding another and give those who didn’t make it the first time priority for the second event.

The NJCSD is a volunteer citizen’s group founded in 2003 to protect our rights to defend ourselves. For information on the NJCSD, call 877-890-5460 or visit www.njcsd.org to learn more.

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

DONIPHAN, Neb. –-(Ammoland.com)- Cody Newlun of Hastings 4-H won a shootout to capture the Cornhusker Cup on Saturday at the 42st Annual Cornhusker Trapshoot.

Newlun, who shot 89X100 to win the 24-25 Yard handicap, finished with a 186X200 two-day score to tie Republican Valley 4-H’s Blake Brumbaugh and head to a shootout. Nick Yardley of Gordon-Rushville was three points back in third place.

Jacqueline Baude of Papillion-LaVista South was the high overall girl with a 179X200. She shot an 83X100 Saturday for second place in the girls’ handicap. She also helped her team win the high overall girls team crown. Melissa Harnack, Taylor Holzer, Bailey Kustka, and Marisa Braddock helped the Lady Titans shoot an 806X1,000 to win their fourth straight crown.

Omaha Creighton Prep Blue (Mitch Cassels, Ryan Glow, James Vasko, Nick Zuerlein, Mark Stockdale) and Republican Valley 4-H (Eli Van Boening, Shane Kohmetscher, Trenton Jordening, Brumbaugh, Kelly Faimon) won the high overall team and high overall 4-H team titles, respectively.

The high score of the day Saturday in the handicap was a 94X100 by Travis Agee of Lincoln Pius.

There were 1,216 shooters competing in the senior high division Friday and Saturday at the home grounds of the Nebraska Trapshooting Association (NTA). The event is hosted by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission and the NTA.

Results from Saturday are:

Overall

• Top Three Individuals – 1. Cody Newlun, Hastings 4-H, 186X200; 2. Blake Brumbaugh, Republican Valley 4-H, 186X200; 3. Nick Yardley, Gordon-Rushville, 183X200.
• Top Teams – 1. Omaha Creighton Prep Blue (Mitch Cassels, Ryan Glow, James Vasko, Nick Zuerlein, Mark Stockdale), 872X1,000; 2. Omaha Creighton Prep White, 859X1,000; 3. Papillion-LaVista South No. 1, 843X1,000; 4. Grand Island Northwest A, 841X1,000; 5. Lincoln Pius No. 1, 838X1,000; 6. Gordon-Rushville No. 1, 833X1,000.
• Top Three Girls – 1. Jacqueline Baude, Papillion-LaVista South, 179X200; 2. Racheal Houk, Sidney, 173X200; 3. Erin Drozda, Lincoln Pius, 171X200.
• Top Three Girls Teams – 1. Papillion-LaVista South No. 1 (Melissa Harnack, Taylor Holzer, Bailey Kustka, Marisa Braddock, Jacqueline Baude), 806X1,000; 2. Omaha Marian Blue, 782X1,000; 3. Lincoln Southwest Pink, 764X1,000.
• Top Three 4-H Teams – 1. Republican Valley 4-H (Eli Van Boening, Shane Kohmetscher, Trenton, Jordening, Blake Brumbaugh, Kelly Faimon), 867X1,000; 2. Karp and Krow 4-H No. 1, 823X1,000; 3. Hastings 4-H No. 1, 812X1,000.

Handicap

• Top Three Girls – 1. Racheal Houk, Sidney, 86X100; 2. Jacqueline Baude, Papillion-LaVista South, 83X100; 3. Kelsey Genoways, Omaha Marian, 83X100.
• Top Three Individuals – 1. Travis Agee, Lincoln Pius, 94X100; 2. Cody Stout, Platte Valley, Colo., 92X100; 3. Blake Brumbaugh, Republican Valley 4-H, 92X100.
• Top Teams – 1. Arlington No. 1 (Colton Wehmeyer, Harry Horner, Hunter Edwards, Zach Stoner, Tyrel Hernes), 416X500; 2. Omaha Creighton Prep Blue, 412X500; 4. Gordon-Rushville No. 1, 404X500; 5. Omaha Creighton Prep White, 401X500; 6. Crete Blue, 400X500.
• Top Three 4-H Teams – 1. Republican Valley 4-H No. 1 (Eli Van Boening, Shane Kohmetsher, Trenton Jordening, Blake Brumbaugh, Kelly Faimon), 419X500; 2. Republican Valley 4-H No. 3, 398X500; 3. Wilber-Clatonia 4-H No. 1, 393X500.
• Top Three Girls High School Teams – 1. Omaha Marian Blue (Alexa Baumer, Haylee Frisbie, Natasha Mason, Brianna Rakes, Kelsey Genoways), 382X500; 2. Papillion-LaVista South No. 1, 374X500; 3. Papillion-LaVista South No. 2, 357X500.

Yardage Winners

• Top Three 18-19 Yards – 1. Brandon Gamble, Bellevue West, 91X100; 2. Tyrel Hernes, Arlington, 90X100; 3. Ian Tuttle, Papillion-LaVista, 90X100.
• Top Three 20-21 Yards – 1. Clay Keller, Falls City, 91X100; 2. Mason Petrzilka, Oak Creek 4-H, 90X100; 3. Daniel Liess, Rock Port, Mo., 88X100.
• Top Three 22-23 Yards – 1. Austin Svoboda, Karp and Krow 4-H, 89X100; 2. Adam Panowicz, Centura, 88X100; 3. John Henry Theisen, Omaha Creighton Prep, 87X100.
• Top Three 24-25 Yards – 1. Cody Newlun, Hastings 4-H, 89X100; 2. Nick Yardley, Gordon-Rushville, 87X100; 3. James Vasko, Omaha Creighton Prep, 87X100.

Ava Arlt of Kearney Catholic shatters a target into three pieces during the junior high competition Thursday at the 42nd Cornhusker Trapshoot in Doniphan.

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

DONIPHAN, Neb. –-(Ammoland.com)- Wade Knott of Louisville was crowned the junior high school champion Thursday at the 42nd Cornhusker Trapshoot at the Nebraska Trapshooting Association home grounds, according to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. Knott won with a score of 95X100 on 16-yard targets.

The Adams No. 1 team of Hunter Hoatson, Dylan Siemers, Tylan Thompson, Drew Bailey, and Shane Mauch won the junior high team title with a score of 422X500.

Thursday’s action included 692 junior high competitors.

The trapshoot continues today with 255 senior high school squads shooting 100 16-yard targets today and 100 handicap targets Saturday. The overall individual winner will be awarded the Cornhusker Cup on Saturday.

The junior high results are:

• Top 10 Individuals – 1. Wade Knott, Louisville, 95X100; 2. Braden Snell, Gibbon, 94X100; 3. Lee Holden, Wilber-Clatonia 4-H, 92X100; 4. Jeremiah Keith, Maxwell, 92X100; 5. Tyler Kocian, Oak Creek 4-H, 91X100; 6. Carson Dettman, Merrick County 4-H, 91X100; 7. Ethan Rupprecht, Diller-Odell, 91X100; 8. Wyatt Schiermeyer, Fillmore Central, 91X100; 9. Jacob Frerichs, Franklin 4-H, 91X100; 10. Ryan Winkler, Crete, 91X100.
• Top Three Individual Girls – 1. Kelsie Harlan, Beatrice, 91X100; 2. Holley Pribyl, Dorchester, 86X100; 3. Anna Vasko, St. Columbkille, 85X100.
• Top Three 4-H Teams – 1. Republican Valley 4-H No. 2 (Dakota Lovett, Kevin Williams, Jacob Van Boening, Skylar Brumbaugh, and Matt Schwab), 413X500; 2. Karp and Krow 4-H No. 1, 409X500; 3. Republican Valley 4-H No. 3, 402X500.
• Top Three Girls Teams – 1. Burwell (Meranda Worden, Cella Packard, Hailey Kelly, Sadey Mitchell, and Ali Stout), 329X500; 2. Scott Middle School Pink, 319X500; 3. LaVista, 281X500.
• Top Six Teams – 1. Adams No. 1 (Hunter Hoatson, Dylan Siemers, Tylan Thompson, Drew Bailey, and Shane Mauch), 422X500; 2. Louisville No. 1, 410X100; 3. Crete No. 1, 405X500; 4. Scott Middle School Gold, 397X500; 5. Waverly No. 1, 395X500; 6. Fillmore Central No. 2, 395X500.

Nebraska Cornhusker Trapshoot Is April 28-30

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

LINCOLN, Neb. --(Ammoland.com)- Shooting sports continue to grow in Nebraska. There is no better evidence than the Cornhusker Trapshoot, where a record of more than 1,900 shooters is expected for the April 28-30 event.
NGPC

The 42nd annual trapshoot will be held on the home grounds of the Nebraska Trapshooting Association (NTA) in Doniphan, 3 miles south of Interstate 80 exit 312 on U.S. Highway 281. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission and the NTA are hosts.

Junior and senior high school trapshooters from Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, Iowa, and South Dakota are expected to be among the competitors, with the overall champion winning the Cornhusker Cup. Zach Bryant of Lincoln Southwest High School shot a 196×200 to win the Cornhusker Cup in 2010, when a record 1,811 shooters participated.

Competition will take place in team and individual divisions. Junior high students will shoot on April 28 and high school students the following two days.

The Cornhusker Trapshoot began in 1970 with only two squads. The shoot now attracts more than 300 squads each year.

“It is like a prairie fire on the plains,” Shoot Director Terry Brentzel said of the increasing popularity of shooting sports in Nebraska. “It’s catching on so much, we have kids from the Missouri River to Scottsbluff competing. Creighton Prep has close to 100 kids shooting. Grand Island Northwest didn’t even have a team a few years ago and now had 75 kids.”

Safety is always the No. 1 concern. All competitors must be certified in hunter education. There are plenty of volunteers on hand to make sure the event runs smoothly and safely.

“Sport shooting is one of the safest sports available to children,” said Brentzel, a Game and Parks conservation officer from Doniphan. “It also is a sport that doesn’t favor one gender. Like boys, girls can be excellent shooters.”

Midway USA

Columbia, MO - -(Ammoland.com)- Larry and Brenda Potterfield of MidwayUSA recently donated $110,000 to the Foundation for the Junior Trapshooters of Missouri, Inc.

The Potterfields donated $100,000 directly to the Foundation, matched a $10,000 gift from the Missouri Trapshooters Association and agreed to match a $10,000 gift from the association each year through 2015.

“Thanks to generous support from people like Larry and Brenda Potterfield, the Foundation for the Junior Trapshooters will continue to serve as a youth shooting program for Missouri,” says William Fienup, Foundation President. “These donations from the Potterfields and MidwayUSA will help us accomplish our vision of developing young trapshooters, the future of our sport.”

Established in 1967, the Foundation for the Junior Trapshooters of Missouri was created to fund instruction and training of trapshooting to Missouri youth and also assists with shooting supplies and safety training. The Foundation is associated with the Missouri Trapshooters Association in Linn Creek, MO, where hundreds of young Missourians experience and learn the sport of trapshooting each year.

Larry Potterfield, Founder and CEO of MidwayUSA remarked, “Brenda and I are excited to support young trapshooters. This organization, in our home state, is focused on developing tomorrow’s shooters today. Changing the future requires us to make the commitment in time and money to support these efforts. We’re pleased we can help.”

For more information about the Potterfields or MidwayUSA, please visit www.midwayusa.com or call

1-800-243-3220.

For more information about the Foundation for the Junior Trap Shooters of Missouri or the Missouri Trapshooters Association, please visit www.motraps.com.

Winchester Ammunition

East Alton, IL – -(AmmoLand.com)- Nearly 7,000 shooting competitors from around the world gathered in Sparta, Ill., from August 3 to August 14, and competed for top prizes during the 2010 Grand American World Trapshooting Championships.

The event took place at the World Shooting & Recreational Complex, which houses 120 trap fields that stretch over three miles.

Participants got an early start on the competition during preliminary week, August 3 to 8, when they competed in singles and doubles events, such as the Winchester Super 600, the Browning Super 500 and the White Flyer 500 Handicap.

There were plenty of categories for shooters of all ages and skill levels to compete in during the actual competition week, and the Winchester AA Class Singles event helped kick-off Grand Week on Monday, August 9.

“Winchester is a proud supporter of The Grand and the thousands of shooters who competed with the famous AA shotshells,” said Brett Flaugher, vice president of sales and marketing for Winchester Ammunition.

“This is where the best shooters gathered for two weeks to compete and represent the shooting sports industry.”

As a testament to supporting the shooting sports industry, Winchester partnered with the National Rifle Association and awarded two boxes of commemorative Winchester Ammunition AA shells to each person who signed up as a new NRA member or renewed their membership during the week of the Grand American.

For more information about the Grand American, visit www.shootata.com or call (937) 898-4638.

To learn more about the Winchester Ammunition AA line and its other products, visit www.winchester.com.

Winchester is Proud to be a Leader in the Shooting Sports
Winchester® Ammunition has been the exclusive ammunition sponsor of the USA Shooting Shotgun Team since 1999. The mission of the USA Shooting organization is to prepare American athletes to win Olympic medals, promote the shooting sports throughout the United States and influence other shooters to become interested in international competitions. Winchester has taken the initiative to become a leader in advancing and supporting conservation, hunter education and our country’s proud shooting sports heritage.To receive more information about the U.S. Shooting Team, visit www.usashooting.org

NJOSC Women's Trap Winners (L to R) Kayle Browning, Rachael Heiden, and Stephanie Martinago.

USA Shooting

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. --(AmmoLand.com)- Just one week after the conclusion of USA Shooting’s National Shotgun Championships, juniors across the country have traveled or extended their stay in Colorado Springs to compete in the National Junior Olympic Shotgun Championships (NJOSC).

The competition was fierce in the trap events. In Women’s Trap, Rachael Heiden, who recently won the USAS National Championship title for Women’s Open Trap, conquered the NJOSC event as well.

Heiden walked into the final with a four target lead (113 birds) and shot a solid 23-target final. She finished with a big smile five targets above the competition.

The silver medalist was Kayle Browning at 131 total targets. Browning and bronze medalist Stephanie Martinago both entered the final with 109 targets, but Browning broke ahead as Martinago shot a 19 target final. In the J2 Category, leader Ashley Carroll finished sixth overall, yet won her division with 109 targets for J2 and a total of 122 targets with her final. She was followed by Brianne Radulovich at 104 targets and Erin Danhausen at 95 targets.

The Men’s Champion was Garrett Walters, who shot for 142 targets despite high winds and an impending thunderstorm. Walters nailed 24 straight, but missed the last target to fall one shy of a perfect round. Walters shot up from a second place tie to win the competition as silver medalist Jacob Gogno, who entered the final round with 121 targets, shot a 20-target final. The bronze medalist was Jake Wallace with 137 total targets. Wallace was tied with Walters at 118 targets going into the final, but couldn’t maintain the pace for gold. Your high J2 winner was David Radulovich with 116 targets.

He was followed by Dakotah Richardson, also at 116 targets. Radulovich narrowly beat out Richardson by one target in the second match to claim the top J2 title. The bronze medalist was TJ Bayer, a member of the World Championship Junior Shotgun Team, with 114 targets. Finally, the gold medalist of the J3 category was Nick Scholz at 105 targets. He was followed by silver medalist Will Dunnebacke (100 targets) and Tyler Lirio (100 targets).

In Men’s Double Trap, Ian Rupert smoked the competition today at the National Junior Olympic Championships (NJOSC) in the Men’s Double Trap final. Rupert finished with 175 targets–exactly four targets above silver medalist Garrett Walters. Rupert, a J2 competitor, is also a member of the World Shooting Championships Junior Shotgun Team. Walters, the gold medalist of the NJOSC Men’s Trap event, finished at 171 targets. The bronze medalist, David Radulovich, shot a strong 44 target final to finish at 170 targets. The high J2 for this event was Christian Wilkoski at 110 targets. The silver medalist in the J2 category was Tyler Auger with 102 targets. Auger squeezed one target ahead of bronze medalist Justin Brooks. In the J3 category, the gold medalist was Haden Green, who shot for 86 targets. He was followed by Connor Rinker (83 targets) and Lewis Thaggard (80 targets). USA Shooting was pleased with the strong Double Trap turnout–a good sign for the upcoming talent in the sport.

Men’s Skeet was a thrilling event- laden with shoot-offs and suspense. The gold medalist, Jon Michael McGrath, shot up from fourth place with a perfect 25 X 25 in the final round. McGrath gained a two target lead over the rest of the competition, finishing with 145 total targets, missing just five targets overall. Phillip Jungman, William Brazell, and Thomas Coggins were all tied at 143 targets after the final.

A shoot-off between the three quickly eliminated Coggins as he missed one bird; Jungman and Brazell turned up the heat as Brazell aimed and broke two, and Jungman echoed. When Brazell missed one target, Jungman held the crowd in suspense as he calmly fired on his last bird of the pair. A clean break assured the silver medal for Jungman, and Brazell became the bronze medalist. The high shooter of the J2 category was Granger DeWitt at 121 targets. DeWitt also finished sixth in the open division after losing a shoot-off to TJ Bayer. The J2 silver medalist was TJ Bayer at 118 targets (his open final does not count toward category awards). Luis Gloria was the bronze medalist at 118 targets. Coulter DeWitt was the high J3 winner. DeWitt was leaps and bounds above the competition at 108 targets. The silver medalist was Will Dunnebacke at 99 targets. Also scoring 99 targets was the bronze medalist Cole Britt.

Women’s Skeet was a battle between Resident Athletes Caitlin Connor and Jaiden Grinnell. Grinnell was leading by two targets after the first day of competition, but lost her stride as she shot a 42/50 in day two. Connor’s strong performance left her with a five target lead heading into the final, which she maintained throughout with a strong 25 target final. Connor, the gold medalist, finished at 144 targets and Grinnell, the silver medalist, scored 139 targets. The bronze medalist was Morgan Craft at 136 targets. The high J2 shotgunner was Brandy Drozd at 106 targets. Drozd also finished fourth in the open division. The silver medalist, and new to the podium, was Riley Moody at 97 targets. In third was Brianne Radulovich at 96 targets.

Winchester Ammunition

Winchester Ammunition is a Proud Sponsor of the USA Shooting Shotgun Team: Winchester® Ammunition has been the exclusive ammunition sponsor and supplier of the USA Shooting Shotgun Team since 1999. Members of the 2008 shotgun team brought home four medals from Beijing using Winchester AA International Target loads. Winchester is an industry leader in advancing and supporting conservation, hunter education and our country’s proud shooting sports heritage. For more information about Winchester and its complete line of products, visit www.winchester.com.

About USA Shooting:
USA Shooting, a 501c3 non-profit corporation, was chartered by the United States Olympic Committee as the National Governing Body for the sport of shooting in April 1995. USA Shooting’s mission is to prepare American athletes to win Olympic medals, promote the shooting sports throughout the U.S. and govern the conduct of international shooting in the country. Check us out on the web at www.usashooting.org and on Twitter at twitter.com/USAShooting.

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

DONIPHAN, Neb. –-(AmmoLand.com)- Keenan Kremke of Karp and Krow 4-H in Ord was crowned the junior high school champion Thursday at the 41st Cornhusker Trapshoot at the Nebraska Trapshooting Association home grounds, according to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. Kremke won with a score of 99X100 on 16-yard targets.

The Crete Junior No. 1 team of Cole Bodfield, Isaac Betke, Matt Siedhoff, Caleb Scholz, and Luke Siedhoff won the junior high team title with a score of 463X500.

A record 1,811 shooters, including 643 in junior high, registered for the three-day trapshoot, where safety is the top concern. All participants must be certified in hunter education.

“The kids have been shooting in their conferences for the last six weeks,” said Terry Brentzel, co-shoot director. “With six weeks of supervision by coaches and parents, they know safety is the No. 1 priority on the range. In 41 years here, there never has been an accident.”

The trapshoot continues today and Saturday with 238 senior high school squads shooting 100 16-yard targets today and 100 handicap targets Saturday. The overall individual winner will be awarded the Cornhusker Cup on Saturday.

The junior high results are:

• Top 10 Individuals – 1. Keenan Kremke, Karp and Krow 4-H, 99X100; 2. Ben Winkler, Adams Central, 98X100; 3. Cole Bodfield, Crete, 98X100; 4. Collin Moser, Pawnee City, 98X100; 5. (tie) John Harders, Wood River, 97X100; Peyton Briggs, Western Nebraska 4-H; 97X100; Caleb Scholz, Crete, 97X100; 8. (tie) Dalton Dwinell, Norris, 96; Jake Whippel, Cook, 96X100; 10. Taylor Clark, Arlington, 95X100.
• Top Three Individual Girls – 1. Amelia Petska, Republican Valley, 96X100; 2. Akacia Kraus, Scotts Bluff County 4-H, 93X100; 3. Bailey Kustka, Papillion, 91X100.
• Top Three 4-H Teams – 1. Scotts Bluff County 4-H, 463X500; 2. Karp and Krow 4-H No. 1, 455X500; 3.Franklin Public 4-H, 437X500.
• Top Three Girls Teams – 1. Lincoln Scott Pink (Brooke Emmert, Megan Mueting, Markee Tripp, Alexis Philson, and Dakotah Koch), 373X500; 2. Papillion/LaVista, 370X500; 3. Grand Island Central Catholic No. 1, 196X500.
• Top Three Teams – 1. Crete Junior No. 1, 463X500; 2. Lincoln Scott Gold, 449X500; 3. Louisville, 445X500.

Champion Remote Releases

Champion Traps and Targets

ONALASKA, Wis. – -(AmmoLand.com)- Take your shooting to the next level with remote releases from Champion® Traps & Targets.

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Blaser F3 SuperTrap gun

Blaser USA

San Antonio, TX - -(AmmoLand.com)- Blaser takes the advancement of Trap guns to the next level. The latest Blaser innovation offers the astute Trap shooter an authoritative edge in shooting.

The new F3 SuperTrap will exceed the expectations of any individual as its unique characteristics lead to the utmost accuracy when shooting.

Born from the celebrated F3 family, the new F3 SuperTrap offers the interchangeability of various barrels and wood-sets to perfectly fit the shooter’s individual requirements. This hybrid design features the revolutionary Ejection Ball System and a single selective competition trigger. The new F3 SuperTrap, thanks to the integrated stock weight system, provides the perfect fusion of overall weight to ensure ideal balance and weight distribution. These attributes are complemented by full-length chrome lined barrels completed with a powder coated nitride finish.

Thanks to its distinctive adjustable rib, the shooter is able to fine tune the pattern by raising or lowering the bead. In addition, the new F3 SuperTrap offers free floating barrels that are adjustable allowing the shooter to precisely adjust the pattern for each barrel. The innovation continues with a barrel weighting system that is standard for all models. A key attraction for the F3 SuperTrap is the custom stock designed by Rich Kaysa, Vice President of Blaser USA. It is available with cast for left or right handed shooters and features an adjustable comb as standard. Fine checkering and a lacquer finish give the F3 SuperTrap a dynamic and elegant appearance.

For more information on the F3 SuperTrap visit us on the web at www.blaser-usa.com

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At Blaser the manufacture of hunting rifles is a fascinating endeavor that combines the glory of nature with a desire to advance technology.  It is our passion. Everyone who works at Blaser, from development and production to sales and administration, is fully committed to equipping hunters with the very best. Visit: www.blaser-usa.com

USA Shooting

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. –-(AmmoLand.com)- USA Shooting is pleased to announce the hiring of four-time Olympian Bret Erickson (Muenster, Texas) as the new National Shotgun Coach.

Erickson started shooting American Trap with his father at the age of 10 and shot International Trap and Double Trap competitively from 1984 to 2008. He graduated from Midland College in 1982 with a degree in Business Administration and joined the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU) the following year. He retired from the USAMU in 2005 and most recently managed the Willawalla Creek Shooting Center in St. Jo, Texas, where he coached developing juniors and worked with the local 4-H.

During his competitive shooting career, Erickson was a member of four Olympic teams (1992, 1996, 2004, 2008), was on the USA Shooting National Team for 25 years and was a six-time USA Shooting National Champion. He was a 1990 World Champion in Double Trap, a four-time World Championship medalist and is a multiple World Cup and Pan American Games medalist.

“I am really excited about this new opportunity and I am really looking forward to continuing to work with the shotgun athletes as well as the USA Shooting staff,” said Erickson. “We have some of the most talented shooters in the world and I think the next several years are going to be a really fun time to be part of USA Shooting and we have the chance to bring home a lot of medals.”

Erickson hopes to build on the recent success of the U.S. Shotgun Team, whose members won four Olympic medals in 2008, nine World Cup medals in 2009, as well as several team medals at the 2009 Shotgun World Championships.

“The Shotgun program has experienced some tremendous progress and improvements, and I look forward to keeping that momentum going,” he said.

Erickson and his wife Lisa have two teenage children, Mara, 19, who is a sophomore at the University of North Texas, and Cole, 16, is a junior at Muenster (Texas) High School.

Erickson will begin his new role as USA Shooting National Coach in early January of 2010. As the National Coach, Erickson will manage the shotgun Resident Athlete Program at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, he will coach the USAS National Team, National Development Team and National Junior Team athletes as they pursue their goal to win Olympic and international medals and he will also work with Regional Training Centers and other shotgun coaches around the country.

About USA Shooting:
USA Shooting, a 501c3 non-profit corporation, was chartered by the United States Olympic Committee as the National Governing Body for the sport of shooting in April 1995. USA Shooting’s mission is to prepare American athletes to win Olympic medals, promote the shooting sports throughout the U.S. and govern the conduct of international shooting in the country. Check us out on the web at www.usashooting.org and on Twitter at twitter.com/USAShooting.

ClayTracker Sporting Clays App

WILMINGTON, NC –-(AmmoLand.com)- ClayTracker, the first hand-held Sporting Clays Scoring App for the iPhone and iPod Touch, has just been selected as a featured application on the Apple App Store “WHAT’S HOT” list.

“We are thrilled to see ClayTracker featured on the home page of the App Store,” said Tom Carter, President of EXPOGO, Inc., the company that developed the program.

There are now over 100,000 apps now available, and the “WHAT’S HOT” list is reserved for well-designed, unique apps with high ratings that utilize the touch-screen technology and innovative functions of iPhone.

“We developed ClayTracker because we were looking for a better way to keep score and track history of previous rounds.” Carter said. “The iPhone is an ideal scoring device since it allows the trapper to launch targets with the remote in one hand while keeping score on the iPhone with the other.”

ClayTracker allows shooters to score their rounds, track percentages, and review their history with touch-screen simplicity. Scoring screens for Skeet, Trap, and FITASC, will be available as free upgrades when released.

ClayTracker for the iPhone and iPod Touch is now available worldwide on the iTunes App Store for $19.99 (USD)

For more info visit: www.ClayTracker.com

ClayTracker is a registered trademark of EXPOGO Displays & Graphics, Wilmington, NC.

Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

OSP Shooting School

FULSHEAR, TEXAS --(AmmoLand.com)- World renown shooting instructors, Gil and Vicki Ash of OSP (Optimum Shotgun Performance) Shooting School, are pleased to announce the release of the audio book to their hit hardcover, You Gotta Be Out of Your Mind.

This audio book is a shooter’s guide to the mental aspects of sporting clays and life, and was written by Gil and Vicki Ash with Ty Adams. The new audio book is narrated by two time Country Music Award (CMA) winner, Tim Fox. The new audio book is approximately five hours and 10 minutes long all included on five compact discs. If you have ever wished to enjoy a great book on your road trip to your next outdoor adventure or while completing everyday tasks, the new audio book from Gil and Vicki is the audio book for you.

OSP Shooting School's You Gotta Be Out of Your Mind Audio Book

This audio book is dedicated to the ever-growing list of students and friends, like Steve Brown, who have trusted Gil and Vicki Ash with their skills to rise above the average shooter. You Gotta Be Out of Your Mind will prove to be helpful for all shotgunners in sporting clays as well as improve their personal lives. There are many audio books that deal with mental performance in other sports, but Gil and Vicki’s delivers the first of its kind when it comes to information that is specific to sporting clays.

In 30 years combined teaching experience, Gil and Vicki have studied “the zone” in depth, and more importantly, have studied what it takes to produce a zone experience. This is where the mental game becomes extremely important. Gil and Vicki have developed a system that is not a one size fits all, but empowers each shooter to tailor the concepts to their own individual level, allowing them to self-coach with more effectiveness.

With chapters like “The Log,” “Before You Can Feel,” and “After the Fat Lady Sings,” each listener will find something they can improve in their game mentally and will be able to witness results instead of plateauing.

Gil and Vicki Ash have been shooting sporting clays since 1982. Unlike other instructors, they are natural teachers who have studied and practiced not only shooting, but the psychology of learning and performance, and they have developed the most effective teaching approach in the industry. OSP’s common sense teaching method helps students understand how their eyes, mind and body function together. Once this is learned, understanding why they succeed or fail when shooting a shotgun becomes simple! The powerful insight from Gil and Vicki can be applied to all aspects of your personal life and business, making you not only a better shooter, but a better performer at everything you do.

For more information regarding OSP Shooting School please visit www.ospschool.com or by calling 800.838.7533.

Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks

GLEN ELDER, KS —-(AmmoLand.com)- On Saturday, Nov. 7, the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks will conduct an event designed to lure more youth and novice hunters into the field.

The Glen Elder Youth Shooting Challenge will begin at 1 p.m. and run through 4:30 p.m. at the Glen Elder Wildlife Area Office, just south of the US. Highway 24 and Kansas Highway 128 junction, approximately 1 mile west of Glen Elder.

Although designed for youth and beginners, everyone is welcome to participate regardless of age or experience.

Shotshells and targets will be provided. Shooters may use their own shotguns but youth model shotguns will be available for those who don’t have a shotgun.

Young hunters and their mentors participating in the youth pheasant and quail hunting season, Nov. 7-8, are encouraged to participate, and adults who bring youth may shoot, too.

Young hunters lucky enough to bag a rooster that morning before the trap shoot may enter the long tail feather contest to win prizes.

Prizes will also be awarded for the biggest quail by weight. Bring the birds (pheasant tail and spur or entire quail) any time from 1 p.m. to 4 pm. Prizes will be awarded at 4:10 pm.

For more information, phone 785-545-3345

Arizona Game and Fish Department

Arizona --(AmmoLand.com)- Students, are you looking for fun, competition, and the chance to meet new friends and be part of a team?

The Arizona Game and Fish Department’s 2009-10 Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) season is ready to get underway, and students interested in learning about and competing in skeet, trap and sporting clays shotgun shooting are encouraged to find a club in their community.

The program is open to boys and girls from age 9 through 12th grades.

“Our SCTP is one of the best in the nation and we continue to see students become great athletes of clay target shooting through this team-based youth development program,” said Statewide Shooting Sports Coordinator, Ashley Lynch. “The mentoring, instruction, safety, and teamwork instilled by our certified coaches are second to none.”

The program is run similar to other youth-based athletics. The season runs from Oct 1, 2009 – May 1, 2010. Athletes can join at anytime depending on club availability. All of the SCTP clubs in Arizona are run 100 percent by volunteers. These dedicated volunteers are committed to teaching today’s youth to carry on the American tradition of shooting sports recreation.

“Shooting sports are an activity that any person with the desire can participate in. The structure of this program allows kids to have fun, compete, and learn safety and discipline skills,” said Lynch.

Currently, there were 20 active clubs across the state; below is a list by region with contact information to get you started.

Central region:
• Chandler area – Arizona Dust Devils (480) 628-9977
• North Phoenix – Ben Avery Clay Crushers (602) 920-5465
• Buckeye – Buckeye Buckshots (623) 869-9050
• Phantom / West Valley – Phantom Sure Shots (623) 925-9549
• East Valley – Rio Salado Target Terminators (480) 510-5604

Northern region:
• Cottonwood / Verde Valley – American Heritage Academy (enrollment to AHA students only)
• Prescott – Prescott (928) 636-4709
• Williams/Flagstaff – Williams Bird Busters (928) 635-4330
• Wickenburg – Wickenburg (928) 231-7644

Northeastern region:
• St. Johns – Leading Edge Shooters (928) 337-4955
• Springerville / Round Valley – White Mountain Rod & Gun Club (928) 333-5692
• Show Low – White Mountain Clay Busters (928) 369-1155

Northwestern region:
• Kingman – Mohave Top Guns (928) 753-5274
• Lake Havasu – Havasu SCTP (928) 486-8607

Southern region:
• Casa Grande – Central Arizona Target Shooters (CATS) (520) 251-2024
• Tucson – Tucson Shooting Stars (520) 780-0715
• Globe – Globe SCTP (602) 542-2785

Southeastern region:
• Double Adobe / McNeal – Double Adobe Young Guns (520) 364-4000
• Sierra Vista – Huachuca Hot Shots (520) 266-1078

Southwestern region:
• Yuma – Yuma Young Guns (928) 246-7157

To learn more about the department’s SCTP program, maps of participating teams, or how to get involved, visit www.azgfd.gov/sctp.

SCTP is a youth development program that teaches trap, skeet and sporting clays to students in grades 12 and under. The program uses a competitive, team-based format and has been called the “Little League” of shooting sports. More than 600 kids compete in Arizona’s SCTP. Nationally, about 10,000 youngsters compete in 40 states.

To learn more about the Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation national SCTP program, visit www.sssfonline.org.

USA Shooting

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The remainder of the 2010 World Championship team for shotgun was selected at the 2009 Shotgun Fall Selection Match yesterday in Kerrville, Texas. Nineteen Double Trap and Skeet shooters will represent the U.S. next summer in Munich, Germany.

The top three finishers from a combination of the match scores from the 2009 USA Shooting National Championships as well as the match and final scores from the 2009 Fall Selection make up the 2010 World Team.

U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU) member Josh Richmond (Hilsgrove, Pa.), who is the 2009 Munich World Cup gold medalist, finished on top for the Open Double Trap Men with a total score of 627 targets. Richmond’s USAMU teammate and 2008 Olympian Jeff Holguin (Yorba Linda, Calif.) grabbed second place with 621 total hits. Rounding out the Open Men’s Double Trap team for next year’s World Championships will be 16-year-old Billy Crawford (Johnstown, Ohio), who finished third with 619 targets.

Crawford also finished in first place for the juniors with a match score of 573 targets, but since he qualified for a spot on the open team, Derek Haldeman moved up into the top spot for the juniors after firing 557 targets. Ian Rupert (Sunbury, Ohio) finished second with 557 targets and Kelcey DePatis (Donovan, Ill.) took the third spot with 450 targets.

Shari LeGate (Peyton, Colo.) also qualified for a spot on the 2010 World Championship team in the Women’s Double Trap event, which is only contested at the World Championships. LeGate finished with a match score of 437 targets.

USAMU member and 2008 Olympic gold medalist Vincent Hancock, who most recently won the gold medal at the 2009 Shotgun World Championships in August, claimed a spot on the 2010 World team by taking first place in the Men’s Skeet event with 515 targets. Hancock’s 2008 Olympic teammate Sean McLelland (Mission, Texas) grabbed the second spot with 508 targets and USAMU member Shawn Dulohery, a 2004 Olympian, took third with 506 targets.

Four-time Olympic gold medalist Kim Rhode (El Mote, Calif.) lead the way for the Skeet women with 508 total targets. Haley Dunn (Eddyville, Iowa) took second place with 505 targets and 2009 Shotgun World Championship Junior silver medalist Amber English (Colorado Springs, Colo.) grabbed the third spot with 497 hits.

Jon Michael McGrath (Tulsa, Okla.) took the top spot for the Junior Skeet Men with 506 hits, while B.J. Blanchard (Vidor, Texas) finished second with 503 targets. T.J. Bayer (College Station, Texas) earned the third spot after finishing with 499 targets.

Caitlin Connor (Winnfield, La.), the 2009 Minsk World Cup silver medalist, finished on top for the junior women with 484 targets. Brandy Drozd (Bryan, Texas) took second with 464 targets and Jaiden Grinnell (Port Angeles, Wash.) grabbed third place with 460 hits, rounding out the Junior Women’s Skeet team.

The 2009 Shotgun Fall Selection Match was held at Hill Country Shooting Sports Center in Kerrville, Texas and was the second of two matches held to select the team for the 2010 World Championships in Munich, Germany and is also the first “entry gate” in the 2012 Olympic Selection Process. Twelve trap shooters were selected to the 2010 World Championship team on September 13.

The top three athletes in each event will participate in up to three World Cup competitions in 2010, where they can earn points based on their final standing in those events. Athletes who accumulate 45 or more points in 2010 and 2011 may be nominated to the 2012 Olympic Team, depending on the number of Olympic participation slots available in each event.

For complete results from the Fall Selection Match, please visit http://shootingandhunting.net/flyer6.htm

USA Shooting

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. --(AmmoLand.com)- Following the trap portion of the 2009 Shotgun Fall Selection Match, 12 trap shooters were selected to represent the U.S. at the 2010 World Championships in Munich, Germany.

The top three finishers from a combination of the match scores from the 2009 USA Shooting National Championships as well as the match and final scores from the 2009 Fall Selection will make up the 2010 World Team.

Representing the U.S. next summer in Munich in the Men’s Trap event will be 2008 Olympian Dominic Grazioli (San Antonio, Texas), who lead the way with 501 total targets. Olympic Training Center (OTC) Resident Athletes Jacob Turner (Richland, Wash.) and John Mullins (Bremerton, Wash.) will make up the second and third spots on the trap team after finishing with 500 and 497 targets respectively.

U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU) member and 1996 Olympian Theresa DeWitt (Cincinnati, Ohio) fired 468 targets to finish first for the women, while 2008 Olympic bronze medalist Corey Cogdell (Eagle River, Alaska) took second place with 463 hits. Susan Sledge (El Cajon, Calif.) rounds out the women’s team after finishing in third place with 462 targets.

In the Junior Men’s Trap competition, Jake Wallace (Castaic, Calif.) grabbed a spot on the 2010 World Championship team by finishing in first place with 487 targets. Morgan Harbison (Farmersville, Texas) took the second spot with 481 targets and Matthew Gossett (Springville, Ala.) finished third with 479 hits.

For the Junior Women, OTC Resident Athlete Rachael Heiden (Clinton, Mich.) will represent the U.S. in Munich next year after finishing in first place with 464 targets. Miranda Wilder (Diana, Texas) grabbed the second spot with 460 targets and Ashley Carroll (Solvang, Calif.) earned third place after firing 455 total targets.

The 2009 Shotgun Fall Selection Match is taking place at Hill Country Shooting Sports Center in Kerrville, Texas and will continue September 17-20 with the Skeet and Double Trap events. This is the second of two matches held to select the team for the 2010 World Championships in Munich Germany and is also the first “entry gate” in the 2012 Olympic Selection Process.

The top three athletes in each event will participate in up to three World Cup competitions in 2010, where they can earn points based on their final standing in those events. Athletes who accumulate 45 or more points in 2010 and 2011 may be nominated to the 2012 Olympic Team, depending on the number of Olympic participation slots available in each event.

For complete results from the Fall Selection Match, please visit http://shootingandhunting.net/flyer6.htm

About USA Shooting
USA Shooting, a 501c3 non-profit corporation, was chartered by the United States Olympic Committee as the National Governing Body for the sport of shooting in April 1995. The organization implements and manages development programs and sanctions events at the local, state, regional, and national levels.

Partially funded by the U.S. Olympic Committee, USA Shooting relies on donations from supporters of the Olympic Movement, membership dues, event fees and the corporate partners who take a strong interest in the development of the U.S. Shooting Team. Click here to learn more about how you can support the U.S. Shooting Team and the organizations that are investing in Team USA’s golden future.

Remington Arms Company

Madison, NC –-(AmmoLand.com)- Remington would like to congratulate David Shaeffer, Jr. for his amazing accomplishment of setting the new Amateur Trapshooting Association’s (ATA) Singles Long-Run record of 2,166 registered singles targets. Shaeffer completed his record-breaking run at the Cardinal Center in Marengo, Ohio, on August 20, 2009, using Premier STS Light Target loads, the standard in target shooting reliability.

Shane Naylor, Remington’s Gun Club Product Sales Manager, said, “Dave has shown all of us what dedication, concentration and focus can do for you; especially when combined with the finest target loads on the market, Remington STS.” Naylor continued, “Don’t forget that in the midst of this incredible run, he broke 450 targets in the Clay Target Championship shoot-off and posted a 100 straight in the Remington Nitro 27 Handicap during the Grand American to take that title. Unbelievable is probably the best word to describe what he has done. I am sure this record will stand for years to come.

Congratulations Dave!”

Shaeffer’s record surpasses the previous established record of 1,695 broken targets set in 1998.

Remington Premier STS Target Loads
Remington’s STS Target Loads have taken shot-to-shot consistency to a new performance level, setting the standard at all major skeet, trap, and sporting clays shoots across the country, while providing handloaders with unmatched reloading ease and hull longevity. Available in 12, 20, 28-gauge and 410 bore, Premier STS shells are the most reliable, consistent and most reloadable shells you can shoot.

But you don’t have to take our word for it; just ask the long list of Remington winners!

About Remington Arms Company, Inc.
Remington Arms Company, Inc., headquartered in Madison, N.C., designs, produces and sells sporting goods products for the hunting and shooting sports markets, as well as solutions to the military, government and law enforcement markets. Founded in 1816 in upstate New York, the Company is one of the nation’s oldest continuously operating manufacturers. Remington is the only U.S. manufacturer of both firearms and ammunition products and one of the largest domestic producers of shotguns and rifles. The Company distributes its products throughout the U.S. and in over 65 foreign countries. More information about the Company can be found at www.remington.com.

Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks

KINSLEY, KS —-(AmmoLand.com)- On Saturday, Sept. 19, the Kinsley Gun Club will host its 17th Annual Kids Klassic trap shooting tournament for young shooters. Each youngster will fire at 100 targets. A $25 entry fee will include a custom T-shirt, lunch, and a chance to win a door prize, including a Remington 1100 Classic Trap shotgun, a Tri-Star SB shotgun, and one of two Remington .22-caliber rifles — all provided by area businesses and the shooting fraternity. The entry fee does not include shells.

Shooters will compete for trophies, Olympic-style medallions, shotgun shells, and other prizes in four age groups for individuals and five-person teams. Ten $100 savings bonds will be awarded by drawing, so everyone has a chance to win. Other awards include 19 flats of shotgun shells and individual trophies for four age groups with special awards to 4-H members. The top three five-shooter teams earn trophies and shells. A trophy and prize will be reserved for the top girl shooter, as well.

While everyone high school age and younger is welcome to attend, participants who enter must be strong enough to handle a shotgun safely and are expected to know the basic rules and etiquette of trapshooting. The shoot is not for beginners.

Entries (including T-shirt sizes and number of adults for lunch) must be received by Sept. 14. To enter, receive an official program, receive more information, or find out where to practice close to home, phone toll free at 1-888-324-5445, email franko@gbta.net, or write to Frank O’Brien, P. O. Box 351, Lewis, KS 67552.

About:
The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks is a cabinet-level agency with a Secretary appointed by the Governor. A seven-member, bipartisan commission, also appointed by the Governor, advises the Secretary and approves regulations governing outdoor recreation and fish and wildlife resources in Kansas. The commission conducts business during regular public sessions.

To be held at the beautiful and picturesque Hudson Farm in Andover NJ

New Jersey Outdoor Alliance

Andover, New Jersey --(AmmoLand.com)- Shooting at the great estates in England is a once in a lifetime experience – fortunately, you need only travel to Andover, New Jersey, and the 3,000 beautifully landscaped acres of Hudson Farm to experience the grand tradition.

We invite you to the 2nd annual New Jersey Outdoor Alliance Clay Tournament. This year’s event is co-sponsored by the NJOA Conservation Foundation and the New Jersey Quail Project, a charity dedicated to habitat restoration and a member of the NJOA family of non‐profits. Your support will help to ensure the protection of our outdoor freedoms, assist in restorative programs and support youth oriented conservation education programs.

Please come and enjoy a fun‐filled day with your friends, colleagues and fellow‐outdoorsmen and help the New Jersey Outdoor Alliance and the New Jersey Quail Project fulfill their missions.

Learn more and sign up…

www.njoutdooralliance.org/where/sporting/clays.html

Well see you on, Monday, October 12, 2009

NJOACF Council Members:
Reef Rescue * NJ State Federation Sportsmen’s Clubs * Jersey Coast Anglers Association * Recreational Fishing Alliance * Trout Unlimited * National Wild Turkey Federation * NJ Beach Buggy Association * Hudson River Fishermen’s Association * United Bow Hunters NJ * New Jersey Council Diving Clubs * NJ Trappers Association * NJ Forestry Association * Society of American Foresters * Quail Unlimited * Ruffed Grouse Society * National Animal Interest Alliance Trust * Greater Point Pleasant Charter Boat Association * NJOA

USA Shooting

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – -(AmmoLand.com)- The 2009 ISSF Shotgun World Championships came to a close in Maribor, Slovenia today as 2008 Olympic gold medalist Vincent Hancock (Eatonton, Ga.) won his second World Championship title in the Men’s Skeet event. Hancock, Shawn Dulohery and Frank Thompson also took home the gold in the team competition and set a new World Record, while the junior men’s team of BJ Blanchard, Jon Michael McGrath and Chris Haver grabbed the silver.

Exactly one year after winning the Olympic gold in Beijing, U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU) Hancock took home the World Championship gold shooting a near perfect score. Hancock, who is also the 2005 Shotgun World Champion, World Record holder and 2007 bronze medalist in Men’s Skeet, only missed one target in the qualification, shooting 124 out of 125 targets. Hancock entered the final in first place and shot a perfect 25 in the final to finish in the top spot with 149 out of 150 targets.

Reigning World Champion George Achilleos of Cyprus and Italy’s Ennio Falco, the 1996 Olympic gold medalist, also both shot a perfect score of 25 targets in the final, ending in the second and third spots with 148 and 147 targets respectively.

Hancock’s USAMU teammate and 2004 Olympian Shawn Dulohery (Lee’s Summit, Mo.) was tied at 122 targets with four other shooters at the end of the qualification and entered the final in third place after a shoot-off. In the final, Dulohery, the 2001 World Champion, shot 24 targets to end up one target out of medal contention in fourth place with 146 total hits. Frank Thompson (Alliance, Neb.) finished in 18th place with 120 targets.

Hancock, Dulohery and Thompson shot their way to a gold medal in the team event, hitting 366 out of 375 targets, setting a new World Record that broke the previous 365 target record set by the Italian team at the 2006 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Zagreb. The team from Finland took the silver with 361 targets and Denmark earned the bronze, also with 361 targets.

Blanchard (Vidor, Texas), McGrath (Tulsa, Okla.) and Haver (Clinton, Mich.) captured the silver in the Junior Men’s Skeet team competition after shooting a combined score of 349 targets. The Czech Republic team won the gold with 353 total hits and the team from Sweden took home the bronze with 348 hits.

Blanchard, who is the reigning World Championship bronze medalist in the Junior Men’s Skeet event, finished the highest individually for the U.S. Junior Skeet Men today firing 119 targets and ending up in fifth place. McGrath finished in 11th place with 116 targets and Haver took 18th place with 114 hits.

Czech Republic’s Milos Slavicek won today’s junior competition with a total score of 122 hits.
Marcus Svensson of Sweden finished in second place with a total score of 121+4 hits after a shoot-off with Italy’s Angelo Moscariello.

Approximately 600 shooters from 70 countries competed at the 2009 ISSF Shotgun World Championships in Maribor, Slovenia August 7-16. Thirty shooters, including 15 juniors, represented the U.S. in Maribor, taking home a total of 10 medals (three individual, seven team).

For a complete results, news, photos and video highlights of the 2009 Shotgun World Championships, please visit www.issf-sports.org.

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USA Shooting

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. –-(AmmoLand.com)- The Men’s Junior Trap team of Collin Wietfeldt (Hemlock, Mich.), Jacob Turner, (Richland, Wash.) and Seth Politi (Lexington, Mass.) claimed the silver medal in the team competition at the 2009 ISSF Shotgun World Championships in Maribor, Slovenia today with a total score of 347 targets.

Italy won the team gold with 354 targets and the team bronze went to Portugal with 346 targets. Individually, Wietfeldt finished the highest for the U.S. in 7th place, while Turner took eighth place, each with 119 targets. Politi finished 49th with 109 targets.

Italy’s Valerio Grazini won the Men’s Junior Trap competition, securing the first gold medal of the 2009 Shotgun World Championships. Paco Machado of Spain took home the silver with 121 hits and the bronze medal went to Germany’s Daniel Wiesemann with a total score of 120 hits after winning 1 to 0 a shoot-off against Portugal’s Pedro Jorge Nun Parreira.

In the Men’s Open Trap event, 2008 Olympian Dominic Grazioli (San Antonio, Texas) scored the highest finish for the U.S., taking 21st place with 120 targets. Three-time Olympian and 1996 bronze medalist Lance Bade (Colorado Springs, Colo.) finished 54th with 116 targets and Matthew Wallace (Stanton, Tenn.) finished 87th with 111 hits.

Marian Kovacocy of Slovakia climbed up from fifth place to win the Men’s Trap gold medal with a total of 146 hits. Italy’s Massimo Fabbrizi won a shoot-off against Turkish shooter Oguzhan Tuzun at the conclusion of the final to secure the silver with a total score of 145 hits +1, while Tuzun settled for the bronze.

Approximately 600 shooters from 70 countries are competing at the 2009 ISSF Shotgun World Championships in Maribor, Slovenia with competition running through August 16. Thirty U.S. athletes, including 15 juniors, are in Maribor vying for a spot on the podium at the biggest shotgun event of the year.

The next set of medals will be awarded at the Women’s Skeet and Women’s Trap Finals on August 11 and the Double Trap Final will take place August 13. The Men’s Skeet final will close out the event on August 16.

For a complete competition schedule as well as updated, results, news, photos and video highlights of the 2009 Shotgun World Championships, please visit www.issf-sports.org.

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Winchester Ammunition is a Proud Sponsor of the USA Shooting Shotgun Team:
Winchester® Ammunition has been the exclusive ammunition sponsor and supplier of the USA Shooting Shotgun Team since 1999. Members of the 2008 shotgun team brought home four medals from Beijing using Winchester AA International Target loads. Winchester is an industry leader in advancing and supporting conservation, hunter education and our country’s proud shooting sports heritage. For more information about Winchester and its complete line of products, visit www.winchester.com.

SSSF

Sparta, Illinois – -(AmmoLand.com)- Youth shooting teams from 24 states captured medals and nationals honors at the 2009 Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) National Championships held at the World Shooting and Recreation Complex in Sparta, Illinois on July 23 – 26, 2009. With the support of the National Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF) and other major sponsors including Beretta, Browning, Remington and White Flyer, over 1,500 shooters competed in trap, skeet and sporting clays events throughout the weekend.

“We are happy to report that the 2009 SCTP National Championships had the atmosphere and excitement of an Olympic competition and was without a doubt the most successful youth shooting championships held to date. The quality of shooting, added to the quality of the character and perseverance of the shooters at all levels, leaves little doubt that the SCTP is a program that will continue to grow in the years to come,” says Dr. Bill Christy, Executive Director of SSSF, “and we could not have done it without our sponsors, parents, coaches and volunteers that helped organize the National Championships.” Added Christy, “of course all of these combined with a first class shooting complex allowed for the most exciting SCTP Championship ever.”

Browning Day kicked-off the weekend’s festivities which included the Opening Ceremony, an exhibition shoot by Winchester’s Patrick Flanagan and the awarding of the Sporting Clays National Awards. The day’s events also included the Ruger Rimfire Challenge and the Kaskaskia Single Action competitions. These events continued throughout the weekend.

Saturday was slated as Beretta Day which began the trap and skeet competitions, along with the annual Beretta cookout and concluded with a shooting exhibition by Beretta’s shooter Scott Robertson and the Last Competitor Standing competition. Over 225 shooters competed in this hour long event which was won by Travis Wagner of Virginia with Jon Ebbers of Wisconsin as the runner-up.

The National Championships concluded on Sunday with Remington Day and included the final competitions in trap and skeet, along with the closing ceremonies and the award presentations in trap, skeet and high all-around. Award presenters included representatives from Winchester, Remington, White Flyer and Olympic Gold Medal winner Kim Rhode.

The ultimate goal of SCTP is to instill in young participants a commitment to safe firearm handling, teamwork and leadership. This was certainly evident throughout the entire weekend with each and every participant.

In terms of sheer numbers of participants, the eight-year-old SCTP is one of the most successful youth-oriented program ever established. Nearly 30,000 middle and high school students have participated in the program, which includes trap, skeet, sporting clays, Olympic Trap, and ISSF Skeet competitions.

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The SSSF is responsible for all aspects of SCTP, including participant registration, coaches, state coordinators, state and national championships, promotion, communications, websites, public relations and growth strategies. To learn more about how your company can become a SSSF donor and to learn more about the SCTP, visit the newly launched website at www.sssfonline.org.

Pheasants Forever

Saint Paul, Minn. - -(AmmoLand.com)- The 9th Annual Family Fun Shoot sponsored by the Mississippi Longtails and Dakota Ringnecks Chapters of Pheasants Forever (PF) will be held on Saturday, August 22nd from 10 AM to 3 PM at the Dakota County Gun Club in Rosemount. Over 300 youth and 300 adults and volunteers took part in last year’s event, making it PF’s largest youth event in Minnesota.

Youth activities at this year’s event include trap shooting and laser shot, archery and bow fishing, dog training, ATV safety, wildlife painting and photography, waterfowl calling, angling, fly tying and casting, woodcarving, wall climbing, geocaching and more. Attendees will also be able to build and bring home their own bluebird houses and will be eligible to win hundreds of raffle prizes.

Youth tickets are $5, which includes a one-year PF youth Ringnecks membership ($15 value) and a one-year National Wild Turkey Federation youth Jakes membership ($7 value), as well as use of equipment and personalized instruction for all Family Fun Shoot activities.

“It’s time to leave the Game Boys and gadgets for a breath of fresh air,” said Dan Richmond, president of the Mississippi Longtails Chapter of PF and Family Fun Shoot chairperson, “Pheasants Forever has made a commitment to youth through its No Child Left Indoors® initiative . We look forward to getting kids outside and teaching them about wildlife conservation and habitat.”

In addition to the Dakota Ringnecks and Mississippi Longtails Chapters of PF, co-sponsors of the Family Fun Shoot include the Minnesota Deer Hunters Association, National Wild Turkey Federation and the Dakota County Gun Club www.dakotacountygunclub.org . Cabela’s, Gander Mountain, Waste Management and the Hanifl Foundation are supporting PF Ringnecks. Additional donations will be accepted at the main entrance.

To obtain tickets or for more information about the Family Fun Shoot, contact Dan Richmond at (651) 730-4434 / d_richmond@comcast.net , or Mark Schlemmer at (651) 341-5436 / atvx3@msn.com . The Family Fun Shoot will be held rain or shine. No personal firearms are allowed.

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Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever are non-profit conservation organizations dedicated to the protection and enhancement of pheasant, quail, and other wildlife populations in North America through habitat improvement, land management, public awareness, and education. PF/QF has more than 125,000 members in 750 local chapters across the continent.

For additional information about Pheasants Forever, please visit www.PheasantsForever.org

USA Shooting

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - -(AmmoLand.com)- The 2009 USA Shooting National Shotgun Championships came to a close at Ft. Carson’s International Shooting Park today with John Mullins and 2008 Olympic bronze medalist Corey Cogdell earning national titles in the Trap event.

Mullins (Bremerton, Wash.) took the top spot for the men with 265 total targets. Jacob Turner (Richland, Wash) finished right behind Mullins in second place with 264 targets and in a shoot-off for third place, three-time Olympian and 1996 bronze medalist Lance Bade (Colorado Springs, Colo.) shot five targets defeating Richard Valdez (Canon City, Colo.), who shot four targets. Both shooters ended the final with 263 targets. U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU) member Ryan Hadden (Pendleton, Ore.), the 2009 World Cup Cairo and San Marino gold medalist, ended in fifth place with 262 hits, while Max Jolliff (Fredericksburg, Texas) took the sixth spot with 259.

For the second year in a row, Turner also finished in first place for the junior men with a total of 263 hits. Jake Wallace (Castaic, Calif.) took second place with 258 after a two to one shoot-off with Morgan Harbison Famersville, Texas), who finished third. Shane Herman (Peyton, Colo.) ended in fourth place with 255 hits, while Matthew Gossett (Springville, Ala.) earned fifth place after a shoot-off with Garrett Walters (Burr Oak, Mich.).

In the women’s competition Cogdell (Eagle River, Alaska) took home the National Championship after shooting a total of 250 targets. Kayle Browning (Wooster, Ark.) finished second with 247 targets and Tamara Desso (Castaic, Calif.) grabbed the third spot with 245 total hits. Last year’s National Champion Miranda Wilder (Diana, Texas) earned fourth place with 243 hits and 1996 Olympian and USAMU member Theresa DeWitt (Cincinnati, Ohio) defeated Caitlin Barney-Weinheimer (Ingram, Texas) in a shoot-off to finish in fifth place with 241 targets.

Browning took first place for the junior women with 247 hits, while Wilder finished second with 246 and Desso grabbed third with 244. Stacey Schroeder (Washington, Mo.) earned fourth place in a shoot-off with Barney-Weinheimer, who took the fifth spot, and 2009 Cairo World Cup bronze medalist Rachael Heiden (Clinton, Mich.) took sixth place with 240 targets.

The first ever final was held in the senior category at the 2009 USA Shooting Shotgun National Championships with 2008 Olympian Dominic Grazioli (San Antonio, Texas) taking the top spot with 256 hits. Mike Herman (Peyton, Colo.) finished right behind Grazioli in second place with 255 total targets and DeWitt took third with 250. Guy Avedisian (Ocala, Fla.) grabbed fourth place with 248, while Maxey Brantley (New Braunfels, Texas) and Dick Lichtenberg (Bellevue, Wash.) finished fifth and sixth with 244 and 236 targets respectively.

Complete Shotgun National Championship results can be found by visiting the Match Results page of USA Shooting’s website at www.usashooting.org.

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Winchester Ammunition is a Proud Sponsor of the USA Shooting Shotgun Team
Winchester® Ammunition has been the exclusive ammunition sponsor and supplier of the USA Shooting Shotgun Team since 1999. Members of the 2008 shotgun team brought home four medals from Beijing using Winchester AA International Target loads. Winchester is an industry leader in advancing and supporting conservation, hunter education and our country’s proud shooting sports heritage. For more information about Winchester and its complete line of products, visit www.winchester.com.

SSSF

Shelby Township, Michigan - -(AmmoLand.com)- The Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF) recently became the official administrator of the Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP). The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) officially turned over the program to the new formed foundation on January 1, 2009.

In terms of sheer numbers of participants, the eight-year-old SCTP has been the most successful youth-oriented program in NSSF history. Nearly 30,000 middle and high school students have participated in the program, which includes trap, skeet, sporting clays, Olympic Trap, and ISSF Skeet competitions.

“We are confident that this transfer of responsibility to the SSSF will be in the best interest of the program to serve its youth participants and coaches,” commented NSSF President Steve Sanetti. “The Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation has the talent and experience to assure the continued success of this vitally important program. NSSF is proud to now be included as one of many sponsors of SCTP.”

The new foundation will be responsible for all aspects of SCTP, including participant registration, coaches, state coordinators, state and national championships, promotion, communications, Web sites, public relations and growth strategies.

SSSF is headed by Dr. Bill Christy, who has extensive experience in the organized youth shooting sports arena. His involvement in youth shooting sports programs dates back to the mid-sixties while serving in the U.S. Air Force. He was one of the founders of the groundbreaking 4-H Shooting Program. Since then, as a training and development consultant, he developed programs for state and national agencies and organizations including the state wildlife agencies, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, L.L. Bean, and Orvis, among others. He has taught hundreds of firearms instructors, coached a collegiate team for 20 years, and was the NSSF consultant who developed the SCTP.

“SSSF’s objective,” said Christy “is to build on the foundation of NSSF’s success with SCTP. We will focus on providing a safe and enjoyable experience for developing young people into responsible citizens through the discipline and culture of the shooting sports. With the help of our many dedicated volunteers, we hope to create a new dimension of youth involvement in SCTP that will forever live as the NSSF’s legacy.”

As part of that new dimension, the SSSF has been accepted as a national partner with the Positive Coaching Alliance at Stanford University. Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) has the mission of “transforming youth sports so sports can transform youth.” The Double-Goal Coach Course adopted by the SSSF is a product of the PCA.

With the beginning of this newly formed organization, the NSSF becomes the first major contributor to the Foundation. In addition, NSSF President Steve Sanetti, has accepted a Board of Director’s position with the Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation. Additional board members will be announced in the coming months along with news of other major contributors.

Industry members have been quick to respond positively with pledges of support for the SCTP. The 2009 SCTP National Championships will be the beneficiary of this renewed support. The focus for this year is to make the SCTP Nationals more than just a shoot, it will be an EVENT. The National Championships will be held at the World Shooting and Recreation Complex, in Sparta, Illinois on July 23 – 26, 2009.

To learn more about SSSF and SCTP visit the newly launched website at www.sssfonline.org.

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The SSSF is lending a hand to introduce school-age youth to clay target sports. SSSF makes it possible for youth to continue involvement by providing, promoting and perpetuating opportunities to safely and enjoyably participate and compete in a high-quality team-based sport. The activities the SSSF provides are led by trained coaches with the goal to enhance the personal growth and development of their athletes through the SCTP. To learn more about SSSF and SCTP visit the newly launched website at www.sssfonline.org.

SSSF

Shelby Township, Michigan – -(AmmoLand.com)- With more than 1,000 SCTP shooters preparing to compete in the upcoming National Championships at the World Shooting and Recreation Complex in Sparta, Illinois on July 23 – 26, 2009, the Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF) is pleased to announce that Beretta, Browning, and Remington have stepped up to become major sponsors of this year’s event.

“We are happy to report that several of the industry’s premier companies are strong proponents of SCTP,” says Dr. Bill Christy, Executive Director of SSSF, “and they have graciously donated product and funding for the upcoming National Championships.” Added Christy, “of course this combined with the major support of the National Shooting Sports Foundation, should allow for the most exciting SCTP Championship ever.”

Browning Day will kick-off the weekend’s festivities on Friday, July 24th. Browning has donated special Browning merchandise for which will be awarded for daily prizes as well as the HOA awards. The High All-Around Team Champion Trophies have also been donated by Browning.

Beretta Day has been slated for Saturday, July 25th. Donations include Beretta Model 391 Trap and Sporting Clays Shotguns for the winners of the Beretta SCTP Last Competitor Standing and Beretta SCTP Shootout events plus Beretta Shopping Sprees at the Beretta building. Beretta will also be hosting the cookout preceded by a shooting exhibition by Beretta’s shooter Scott Robertson. The Beretta Day will conclude with the Last Competitor Standing competition.

Sunday, July 26th has been designated as Remington Day. Prizes donated by Remington include 12 Model 1100 Competition Shotguns. During the Opening Ceremony Remington will randomly draw from ALL registered Sporting Squads one squad whose three members will each receive a 1100 Competition Shotgun . During the Closing Ceremony, Remington will do the same for a Skeet Squad (3 shotguns) and a Trap Squad (5 shotguns). Remington will also provide a 1100 Competition Shotgun for the high score posted at the Remington SCTP Shootout and cases of ammunition to the SCTP National Championship Winning Squads in each discipline.

Winchester Ammunition has stepped up to support the National Championships by donating Commemorative Value Packs and will also give away $100 Gear Cards to ten participants found wearing a Winchester pin each day. Friday’s Opening Ceremony features a performance by Winchester’s Patrick Flanagan.

Other donors include White Flyer, the first major sponsor of SCTP who has sponsored registered targets at every SCTP National Championship, Ruger with its Ruger Rimfire Challenge, Promatic, Hodgdon, MEC, Spolar, Zanders, Downrange, and Americase.

Trophies for the winners of the three SCTP National Championship disciplines are courtesy of the National Sporting Clays Association and the National Skeet Shooting Association.

In terms of sheer numbers of participants, the eight-year-old SCTP has been the most successful youth-oriented program ever established. Nearly 30,000 middle and high school students have participated in the program, which includes trap, skeet, sporting clays, Olympic Trap, and ISSF Skeet competitions.

The SSSF is responsible for all aspects of SCTP, including participant registration, coaches, state coordinators, state and national championships, promotion, communications, websites, public relations and growth strategies.

To learn more about how your company can become a SSSF donor and to learn more about the SCTP, visit the newly launched website at www.sssfonline.org.

About:
The SSSF is lending a hand to introduce school-age youth to clay target sports. SSSF makes it possible for youth to continue involvement by providing, promoting and perpetuating opportunities to safely and enjoyably participate and compete in a high-quality team-based sport. The activities the SSSF provides are led by trained coaches with the goal to enhance the personal growth and development of their athletes through the SCTP. To learn more about SSSF and SCTP visit the newly launched website at www.sssfonline.org.

Winchester Ammunition

Olympia, Wash - -(AmmoLand.com)- The Pacific International Trapshooting Association is set to host the annual Grand Pacific Trapshooting event, July 19 to July 25, at the Evergreen Sportsmen’s Club in Olympia, Wash.

Winchester® Ammunition is one of the proud sponsors of the 2009 Grand Pacific and will provide the ammunition for the warm up day, donated ammunition to be used as awards and support their youth program.

“We are extremely proud to support the Pacific International Trapshooting Association and expect this to be a very competitive event with talented shooters,” said Dick Hammett, president of Winchester Ammunition.

Trapshooting, which is a type of clay target shooting, is a game of movement, fast-action and split-second timing. It requires the accuracy and skill to repeatedly aim, fire, and break a 4 1/4-inch disc, which is hurled through the air at a speed of 41 mph, simulating the flight path of a bird fleeing a hunter.

“The 2009 Grand Pacific will be a celebration of the successes we have enjoyed for the past seventy-eight years,” said Sharon Gillis, executive committee president. “You will be amazed at how much fun you will experience. I am blessed to be part of this long line of contributors who gave us the responsibility of preserving the past traditions of trapshooting and ensuring the future of the Pacific International Trapshooting Association.”

The Pacific International Trapshooting Association is a non-profit organization made up of both state and provincial organizations. Their goal is to promote the sport of trapshooting through organized shooting events such as the Grand Pacific.

For more information about the Grand Pacific, visit www.shootpita.com/2009gp.htm or call 541.258.8766.

For more information about Winchester and its complete line of products visit www.winchester.com.

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NILO Farms®, established by John M. Olin in 1952, is Winchester s prestigious hunting preserve, providing guests with quality hunting on more than 640 acres of natural habitat. As one of the finest hunting and shooting facilities in the country, NILO Farms represents the best in game management and safety. Many of the land management practices developed at NILO Farms, have proven to be an example for other waterfowl and upland game bird preserves to follow. For more information about NILO Farms visit www.nilofarms.com.

SAN MARINO--Staff Sgt. Ryan Hadden, U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit (center), won the gold medal today at the San Marino World Cup competition today in the Trap event. Hadden is flanked by silver medalist David Kostelecky, Czech Republic (left), and bronze medalist Sergio Pinero, Dominican Republic (right). Hadden also earned the coveted Distinguished International Shooter badge, the highest marksmanship award given by the United States government.

United States Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU)

FORT BENNING, Ga. — Staff Sgt. Ryan Hadden of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit prevailed at the 2009 San Marino World Cup competition today, earning the gold medal in the Trap event.

Hadden, a Shotgun team member, was tied after the final round with the Czech Republic’s David Kostelecky, forcing a sudden-death shoot-off. Hadden came up victorious after the third round, hitting his target while his opponent missed his.

It is Hadden’s second gold medal winning performance in two World Cup events this year.

“I was confident,” Hadden said. “I was actually feeling better in the shoot-off than in the fourth-round of the match. I was able to keep it composed.”

Besides winning the gold medal, Hadden also earned himself the coveted U.S. Distinguished International Shooter Badge.

The badge, along with the Distinguished Rifleman and Distinguished Pistol Shot badge, is the United States’ highest award for marksmanship excellence.

It is one of the most highly coveted shooting awards in the U.S. today.

Hadden said he looks forward to celebrating with his family and teammates when he gets back to U.S. soil.

About USAMU:
The USAMU’s mission is to raise the standard of marksmanship proficiency and combat readiness throughout the Army by sharing knowledge gained from competing and winning in national/ international competitions, research and development and advanced training programs while enhancing the Army’s recruiting effort through an active public information and public relations program. For more information on the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, contact the Public Affairs Office at (706) 545-5436, Michael.Molinaro@usaac.army.mil or www.USAMU.com . The U.S. Practical Shooting Association is a nonprofit membership association affiliated with the International Practical Shooting Confederation, which is comprised of approximately 67 nations.

KERRVILLE, Texas — -(AmmoLand.com)- The Second Annual Ag Clays 381 State Trap Shoot took place June 8 at the Hill Country Shooting Sports Range in Kerrville, where 121 shooters representing 23 schools formed 28 teams, including 10 mixed teams, 15 all male teams and 3 all female teams.

The Ag Clays 381 Trap activity began three years ago by Charlie Wilson, Mobile Shooting Range coordinator for Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. The shoot is for those students enrolled in the Agriculture Science elective course, Ag. 381, Wildlife and Recreation Management. The event is open to any student currently or previously enrolled in Ag 381 who has completed hunter education certification as part of the curriculum. This means that a student can enroll as a sophomore and compete in the event for three years until they graduate.

“The requirements follow the usual UIL rules of no pass, no play, but have much more stringent requirements through the Future Farmer’s of America (FFA) Career Development Education (CDE) rules,” said TPWD Hunter Education Coordinator Terry Erwin, who added it is possible to gain scholarships to college if one’s scores are consistently good enough. “We look at it as a recruitment tool for young people to learn a sport that may be carried on throughout their entire lives,” said Erwin.

There was more than a 100 percent increase in shooters from last year with more than half of them beginning as new shooters in the program. River Star Farms, a company who produces items as fundraiser products for FFA chapters, donated and catered the noon meal with Sloppy Joes, chips and drinks. There were 82 male and 39 female shooters from high schools as far north as Littlefield in the Pan-handle, as far south as Corpus Christi and east at Wills Point.

The winners were as follows:

All Female State Champion:

• Brazoswood High School — Team members — Kelsey Firkins, Ashley Slaughter, Taylor Self and Kaitlyn Garrett
• 2nd Place — Whitharral ISD — Team members — Molly Presley, Alisha Pecero, Sarah Myatt, and Breanna Hays
• 3rd Place — Belton High School — Team members — Jessica Mebane, Haley Thorne, Ashley Sanders, Kaitlyn Ellis

All Male State Champion:

• New Braunfels High School — Team Members — Tyler Martin, Blaine Floerke and Nelson Reuwer
• 2nd Place — Whitharral ISD — Team Members — Tell Rutledge, Keaton Samsel, Corey Nickelson and Ryan Lorenz
• 3rd Place — Corpus Christi Mary Carroll High School — Team Members — Dustin Almendariz, Payton Sienkiewicz and Ryan Sijansky

Mixed Team State Champion:

• Littlefield High School — Team Members — Tucker Foley, Shelby White, Jake Blackwell and Kylon Blackwell
• 2nd Place — Brazoswood High School — Team Members — Dean Tumlinson, Kelsey Firkins, Cody Wilson and Zack Henderson
• 3rd Place — Bellville High School — Team Members — Collyn Tiemann, Tanner Vecha, Garrett Rinn and Brittney Klein

The High Overall Male State Champion was Tyler Martin of New Braunfels, who shot a score of 96 out of 100. The High Overall Female State Champion was Raylea Underwood or Borden County ISD (Gail, Texas), who shot a score of 93 out of 100.

Information about the Ag Clays 381 program is on the TPWD Web site. For details or questions, contact Charlie Wilson at agclays381@yahoo.com or (512) 414-0194.

Read More at www.tpwd.state.tx.us/learning/hunter_education/ag_science_clays_trap.phtml

National Rifle Association

FAIRFAX, VA - -(AmmoLand.com)- The Remington Rangers Venture Crew 111 and Veterans of Foreign War Post 7383 will host their second annual NRA Day NRA/ATA Trap Camp “Mid-Summer Blast” at the Durham County Wildlife Club in Morrisville, North Carolina. The event will be held July 13 and 14 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

During this two-day camp, participants will learn the basics of trapshooting from NRA and ATA Certified Instructors and Coaches. The camp also includes the NRA Basic Shotgun Safety Course and the opportunity to speak with shooting coaches about team activities. Boy Scouts will be eligible to earn the Shotgun Merit Badge or Venture Elective.

The cost of the event is $100.00 and includes all ammunition, firearms, t-shirts, instructional materials, and lunch for both days. Participants may bring their own shotgun.

For more information on NRA Day, contact Amanda Millward, Shooting Sports Camp Coordinator at (703) 267-1591 or visit www.nrahq.org/education/shootingcamp.asp. To learn more about this event, contact Bill Fairhurst at (919) 678-0630 or wfairhurst@nc.rr.com.

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NRA Club University is open to anyone with an interest in the shooting sports. That interest, along with a $30 registration fee, earns each participant access to the Rosenberg presentation, educational materials, meals, and door prizes. For additional information, contact NRA Clubs & Associations at (800) NRA-CLUB (672-2582) or e-mail us at clubs@nrahq.org.

Federal Premium Gold Medal FITASC Paper Shotgun Load

FederalPremium.com

ANOKA, Minn. – Federal introduces a 12-gauge FITASC-qualified Gold Medal® Paper load for sporting clays shooters. When the pressure is on and it matters most, the best shooters look to Federal Premium® Gold Medal target shotshells. In addition, Federal adds 12 and 20-gauge steel options suitable for the field or the range.

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These new loads feature the same Premium® components and cater to serious sporting clays shooters. The Gold Medal FITASC Paper loads now available get impressive performance with every pull of the trigger.

“Our Gold Medal line is for shooters who demand the most consistent and reliable target shotshells,” said Kyle Tengwall, director of marketing. “And these new paper FITASC loads are no exception. They get impressive performance with a fast, 1-ounce payload. They also provide a little extra satisfaction and nostalgic feeling with that paper hull. The smell alone makes people remember what real performance is all about.”

Affordable Steel Options for Clays and Birds
The requirement to shoot steel or non-lead shot at the range or in the field is becoming more common. Because of this, Federal introduces 12 and 20-gauge loads that provide consistent, reliable performance in the field or on the range. The new loads are ideal for shooters looking for steel shot options that they can afford, but won’t cost them anything on their score or result in fewer birds in the bag.

Available now:

Part No. / Description
TF175 7.5 / 12-ga, 2-3/4” 1 oz #7.5 1330 fps
FRS12 6 / 12 ga, 2-3/4” 1 oz #6 Steel 1375 fps
FRS12 7 / 12 ga, 2-3/4” 1 oz #7 Steel 1375 fps
FRS20 6 / 20 ga, 2-3/4” ¾ oz #6 Steel 1425 fps
FRS20 7 20 ga, 2-3/4” ¾ oz #7 Steel 1425 fps

For more information on new target options, or the entire Federal Premium lineup, go to www.federalpremium.com.

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Here at Federal Premium® Ammunition, we understand that your time in the field is a hard-earned reward for dedication all week. You’ve paid your dues and it’s time to connect with your true passion—the outdoors. Our ammunition advancements help you to be a more effective hunter and shooter. Choose Federal Premium because you won’t accept anything less than the best.

USA Shooting

CAIRO, Egypt - -(TheOutdoorWire.com)- Ryan Hadden (Pendleton, Oregon) captured his first ISSF World Cup medal today when he took home the gold in Men’s Trap at the Shotgun World Cup in Cairo Egypt. Seventeen-year-old Rachel Heiden (Clinton, Michigan) landed a spot on the podium in her first ever World Cup appearance on Sunday, taking home the bronze in Women’s Trap.

U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU) member Hadden entered the final round in fourth place with 116 out of 125 targets and climbed up from fourth to first place in the final after shooting 23 targets in extremely windy conditions. At the end of the final, Hadden was tied at 139 targets with Jesus Serrano of Spain, who was in first place going into the final with 118 targets. Serrano shot 21 targets in the final to end the round tied with Hadden, but Hadden upset Serrano in the shoot-off to take home the gold.

“It has been great, I have been working a lot for this medal and now I am looking forward to the next World Cup in Europe,” said Hadden right after the final.

Khaled Almudhaf of Kuwait took home the bronze in Men’s Trap with a final score of 137 hits (118+19). Jacob Turner (Richland, Wash.) finished in eighth place for the U.S. today with 114 targets.

Similar to Hadden’s final, Heiden also battled severe wind conditions in the Women’s Trap final on Sunday. Heiden hit 66 out of 75 targets in the qualification round and then shot 15 out of 25 targets in the final, finishing in third place with 81 targets to capture the bronze medal.

“I am very excited about winning this medal and this shooting range in Cairo is spectacular,” said Heiden. “I wanted to do something good for my country.”

San Marino’s Daniela Del Din won the gold with a total score of 89 targets (70+19), while Italy’s Jessica Rossi took the silver with 86 hits (70+16).

USMAU member and last year’s World Cup USA bronze medalist Joetta Dement (Renton, Wash.) finished in fifth place after losing a shoot-off for the fourth spot to Spain’s Fatima Galvez. Dement shot 65 targets in the qualification and entered the final round in sixth place. She hit 15 targets in the final to finish with a total of 80 targets.

Competition at the 2009 ISSF World Cup in Cairo continues on Wednesday with the Men’s Double Trap event. USAMU teammates Jeff Holguin (Yorba Linda, Calif.) and Josh Richmond (Hillsgrove, Pa.) will be competing for a spot on the podium in that event. Holguin finished in fourth place, just out of medal contention, in the Double Trap event at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and was also the 2008 World Cup USA bronze medalist.

The Skeet events will round out the competition May 8-9 with Amber English (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Caitlin Connor (Winnfield, La.) competing for the title in Women’s Skeet and 2008 Olympian McLelland, along with BJ Blanchard (Vidor, Texas) vying for their first ISSF World Cup medals in Men’s Skeet.

For a complete competition schedule, as well as updated news and results during the ISSF Shotgun World Cup in Cairo, please visit ISSF’s website at www.issf-sports.org.

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DONIPHAN, Neb. – -(AmmoLand.com)- Chris Schropfer from Fillmore won high overall honors at the Cornhusker Trapshoot on Saturday at the Nebraska Trapshooting Association’s home range. He earned the Cornhusker Cup with a score of 194X200.

The Fremont No. 1 team of Nick Bradick, Megan Assmann, Stephanie Gardeman, Jeremy Denny, and Scyler Ritthaler won the overall team championship with a score of 920X1000.

“The three days of trapshooting at Doniphan is a demonstration of our young shooters’ commitment, dedication and hard work,” said trapshoot director Rocky Hoffmann of the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. “It is great to see the sportsmanship and firearms safety practiced by these athletes each year at the Cornhusker.”

According to Hoffmann, sport shooting is one of the safest sports available to youth, and trapshooting and other shooting sports may become a sport that young men and women can enjoy for life.

Friday’s High School Results

Top 10 Individuals – 1. Eric Edwards, Ogallala, 100X100; 2. Cody Voris, Papillion South, 99X100; 3. Tyler Garner, Grand Island NW, 99X100; 4. (tie) Jeremy Denny, Fremont, 99X100; Chris Schropfer, Fillmore, 99X100; Tye Smith, McCook, 99X100; Boone Eveans, Tekamah-Herman, 99X100; 8. (tie) Justin Itzen, Fairbury, 98X100; Ryan Bahe, Gothenburg, 98X100; Cole Bures, Diller-Odell, 98X100.

Top 3 Girls – 1. Megan Assmann, Fremont, 99X100; 2. Danielle Albers, Waverly, 96X100; 3. Stephanie Gardeman, Fremont, 96X100.

Top 3 4-H Teams – 1. Republican Valley 4-H 1 (Nathan Petska, Kelly Faimon, Trenton Jordening, Christine Herrick, and J. D. Snell), 478X500; 2. Scottsbluff 4-H No. 1, 466X500; 3. Karp and Krow, 461X500.

Top 3 Girls Teams – 1. Papillion South No. 4 (Melissa Harnack, Taylor Holzer, Marisa Braddock, Heather Woodle, and Jacqueline Baude), 441X500; 2. Gordon-Rushville, 415X500; 3. Marion No. 4, 405X500.

Top 3 Singles Teams – 1. (Larry Elston Award Winner) Fremont No. 1 (Nick Bradick, Megan Assmann, Jeremy Denny, Scyler Ritthaler, and Stephanie Gardeman), 482X500; 2. Fairbury No. 1, 478X500; 3. Ogallala No. 1, 477X500.

Ducks Unlimited Greenwings Awards, Middle 50 Singles – Girls – 1. Steph Gardeman; 2. Annie Farrington; 3. Christine Herrick; 4. Marisa Braddock. Boys – 1. Michael Steelman; 2. John Grubbs; 3. Eric Edwards; 4. Jeremy Denny.

Jim Carlisle Memorial Second Generation Individual Traveling Award – Jeremy Denny, Fremont, 99X100.

Saturday’s High School Results

High School Handicap Awards

Top 3 18- 19-Yard Individuals – 1. Zach Leaders, Papillion-LaVista, 94X100; 2. Preston Farney, Sutton, 90X100; 3. Aaron Hughs, West Point 4-H, 89X100.

Top 3 20- 21-Yard Individuals – 1. Kyle Mustion, Grand Island NW, 94X100; 2. Kyle Doeschot, Norris, 93X100; 3. Derek Hochstein, Skutt, 93X100.

Top 3 22- 23-Yard Individuals – 1. Nick Yardsley, Gordon-Rushville; 2. Mason Petrzilka, Oak Creek 4-H, 95X100; 3. Bruce Dolan, Republican Valley 4-H, 94X100.

Top 3 24- 25-Yard Individuals – 1. Chris Schropfer, Fillmore, 95X100; 2. Greg Bauer, Fairbury, 94X100; 3. J. D. Squire, Creighton Prep, 94X100.

Top 3 Girls – 1. Julie Kopf, Falls City, 94X100; 2. Becky Wessel, Stanton 4-H, 93X100; 3. Anastasia Johnson, Central City, 93X100.

Top 3 Individuals – 1. Ben Hobbs, Red Cloud 4-H, 99X100; 2. Zach Bryant, Lincoln Southwest, 97X100; 3. Mitch Cassels, Creighton Prep, 97X100.

Top 3 4-H Teams –1. Oak Creek 4-H No. 2 (Adam Fuxa, Tanya Prothman, Brian Glock, Seth Robeson, and Mason Petrzilka), 456X500; 2. Oak Creek 4-H No. 1, 451X500; 3. Wilber 4-H No. 2, 443X500.

Top 3 Girls Teams – 1. Central City No. 1 (Stephanie Nelson, Alecha Erickson, Malorie Dettman, Anastasia Johnson, and Nicole Smithson), 407X500; 2. Papillion No. 4, 395X500; 3. Marian No. 4, 383X500.

Top 3 High School Teams – 1. Gordon-Rushville No. 1 (Nolan Rager, Trey Hardin, Lane Haller, Nick Yardley, and Derek Pollack), 455X500; 2. Lincoln Southwest No. 1, 448X500; 3. Creighton Prep No. 1, 446X500.

High Overall Winners

Top 3 4-H Teams Overall – 1. Republican Valley 4-H No. 1 (Nathan Petska, Kelly Faimon, Trenton Jordening, Christine Harrick, and J. D. Snell), 913X1000; 2. Wilber 4-H No. 2, 903X1000; 3. Oak Creek 4-H No. 1, 897X1000.

Top 3 Girls Teams Overall – 1. Papillion South No. 4 (Melissa Harnack, Taylor Holzer, Marissa Braddock, Heather Woodle, and Jacqueline Baude), 836X1000; 2. Central City No. 1, 792X1000; 3. Marian No. 4, 788X1000.

Top 3 Girls Overall – 1. Becky Wessel, Stanton 4-H, 186X200; 2. Megan Assmann, Fremont, 186X200; 3. Kayla Quick, Lincoln Northeast, 183X200.

Top 3 High School Teams Overall – 1. Fremont No. 1 (Nick Bradick, Megan Assmann, Stephanie Gardeman, Jeremy Denny, and Scyler Ritthaler), 920X1000; 2. Gordon-Rushville No. 1, 912X1000; 3. Gothenburg No. 1, 911X1000.

Top 3 Individuals Overall – 1. Chris Schropfer, Fillmore, 194X200; 2. Zach Bryant, Lincoln Southwest, 192X200; 3. Jeremy Denny, Fremont, 192X200.

DONIPHAN, Neb. – -(AmmoLand.com)- Russell Korinek of Wilber-Clatonia won the individual title in the junior high competition at the 40th Cornhusker Trapshoot on Thursday at the Nebraska Trapshooting Association grounds.

The Fillmore 1 team of Colin Monteforte, Andrew Schropfer, Dillon Steinacher, Dylan Colgrove, and Austin Tatro took first in the team competition.

More than 1,800 junior and senior high school trapshooters are competing. Shooters from across Nebraska and neighboring states registered for the Cornhusker, which is the largest trapshoot event of its kind in the world, according to Rocky Hoffmann of the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, the Cornhusker Trapshoot director.

“Trapshooting has a very strong following across Nebraska and most of the United States,” Hoffmann said. “The first Cornhusker, which began in 1970 with only two squads, has grown to nearly 375 squads this year. Thanks to generous contributors, coaches, and the young trapshooters and their families, the Cornhusker Trapshoot is a great event.”

According to Hoffmann, sport shooting is one of the safest sports available to youngsters and is a sport in which every student can participate regardless of the individual’s size or sex. All Cornhusker entrants must have successfully completed the Nebraska Hunter Education Course.

“It is extremely gratifying to observe first-hand the responsibility that these students demonstrate in the use of firearms and the genuine sportsmanship displayed during the three days of trapshooting,” Hoffmann said.

The 2009 Cornhusker’s junior high program consists of 100, 16-yard targets shot on Thursday, with more than 600 junior high trapshooters participating. The high school competition features 100, 16-yard targets on Friday and 100 handicap targets on Saturday. At the completion of Saturday’s events, the high overall score wins the Cornhusker Cup.

Following are the results of Thursday’s Junior High competition:

Individual Top 10
1. Russell Korinek, 97X100, Wilber-Clatonia

2. Cody Newlun, 96X100, Hastings 4-H

3. Dillon Steinacher, 95X100, Fillmore

4. (tie) Blake Brumbaugh, 94X100, Republican Valley 4-H

Austin Svoboda, 94X100, Karp and Krow

Josh Borzekofski, 94X100, Blessed Sacrament

Andrew Schropfer, 94X100, Fillmore

8. (tie) Harry Harner, 93X100, Ogallala

Brett Jones, 93X100, Papillion

10. Keenam Kremke, 92X100, Karp and Krow

Top 3 Girls
1. Angel Rojas, 90X100, West Nebraska 4-H

2. Cory Sorahan, 88X100, Grand Island

3. (tie) Morgan Mavis, 85X100, Scottsbluff

Bailey Kustka, 84X100, Cornerstone

Top 3 4-H Teams
1. Republican Valley 4-H (Austin Johnson, Shane Kohmetsher, Brady May, Garrett Sharp, Blake Brumbaugh), 439X500

2. Wilber Clatonia, 424X500

3. Oak Creek 4-H, 400X500

Top 2 Girls Teams
1. Papillion 4 (Emily Medcalf, Alyssa Gibbs, Tori Harrel, Natalie Hebard, Katie Griger), 309X500

2. LaVista Jr. 2, 253X500

Top 3 Teams
1. Fillmore 1 (Colin Monteforte, Andrew Schropfer, Dillon Steinacher, Dylan Colgrove, Austin Tatro), 439X500

2. Scottsbluff 1, 433X500

3. Papillion 1, 424X500