Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Lake Oconee Takes Intermediate/Entry Level Div. Doubles Skeet National Title

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Just four clay targets separated the Lake Oconee Shotgun Team from the Haywood Young Guns, but that was enough to give Lake Oconee the win and the national title in the Intermedia/Entry Level Division in Doubles Skeet at the 2016 Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) National Team Championships in Ohio.

Georgia's Lake Oconee Shotgun Team members combined for a total of 246 out of a possible 300 targets to win the title. Baylor Garland of Eatonton led the team with 87, followed by Hank Hall of Eatonton with 83 and Tyler Urrutia of Greensboro with 76.

The Haywood Young Guns out of Tennessee were led by Cason Robbins of Jackson with 85, followed by Sterling Mansfield of Humboldt with 81 and William Parkey of Gadsden with 76.

Held July 9-16 at the Cardinal Shooting Center in Marengo, Ohio, nearly 2,200 athletes representing 28 states faced more than 961,000 clay targets during eight days of competition in the shooting disciplines of Trap, Skeet and Sporting Clays.

The Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) is a youth development program in which adult coaches and other volunteers use the shooting sports of Trap, Skeet and Sporting Clays, as well as the Olympic disciplines of Bunker Trap, Trap Doubles and International Skeet to teach and to demonstrate sportsmanship, responsibility, honesty, ethics, integrity, teamwork, and other positive life skills. Nationally, there are nearly 13,700 students and more than 2,900 coaches from 43 states participating in the Scholastic Clay Target Program.

The Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc. (SSSF), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is the National Governing Body for the Scholastic Clay Target Program. SCTP was started by the National Shooting Sports Foundation in 2001.

For more information about SCTP and SSSF, visit www.sssfonline.org. You can also follow SCTP on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ShootSCTP or @ScholasticShootingSports on Instagram.