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Athletes Win Big Among Challenging State Championships

June 29, 2022/in News, Tennessee SCTP /by Lauren Whitmire

Tennessee Wildlife Federation, one of the largest and oldest nonprofits dedicated to conserving the state’s wildlife and natural resources hosted more than 1,100 athletes from 79 teams at its 2022 Tennessee Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) State Championships from June 20-25 at the Nashville Gun Club.

Over 270,000 targets were thrown in one of the largest Tennessee SCTP State Championships to-date. Athletes competed as individuals and teams across seven events during the six-day tournament: skeet, doubles skeet, sporting clays, super sporting, trap, doubles trap and extended yard line trap.

SCTP athletes“Each year we strive to make the Tennessee Scholastic Clay Target Program the best it has ever been. Federation staff worked tirelessly to provide our talented athletes and coaches an incredible, safe experience–despite days of over 100 degrees throughout the week of competition,” said JW Worthen, director of programs, Tennessee Wildlife Federation. “These athletes, coaches and parents put so much effort and passion into shooting sports, and we are grateful to be a part of that and watch the athletes grow in their abilities year after year.”

New to the competition this year, the super sporting event was hailed as the favorite of the week for many athletes. Doubles trap and extended yard line trap, which made their debut in 2021, each saw more than twice the number of entries from the inaugural year. These newer events not only allow the athletes to experience a more well-rounded shotgun shooting sports experience, but also increase their mental toughness as they learn and prepare for competing in several–or sometimes all–of these events in a single competition.

Ashley Tone participated in Tennessee Scholastic Clay Target Program as a student athlete, then as a retail vendor at the event and now serves as Program Manager for Tennessee SCTP.

State Championships athletes

“This first year as Program Manager has been more challenging than I imagined, but it was also more rewarding than I could have ever imagined,” said Ashley. “Seeing all of these teams come together and being able to hand some of these athletes their first medal or their first 25-straight patch makes all the hard work worth it. The Federation works hard to grow this program and it feels incredible to give the next generation of shotgun athletes even greater opportunities than I did.”

“I know the staff and the gun club had some very long days and nights. Tennessee SCTP did a great job planning the event and the communications for the event were the best I’ve experienced,” said Shane McCown, coach for SCTP Unaka Shooters Team. “In my full time job, outside of volunteering as a coach for SCTP, I run operations. So, I know what it takes to run an excellent event.”

The high over all and high all around winners are as follows. For the full list of winners please visit tnwf.org/state-championships.

High Over All

Awarded to the individuals and teams who shot the highest score totaled from all three disciplines.

Rookie Individual
Taylor Hilliard on McKenzie Shooting Sports (Carroll Co.)

Rookie Team
McKenzie Shooting Sports (Carroll Co.)

Intermediate (Entry Level and Advanced) Individual
Lee Stokely on Haywood Young Guns (Haywood Co.)

Intermediate (Entry Level and Advanced) Team
Unaka Shooters (Carter, Sullivan and Washington Counties)

Senior (Junior Varsity and Varsity) Individual
Wyatt Freels on Warriors (Knox Co.)

Senior (Junior Varsity and Varsity) Team
Warriors (Knox Co.)

Collegiate Individual
Cole Prince on Monroe County (Monroe Co.)

High All Around

Awarded to the individuals and teams who shot the highest score totaled from all seven events.

Rookie Individual
Taylor Hilliard on McKenzie Shooting Sports (Carroll Co.)

Rookie Team
South Gibson County Shooting Sports (Gibson Co.)

Intermediate (Entry Level and Advanced) Individual
Morgan Hilliard on McKenzie Shooting Sports (Carroll Co.)

Intermediate (Entry Level and Advanced) Team
South Gibson County Shooting Sports (Gibson Co.)

Senior (Junior Varsity and Varsity) Individual
Wyatt Freels on Warriors (Knox Co.)

Senior (Junior Varsity and Varsity) Team
South Gibson County Shooting Sports (Gibson Co.)

Collegiate Individual
Dakota Duke on Bethel University (Montgomery Co.)

 

Tennessee Scholastic Clay Target Program provides youth ages 9 through the 12th grade and college an opportunity to participate in the three main shotgun shooting disciplines—trap, skeet, and sporting clays—with peers from across the state. To learn more visit: tnwf.org/tennessee-scholastic-clay-target-program/.

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