Southwest Trap shooters take 3rd at State
May 4, 2016
The Southwest Jr. High Trap Team posted a score of 440/500 targets to claim 3rd place at the Missouri High School Trap Shooting Championships at the MTA Shooting facility in Linn Creek on Saturday, April 30th.
Ty Howard led the squad breaking 94/100 targets. Hunter Stanley broke 92, Leland Colf – 91, Garrett Stanley – 82, and Samuel Jennings rounded out the scoring with a 81.
“I was really pleased with the team’s performance. Honestly, I was a little concerned going in as we didn’t really have the best practice the Wednesday leading up to the shoot. But we went up Friday and shot a couple of practice rounds at the facility. They seemed to be more focused during our practice rounds Friday, and I was hoping it would carry through to Saturday,” said Coach Mike Vining.
“I think the team grew a little last weekend as they seemed to start forming that “bond” that all good squads need to be successful at this level of competition.”
The Southwest High School Team finished in 4th, just 1 target behind Popular Bluff who finished in 3rd.
Levi Moore and River Fields both posted a 97/100 to lead the High School Team.
Other team shooters competing were Hayden Fox, Elizabeth Wolfe, Charlie Henderson, Alex Cook, and Heather Windes.
“Again, I was very happy with the scores we put up Saturday. It’s been a really hectic spring for our High Schoolers as we have several shooters competing in other school activities. It’s been really hard to get everyone together each week due to Baseball, Softball, FFA, and various other school activities. I do applaud our shooters for representing Southwest in various other sports as our baseball, softball, and FFA teams are also having tremendous seasons. I think once school lets out for the summer, we’ll be able to get more focus on the next big shoot in June, and Nationals in August.”
“Being just 1 target out of a top 3 finish and only 12 targets behind the State Champions from Logan-Rogersville is very encouraging. Southwest has a strong trap shooting tradition and we have, in a sense, created the monster that the State Championships have become. With record shooter attendance now topping 1,000 shooters, other teams have picked up the intensity that we started in the past 16 years. The bar is definitely a lot higher than it was even 5 years ago. I feel our shooters are up to the challenge of raising that bar just a little higher, and again, I think we’ll be good to go for the State AIM shoot in June.”
“I can’t thank our newly acquired assistant coach Larry Hicks enough. Larry brings decades of trap shooting knowledge to our team, and he does a great job translating it to our shooters.” Our kids are buying in to what he can bring and its starting to pay off big time.”
The team showed their appreciation to their sponsors and to the Monett Sportsman’s Club for allowing them to use their facility.
The Southwest Jr. High Trap Team posted a score of 440/500 targets to claim 3rd place at the Missouri High School Trap Shooting Championships at the MTA Shooting facility in Linn Creek on Saturday, April 30th.
Ty Howard led the squad breaking 94/100 targets. Hunter Stanley broke 92, Leland Colf – 91, Garrett Stanley – 82, and Samuel Jennings rounded out the scoring with a 81.
“I was really pleased with the team’s performance. Honestly, I was a little concerned going in as we didn’t really have the best practice the Wednesday leading up to the shoot. But we went up Friday and shot a couple of practice rounds at the facility. They seemed to be more focused during our practice rounds Friday, and I was hoping it would carry through to Saturday,” said Coach Mike Vining.
“I think the team grew a little last weekend as they seemed to start forming that “bond” that all good squads need to be successful at this level of competition.”
The Southwest High School Team finished in 4th, just 1 target behind Popular Bluff who finished in 3rd.
Levi Moore and River Fields both posted a 97/100 to lead the High School Team.
Other team shooters competing were Hayden Fox, Elizabeth Wolfe, Charlie Henderson, Alex Cook, and Heather Windes.
“Again, I was very happy with the scores we put up Saturday. It’s been a really hectic spring for our High Schoolers as we have several shooters competing in other school activities. It’s been really hard to get everyone together each week due to Baseball, Softball, FFA, and various other school activities. I do applaud our shooters for representing Southwest in various other sports as our baseball, softball, and FFA teams are also having tremendous seasons. I think once school lets out for the summer, we’ll be able to get more focus on the next big shoot in June, and Nationals in August.”
“Being just 1 target out of a top 3 finish and only 12 targets behind the State Champions from Logan-Rogersville is very encouraging. Southwest has a strong trap shooting tradition and we have, in a sense, created the monster that the State Championships have become. With record shooter attendance now topping 1,000 shooters, other teams have picked up the intensity that we started in the past 16 years. The bar is definitely a lot higher than it was even 5 years ago. I feel our shooters are up to the challenge of raising that bar just a little higher, and again, I think we’ll be good to go for the State AIM shoot in June.”
“I can’t thank our newly acquired assistant coach Larry Hicks enough. Larry brings decades of trap shooting knowledge to our team, and he does a great job translating it to our shooters.” Our kids are buying in to what he can bring and its starting to pay off big time.”
The team showed their appreciation to their sponsors and to the Monett Sportsman’s Club for allowing them to use their facility.
