Gage O’Connor from the Ankeny Hawks Shooting Sports Team hit 200 straight clay targets at the State Trap Shoot the first week of June, besting all other shooters. But in the end his effort was not enough to hold off the varsity squad from North Scott who had the high squad score, hitting 985 out of 1,000 targets by their five person team.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources serves as the state advisor for the Scholastic Clay Target Program in Iowa, and hosts the Iowa State Championship Clay Target Events.
In 2019, there were more than 4,200 student athletes on over 150 teams registered with the Iowa Scholastic Clay Target Program. These youth shotgun teams completed a three week tour of Iowa last weekend to attend the Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) Championship events. Iowa athletes competed in Singles Trap, Doubles Trap, Handicap Trap, Sporting Clays, and Skeet. All results can be found at http://sssfonline.org.
Overall, during the championship events, nearly 744,000 clay targets were shot by 2,800 athletes. Athletes who compete at the State Championships are eligible to attend the SCTP National Championships on July 13-20 at the Cardinal Shooting Center in Marengo, Ohio.