Tennessee Athletes Excel at Nationals

Jul 27, 2018

Tennessee SCTP athletes proudly waiving the Tennessee flag at the SCTP Nationals.

For a full week in July, some of the country’s top young Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) athletes—including more than 350 from Tennessee—descended on Marengo, Ohio to compete for national titles in trap, skeet, and sporting clays. Tennessee athletes competed in all three shooting disciplines representing each age group, from rookie through collegiate.

Many of our athletes placed at the top of the leaderboards including 10 first-place finishers and 29 other top-five finishers.

Tennessee Wildlife Federation and the Tennessee SCTP team couldn’t be more proud of the individuals, teams, and coaches who participated and represented our state so well,” said Andrew Peercy, Tennessee SCTP manager. “This was a great year for our athletes and we look forward to many more great years to come.”

2018 Nationals—Tennessee Winners

Trap

Individual Men

Intermediate-Advanced — 1st place, Tyler Hanney from Cocke County Clay Busters

Squad

Varsity — 3rd place, Jefferson County 4-H Patriot Shooters

Junior Varsity — 3rd place, Cannon County High School

Rookie — 5th place, Lewis County Shooting Sports

Handicap Trap

Individual Men

Junior Varsity — 3rd place, Blaine Bushnell from Page High School

Individual Women

Intermediate Entry — 3rd place, Zoie Clark from Lewis County Shooting Sports

Skeet

Individual Men

Junior Varsity — 3rd place, Elijah McGaha from CCTA No Option

Intermediate-Advanced — 2nd place, Cason Robbins from Haywood Young Guns

Intermediate-Advanced — 4th place, Dalton Dodd from Henry County No Fly Zone

Intermediate-Advanced — 5th place, Landon Ward from South Gibson

Rookie — 2nd place, Ryder Bassham from Zion Christian

Individual Women

Intermediate-Advanced — 4th place, Fayth Layne from Zion Christian

Intermediate-Advanced — 5th place, Ashley Sellers from William Blount

Intermediate Entry — 2nd place, Chloe Pemberton from South Gibson

Intermediate Entry — 4th place, Caroline Cashion from Zion Christian

Squad

Varsity — 1st place, Henry County No Fly Zone

Varsity — 2nd place, Henry County No Fly Zone

Intermediate-Advanced — 1st place, Haywood Young Guns

Intermediate-Advanced — 2nd place, Henry County No Fly Zone

Intermediate Entry — 4th place, McKenzie CABA Coyotes

Open — 1st place, CCTA No Option

Open — 2nd place, CCTA No Option

Open — 5th place, Santa Fe

Doubles Skeet

Individual Women

Intermediate-Advanced — 3rd place, Addison Delany from Henry County No Fly Zone

Squad

Varsity — 1st place, Henry County

Intermediate-Advanced —  1st place, Haywood Young Guns

Intermediate-Advanced — 3rd place, Henry County No Fly Zone

Rookie — 2nd place, Henry County No Fly Zone

Sporting Clays

Individual Men

Junior Varsity — 1st place, Todd Hitch from William Blount

Junior Varsity — 3rd place, Cole Prince from Monroe County

Intermediate-Advanced — 1st place, Hunter Raley from N2Dust

Intermediate-Advanced — 2nd place, Cason Robbins from Haywood Young Guns

Intermediate-Advanced — 3rd place, Will Overton from Henry County No Fly Zone

Intermediate Entry — 4th place, Kade Forsythe from South Gibson

Individual Women

Collegiate — 3rd place, Sarah Knapp from Bethel University

Intermediate-Advanced — 4th place, Ashley Sellers from William Blount

Intermediate Entry — 3rd place, Chloe Pemberton from South Gibson

Rookie — 4th place, Carlie Beeler from McKenzie Shooting Sports

Squad

Collegiate — 3rd place, Bethel University

Intermediate-Advanced — 1st place, Henry County No Fly Zone

Intermediate Entry — 4th place, South Gibson

Open — 1st place, Monroe County

Open — 3rd place, CCTA No Option

Open — 5th place, CCTA No Option

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