Team Henges Takes Multiple First Places at State Trapshooting Championship

Team Henges Trapshooting Club turned in an outstanding performance at the Missouri State Scholastic Clay Target Program Championship in Linn Creek, MO on Saturday, June 15. The club is comprised of youth from all over the St. Louis-area and represents the Missouri Department of Conservation’s Jay Henges Shooting Range.

Team Henges took first place in three of the five divisions at the competition, and took second place in another division. No other team placed in more than two divisions.

Additionally, several of the team’s shooters took individual overall awards, as well as achieving personal bests. From the 12 shooting programs at the competition, there were 220 registered shooters. Team Henges took 35 shooters to the event. 

Squad awards included:

·       First Place Rookie Division, scoring 381 out of 500 targets, with Aidan Kurrus, 11 of Kirkwood, Jake Humphrey, 11 of Sullivan, Andrew Butler, 11 of Ladue, and Jesse Lewis, 9 of Imperial.

·       First Place Intermediate Entry Division, scoring 898 out of 1,000 targets, with Josh Taylor, 14 of Wildwood, Doug Williams, 13 of Wildwood, John Appelbaum, 13 of Webster Groves, Kramer Ennis, 11 of Fenton and Nathan Stoner, 12 of Webster Groves.

·       First Place Intermediate Advanced Division, scoring 948 out of 1,000 targets, with Matt Book, 14 of Crestwood, William Tihen, 14 of Washington, Ben Young, 12 of House Springs, Abbey Stoner, 14 of Webster Groves, and Bradley Cox, 14 of Wildwood. This squad has taken first place in the past five competitions this year.

·       Second Place Junior Varsity Division, scoring 938 out of 1,000 targets, with Max Weiser 14 of Town & Country, Kyle Lazarski, 15 of Crestwood, Cecilia Young, 15 of House Springs, Jack Lowrey, 15 of Ballwin and Richard Kotva III, 15 of High Ridge.

Individual awards included:

·       Cox, 3rd overall in the Intermediate Advanced Division

·       Taylor, 2nd overall in the Intermediate Entry Division

·       Kurrus, 1st overall in the Rookie Division

·       Humphrey, 2nd overall in the Rookie Division

Additionally, Jack Koury, 16 of Manchester shot his first 100 straight targets, Cox shot his first 50, 75 and 100 straight targets and Abbey Stoner shot her first 50 straight targets. Shooting 25 straight targets for the first time were: Grant Strickland, 13 of High Ridge, Ryan Dintleman, 14 of Fenton; Taylor, Ennis, Nathan Stoner, Kurrus, Humphrey, Nate Gross, 15 of Wildwood and Paul Lochner, 17 of Town & Country.

Team Henges is a competitive youth trapshooting team established in 2007, and based at the Department of Conservation Jay Henges Shooting Range in High Ridge, MO. The team consists of 38 boys and girls, ranging in age from 9 to 18. The team is led by Head Coach Mr. Jan Morris and five assistant coaches.  For more information on Team Henges, call Morris at 636-464-6214.