Author: SSSF Staff

The Scholastic Clay Target Program is happy to announce the hiring of Jason Anderson as its new Southwest Director of Development from a pool of 25 applicants for the position. 

“We are excited to have Jason on staff full time,” commented SCTP National Director, Wayne Rasmussen.  “His knowledge of and passion for youth shooting stood out during the interview process.”

“I am grateful to have the opportunity to continue serving SCTP athletes and coaches in a larger capacity,” commented Anderson. “I’m ready to get started and embrace the challenge in developing the Southwest region!”

Jason has served the youth development program for several years as a Regional Field Representative, Texas State Director, and local team head coach. His strong leadership and passion for growing the shooting sports will shine as he helps develop new teams and grows participation throughout the Southwestern states.

Traveling to West Palm Beach, SCTP International Team members Miranda Bernau, Lucy Myers, Olivia Krauss, Trey Greeson, Luke Johnson, Max Hatfield, Ryan Brown attended USA Shooting’s Spring Selection Match in hopes of earning their spot on the USA Shooting Junior National Team.

“This competition was a perfect storm of uncontrollables – strong winds, rain, chilling temperatures, poor visibility, technical issues, wildlife interruptions – we had it all,” said SCTP International Team Coach, Terri DeWitt. “But this is what we train for. And what I mean by that is training our mindset to accept and manage the uncontrollables. I’m so very proud of our athletes – they gave 100% effort, they didn’t quit, and they found ways to focus on the positive throughout it all when for sure it would’ve been much easier to just give up.”

Congratulations to the SCTP International Team’s newest USA Shooting Junior National Team members:

Other results:

Lucy Myers – Silver Medalist, Open Women

Max Hatfield – Bronze Medalist, Collegiate

Thank you to our International Team sponsors Winchester Ammunition and Ultimate Shooting Accessories!

USA Shooting National Championships

In September the team showed at USA Shooting’s open National Championships, the first of two competitions to select a travel team for early 2025 World Cup events.

RESULTS:

Madelynn Schroder – Gold, Ladies Skeet U18

Zach Hinze – Bronze, Men Skeet U18

Olivia Krauss – Silver, Ladies Trap U18

Lucy Myers – Silver, Ladies Collegiate

SCTP International Team ALUMNI Junior World Championships – Lima, Peru

Athletes who were on the International Team in previous seasons had a strong showing at the Junior Worlds!

Jordan Sapp/Josh Corbin – Gold, Men’s Skeet Team event

Gracie Hensley/ Madeline Corbin – Bronze, Ladies Skeet Team event

The Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF) is raising money to invest in our Forever Fund Endowment, managed by the MidwayUSA Foundation. Our goal is to build our endowment to $25 Million, an amount that ensures the future of our youth development programs “Forever”. Our partners at the MidwayUSA Foundation are ready to match all donations 1:1, further leveraging your support towards the goal of guaranteeing the future of youth shooting sports.

People wishing to support this effort may make donations directly into our Forever Fund at https://bit.ly/SSSForever24
Every little bit helps! The small effort of sharing this link with fellow supporters of youth sports and the 2nd amendment will yield big results. You’d be surprised by who is willing to give a matched donation to this cause!

We also have a Forever Fund Raffle with great prizes donated by our industry sponsors Winchester Safes, GLOCK, Bettinsoli, Ruger, Hodgdon Powders, Silencer Central, RCBS, and SK Guns. Your local youth shooting sports team benefits from these raffle ticket sales, but if you do not have a team in your area to buy tickets from, you can get them here: 

SSSF2025Forever.givesmart.com

Or text SSSF2025Forever to 76278

Thank you for your support of our youth programs and youth shooting sports!

The Virginia State Skeet Shoot/Virginia State SCTP Skeet Shoot was shot from Sept 12 thru Sept 15. There were 34 SCTP Athletes registered for the State SCTP Skeet Shoot. We had some SCTP athletes shooting all 5 guns in the VA state shoot as well as participating in the SCTP state skeet shoot which was held in conjunction with state 12 gauge event. All target were registered with NSSA.

SCTP Results:

Awards Won from Virginia Skeet Shooting Assoc

Hunter Reaves

won B-C-D-E shoot off for B class with a .410 then went on to win the whole B-C-D-E event with .410. He also won

20 ga Jr. 3rd,

.410 ga B class 3rd,

.410 ga junior runner up

Jacob Worsham

Achieved his personal best in multiple guns

3rd for D class 20 ga

Trigg Francis

Sub junior HOA champion

12 ga sub junior champ

Virginia allstate captain 2024

SCTP junior varsity 1st

SCTP 1st open team,

.410 sub junior champ,

20 ga sub junior champ,

Doubles sub junior 3rd,

28 ga sub junior champ,

28 ga class B 2nd,

5 man team doubles champ,

12 ga 5 man team champ,

28 ga 5 man team champ,

.410 ga 5 man team runner up,

20 ga 5 man team runner up.

Ethan Sheflett

Doubles Gun Champ

Jr Champ with personal best 99.

12 gauge – 3rd overall, Jr Champ

28 gauge- Gun RU, Jr Champ

410 – B1 – Jr Champ

HOA – A4- Jr Champ

HAA – A3

5 man Team – Doubles, 12 & 28 champions , 410 RU, 20 RU

3 man bragging board – 12 gauge championship

2man – 28 gauge Champs, 3rd in doubles

SCTP – 1st senior varsity

– 3rd team open overall

VA All State Team – 2nd Team

David Whipp III

DBLS JR3

20 JRChamp

28 AA2 JRRU

HOA JRRU

5 man team doubles champ,

12 ga 5 man team champ,

28 ga 5 man team champ,

.410 ga 5 man team runner up,

20 ga 5 man team runner up.

VA All State Junior Team Captain

David Whipp III, Ethan Shiflett, Trigg Francis, Hunter Reaves

5 man Team Trophies

Congratulations to our winners! These multi-discipline athletes competed at our National Championship shooting skeet, trap, sporting clays, iron pistol, rifle, and 1911! Thanks to all our great sponsors for providing these great prizes. 

1. SKB RS300 Target Model 12 GA Shotgun, RUGER 10-22 fully Customized by TandemKross rifle, Browning Buck Mark Camper Pistol

2. Mossberg Pro Series 930 12 GA Shotgun

3. Certificate for a GLOCK of your choice

4. Rossi RS22 .22LR Rifle

5. Case Winchester Shotgun Shells.

Thanks to the incredible support of our Gold Sponsor, Kolar Arms, SCTP teams across the national were able to raise significant funding! Raising $5 for each ticket sold, the top 5 ticket selling teams are awarded the following (based on availability):
#1) Puma Bronze Semi-Auto 12 ga.
#2) CZ-USA 1012 Semi-Auto 12 ga.
#3) CZ-USA 720 G2 20 ga.

Our top teams for 2024 are:

First Place: Nutmeg Clay Crushers

Second Place: East Porter County Clay Crushers

Third place: Duggar Union

Fourth place: Sullivan County Shooting Sports

Fifth place: Mid-Carolina Panthers

Congratulations on your free shotgun and the money raised thanks to Kolar Arms!