Cumberland County Trapshooting Team
Fairfield Glade Sportsman's Club Crossville, Tennessee
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The Cumberland County scholastic clay target program’s
(SCTP) trap shooting varsity squad composed of the top
shooters from both CCHS and SMHS finished 14th out of 98
varsity squads at the SCTP national championships held at the
World Shooting and Recreational Complex in Sparta, IL on July
21-24.
This years team was composed of CCHS senior and all-state
shooter, Amanda Server who fired a 193X200, CCHS senior
Jacob Jarrett (190), SMHS junior Jimmy Weismuller (195),
CCHS freshman Meghan Server (179), and SMHS freshman
Seth Petersen with a 197X200. Petersen’s 197 placed him in a
12-way tie for 20th place for individual honors out of 490
shooters – a remarkable performance for a freshman shooter
competing with mostly seniors and juniors. His second day
score of 100X100 was one of only 22, “100 straight” scores
shot out of a total of 980 varsity scores.
Coach Doug Server was very proud of his team’s performance
shot in mid-to-high 90’s temperature and humidity. He was
specially impressed with his youngest daughter’s (Meghan)
shooting when she was a last minute substitute for all-state
shooter Keisha Smith who was unable to attend. Both Server
and Jarrett close out their trap shooting careers at CCHS.
Server will pursue a degree in pharmacy at Tennessee Tech in
Cookeville while Jarrett will start a medical career at Roane
State.
Almost 1000 shooters nationwide competed for trap shooting
national titles in five SCTP divisions – Varsity (98 squads),
Junior Varsity (41), Intermediate Advanced (29), Intermediate
Entry (23) and Rookie (8 squads).
Tennessee has long been recognized as an SCTP trap shooting
powerhouse with over 2500 shooters who consistently take
home more individual and team titles than any other state. Once
again Tennessee teams showed up in force with a total of 42
squads, (second only to home state Illinois with 57) and placed
5 of its 25 squads in the top 15 in the hotly contested varsity
division. Overall, Tennessee teams won three national titles and
four other top-three finishes.
The national team champions in varsity were the A & A
Shooters from Ione, CA (SE of Sacramento) with a 985X1000.
The No-Fly-Zone squad from Henry County, TN placed second
with a 978. Blake Triplett anchored the NFZ squad with the only
perfect score of 200X200 shot in the event. This was his second
straight national individual title.
The 4-H Claybusters from Carroll County, TN took home the
junior varsity championship with a 946. High individual shooter
in the JV division also went to the Claybusters Dale Gerlich with
a 197X200.
Team Henges-Orange from High Ridge, MO won the
Intermediate Advanced title with a 947 while the Intermediate
Entry trophy went back to Crete, NE in the hands of the Crete
Ikes Blasters with a 914.
The Rookie championship went to the Golden Eagles from
Brussels, IL with an 878. Runner-up in the rookie division
was the Hoodlum Alley No.2 squad from Shelbyville, TN with an
874.
National SCTP champions were also crowned in skeet with 336
shooters and sporting clays with 261 shooters. Skeet and
sporting clays squads consist of only 3 shooters. The skeet
varsity champs were the 3@8 Red squad from Maury County,
TN with a 589X600.The 3@8 squad had 2nd and 3rd place
finishes prior to this win. The Charity Hill Claybusters out of
Ruther Glen, VA grabbed the sporting clays trophy with a
552X600.
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COUNTY TRAP SHOOTERS FINISH 14th AT SCTP
NATIONALS
NATIONALS
