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Central Falcon Shooters Take WI SCTP State Trap Title!

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June 26, 2017 – Wisconsin Trapshooting Association Homegrounds – Nekoosa, WI. – The Wisconsin Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) State Championships is a three-weekend long event held annually to determine the best youth shotgun teams in Wisconsin. Last year’s SCTP High-Over-All National Champion Central Falcons stood up to the challenge by sweeping the top-varsity spots in all three events this year; Skeet held June 10 at Sauk County Trap & Skeet, Sporting Clays on June 17 & 18 at Woods & Meadow in Warrens and the Trap Championship held at the WTA Homegrounds on June 23 & 24 in Nekoosa. Overall 1423 athletes including 246 young ladies partook in one of the three SCTP State Championship events, an increase of nearly 20% from last year.

The Championship events are highlighted each year with the Trap Championship as it is the largest shooting event in Wisconsin and one of the largest in the country with 1293 athletes from 62 different teams that competed Friday afternoon and all day Saturday on the 30 fields at the WTA Homegrounds. The Falcons five of Hunter Conrad, Kenneth Beverly, Mathew Perona, John Dietz and Scott Hanover combined to break 486 of 500 possible targets to take a three target advantage over the Beaver Dam Trap Team and nine targets over the third-place Sauk County Youth Trap Team. The Waterford Wolverines and B.H.S. Demons were fourth and fifth.

Topping the Junior Varsity teams was Rocket Trap from Oostburg, Intermediate Advanced went to the Central Falcons, Intermediate Entry to Sauk County and Rookie gold was won by the Hudson Raiders.

Aaron Walechka of the Jefferson Sportsmens Club Youth Trap Team took the Men’s Grand Champion buckle home for breaking 99 targets along with Courtney Uhlenhake of the B.H.S. Demons who brought home the ladies Grand Champion buckle with a 95.

Top individual scores for men went to Tyler Thiede in Varsity, Robert Rahut in Junior Varsity, Logan Kieran in Intermedate Advanced, Greyson Ponder in Intermediate Entry and Payton Johnson in Rookie.  Top ladies were Amy Spiering in Varsity, Jenna Leah Crook in Junior Varsity, Chloe Uhlenhake in Intermediate Advanced, Chloe Shied in Intermediate Entry and Taylor Dale in Rookie. Jordan Hintz and Alexandra Konop took the Collegiate honors.

Proving they are more than just trap shooters; Central also won the 2017 State High-Over-All Championship totaling 1066 of a possible 1100 in the combination of Skeet (295), Sporting Clays (283), and Trap (486) to top the Marquette Hilltoppers and Waterford Wolverines.

The weekend at the WTA Homegrounds was filled with side events including Handicap, Doubles and Bunker Trap and several shooting games; this year over 180,000 targets were thrown without a single safety incident; a testament to the dedicated coaches and parents who put safety first in the SCTP. The WTA members did a wonderful job preparing the grounds and trap fields for the largest single-day event ever at the facility that opened in 2013.

Up next for the Wisconsin SCTP teams is the National Championships held July 8-15, 2017 at the Cardinal Center in Marengo, Ohio.  Currently there are over 425 Wisconsin athletes registered to compete in the event including the Central Falcons who are heading to Ohio to attempt to repeat as the H.O.A National Champions for the second consecutive year. Over 1.5 million targets will be thrown over the eight-day event.

Complete results from the WI SCTP State Championships can be found at: http://shot.sssfonline.com/shot5/web/publish/results/index.asp?eid=149

For more information on the Wisconsin Scholastic Clay Target Program visit the WI SCTP Facebook page at www.facebook.com/WisconsinSCTP/

All State Team Qualifications and Guidelines for Nationals

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Athletes that competed in their respective state SCTP tournaments in trap, skeet and sporting clays are eligible to make their states All-State Team at the 2017 National Championships in Marengo, OH.

Any athlete that placed in the top five at their respective state championships will be eligible to represent his or her state in that discipline. If a top-five athlete is NOT attending the SCTP National Championships in Ohio, then the opportunity will be bumped down to the next eligible competitor that is attending the National Championships.

Athletes attending the National Championships (representing their state as an All State Team member) will receive a custom shirt signifying their All-State Team designation!

Guidelines:

Top five athletes will be determined by the actual score shot at their respective State SCTP shoot.

Ties may be settled with a shoot off. If a shoot off was not held, then reverse long run will be in effect. If score sheets are not available or have been disposed of, we will allow the oldest of the athletes tied…..ie; senior in High School vs a sophomore for example.

Scores at the National Championships will be used from the athlete’s normal squading with his or her team. All-State Team members will only shoot together if there is a tie between the states for 1st – 3rd places in their respective disciplines where a shoot-off will be necessary to determine the winning state team. In trap/skeet, a full round of 25 each will be shot. In sporting clays, pre-determined stations will be shot off in a sudden death match.

This is NOT an HOA event! Athletes do not need to compete in all three disciplines.

SCTP will provide awards to the first- through third-place team members for each discipline. These awards will be presented at the respective awards ceremonies on Thursday and Saturday.

The All-State Teams will be comprised of five athletes from each state for each discipline, non-collegiate athletes only!

Score boards will be posted in the events registration building, the SCTP store and scoring annex and updated as athletes are scored in their respective events.

Controversial items or rules questions/determinations will be voted on and ruled by the appropriate discipline committee members. The tournament director will make final determination.

Good luck and congratulations to all of the SCTP All State Team members!

New National Team Provides Pipeline for Next Olympic Shotgun Competitors

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The Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) in conjunction with USA Shooting would like to officially announce the formation of the SCTP / USAS National Team! This newly formed team will be comprised of athletes placing in Bunker Trap and International Skeet at the SCTP’s National International Style Championships being held in Colorado Springs, CO July 23-29, 2017.

The top three men and ladies in Bunker Trap and International Skeet (12 total athletes) will make this national team and be recognized at the awards banquet and ceremony on July 29, 2017, at the Double Tree hotel in Colorado Springs.

These athletes will receive a USA Shooting jacket, paid fall selection match fees and ammo, along with an SCTP National Team vest, five cases of NobelSport Quattro Finest International ammunition and more! Details concerning the training camps and the naming of a head coach for this team will be forthcoming.

“What a great opportunity to advance in the international shooting disciplines for these athletes and families,” Tom Wondrash, SCTP national director, said. “This has been a thought for several years and now working with USA Shooting, we are seeing this become reality. We are able to now showcase 12 athletes instead of the four we have in the past and also help define a clearer path to the US National Team and the Olympics.”

These 12 spots will be re-earned at each year’s SCTP International Nationals. The Scholastic Clay Target Program is the official youth shooting program to USA Shooting and provides a pipeline for future international shotgun competitors. Please watch for a more detailed list of qualifications and information at www.sssfonline.org

2017 National Championships Program is Here!

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The 2017 SCTP and SASP National Championships kicks off July 8th at the Cardinal Shooting Center in Marengo, Ohio. This year’s record setting tournament will run July 8-15 and currently has about 3,000 competitors slated to participate with nearly 6,500 event entries.

There is much to do at Nationals and many individuals, industry members and supporting organizations are working together to make it all happen!

Check out the tournament details, schedule of events and all who support the SSSF, SASP and SCTP, by viewing the online event program at www.sssfonline.org. Print copies of the event program will also be available at the Central Entry Building of the Cardinal Center in Marengo starting July 8.

Download a copy of the digital event program here.

For 2017 National Championships info and image support, visit the SSSF media room at https://sssfonline.org/news/media/.

 

USA Shooting 2017 Biennial Coach Conference

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USA Shooting is hosting the 2017 Biennial Coach Conference 25-27 August at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. Deadline for registration is August 10th. Special rooming rates expire August 4th.

The keynote speaker will be Raymond Prior, the author of the Bullseye Mind. Tentatively USA Shooting is planning on the following topics: sport psychology, fundraising, ammo testing, USAS athlete panel – “what makes a good coach?”, how to coach millennials, a coach panel – “three things to make a successful youth program”, ISSF rules update, media training, USAS Youth Programs update, USAS Coach Academy update, pre-conference shotgun clinic at the USAS Shotgun range, just to name a few.

Click here for tentative conference schedule.

There will be a live Internet broadcast of the Biennial Coach Conference to those who cannot travel to Colorado Springs.

In the registration form you will have a choice of attending the conference in Colorado Springs at the Olympic Training Center (OTC) or register for the Internet broadcast that you can watch from home with no travel expenses. You will be emailed a link to the live broadcast a few days before the start of the conference.

Paid registrations will receive free access to all of the recorded presentations about 30 days after the end of the conference. These presentations will be available online in the USAS Coach Academy.

This year there will be a naming ceremony for the Lones Wigger Legacy Hall and Shooting Center on Friday evening 25 August and the Hall of Fame induction banquet on Saturday evening. A large turnout with VIPs is expected from allied shooting organizations and industry.

If you are working with disabled veterans in a shooting program, you may qualify to have your registration fee paid for by Bob Foth. Contact Bob Foth (bob.foth@usashooting.org) directly to see if you qualify for a free Conference registration.

USA Shooting has blocks of rooms at special rates at the Clarion and Holiday Inn Express. Those special rates and blocked rooms will expire 4 August. Reserve your room on or before 4 August.

Here is the link to the hotel information:  https://www.usashooting.org/library/CoachAcademy/Clarion_Hotel_and_Conference_Center.pdf

Click this link to view the 2015 Coach Conference presentations to give you some idea of the past presentation content at the Biennial Coach Conference.

For more information contact Mike Theimer, USA Shooting Coach Academy Director. Click this link for more information about the USAS Coach Academy.

 

SCTP National Team Championships Slated to Be the Largest Championships to Date

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With a record number of teams and athletes registering, attendance at the upcoming 2017 Scholastic Clay Target Programs (SCTP) National Championships is on track to break records in all facets of the tournament and clay target shooting.

The national event is scheduled for July 8-15, 2017, in Marengo, Ohio, at the Cardinal Shooting Center located just north of Columbus.

With over a million competition targets scheduled to be thrown, teams from 23+ states will compete for national titles in skeet, sporting clays, singles trap, handicap trap, double trap, skeet doubles and bunker trap. This year’s event sits currently at over 5,300 registrations (up over 700 from the best year on record) with 15 to 20 teams to register yet! With practice rounds and side games, this year’s event will easily see over 1.5 million total targets thrown, making this the largest youth clay target shooting tournament in the world!

“That’s a lot of clay in the air — roughly eight semi loads of targets,” said Tom Wondrash, SCTP national director and national tournament director. “Our industry sponsors and support have to be excited about that. I know our target sponsor, White Flyer, is very excited about this year’s tournament. This year’s nationals is a testament of the strong support we receive from the industry as well as the dedication of our teams, athletes, coaches and families. We couldn’t be more excited to see these numbers and welcome everyone out to see this year’s event.”

The skeet portion of this year’s tournament (governed by the National Skeet Shooting Association – NSSA) will be yet another record-breaking event in itself. With more than 956 registered athletes (contributing over 191,000 targets to the one million plus for the tournament), this will be the largest skeet tournament in the world.

The SCTP welcomes everyone to come out and watch some of the best youth shooters in the world and meet industry reps from all over the country.

If you’re interested in sponsoring or donating to this year’s national event, there is still time. Contact Tom Wondrash at twondrash@sssfonline.com or visit www.sssfonline.org/tournament-sponsorship.

 

1400 SCTP Athletes Ready to Invade the WTA Homegrounds

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The Wisconsin Scholastic Clay Target Program will be holding it’s fourth and final State Championship from June 23 to 25 at the WTA Homegrounds in Rome, Wisconsin. The previous three weekends had record turnouts for  International Bunker Trap, Skeet and Sporting Clays with nearly 25% growth over last year.

The weekend will consist of 100 Championship Singles targets shot on Friday and Saturday plus Handicap, Doubles and International Bunker events on Sunday. In addition, there will be a Make-A-Break competition all three days along with shooting sports vendors, gun demonstrations and Wisconsin’s largest “Last Competitor Standing” on Saturday afternoon.

Over 1400 athletes from 62 Wisconsin SCTP teams are registered for the event with almost 2,000 registrations, an increase of over 30% from last year. Approximately 300 team and individual awards will be presented at the four Championship events. Nearly 20% of all registered athletes are females again this year.

Friday, June 23 – 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. 100 Singles Championship, vendors, gun demonstrations, Make-A-Break all day, open training for Trap, Doubles, Handicap and Bunker.

Saturday, June 24th – 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.  100 Singles Championship, vendors, gun demonstrations, Make-A-Break all day, Last Competitor Standing.

Sunday, June 25th – 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. 100 Doubles, 100 Handicap and 50 International Bunker, vendors, gun demonstrations, Make-A-Break all day.

The WTA Homegrounds features 30 American Trap Fields, Wisconsin’s only Olympic bunker and 104 fully hook-up campsites on 280 acres in the town of Rome. It is located at 1312 Akron Drive, Nekoosa, WI 54457.

The WiSCTP State Trap Championship is the last major event prior to the SCTP Nationals held July 8-15, 2017, at the Cardinal Center in Marengo, Ohio. Currently Wisconsin has the most athletes registered for the event with over 470 athletes making the trek to Central Ohio.

Check out this WXOW.com article about a recent Wisconsin state meet.

 

Hunting Hills Hawkeyes Host Benefit Shoot

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Reprinted with permission of the Observer-Reporter

Sammy Riley, 9, of Waynesburg, recently received the runner-up award in the Rookie Dvision from assistant head coach Randy Coss during a benefit shoot at Hunting Hills in Dilliner hosted by Hunting Hills Hawkeyes, Greene County’s Scholastic Clay target Program team. Participants could compete individually or in teams of five in the 100-clay target shoot.

Award winners were:

• High overall male – Rex Buckhalter of Dilliner.

• High overall female – Pam Blaker of Carmichaels.

• Adult – Will Luckey of Mt. Morris, second place; Doug Hinerman of Waynesburg, third; John Riley of Waynesburg, fourth; and Parker Woodring of Carmichaels, fifth.

• High overall youth female – Abby Ozohonish of Jefferson.

• High overall youth male – Tristan Cole of Waynesburg.

• Senior varsity – Brandon Sanders of Waynesburg, champion, and Zach Abbott of Rogersville, runner-up.

• Junior varsity – Tristan Cole of Waynesburg, champion, and Justin Popovec of Perryopolis, runner-up.

• Intermediate advanced – Zach Wilson of Waynesburg, champion, and Owen Hughes of Rogersville, runner-up. • Intermediate entry – Robby Dillon of Adah, champion, and Cole Jones of Jefferson, runner-up.

• Rookie – Brendan Cole of Waynesburg, champion, and Sammy Riley of Waynesburg, runner-up.

• Team – Team Miller with Frank Golsky, Brandon Sanders, Dylan Miller, Garrett Ross and Justin Golsky, first place; and Rex Buckhaulter, Eugene Latusek, Noah Haines, Sam Sellaro and Mark Sellaro, second.

The benefit shoot was sponsored by Greene County commissioners and Greene County Department of Recreation. The Hawkeyes will compete June 17 in the annual Pennsylvania Scholastic Clay Target Program Sporting Clays Championship at Factoryville Sportsmen’s Club. The event will involve a 100-target shoot to determine state winners in six skill divisions.

Success for Libby Rock Crushers Clay Shooting Team

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Reprinted with permission of The Western News

Libby has fared well in state high school athletics this year, and now they’ve brought home medals in clay target shooting. The Libby Rock Crushers have been around for about six years now and are part of an organization called the Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP), which includes the clay target sports of trap, skeet and sporting clays.

Our athletes have competed at a state level since the beginning. Now we continue to produce shooters that are challenging our experienced adult shooters, let alone their youth counterparts.

A couple of weeks ago the Rock Crushers hosted the Western Regional SCTP shoot. This shoot brought 30 shooters from Libby, Hamilton, Missoula, the Flathead and Bigfork to participate in a 150-bird event. Our team took home the high overall runner-up trophy. That team consisted of Dameon Kelch, Isaac O’Rourke, Austin Rasmussen, Nate Pomeroy and Maverick Owens. Dameon Kelch was also the individual skeet champion. Maverick Owens, Anna Marie Kebschull and Walker Mills also won their division in trap.

Then this past weekend we took five young men to the State SCTP Shoot in Billings. The Rock Crushers represented Libby very well, but just missed placing by a couple of targets in the team events. However, Dameon Kelch faired really well, taking second in Varsity in sporting clay and third in both trap and skeet. Austin Rasmussen finished third in both skeet and sporting clays. Isaac O’Rouke had the best skeet score for our team and placed fifth overall but fourth in his division.

The toughest division was the intermediate division (seventh and eighth graders). Four of the top five scores came out of this division, where high schoolers compete against both other high schoolers and college-aged contestants.

Nate Pomeroy had his personal best trap with an 89. Maverick Owens improved on his season averages.

We are always looking for new athletes, so if you are interested contact Coaches Mike Cirian or Tom Bailey or talk to one of the athletes to see if it something you may want to try.

SSSF/NRA All Scholastic Team Members Announced

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The Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF) and National Rifle Association (NRA) Competitive Shooting Sports division are proud to announce members of the 2017 All-Scholastic Team!

Over 200 student athletes from 22 states have been named to the team this year and will be recognized at the opening ceremonies of the SSSF/SCTP/SASP Team Championship event on July 12 in Marengo, Ohio.

The All-Scholastic Team recognizes the top student athletes in the SSSF’s Scholastic Clay Target and Scholastic Action Shooting Program for their achievements in the classroom, on the range and in their communities. Through an application process, 2017 All-Scholastic Team Members have proven academic excellence by posting 3.0 or better grade point averages, shooting excellent scores in recent competition (95% in trap or skeet, 85% in sporting clays, 88% in international trap/skeet or 75 seconds or less for SASP) and by demonstrating outstanding community involvement.

See the state-by-state athlete profiles for the 2017 All Scholastic Team members and learn more about how the SCTP and SASP are working to improve the lives of young people across the country.

Congratulations to all qualifying team members!

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