Iowa shooting sports programs crown champions

A total of 342 athletes from 36 Iowa teams participated in the 2024 Iowa Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) Skeet Championships held June 20-23 at the New Pioneer Gun Club in Waukee.

The Pella Christian Eagles took home 1st place Women’s Individual and also the top Varsity Skeet Squad honors, while the Pella Shooters Club took home Men’s 1st place Individual. 

Find a complete list of all results online.

Women’s Varsity Individual Skeet

1. Makenna Six, PC Eagles – 197 Points
2. Erin Mathes, Pella Shooters Club – 195 Points
3. Quincy O’Donnell, Underwood Youth Trap Club – 192 Points
4. Megan Vos, Oskaloosa Shooting Team – 192 Points
5. Lacey Gangwish, Underwood Youth Trap Club – 191 Points
6. Jaden Rydl, Gilbert Clay Commanders – 190 Points

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Men’s Varsity Individual Skeet

1. Trenton Shawler, Pella Shooters Club – 198 points
2. Treyton Vos, PC Eagles – 198 points
3. Robert Curtis, Pleasant Valley – 198 points
4. Colin Van Tilburg, Underwood Youth Trap Club – 197 points
5. Ty Gammon, Ankeny Centennial Jaguars Shooting Sports – 197 points
6. Dylan Uitermarkt, PC Eagles – 197 points

 Skeet Varsity Squads 

1. Pella Christian Eagles (Maroon Squad), 591 points
2. Pella Christian Eagles (Gold Squad), 590 Points
3. Ankeny Centennial Jaguars Shooting Sports, 587 Points
4. Underwood Youth Trap Club, 584 Points
5. Pleasant Valley (White Squad), 570 Points

The Skeet All-State Teams are determined by combining a Senior Division athlete’s league and state skeet championship event scores.  A total of 350 points is possible.  

Ladies Skeet – All-State Team

1. Makenna Six, PC Eagles, Captain – 342 Points
2. Erin Mathes, Pella Shooters Team – 342 Points
3. Jaden Rydl, Gilbert Clay Commanders – 339 Points
4. Quincy O’Donnell, Underwood Youth Trap Team – 339 Points
5. Megan Vos, Oskaloosa Shooting Team – 338 Points
6. Lauren Harmon, Ankeny Centennial Jaguars Shooting Sports – 328 Points

Men’s Skeet – All State Team

1. Robert Curtis, Pleasant Valley Trap Team, Captain – 348 Points
2. Treyton Vos, PC Eagles – 348 Points
3. Dylan Uitermarkt, PC Eagles – 347 Points
4. Ty Gammon, Ankeny Centennial Jaguars Shooting Sports – 347 Points
5. Deacon Boot, PC Eagles – 346 Points
6. Hunter Uitermarkt, PC Eagles – 346 Points

Any Senior Division athlete competing in all three 2024 American Discipline State Championship Events (American Trap 16 yd. Singles, Skeet, and Sporting Clays) is eligible for membership on the High Over-All Team. A total of 600 points is possible.  

Ladies High Over-All Championship Team

1. Quincy O’Donnell, Underwood Youth Trap Club, Captain – 538 Points
2. Erin Mathes, Pella Shooters Club – 531 Points
3. Makenna Six, PC Eagles – 525 Points
4. Lily Jennings, Ankeny Centennial Jaguars Shooting Sports – 523 Points
5. Lauren Harmon, Ankeny Centennial Jaguars Shooting Sports – 516 Points
6. Megan Vos, Oskaloosa Shooting Team – 510 Points

Men’s High Over-All Championship Team

1. Trenton Hol, North Mahaska Shooting Sports, Captain – 570 Points
2. Logan Sease, Ankeny Centennial Jaguars Shooting Sports – 565 Points
3. Hunter Uitermarkt, PC Eagles – 560 Points
4. Ledger Smith, Albia – 557 Points
5. Ty Gammon, Ankeny Centennial Jaguars Shooting Sports – 554 Points
6. Owen Playle, Ankeny Centennial Jaguars Shooting Sports – 553 Points

Iowa’s SCTP teams that participated in the State Championship are eligible to attend the SCTP National Championships held at the Cardinal Center in Marengo, Ohio July 13-20.

For more information on the Scholastic Clay Target or Action Shooting Programs in Iowa, contact Marty Eby at 515-313-8048 or Marty.Eby@dnr.iowa.gov.

Youth rifle and pistol champions

The Scholastic Action Shooting Program held the Iowa State Championship match June 22-23, at the Olofson Shooting Range, near Polk City.

The Scholastic Action Shooting Program combines precision and speed as contestants shoot a series of five different targets in four stages for a timed score. Athletes compete with rimfire pistol, rimfire rifle, centerfire pistol, and pistol caliber carbine. 

Braelyn Kuro, from Dubuque Scholastic Shooting Sports, was the High Over All Rimfire Pistol shooter with a time of 42.02 seconds. Ethan Pottebaum, from Carroll Action Shooting Sports, won the Men’s High Over All Rimfire Pistol with a time of 44.46 seconds to complete all four stages. Michael Hudnut, from Montezuma Shooting Sports Club (SASP), won High Over All Pistol Caliber Carbine with a time of 32.05 seconds, and the 1911 Model with a time of 59.67 seconds.

Braelyn Kuro, from Dubuque Scholastic Shooting Sports, was the High Over All Rifle shooter with a time of 34.22 seconds. The Men’s High Over All Rifle competition was won by Alexander Meggers, from the Steel Shooters of Traer, with a time of 37.12 seconds. Gwen Wical, from Steel Shooters of Traer, was the High Over All Iron Rifle shooter with a time of 39.84 seconds. 

Squads from Baxter Shooting Sports, Carroll Action Shooting Sports, Dubuque Scholastic Shooting Sports, Montezuma SASP, and the Steel Shooters of Traer competed in rimfire pistol, rimfire pistol optics, centerfire pistol, centerfire pistol optics, pistol caliber carbine, 1911, iron rifle and optics rifle disciplines.

Complete results can be found online.

“These activities incorporate two key elements — safety and fun,” said Marty Eby, interim shooting sports coordinator for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. “The Scholastic Action Shooting Program provides an opportunity to learn to safely handle, use, and maintain firearms while learning to compete in these sports.”

The Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) and Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP) are youth development programs that promote shooting sports and competitive shooting as a means to help young individuals achieve their highest potential. The program’s goal is to instill personal values and character traits, such as fair play, compassionate understanding, individual responsibility, sportsmanship, self-discipline, and personal commitment in young people.