SEDGWICK —A pair of area high school trap shooting teams were on the mark Sunday.
Thirty students representing Humboldt High School took home 15th out of 34 schools to cap the season at the Kansas State High School Clay Target League — 2022 TRAP State Tournament.
Leading the way was Trey Sommer, who took 10th out of 286 students in the High Gun Varsity division. Cody Wille and Kolton Hanson tied for 23rd out of 138 competitors in high gun novice division. Colton Slocum’s 23rd place finish, out of 213 participants, highlighted Humboldt’s high gun junior varsity scores.
In all, competitors shot from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in temperatures nearing 100, firing a combined 70,900 shots, coach Kevin Heisler noted in an email.
The team, consisting of 56 students from sixth through 12th grades — including youngsters from Iola, Moran Chanute and Girard — practiced during the spring at Elsmore’s Lone Tree Gun Club, with three weeks of practice followed by five weeks of competition.
Sommer and Levi McGowen both qualified for the Kansas All-State League Team in May, culminating the competition weeks, leading Humboldt to a fifth-place finish in Class 2A standings.
More than 1,200 competitors were at Sunday’s state competition, held at the Kansas State Trapshooting Association’s shooting facility in Sedgwick.
MEANWHILE, the Southern Coffey County Titans’ junior varsity squad was crowned champions of its class, with a score of 423 broken targets.
Six SCC shooters placed in the top 10 of their respective classes. Wade Gleue and Lane Brooks were recognized for breaking a perfect 25 of 25 targets in a round.
A total of 18 Titans were grouped into three classes based on their league season shooting average. Four were Novice Class shooters: Olivia Christiansen, Cyrus Nickel, Gage Nickel and Josie Weers. Junior varsity class shooters were Lane Brooks, Reeston Cox,Dakota Cookus, Emily Christiansen, Seth Gleue, Karley Ohl, Charlie Nickel, John Rolf, Dergen True, Jalea True and Mitchyl Walters. Varsity class shooters were Wade Gleue, Jagger Jacobs and Hank Newton.
