Hills-Beaver Creek and Luverne high school trap shooting teams ended the 2022 spring season in third and sixth places in their respective conferences.
H-BC ended the season with 9,389 points in Class 3A-Conference 1 action. Verndale topped the conference with 11,002 points.
Senior Journey Dwire finished first in the H-BC girls’ division with an average of 20.7 points per round of 25.
She is joined on the Top 25 list by teammates Danette Leenderts (eighth), Olivia Bork (12th), Samantha Moser (13th), Tara Paulsen (14th) and Brooklynn Hubbard (23rd).
In the boys’ division, H-BC had five shooters in the Top 25.
Cooper Gehrke finished eighth with a 21.8 average and was joined by fellow shooters John Tiesler (15th), Luke Fuerstenberg (19th), Casey Kueter (21st) and Weston Kellenberger (23rd) in the Top 25.
H-BC will have eight students competing at the Minnesota State High School Trap Shooting Championship June 13-21 in Alexandria.
Students include Journey Dwire, Luke Fuerstenberg, Cooper Gehrke, Lukas Hubbard, Blake Leenderts, Hunter Leenderts, Max Scholten and John Tiesler.
H-BC High School — week 5
Name Round 1 2 Total
Cameron Allen 19 21 40
Olivia Bork 17 22 39
Sawyer Bosch 23 20 43
Camdyn Broesder 17 19 36
Ty Bundesen 19 19 38
Robert Drake 18 22 40
Journey Dwire 22 20 42
Luke Fuerstenburg 19 23 42
Cooper Gehrke 23 23 46
Alex Harris 17 18 35
Brooklynne Hubbard 16 11 27
Lukas Hubbard 20 16 36
Clayton Kellenberger 15 16 31
Weston Kellenberger 19 18 37
Casey Kueter 23 23 46
Blake Leenderts 17 19 36
Danette Leenderts 20 15 35
Hunter Leenderts 19 19 38
Daniel Martinyuk 24 21 45
Cody Moser 8 16 24
Jack Moser 20 16 36
Samantha Moser 18 15 33
Tara Paulsen 16 13 29
Cole Rozeboom 9 12 21
Max Scholten 16 21 37
Michael Ykema 10 17 27
John Tiesler 19 23 42
LHS ends in sixth place
Luverne trap shooting coach Scott Loosbrock thought his team shot well in the Class 2A-Conference 7 this season.
His team finished with 6,757.5 points (sixth) out of eight teams. Wheaton High School placed first with 10,416 points.
“The season went well,” Loosbrock said. “There was some really good shooting in spite of the weather conditions we’ve had.”
Individually, senior Hunter Ahrendt tied for fourth in the conference among boys’ shooters. He shot an average of 23.6 out of a round of 25. Overall he finished 74th among all high school shooters in the state.
In the girls’ division, senior Cheyenne Schutz finished seventh with an average of 19.9. Teammates in the Top 25 included Piper Wynia (eighth), Kayetlin Huiskes (16th ), Morgan Bonnett (19th ) and Rayann Remme (24th).
“I am really proud of our seniors for being leaders for the young kids,” Loosbrock said. “We are going to lose some top-notch shooters, but we also have some kids that are going to fill those spots really well.”
Luverne will have 15 shooters at the Minnesota State Trap Shooting Championship next month including Hunter Ahrendt, Cash Bonnett, Alex DeWispelaere, Trygve Gangestad, Jacob Henning, Samuel Honerman, Chase Matthiesen, Liam Murphy, Chase Overgaard, Holden Overgaard, JT Remme, Rayann Remme, Cheyenne Schutz, Grant Wieneke and Piper Wynia.
Luverne High School – week 5
Name Round 1 2 Total
Hunter Ahrendt 24 25 49
Landon Ahrendt 22 24 46
Chris Aning 17 17 34
Cash Bonnett 18 21 39
Ayden Bonnett 23 22 45
Morgan Bonnett 14 14 28
Alex DeWispelaere 22 22 45
Trygve Gangestad 14 18 32
Jacob Henning 21 21 42
Samuel Honerman 24 19 43
Hans Hoven 21 23 44
Kayetlin Huiskes 18 15 33
Andrew Kinsinger -- -- --
Linkon Knorr -- -- --
Jacob Madison 21 20 41
Chase Matthiesen 21 23 44
Elijah McLendon -- -- --
Liam Murphy 21 17 38
Chase Overgaard 18 22 40
Holden Overgaard 25 21 46
JT Remme 22 18 40
Rayann Remme 11 7 18
Tucker Remme 13 15 28
Cheyenne Schultz 19 22 41
Grant Wieneke 16 21 37
Piper Wynia 20 20 40
Luverne, -H-BC finish trap shooting season
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Members of both teams register for trap shooting championship
By
Mavis Fodness