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A scholastic shotgun team from Nebraska was crowned as a national
champion Sunday as the nation’s best young sport shooters competed for
medals and scholarships. The Scholastic Clay Target Program sporting
clays national championships were held at the National Shooting Complex
in San Antonio.
There were five divisions in the competition. Nebraska’s
One Box Sub Juniors team competed in the Junior Experienced Division.
The five team-members combined to break 860 targets out of a possible
1,100. Each team-member received a gold-medal belt buckle and a $1,000
scholarship savings bond from the National Shooting Sports Foundation,
the professional trade association for the firearms industry and
competition sponsor.
Team members, all of Broken Bow, include Brody
Sikes, Jacob Hueftle, Logan Spanel, Print Zutavern and Ethan Johnson.
David Stunkel of Broken Bow is the team’s coach.
Order of Finish Junior Experienced Division
1st--Nebraska, One Box Sub Juniors, 860
2nd—Texas, Alpine Clay Crushers, 794
3rd—Colorado, Colorado
Claybusters Juniors, 725 |
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Members of Nebraska's One Box Sub Juniors team pose with
the gold-medal belt buckles they won July 18 in the Scholastic
Clay Target Program (SCTP) sporting clays championships in San
Antonio. Each gold-medal shotgun shooter also received a $1,000
scholarship.
The Nebraska One-Box Sub-Junior Team team, second place
finishers in skeet in the Junior Novice Division of the 2004
SCTP national championships, coached by Nolan Hueftle |
