With the aid of a NRA Foundation grant, the Warrenton FFA Chapter initiated a new sporting event at Warrenton High School for the 2015-2016 school year. A trapshooting team was born. Seventeen …
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Warrenton trapshooters’ first season goes well
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With the aid of a NRA Foundation grant, the Warrenton FFA Chapter initiated a new sporting event at Warrenton High School for the 2015-2016 school year.A trapshooting team was born. Seventeen students competed with the FFA trapshooting held at various schools and gun clubs through the fall season. The season ended for the team last fall at the Area 5 FFA shoot held at West Quincy Gun club. The high team score was a 208, with Eli Tobias shooting 48 out 50 clay birds.“One neat thing that separates shooting sports from traditional stick and ball sports is that when it’s time for our kids to go to a tournament, all the kids can compete — heavy, thin, tall, short, fast, slow, boy or girl — it creates an even playing field for everyone,” FFA adviser Dan Burkemper said. “It takes a great deal of hand-eye coordination and mental focus to be an elite shooter.”FFA students specialized in trapshooting, which is shooting clay pigeons as they fly away from the shooter at 16 yards from the trap house. The sport is a cousin of skeet shooting and sporting clays, similar events where the “birds” are flung from different directions. Shooting sports are among the fastest growing activities for young people and FFA membership has allowed for increased opportunity and participation.FFA member and trap- shooter Nick Schneider said, “I joined the team because I’ve always enjoyed shooting trap for fun and I just wanted to take it to the next level to compete and get to be a better shooter. I like the competitiveness of it. It’s always fun to see how I shot compared to other shooters.”The trap team was made possible through the NRA Foundation, which supplied the team with 15 Remington 1187 shotguns, a Champion electric trap thrower, ear and eye protection, 15 shooting pouches and gun cleaning supplies.The trapshooting team also would like to thank Benchrest Rifle Club in Wright City. Benchrest President Scott Pieper opened its doors to the students, parents and coaches free of charge and donated memberships to the two coaches so the team would have a practice site.
Pictured above are members of the Warrenton FFA trap shooting team. Submitted photo.
