A string of athletes from Humboldt and Southern Coffey County High Schools joined over 1,600 of their peers at the Kansas State High School Clay Target League state tournament last weekend in Sedgwick.
More than 100 high school teams competed. Humboldt finished in first place in the novice division with a team score of 361. Southern Coffey County placed second as a team in the junior varsity ranks.
Humboldt’s Helaina Chryssikos finished in first place in the high gun junior varsity girls class with a 90. Southern Coffey’s Josie Weers came in first place in the high gun novice girls division with an 85.
Humboldt
On the high gun novice boards, Tyler Kepley led the Cubs tying for eighth place with a score of 76.
Other high gun novice finishers included: Owen Sicka, 73, tied for 12th; Anna Heisler, 73, 17th; Hunter Doolittle, 70, 24th; Rowan Grisier, 67, 31st; Tucker Wrestler, 63, 42nd; Kooper Welch and Avery Stricker (tied), 54, 70th; Seth Koch, 48, 91st; and Jace Warner, 28, 110th.
In the high gun junior varsity class, Helaina Chryssikos tied for eighth place with a 90. Other high gun junior varsity finishes included: Thatcher Mueller, 84, tied for 27th; Kolton Hanson, 81, tied for 44th; Weston Johnson, 75, tied for 88th, Elizabeth White and Trewit Luedke, 71, tied for 124th; Sophia Barlow, 63, tied for 174th.
In the trap high gun varsity section, Jaryt Hess tied for eighth place shooting a 97. Other trap high gun varsity finishes were: Chris Holloway, 90, tied for 97th; Ty Shaughnessy, 88, tied for 132nd; Remington Strickler, 86, tied for 169th place; Javyn Hess, 86, tied for 169th; Cody Wille, 85, tied for 187th; Cody White, 83, tied for 222nd. 
Shelby Shaughnessy, 82, tied for 241st; Carson Peters, 80, tied for 261st; Leah Mueller, 80, tied for 261st; Weston Cleaver, 78, tied for 285th; Xander Sellman, 74, in 314th place; Nelson Stipp, 73, tied for 315th.
Southern Coffey County
The varsity Titans were out to defend their 2022 state title but were bested by 10 points to Wabaunsee. Southern Coffey placed seventh as a team with 447 of 500 broken targets.
Weers took her first place finish in the high gun novice girls standings with an 85. She finished in seventh overall when placed with her male counterparts. Also in the high gun novice section: Bristol Brooks, 69, came in eighth for the girls; Brantlee Jones, 58, tied for 104th; Landon Beddo, 49, tied for 143rd.
In the trap high gun junior varsity portion: Seth Gleue, 92, tied for third place; Cyrus Nickel, 90, tied for seventh; Olivia and Emily Ludolph, 82, tied for sixth place; Dergan True, 81, tied for ninth place.
Dakota Cookus, 80, tied for 86th; Lane Brooks, 79, tied for 96th; Treyton Houston, 79, tied for 96th; Karley Ohl, 62, tied for 218th; Tyler Rolf, 57, placed 233rd overall.
For the trap high gun varsity shooters: Jagger Jacobs, 95, tied for 24th; Charles Nickel, 93, tied for 52nd place; Hank Newton, 91, tied for 77th; Gage Nickel, 91, tied for 77th place.
