Hi, everyone. I want to start out with some milestones Illinois shooters have reached. Janice Rigler has shot 75,000 Singles. Robert Hall and Jim Covert have reached 100,000 targets -- Robert in Handicap and Jim in combined targets.
Illinois shooters have been doing some great shooting all over the Midwest this summer. I am going to report on winners in the championship targets at state shoots. For more information read the shoot reports of the different states in Trap and Field magazine.
At the Arkansas State Shoot, Mason Bartlow won the HAA and the Junior HOA. Brian Hezel won the Veteran HAA and the HOA.
At the Minnesota State Shoot, Dave Dressler won the Veteran Doubles Championship. Denise Dressler was the Lady 2 Handicap Champion. Richard Drennen was the HAA Class B Champion and Mike Westjohn won the HOA Senior Veteran Championship.
At the Nebraska State Shoot, Alex Paul won the 19-20 yardage group in the Handicap Championship and Jakeb Paul won the A Class HAA.
At the Kentucky State Shoot, James Martin was the Singles Class B Champion and Kolton Tedrick won Junior Gold HAA.
At the Michigan State Shoot, Ian Lawrence had himself a week. He was the Doubles, Handicap and HAA Champion. He also won the Junior Gold category in Singles and HOA. Steve Margherio won the Junior Gold category in Handicap and HAA. Finally, Mike Dennis was the Veteran Singles Champion.
At the Wisconsin State Shoot in the Doubles Championship, Lawrence Gillum won D Class, Janice Rigler won Lady 2 and Brian Hezel won Veteran. In Singles, Mike Hathaway won Veteran. In Handicap Ian Lawrence won junior gold and Pat Jarnagin won veteran. In HAA, Ian Lawrence won Junior Gold and Mike Westjohn won Senior Veteran. In HOA, Ian Lawrence won Junior Gold.
At the Iowa State Shoot, in the Doubles Championship, Alex Miller won the AA Class and Carter White won D Class. Janice Rigler won Lady 2, Ian Lawrence won Junior Gold and Mike Hathaway won Veteran. In Singles, Frank Payne won Senior Veteran. In Handicap, Carson Sievers won Sub Junior, Carter White won Junior, and Mike Hathaway won Veteran. Ian Lawrence won HOA and Mike Hathaway won Veteran HAA.
At the Indiana State Shoot, Mike Dennis won the Singles Veteran Championship. In Doubles, Wyatt Willams won Junior Gold, Frank Haynes won Veteran, and Mike Westjohn won Senior Veteran. In Handicap, Lauren Dunn won Lady 1 and Mike Westjohn won Senior Veteran. In HAA, Frank Haynes won Veteran and Mike Westjohn won Senior Veteran. In HOA, Wyatt Willams won Junior Gold, Frank Haynes won Veteran, and Mike Westjohn won Senior Veteran.
I have some last-minute milestones. Jack Reeves and Darrell Ostertag have shot 25,000 Doubles and Jack Anderson has shot 100,000 combined targets.
Shoot well and support your local club.
Bill Duncan, ATA Delegate
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