One in a row....

It's amazing just how much work goes into getting ready for competition. It's bad enough getting myself ready, but prepping for 10 to 20 people will make you insane. My hat is off to all the youth coaches everywhere, no matter what sport you coach, for all the behind the scenes work you put in to make it all happen.

Yesterday was the first competition for the kids in the Arizona Scholastic Clay Target Program. Held at Red Mountain Trap and Skeet Club in Mesa, Arizona, the competition drew young shooters from all over the state. It was a beautiful day for shooting and the Buckeye kids came ready to kick butt.





The Buckeye team (left to right in the picture):
Teddi Wood-Holt - Instructor
Ethan - Junior Division
Hayden - Rookie Division
Trevor - Senior Division
Koal - Junior Division
Ryan - Senior Division
Len Sullivan - Lead Instructor
Kathy - Junior Division
Lewis - Senior Division
Megan - Junior Division
Nathan - Rookie Division
Dan Bauer - Instructor
Jessica - Junior Division

So how did the kids do? The 10 kids from Buckeye took home 22 trophies! Woot!! As a matter of fact, the Buckeye team had at least one shooter in the trophy round for every event we entered.

Here is the list:


Rookie Division (5th grade)
Novice Trap
Nathan (1st place)
Hayden (6th place)

Novice Skeet
Nathan (2nd place)
Hayden (3rd place)

Intermediate Trap
no Buckeye entries

Intermediate Skeet
no Buckeye entries

Intermediate Sporting Clays
Nathan (3rd place)
Hayden (4th place)


Junior Division (6th, 7th, and 8th grade)
Novice Trap
Koal (3rd place)
Jessica (9th place - tie)

Novice Skeet
Koal (3rd place)
++++++ This was a heartbreaker.......Kathy and Jessica were both only 1 target away from placing, and Megan was only 3 targets away. They'll be there next time!!!

Intermediate Trap
Ethan (6th place - tie)

Intermediate Skeet
Ethan (4th place)

Intermediate Sporting Clays
Ethan (10th place - tie)
Koal (10th place - tie)
+++++ Another heartbreaker for the ladies.....once again, Kathy and Jessica were tied 1 target away from placing.

Advanced Trap
no Buckeye entries

Advanced Skeet
no Buckeye entries

Advanced Sporting Clays
no buckeye entries

Senior Division (9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grade)
Novice Trap
no Buckeye entries

Novice Skeet
no Buckeye entries

Intermediate Trap
Ryan (1st place)
Lewis (7th place)
Trevor(8th place)

Intermediate Skeet
Ryan (6th place)
Lewis (7th place)
Trevor (8th place)

Intermediate Sporting Clays
Trevor (3rd place)
Ryan (4th place)
Lewis (10th place)

Advanced Trap
no Buckeye entries

Advanced Skeet
no Buckeye entries

Advanced Sporting Clays
no buckeye entries

Not too shabby for a group that has only been together for 3 months......using a cardboard trap house, shooting stations spray painted in the dirt, and with no skeet field at all. It was easy to tell that the kids were having fun, because they were all smiling all day long.

An excellent way to spend a Saturday.

// posted by Len @ 9:22 PM