Air rifle teams successful at matches
Kiley Whillock shoots standing precision during the Northwest District Air Rifle Match.
Ward County 4-H Shooting Sports recently hosted the Northwest District Air Rifle Match.
The contest, held Feb. 10 at the North Dakota State Fairground in Minot, hosted youth from five counties with 28 participants, with 13 of these participants were from Ward County. Ward County also participated in the Ramsey County hybrid match in Devils Lake, which offered in-person and postal entries. Postal entries are when the participants mail their targets to the host county.
Categories are by age to include Beginner (ages eight-10), Junior (11-13), and Senior (14-18). The equipment used is Sporter air rifles, shooting .177-caliber pellets at a velocity of 600 fps or less. Targets are AR 5/10 International 10-meter air rifle targets. Beginners shoot from a sitting position off a bench rest. Juniors and Seniors compete, shooting from three positions: standing, kneeling and prone. The match also offered a standing division, completing six rounds in the standing position. The Northwest match offered a Continuing Growth category for youth in Junior or Senior age groups who shoot off the bench.
Results from the Northwest Air Rifle Match in Minot are as follows:
Senior Sporter Standing Division
– 4th – Olivia Jansen, Minot, a score of 455
– 5th – Kiley Whillock, Kenmare, 415
– 6th – Zachary Korgel, Minot, 390
– 7th – Alyssa Korgel, Minot, 384
– 9th – Landen Jansen, Minot, 372
– The team of O. Jansen, Kiley Whillock, Z. Korgel, and A. Korgel earned second place with a score of 1,260.
Senior Precision Standing Division
– 1st – Kiley Whillock, 525
Senior Sporter Three-Position Division
– 4th – O. Jansen, 497
– 6th – Z. Korgel, 471
– 7th – L. Jansen, 460
– 8th – A. Korgel, 459
– The team of O. Jansen, Z. Korgel, L. Jansen and A. Korgel earned second place with a score of 1,428.
Junior Sporter Three-Position Division
– 2nd – Jase Schilla, Makoti, 405
Beginner Sporter Bench Division
– 2nd – Kayla Whillock, Kenmare, 535
– 4th – Ryker Vickery, Surrey, 524
– 6th – Hunter Vickery, Surrey, 458
– 7th – Jeremy Schaefer, Burlington, 441
– 8th – Tanner Lee, Sawyer, 439
– 9th – Dayton McMillan, Max, 409
– 10th – Zane Lee, Sawyer, 404
– The team of Kayla Whillock, R. Vickery, H. Vickery and Schaefer earned first place with a score of 1,517.
– The team of T. Lee, McMillan and Z. Lee earned second place with a score of 1,252.
Continuing Growth – Any Age
– Participating in the continuing growth division from Ward County was Nolan Lee, Sawyer.
Results from the Ramsey County Hybrid Match in Devils Lake are as follows:
Senior Sporter Standing
– 4th – O. Jansen, 441
– 5th – Kiley Whillock, 438
– 7th – A. Korgel, 397
– 8th – Z. Korgel, 376
– 9th – L. Jansen, 346
– The team of O. Jansen, Kiley Whillock, A. Korgel and Z. Korgel earned second place with a score of 1,276.
Junior Sporter Standing
– 3rd – Schilla, 317
Beginner Sporter Bench Division
– 3rd – Kayla Whillock, 536
Ward County 4-H Air Rifle members practice with the Minot Rifle and Pistol Club’s Youth Marksmanship Program and coach Nathan Sutton on Saturday mornings.
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