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By Nelson Cowden

For the Enterprise

The Davie County 4H Shooting Sports Club had a spectacular showing at the  NC 4H Central Regional Shooting Sports Tournament on Aug. 17 at the Millstone 4H Camp and John M. Lentz Wildlife Education Center and Range in Ellerbe.

If the math is right, the Davie club brought home 30 team and individual medals, with many personal bests. Most competitors qualified for the state tournament.

Three teams of juniors participated.

The DC Hunters consisted of Hunter Myers, Porter James, Mason Wood, Colton Lockard and Ethan Manley. This was the first 4H tournament for all but Porter. The team with all members won Team Gold in Shotgun and Muzzleloader, then in combinations also struck Team Gold in Open-Sight Rifle with Hunter, Mason, Colton and Ethan. They won Telescopic Rifle with Hunter, Porter, Colton and Mason; Gold in Compound Archery with Porter, Mason and Colton; and Gold in Air Rifle with Hunter, Mason and Ethan.

So the DC Hunters Team won Gold in 6 of 8 team events. That is a first for Davie 4H Shooting Sports and Tom Cowden Youth Shooting Sport.

In addition to team medals, Junior competitors also won individual hardware with Hunter Myers finishing Second HOA (High Overall) in Shotgun and Peter Redelsheimer finishing second as an individual. Hunter also earned Gold in Open-Sight Rifle and Air Rifle. Colton Lockard won Gold in Muzzleloader, and Telescopic Rifle and Mason Wood won Compound Archery and added a Bronze Medal in Air Rifle. Peter Redelsheimer also finished with Bronze as third HOA and third Individual in Recurve Archery.

Silas Johnson, Saul Hardy and Walker Evans didn’t medal, but qualified to participate in the state tournament in September. Other Junior participants Morgan Wood and Jaydon Carter had personal bests in their first competition.

Seniors also had a fantastic tournament, not quite as much Gold, but an equal number of medals as a group and lots of qualifications for the state tournament. Davie fielded three senior teams.

The DC Trailblazers finished third in Shotgun and Smallbore Pistol and Struck Gold in Muzzleloader. The Trailblazers are made up of Riley Barnes, Levi Williams, Dakota Wilkinson-Hohf, and Cameron White.

Senior team, the DC Long Hunters, made up of Brantlee Evans, Reece Long, Brook Lockard and Maddox Nifong, won Team Silver in Muzzleloader, just nudged out by the Trailblazers and brought home Team Bronze in Telescopic Rifle, Compound Match Archery and Air Rifle.

The third senior team, the DC Hole Punchers made up of Evan Durham, Cooper Rogers and Gwen Vogler, didn’t win any team medals, but had several individual and HOA bedals.

Evan Durham won Gold in Individual in Air Pistol and Open-Sight Rifle and second HOA in Open-Sight Rifle.

Cooper Rogers was top Individual in Smallbore Pistol as well as second HOA.

In Telescopic Rifle, Brook Lockard edged out teammate Reece Long with Silver to Reece’s Bronze medal. Reece added a Silver in Air Pistol and another Bronze for Compound Match Archery third HOA.

The state 4H tournament is scheduled for Sept. 14.