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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Missouri FFA/High School Trap Championship draws 850 students

LINN CREEK, Mo. -- More than 85,000 shots rang out from the Missouri Trapshooters Association home grounds in Linn Creek on April 27 for the 26th Annual Missouri FFA and High School Trap Championship. More than 850 students from all over the state participated.

“Despite the rainy weather, we saw several perfect scores and many 99s,” said Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) Education Outreach Coordinator Eric Edwards, who helped staff the event “We even had to have a shoot-off to decide placement in some divisions

because of all the 100-out-of-100 scores these kids put up today.”

Austin Harris of St. Charles, Nate Carl of Liberty, Jess Johnson of St. Charles, Jonathon Wolf of Washburn, and Taylor Kennemer of Logan all had perfect scores for the day, forcing a shoot-off to decide the top overall shooter. After an additional three rounds of 25 clay birds, Johnson from the Gateway Claybusters of St. Charles came out on top with a 175 for 175 score.

Top honors for the Ladies Division went to Cecilia Young of House Springs with a score of 99 out of 100. The top scoring team was Gateway Claybusters Team Orange with a score of 496 out of 500.

MDC provides scorers each year for this event to help the Missouri Trap Association produce one of the most popular shoots in the state.

“The dedication of these young people amazes me,” said Edwards. “Some are here just to have a good time and socialize with other kids from around the state, while others get very serious about the competition aspect. We had several shooters who will be going to college next year on full-ride scholarships to compete on a collegiate level in the shotgun sports.”

He added, “These outstanding youth along with their dedicated coaches, show that not only is Missouri a great place to hunt and fish, but a great place to enjoy shooting sports too!”

A complete list of scores can be found at http://www.motraps.com/2013youthINFO-HS.asp.

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Trap Shooting Engages Hundreds of Missouri Youth

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Gateway-Clay-Busters from Defiance dominated high scores.

LINN CREEK, Mo -- More than 75,000 shots rang out from the Missouri Trap Shooters Association home grounds at 51 Trapshooters Road in Linn Creek on April 28 for the 25th annual Missouri FFA and High School Trap Championship. More than 750 students from all over the state participated in the event.

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) cosponsors the championship and more than 40 staff helped with scoring at the event.

“The weather turned out to be nice day so we saw several very high scores,” said MDC Education Outreach Coordinator Eric Edwards, who helped with scoring. “We even had to have a shoot off to decide placement in some divisions because of all the 99- and 98-out-of-100 scores.”

The overall high score went to Austin Harris of Gateway-Clay-Busters from Defiance with a perfect score of 100 out of 100. Top honors for Ladies division went to Samantha Foppe of Team Henges from High Ridge with a score of 98 out of 100. Rebekah Lowen, Emily Hampson, Tricia Cook, Torie Beckmann and Katy Stecker of Gateway Clay-Busters took team overall high score for Ladies with 441 out of 500. High school division champs were Corey Green, Joseph Mace, Tyler Schulte, Zach Schmitz and Kurt Grote of Gateway Clay-Busters with a team score of 487 out of 500.

“Some of these kids are multi-sport athletes, but for many of them, this is their passion,” said Edwards. “I talked to one young lady who just returned from shooting in a tournament in Florida. It’s how she spent her spring break! These outstanding youth, along with their dedicated coaches, show that not only is Missouri a great place to hunt and fish, but a great place to enjoy the shooting sports too!

For a complete list of scores and winners, visit Missouri Trap Shooters Association online at.