Area Individuals, Teams Compete at National Clay Target Championship

There were 240 teams competing from around the country and 3,000 individuals.

Teams from this area were Cumberland, Stewardson-Strasburg and two each from Dieterich, Effingham and Teutopolis.

In the team competition, Effingham Squad 1 finished 19th in the opening round with a squad total of 477. Cumberland was 22nd with 475 followed by Teutopolis Squad 1 38th with 471.

Stewardson-Strasburg finished 83rd with 462, Teutopolis Squad 2 finished 91st with 461, Dieterich Squad 2 110th with 457, Dieterich Squad 1 125th with 451 and Effingham Squad 2 185th with 435.

The top 80 teams competed in the finals.

Cumberland captured 10th place with 481 followed by Teutopolis 27th with 475 and Effingham 64th with 461.

Individuals competing were:

Effingham -- 178. Brandon Walls 97, 35 reverse run, 344. Kaiden Kohnert 96, 4 reverse run, 362. Dylan Hetzer 95, 56 reverse run, 538. Anna Feldhake 94, 13 reverse run, 730. Emma Jones, 93, 0 reverse run and 1,459. Hali Kreke, 84, 2 reverse run

Cumberland -- 57. Jackson Carlen, 99, 24 reverse run, 426. Brandon Himes, 95, 11 reverse run, 823. Lucas Smith, 92, 2 reverse run, 861. Austin Carlen, 91, 17 reverse run, 1,135. Lance McElravy, 89, 1 reverse run

Dieterich -- 616. Ethan Heuerman, 93, 38 reverse run, 647. Grace Hahn, 93, 15 reverse run, 700. Brayden Hahn, 93, 4 reverse run, 720. John Holste, 93, 1 reverse run, 922. Miley Britton, 91, 3 reverse run, 959. Hank Sipe, 90, 25 reverse run, 1,238. Jacob Beckman, 87, 12 reverse run, 1,272. Amber Poe, 87, 2 reverse run, 1,308. Hunter Bannick, 86, 7 reverse run

St. Elmo -- 1,595. Gabrielle Shelton, 79, 5 reverse run

South Central -- 845. Andrew Reynolds, 91, 28 reverse run

Teutopolis -- 215. Chance Borries, 97, 14 reverse run, 272. Mitch Jansen, 96, 31 reverse run, 283. August Jansen, 96, 25 reverse run, 409. Conner Beckman, 95, 15 reverse run, 509. Lucas Ruholl, 94, 25 reverse run, 584. Dave Funneman, 94, 4 reverse run, 1,233. Claresa  Ruholl, 87, 13 reverse run, 1,248. Derek Hewing, 87, 7 reverse run, 1,265. Jackson Kineklaar, 87, 4 reverse run, 1,330. Lane Apke, 86, 3 reverse run, 1,461. Seth Koester, 84, 2 reverse run

Advancing to the Finals were 

Teutopolis' Chance Borries, who topped all area finishers with 14th place. He had 100 and 100 reverse run; August Jansen who finished 165th with 96, 6 reverse run and Mitch Jansen who finished 222nd with 95, 5 reverse run

Stewardson-Strasburg's Collin Hewing who finished 33rd with 99, 34 reverse run and Ross McCormick who finished 232nd with 94, 45 reverse run

Cumberland's Jackson Carlen who finished 35th with a 99 score, 32 reverse run

Effingham's Dylan Hetzer who finished 227th with 95, 0 reverse run; Brandon Walls who finished 246th with 94, 14 reverse run and Kaiden Kohnert who finished 267th with 94, 0 reverse run