“The 2023 Beckham County 4-H Shotgun Shooting Sports wrapped up May 20 in El Reno at the Statewide 4-H spring contest with a BANG! We proudly took 23 kids,” said Monte Tucker.
Senior: Beckham County 4-H dominated the senior division with both Champion and Champion Runner-up teams! Senior team “the old dogs” consisting of Mason Tucker, Janessa Wilson, Addison Darling, and Reece Hightower shot a 140/150 to edge out their club-mates by only 2 targets, Senior team “the next generation,” Alex Orgain, Caleb Stone, Addison Darling and Hudson Dyer. Just out of a top 5 trophy was team “Beauties and the beasts” with a great score of 129/150, Tucker Walker, Paiton Quinn, Alexis Pletcher and Jordan Hull.
Intermediate: Team “wild bunch” including Carter Ripetoe, Zander VanGieson, Brady Vaught, and Jeremy Wilson landed a solid 4th place in a super tough field of intermediate teams. Team “rookies” had a great first trip to a state 4-H contest, Draykin Fannin, Layton Simpson and Matthew Platt.
Junior: Our “Young Guns” Junior team defended their Fall State Championship with an awesome score of 118/150 and retained the title “Champions!” This team to watch in the future is Reed Tucker, Katelynn Wood, Cooper Roberts and Iceyn Gloria.
Individuals earning trophies: Junior shooter Reed Tucker earned the title “Champion Junior” in a competitive shoot-off with a 43/50, squad-mates Cooper Roberts 38/50 was 4th and Katelynn Wood 37/50 was 5th juniors. Senior Reece Hightower came away with hard-fought 5th in a 4-way shoot-off with a 48/50.
Individual results, Caleb Stone (47), Addison Darling (47), Paiton Quinn (47), Alex Orgain (46), Mason Tucke (45), Addison Darling (45) Hudson Dyer (44), Tucke Walker (43), Janessa Wilson (42), Carter Ripetoe (41) Layton Simpson (40), Alexis Pletcher (39), Zander VanG ieson (38), Jordan Hull (37) Matthew Platt (36), Jeremy Wilson (35), Brady Vaugh (33), Iceyn Gloria (29), Dray kin Fannin (27).
