Shotgun Sports won the Team High Overall title at the ACUI Lower Midwest Super Shoot February 5-6 at the National Shooting Complex in San Antonio, Texas. The Lions totaled 1,669 goals to tie with Texas A & M University before eventually winning the event via tiebreaker.
Many team members won individual awards for their performances. Reece Sparks finished third in the High Overall Male competition, hitting 341/350 targets over the four events. Connor Vohs placed third in Sporting Clays, Casey Byrd won the Ladies High Overall title, Gigi Mitchell was the Ladies Trap Champion, and Ethan Boyer he hit 50 out of 50 targets and eventually finished second in Super Sporting.
In team competition, Lindenwood won the Sporting Clays match with a score of 458/500. The Lions tied with Schreiner University in both Super Sporting and American Trap and finished fourth in team Skeet. Taking the High Overall championship was capped by five outstanding finishes in the Super Sporting Event by Boyer (50), Kelan Kinion (48), Sparks (48), Vohs (47) and Harley Brasher (46).
The Lower Midwest Super Shoot is often recognized as a dry run for the ACUI Collegiate Clay Target Championships in late March, so the Lions' performance was a good test and measure of what could happen.
Shotgun sports will then compete in the Amateur Trapshooting Association's (ATA) Spring Satellite competition on February 18-21 at Tucson Trap & Skeet in Tucson, Arizona.
Summary Lindenwood
Men's High Skeet: Reece Sparks 97
Male High Trap: Sam Corbs, Ethan Boyer 99
High Super Sporting: Male Ethan Boyer 50
High Sporting Man: Reece Sparks, Connor Vohs 93
High Lady Skeet: Bailey Luders, Katelynn Decker, Chloe Turasky 92
High Lady Trap: Gigi Mitchell 97 (Champion)
High Lady Super Sporting: Katelynn Decker 45
High Lady Sporting: Casey Byrd 90 (Champion)
Team Skit-4u Position
Reece Sparks 97
Sam Corbs 96
Matthew Blankenship 96
Ryan Loveless 96
Ethan Boyer 95
Team Trap- Draw with Schreiner
Sam Corbs 99
Ethan Boyer 99
Ryan Kramer 98
Reece Sparks 98
Elias Tollefson 98
Team Super Sporting-Te with Schreiner
Ethan Boyer 50
Kelan Kinion 48
Reece Sparks 48
Connor Vohs 47
Harley Brasher 46
Team Sporting (Champions)
Reece Sparks 93
Connor Vohs 93
Matthew Blankenship 92
Casey Byrd 90
Ethan Boyer 90
HOA Male 3rd: Reece Sparks
HOA group
1St Lindenwood University Trap and Skeet 1669 (Won Tie Breaker with Texas A & M)
AS: Reece Sparks-97 Sam Corbs-96 Matthew Blankenship-96 Ryan Loveless-96 Ethan Boyer-95 = 480
IN THE: Sam Corbs–99 Ethan Boyer–99 Ryan Kramer–98 Reece Sparks–98 Elias Tollefson-98 = 492
SC: Reece Sparks-93 Connor Vohs-93 Matthew Blankenship-92 Casey Byrd-90 Ethan Boyer-90 = 458
SS: Ethan Boyer-50 Kelan Kinion-48 Reece Sparks-48 Connor Vohs-47 Harley Brasher – 46 = 239
