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Knott is Top Junior High Shooter at Cornhusker Traphshoot

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.

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Nebraska Cornhusker Trapshoot Is April 28-30

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.
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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.”

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