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| Justin Trahan, of Calcasieu Parish, participates in the smallbore pistol competition at the 4-H shooting sports competition May 7-9. (Photo by Mary Ann Van Osdell. Click on photo for downloadable image.) |
News Release Distributed 05/17/10
GRAND CANE, La. – Approximately 600 4-H’ers tested their skills, decision making and endurance on the shooting range May 7-9 at the state shooting sports competition.
Shotgun – including trap, skeet and five-stand – and hunting skills events were held at the Shreveport Gun Club May 7.
Hunting skills includes tests of hunting rules and regulations, wildlife identification consisting of furs, feet and feathers, and orienteering along with archery and shooting skills in various disciplines.
Modified-trap shotgun, air pistol, archery, muzzle loading, smallbore pistol, smallbore rifle and BB gun competitions were held at the Long-Range Alley Gun Club in Grand Cane May 8-9.
The top four youth in the several senior categories are eligible to compete in the national competition in Kerrville, Texas, June 28-July 3. The categories include senior air pistol, archery nationals, rifle nationals, senior muzzle loading, shotgun, senior hunting skills, smallbore pistol and archery recurve.
The top finishers in each category and their parishes were:
Hunting Skills Senior – Morgan Smith, Calcasieu; Peter Ashley, DeSoto; Josh Scott, Tangipahoa; Brendan Trahan, Cameron.
Hunting Skills Junior – Zach Temple, DeSoto; Clay Parker and Josh Husser, both of Tangipahoa; Anna Porterfield, DeSoto.
Muzzle Loading Senior – Allen Mark Touchstone, DeSoto; John LeJeune, Calcasieu; Allison Newman, Jackson; Colton Madden, Bossier.
Muzzle Loading Junior – Andrea Gates and Victoria Gates, both of Jackson.
BB Gun – Turner Francis, Hutton Leppert and Trace Francis, all of Webster; Austin Terrell, Calcasieu.
Air Rifle Junior – Skylar Bueche, East Baton Rouge; Miah Lognion, Beauregard; Tasha Garrett, East Baton Rouge; Leighton Dempster, Tangipahoa.
Air Pistol One Handed – Garret Kramer, Devin Mays, Ashely Donald and Michael Donald, all of Franklin.
Air Pistol Two Handed – Garret Kramer, Devin Mays and Zachary Smith, Calcasieu; Joshua Husser, Tangipahoa.
Air Pistol Advanced Supported Sitting – Marley Smith, Calcasieu; Joshua Husser and Miles Sinagra, both of Tangipahoa; Addie Young, Calcasieu.
Air Pistol Basic Supported Sitting – Marley Smith, Zachary Smith and Jaala Alexis Savoy, all of Calcasieu; Miles Sinagra, Tangipahoa.
Smallbore Rifle Junior NRA Three Position – Cameron Canik, Sabine; Miah Lognion and Milan Lognion, both of Beauregard; Dakota Broomfield, Winn.
Smallbore Rifle Junior CMP (Civilian Marksmanship Program) – Shane Tolar, Amanda Hwalek, both of Jackson; Samantha Trahan, Calcasieu; Nicholas Myles, Jackson.
Smallbore Rifle Senior CMP – Bobby Beauboeuf, Trent Brown, Kale Parks, all of Rapides; Victor Arrington, Calcasieu.
Smallbore Rifle – National CMP, 3 Posit
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| Chris Trahan, a shooting skills participant from Calcasieu Parish, examines a target at the 4-H shooting sports competition May 7-9. (Photo by Mary Ann Van Osdell. Click on photo for downloadable image.) |
ion (standing/kneeling/prone), Silhouettes – John Newman, Jackson; Jacie Kennison, Ascension; Justin Trahan, Calcasieu; Denise Bowe, Morehouse.
Smallbore Pistol – Nicholas Garcie, Jackson; Justin Trahan, Calcasieu; Thomas Horne, Winn; John Newman, Jackson.
Shotgun Junior Overall – Cole Britt, Bienville; Jimmy Terry, Caddo; Cohen Holomon, Webster, Gordon Waguespack, Ascension.
Shotgun Junior Skeet – Cole Britt, Cohen Holomon, Jimmy Terry and Cade Malmay, Caddo.
Shotgun Junior Trap – Austin Hebert, Lafayette; Gordon Waguespack, Ascension; Jimmy Terry, Caddo; Cole Britt, Bienville.
Shotgun Junior Sporting Clays – Jake Roberts, Winn; Cole Britt, Bienville; Gordon Waguespack, Ascension; Michael Caillouet, Beauregard.
Shotgun Senior Overall – Charley Savell, Bradley Miller, both of Webster; Jason Theriot and Brendan Trahan, both of Cameron.
Shotgun – Senior Five Stand – Charley Savell, Webster; Brendan Trahan, Cameron; Morgan Vosburg, Lafayette and Cord Faul, Jefferson Davis.
Shotgun – Junior Five Stand – Jimmy Terry, Caddo; Cole Britt, Bienville; Skyler Woodall, Bossier; Cameron Henry, Calcasieu.
Shotgun – Senior Skeet – Bradley Miller, Webster; Aaron Thevenet, Lafayette; Trace Duhon, Point Coupee; Charley Savell, Webster.
Shotgun – Senior Trap – Charley Savell, Kyle Peterson, both of Webster; Dylan Norman, Red River; Brett Brown, Ascension.
Shotgun Senior Sporting Clays – Garrett Thrasher, Bienville; Brett Brown, Ascension; Kyle Davis, Bienville; Jason Theriot, Cameron.
Top individuals in archery competition were:
Archery National – Compound – Eric Melancon, St. Martin; John Gallien, Natchitoches; Garrett Richard, St. Martin; Caleb Ayers, Webster.
Archery National Recurve – Dakota Jenkins, Tangipahoa; Delaina Guidry, St. Martin; Joh
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| Nicholas Garcie, a shooting skills participant from Jackson Parish, participates in the smallbore pistol competition at the 4-H shooting sports competition May 7-9. (Photo by Mary Ann Van Osdell. Click on photo for downloadable image.) |
n Fontenot, Evangeline; Robert Burkhardt, St. Martin.
Archery – Dustin Hayes, St. Martin; Zachary Smith, Rapides; Brock Ayers, Webster; Michael Smilie, Rapides.
Senior Compound – John Mayeaux and Chase Cole, Rapides; Joseph Babineaux, Ascension; Justin Ware, Claiborne.
Junior Genesis – Chelsie Frederick, St. Martin; Katie Matthias and Trenton Soileau, both of Jefferson Davis; Marley Smith, Calcasieu.
Senior Genesis – Cord Faul, Jefferson Davis; Laural Blanchard, St. Martin; Nicholas Giron, Tangipahoa; Christine Savoie, Acadia.
Junior Recurve – Bailey Marks, Hailey Hayes, Logan Angelle and Brittney Robichaux, all of St. Martin.
Senior Recurve – Daniel Morgan, St. Charles; Chelsie Reed, Ascension.
Junior Bare Bow – Elliott Bernard, Dagan Cope and Bailey Marks, all of St. Martin; and Jacob Delaune, Ascension.
Senior Bare Bow – Gabriel Collette and Matthew Ashley, both of St. Martin; Joseph Babineaux and Chelsie Reed, both of Ascension.
Mary Ann Van Osdell