Florida Crowns Youth Sporting Clays Champions

Teams Qualify for Upcoming National Championships 

VENICE, Fla.—Young sporting clays shooters from across Florida earned state titles—with many qualifying to represent Florida at upcoming national championships—at last weekend’s Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) Florida Sporting Clays State Championship.
 
The competition was held April 27 at Sarasota Trap, Skeet and Clays and featured some of Florida’s top young shooters in three divisions: varsity, junior varsity and intermediate entry.
 
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.
 
Florida 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 Florida Sporting Clays State Championship
(held April 27, Sarasota Trap, Skeet and Clays, Venice, Fla.)
 
Varsity Division (grades 9 to 12)
1st Place—Hawks, 220 out of 300 targets (Nathaniel Johnson of Nokomis, Timmy Miller of Nokomis, Andrew Wilcox of Bradenton).
2nd Place—Hawks, 161 (Elizabeth Elzer of Bradenton, Max Smith of Nokomis, Cameron Tille of Myakka City).
3rd Place—Not awarded.
 
Junior Varsity Division (grades 9 to 12)
1st Place—Hawks, 219 out of 300 targets (Cody Johnson of Nokomis, Brendan Smithson of Sarasota, Eric Turner of Sarasota).
2nd Place—Hawks, 151 (Chuck Elzer of Bradenton, Christopher Novak of Bradenton, Billy Harris of St. Petersburg).
3rd Place—Not awarded.
 
Intermediate Entry Division (grades 6 to 8)
1st Place—Silver Dollar Busters, 169 out of 300 targets (Jared Policandriotes of Odessa, Jacob Wood of Odessa, Justin Medina of Wesley Chapel).
2nd Place— Not awarded.
3rd Place— Not awarded.

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