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Lincoln Heritage Pheasants Forever Young Guns
The Lincoln Heritage Pheasants Forever Young Guns, the local youth competitive shotgun clay target shooting team, just competed at the state SCTP (Scholastic Clay Target Program) meet at the World Shooting and Recreational Complex in Sparta, IL on June 23rd_ 25th.
The Young Guns returned with 2 State Champions, 3 medaling squads and 3 others individual medalists. Quinn Kohler of Mattoon is the SCTP Illinois State Champion in Handicap Trap. Vincent Will from Charleston is the SCTP Illinois State Champion in Skeet. Vincent was also named to the Illinois All State Skeet team. Vincent’s scores at the SCTP National Championships that will be in Ohio in July will be combined with the other Illinois All State team members to compete against the other All State teams. This is the 3rd year in a row that Vincent placed first in his age group and the first year he was overall skeet champion.
In trap the Young Guns Jr. Varsity squad finished in second place. The squad members are:
Logan McPeak from Charleston
Quinn Kohler from Mattoon
Jaxon Morris from Charleston
Jack Cook from Mattoon
Tate Overton from Mattoon
In sporting clays the Young Guns Intermediate Entry squad placed Third. The squad members are:
Ridge Kile from Charleston
Curtis Snider from Lerna
Briar Price from Lerna
In skeet along with Will’s Championship the Senior Varsity squad finish 2nd. Squad members are:
Vincent Will from Charleston
Jacob Fickes from Charleston
Guy Parkerson, Jr. from Mattoon
Also in Skeet Ridge Kile placed 2nd in the Intermediate Entry division and Brady Henshaw placed 2nd in the Jr. Varsity division.
In doubles sheet Brady Henshaw placed 3rd in the Jr. Varsity division.
Including these 12 athletes the Young Guns had 22 athletes compete at the SCTP State Championships this past weekend. They competed in the 6 events of doubles trap, handicap trap, doubles skeet, singles trap, skeet and sporting clays. They had 10 members shoot 25 straight targets, 2 shoot 50 straight and a number personal best scores were posted.
The Lincoln Heritage Pheasants Forever Young Guns are preparing to compete in the SCTP National Championships that will be held in Marengo, Ohio July 8th to the 15th.
The Lincoln Heritage Pheasants Forever Young Guns is a local youth competitive shotgun clay target shooting team that competes is Trap, Skeet and Sporting Clays. They practice at the Charleston Sportsman Club and Olde Barn Sporting Clays. For more information contact head coaches Scott Gossett 232-9361 or Matt Homann 246-3250.
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