State trap tourney

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the day went along, shooting an 18 and 20 in the third and fourth rounds for a total of 38 in the second half after combining for a 33 in the first half.

Sophie Kulsea took 32nd out of 46 shooters in the novice women’s competition, ending the day with a final score of 45. Her score of 15 in the second round was her best at the tournament and her average of 11.25 per round was just above her season average of 11.10.

The tournament was an excellent finish to a successful season for the now co-op squad. The team finished second overall in their six team conference, trailing only North Crawford High School in the standings. After a tough first week, where they had a score of 149.00, the team never scored below 210.00 over the final four head-to-head competitions. They finished with a final overall score of 1,044.50, 47.5 points behind North Crawford.

Smazal had the varsity squads best average over the course of the season, finishing fourth in the conference with an average score of 21.60. Geiger and Hennes were right behind their teammate in fifth and sixth with averages of 20.90 and 20.80 respectively and Polivka was fourth on the team by posting an average of 20.20, good for ninth in the conference. Reis was 13th in the conference with a 19.70 average, Noah Schraufnagel was 18th with an 18.70 average and Jack Schindler rounded out the top 25 finishers by tying for 19th with an average score of 18.60.

“The team did very well this year,” Hederer said. “We finished second in the conference in the regular season and the whole team shot above their average at state, even though they shot the first round in the rain. All in all, I’m very happy with how the whole team did.”

AIMING FOR THE TOP - Will Hennes, pictured above at the co-op trap team’s final practice, tied for fourth overall at the state tournament by connecting on 97 of his 100 shots on Saturday.

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LOCKED IN - Tristen Smazal, who finished with the trap team’s top average over the season, takes aim.

STAFF PHOTO/NATHANIEL UNDERWOOD