Multi-Discipline shooting sports athletes are preparing for SSSF Nationals next month. With bragging rights and great prizes up for grabs, who will be the next Top Gun Challenge Champion?!
Athletes competing in the Top Gun Challenge will shoot Trap, Skeet, Sporting Clays, Iron Sight Pistol (Rimfire or Centerfire), fastest rifle time, and 1911 with their scores from each event being compiled to calculate the winners. 1st Prize wins a shotgun, a rifle, and a pistol 2nd Prize wins a shotgun 3rd Prize wins a pistol *If 25 or more athletes compete, we will add a 4th prize *If 35 or more athletes compete, we will add a 5th prize
Please register for the Top Gun Challenge in the pistol building with SASP Staff before competing in your first scheduled event.
1. Send a check (or include credit card info on form) for the proper amount of ALL squads and athletes to the Waterford WI address post marked no earlier than May 1st and no later than May 12th. Make checks payable to SCTP.
2. ALL Pre-Registration documents must be mailed – no drop offs allowed!
3. Money received is “Non-Refundable”. Pre-registration fees will not be returned to any athletes that do not attend the SCTP National Championships.
4. All squads must be “pre-built” on your team’s home page for the National Championships. Teams will be allowed to change athletes as they see fit later but all squads must be ready to populate the shooting schedule.
5. SCTP will populate the squad assignments based on the order they are received per the postage stamp placed on the envelope by USPS. PLEASE send by regular mail (or flat rate envelope) with NO signature required. Sending paperwork requiring a signature may delay your paperwork! We know most post offices won’t time stamp, that is fine.
6. A form will be available on the SSSF website that will require your information along with dates and times you would like your squads assigned. Please give us at least one ALTERNATE set of days in your selections in each discipline. You are not guaranteed your first request by not providing alternative options.
7. Teams will be able to view of their assigned time slots by May 25th, before regular registration opens on June 1st. Note: Completed form(s) must be sent in with payment either by credit card or by check, no payment sent in with forms will result in no squads entered for that team. These payments are “nonrefundable”!! If you pay for 15 athletes and only 12 show, the other 3 athletes’ fees are not returned. Please see the SCTP Handbook for additional information.
Completed form WITH payment must be mailed no sooner than May 1st, 2025, to:
SCTP Nationals Pre-Registration
C/O April Carr
816 Bakke Ave
Waterford, WI 53185
We look forward to seeing you all in Marengo, Ohio on July 9th – 19th, 2025!
The Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) is happy to announce the hiring of Sylvia McCart as Programs Manager. Selected from a pool of thirty applicants, McCart will be covering the Southeast Region, helping grow both new and existing youth clay target teams.
“We are grateful to have Sylvia join us as the SE Programs Manager,” commented Wayne Rasmussen, SCTP National Director. “ She has a long history working with youth shooting teams and helping grow the SCTP.”
“I’m incredibly honored to take on this role,” stated McCart. “I look forward to serving the Southeast by continuing to grow a sport that has given so much to our youth, and supporting the athletes, families, and coaches who are its heart and soul. The future is bright for our youth in the clay target sports, and I am grateful to be a part of this exciting journey as we continue to inspire, support, and grow our next generation of clay target athletes.”
As Terri DeWitt steps down from this role, she is not leaving the Scholastic Clay Target Program. Terri remains the Coach of the SCTP National Team and is looking forward to having more time to focus working with our future Olympians.
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:
Max HatfieldRyan BrownLucy Myers
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!
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!
Gracie Hensley – Silver, Ladies Skeet
Jordan Sapp/Josh Corbin – Gold, Men’s Skeet Team event
Gracie Hensley/ Madeline Corbin – Bronze, Ladies Skeet Team event
Madeline Corbin/Jordan Sapp – Bronze, Skeet Mixed 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 donations1:1, 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:
