Arizona Crowns Youth Skeet Champs

Teams Qualify for Upcoming National Championships 

TUCSON, Ariz.—Young skeet shooters from across Arizona earned state titles—with many qualifying to represent Arizona at upcoming national championships—at last weekend’s Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) Arizona Commissioner’s Cup Skeet State Championship.
 
The competition was held April 12 at the Tucson Trap and Skeet Club and featured some of Arizona’s top young shooters in five divisions: varsity, junior varsity, intermediate advanced, intermediate entry and rookie.
 
SCTP, for youths in grades 12 and under, is a program of the National Shooting Sports Foundation managed in partnership with the national governing bodies for shooting sports: USA Shooting, Amateur Trapshooting Association, National Skeet Shooting Association and National Sporting Clays Association.
 
With remarkable growth over the past eight years, the program is considered “the Little League of shooting sports.” Some 8,000 to 9,000 students from over 45 states are expected to compete this year.
 
Arizona teams participating in the state title shoot qualified for the SCTP National Championships July 31-Aug. 5 at the World Shooting and Recreational Complex in Sparta, Ill.
 
The best of these young shooters could be selected to attend an Olympic development camp in Colorado Springs, and some will go on to compete at the collegiate level.
 
For more information, visit www.nssf.org/sctp.
 
RESULTS

SCTP Arizona Skeet State Championship
(held April 12 at Tucson Trap and Skeet Club, Tucson, Ariz.)
 
Varsity (grades 9 to 12)
1st Place—Ben Avery Clay Crushers, 289 out of 300 targets (Lane Shank of Phoenix, Brett Hoeppner of Cave Creek, Kimberly Peters of Surprise).
2nd Place—Huachuca Hot Shots, 282 (Brielle Eaton of Sierra Vista, Kristin Gustavson of Sierra Vista, Matthew Ojerio of Sierra Vista).
3rd Place—Red Mountain Target Terminators, 276 (Kyle Wandelear of Queen Creek, Correy Schultz of Gilbert, Kaitlyn Borie of Phoenix).
 
Junior Varsity (grades 9 to 12)
1st Place—Red Mountain Target Terminators, 284 out of 300 targets (Wesley Borie of Phoenix, Kyle Johnson of Phoenix, Luke McCabe-O’Donnell of Phoenix).
2nd Place—Tucson SCTP Shooting Stars, 252 (Gregory Moffett of Oro Valley, Jacob Roussard of Tucson, Benjamin Nolting of Benson).
3rd Place—Red Mountain Target Terminators, 242 (Zach Kime of Chandler, Quinton Moore of Gilbert, Kyle Sutter of Apache Junction).
 
Intermediate Advanced (grades 6 to 8)
1st Place—Ben Avery Clay Crushers, 258 out of 300 targets (Shelby Shank of Phoenix, Chase Karvanek of Anthem, Austin Elbert of Waddell).
2nd Place—Ben Avery Clay Crushers, 251 (John Heim of Glendale, Mack Gibson of Phoenix, Kyle Hajek of Cave Creek).
3rd Place—Ben Avery Clay Crushers, 246 (Tanner Bissell of Desert Hills, Perry Miller of Goodyear, Holden Huff of Scottsdale).
 
Intermediate Entry (grades 6 to 8)
1st Place—Red Mountain Target Terminators, 236 out of 300 targets (Kent Thomas of Mesa, Stephen Fuller of Phoenix, Eric Fleming of Chandler).
2nd Place—Ben Avery Clay Crushers, 211 (Paysen Unger of Phoenix, Dylan Karvanek of Anthem, Taylor Saunders of New River).
3rd Place—Ben Avery Clay Crushers, 203 (Van Brophy of Phoenix, Lynsee Starr of Glendale, Andrew Tougas of Glendale).
 
Rookie (grades 5 and under)
1st Place—Ben Avery Clay Crushers, 168 out of 300 targets (Casey Coleman of Peoria, Mitchell Jones of Glendale, Tyler Sims of Dewey).
2nd Place—Ben Avery Clay Crushers, 165 (Trevor Hartigan of Anthem, Cal Kearney of Mesa, Tim Lehmann of Phoenix).
3rd Place—Tucson SCTP Shooting Stars, 158 (Austin Keene of Tucson, Gunnar Johnson of Sahuarita, Ben Garrett of Tucson).

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