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Northwest Tech Shooting Sports return from NCSSAA National Championships in Las Vegas, NV, last the weekend, with the Men's Team placing 5th overall, shooting 1293 out of 1500 targets. The competition took place from Monday, the 13th, through Saturday, the 18th, with nine schools competing in Division 5. The categories included: American Skeet Doubles, American Trap Doubles, Super Sporting, American Skeet, American Trap, and Sporting Clays. 

Statement from Coach Crow:

"As a coach, I couldn’t be happier with the scores our team shot this last week. It was a long week of shooting, a lot of pressure, and very, very tough competition. Some of our Mavericks competed above their normal averages and some a little less. But as a whole, I believe our team did exceptionally well. 

We had some adverse weather conditions, including some rain and a lot of wind, which we are used to, in addition to cooler temperatures than expected. Many on the team were disappointed that we were only able to wear shorts one of the days we were there, but I think it ended up being an advantage for our team, as we were used to shooting in cold and rainy windy conditions. 

There were many personal best shot last week. Caleb Dechant, Tanner King, and Gabe Rice were some of the competitors that shot personal bests while at Nationals and placed well with those scores. I'm excited that the four returning freshmen have been shooting exceptionally well and should fall into the next season ready to help carry the team. 

Lastly, I would like to give a big thanks to Jonah McClung, my assistant coach, for the help holding the team together and making it a great week of competition."

Individual High Overall:

• Wyatt Johnson placed 10th, scoring 273/300
• Caleb Dechant tied for 14th, scoring 269/300
• Manten Crow tied for 17th , scoring 266/300
• Trent Doudna placed 37th, scoring 2243/300
• Zack Ehrlich tied for 38th, scoring 242/300
• Alex Olliff placed 39th, scoring 241/300
• Tanner King placed 40th, scoring 240/300
• Zander Steyn placed 41th, scoring 235/300
• Jake Currie tied for 42nd, scoring 226/300

Women's Individual High Overall:

• Gabby Makin placed 9th, scoring 222/300

Individual Skeet:

• Manten Crow tied for 12th, scoring 90
• Caleb Dechant placed 13th, scoring 89
• Alex Olliff tied for 15th, scoring 86
• Zack Ehrlich tied for 16th, scoring 85
• Tanner King placed 18th, scoring 83

Individual Trap:

• Caleb Dechant placed 5th, scoring a PR of 100
• Manten Crow placed 28th, scoring 95
• Tanner King placed 37th, scoring 94
• Gabe Rice placed 38th, scoring a PR of 94
• Zander Steyn placed 39th, scoring 94

Skeet Doubles:

• Manten Crow tied for 9th, scoring 90
• Caleb Dechant tied for 12th, scoring 85
• Alex Olliff tied for 12th, scoring 85
• Jake Currie tied for 13th, scoring 83
• Trent Doudna tied for 14th, scoring 82

Trap Doubles:

• Alex Olliff tied for 10th, scoring 87
• Manten Crow tied for 11th, scoring 86
• Tanner King tied for 11th, scoring a PR of 86
• Caleb Dechant tied for 13th, scoring 84
• Zander Steyn tied for 13th, scoring 84

Sporting Clays:

• Wyatt Johnson tied for 4th, scoring 87
• Manten Crow tied 10th, scoring 81
• Caleb Dechant tied 11th, scoring 80
• Trent Doudna tied for 14th, scoring 77
• Jake Currie and Brayden Hancock tied for 19th, scoring 72

Super Sporting:

• Wyatt Johnson placed 2nd, scoring 84
• Caleb Dechant tied for 12th, scoring 73
• Zander Steyn tied for 14th, scoring 71
• Trent Doudna tied for 18th, scoring 67
• Manten Crow placed 20th, scoring 64

Shooting Sports will have one more meet for the school year at the Barton CC Foundation Sporting Clay Shoot in Great Bend, KS, on the 16th of April. You can view the full results to Nationals here (then scroll down and click on any of the Division 5 results to view all the scores from the competition). Next year's Nationals will be held in Sparta, IL.

Original source can be found here.