Success Story2024 Shooting Sports State Competition



2024 Shooting Sports State Competition

Author: Alyssa Cox

Planning Unit: Rockcastle County CES

Major Program: Natural Resources

Plan of Work: 4H Posters,4H Speeches, 4H Variety Show,4H Awards Banquet, 4H Camp,4H Fair Exhibits, Livestocks club

Outcome: Intermediate Outcome

The annual KY 4-H Shooting Sports State Competition, the culminating event for youth participating in the 4-H shooting sports program was hosted at the Bluegrass Sportsmen’s League in Wilmore, KY on Saturday, Sept. 7th and at the Central KY Gun Club in Berea, KY on Sunday, Sept. 8th. Over the course of the weekend over 1,000 youth, their families, and county coaches, volunteers and 4-H agents gathered to take part in the event. This competition provides a goal for youth to work towards throughout the year and an opportunity for them to showcase their leadership, sportsmanship, and teamwork. Additionally, youth are only eligible to compete in this event after completing a minimum of 6 hours of education within the shooting sports program.

Saturday’s competition included events in archery (bowhunter, target compound, target recurve, bare compound, bare recurve), .22 rifle (target and sport), air rifle (target and sport), BB rifle, .22 pistol, air pistol, black powder rifle (flintlock and percussion), and black powder pistol. Youth can compete in 3 events during the Saturday of competition. Sunday’s competition is for youth competing in the shotgun discipline. Depending on their age group competitors can choose to shoot 25, 50, or 100 clay targets for score. Competing on ranges with youth from across the state 4-Her’s are given the chance to interact with other youth who share their spark within the program.

State Competition Statistics

  1. 1005 individuals registered for the event with 65 counties represented
  2. 692 individuals competed on Saturday in 1860 events
  3. 444 individuals competed on Sunday with over 34,000 clay targets shot

With safety at the forefront during this event, all ranges were run by certified 4-H Shooting Sports Instructors who provided trained oversight for the entirety of the competition. Additionally, 4-H collaborated with several outside organizations to help create a safe and welcoming environment. The KY National Guard, and Wilmore Police Department provided support throughout the weekend to help with traffic and crowd control, as well as being present to assist with any emergency situations that may have occurred. The UK Rifle Team (Saturday) and EKU Shotgun Team (Sunday) provided team members to help score targets and run shotgun ranges during the event. Over 300 volunteers from across the state gave their time in a variety of roles from registration/check-in, to target runners, to range lineman.

Awards were presented at the end of each day of competition. Top three individuals and top three county teams in each discipline were presented with a trophy by the KY 4-H Shooting Sports Teen Ambassador Board. First place individuals in each age category and discipline were also awarded a championship jacket.

 

Rockcastle County Demographics For 2024 Shooting Sports State Competition

Race/Ethnicity

Non-Hispanic

Hispanic

White

15

 

Black

1

 

Asian/Pacific Islander

2

 

Native American Indian/Alaska Native

 

 

Hawaiian

 

 

Multi/ Two or More Races

 

 

Other/ Choose not to identify

 

 

Cannot be determined

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total 

18

 

Gender

Male

Female

 

10

8


Competition Results

Name

Age Group

Discipline

Place

Aricka Abney

9-11

Archery Bare Compound

74

Conrad Caldwell

9-11

Archery Bare Compound

58

Conrad Caldwell

9-11

Shotgun Division II

38

Millie Caldwell

9-11

Archery Bare Compound

68

Makenzie Clark

12-14

Archery Bare Compound

69

Dwayne Clark

15-18

.22 Rifle Sport

25

Dwayne Clark

15-18

Shotgun Division II

69

Jaxson Smith

9-11

.22 Rifle Sport

72

Madison Hysinger

15-18

.22 Rifle Sport

29

Caitlyn Kirby

15-18

Shotgun Division II

124

Jacob Dobbs

12-14

Archery Bare Compound

5

Sophie Bullock

9-11

Archery Bowhunter

37

Sophie Bullock

9-11

.22 Rifle Sport

75

Jasper Reynolds

12-14

Archery Bare Compound

78

Jasper Reynolds

12-14

.22 Rifle Sport

61

Jasper Reynolds

12-14

Shotgun Division II

88

Adrianna Graves

15-18

Archery Bare Compound

32

Adrianna Graves

15-18

.22 Rifle Sport

32

Parker Richardson

12-14

Archery Bare Compound

86

Parker Richardson

12-14

.22 Rifle Sport

74

Parker Richardson

12-14

Shotgun Division I

97

Anthony McGuire

15-18

Shotgun Division II

125

James Perkins

12-14

Archery Bare Compound

8

James Perkins

12-14

.22 Rifle Sport

72

Levi Cordell

9-11

.22 Rifle Sport

52

Jonan Cordell

9-11

.22 Rifle Sport

62

Alivia Kirby

15-18

Shotgun Division I

41

 






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