4-H'ers compete at state Shooting Sports and Wildlife

Fourteen Rock County 4-H’ers participated in the Minnesota 4-H State Shooting Sports and Wildlife Invitational conducted earlier this month in Fairmont.
Participants, competition categories and placings included Michaela Abels, intermediate class B archery, 13th; Carter Abels, junior skillathon, 73rd, and junior class A archery, 71st; Jacob Henning, junior BB gun, 24th; Austin Henning, intermediate .22 rifle field grade, 8th; Christian Kruse, intermediate .22 rifle field grade, 14th; Jacob Madison, junior BB gun, 52nd; Justin Mente, intermediate .22 rifle field grade, 17th; Dennie Sandbulte, junior BB gun, 6th; Hunter Sandbulte, intermediate .22 rifle field grade, 24th; Grace Sandbulte, intermediate .22 target, 29th; Austin Sandbulte, third-grade BB, participant; Layne Sasker, junior BB gun, 47th; Sawyer Sasker, junior BB gun, 66th; and Mia Wenzel, intermediate archery class B, 14th.
The 4-H shooting sports project involved nearly 800 young people in the following areas: archery, muzzle loader, shotgun, air rifle, .22 rifle, air pistol, silhouette fund shoot and skill-a-thon.
Coordinating the local program is Angie Sandbulte with Derek Sandbulte as the BB and .22 rifle coach and Jason Braucht as the archery coach.
The event took place Sept. 8-10 at the Martin County Fairgrounds.