Spartans and Tigers fare well at state clay target tournament

Both the Spartans and the Tigers had top-10 individual finishers at the Wisconsin State High School Clay Target League’s state tournament, held June 10 in Rome, Wis.

Students from 52 Wisconsin high schools competed in the event, with shooters divided into novice, junior varsity and varsity divisions.

Two shooters earned top-10 honors in their divisions for Superior High School.

In the boys varsity division, Justin Kimmes shot a 95 to finish sixth of 278 shooters. He hit 47-of-50 targets in the first session and 48-of-50 in the second session, which included a perfect 25-of-25 final round.

Kallie Kimmes took fifth of 28 shooters in the girls varsity division with her score of 86. She hit 42-of-50 targets in the first session and 44-of-50 in the second.

For Northwestern High School, Joshua Walsh finished fourth among the 244 competitors in the junior varsity boys division. He hit 42-of-50 targets in the first session and 47-of-50 in the second for a score of 89.

The overall tournament champion was Hunter Strenke, of Clayton, with a nearly perfect 99. His only miss came midway through the first round of the second session.

As a team, Superior tallied 419 points to place 30th, while Northwestern shot a 385 to take 45th.

Boscobel won the team competition with a score of 464.

Team results

1. Boscobel, 464; 2. Denmark, 461; 3. Mineral Point Unified, 453; 4. Tomah, 452; 5. Melrose Mindoro, 450; 6. St. Croix Central, 450; 7. Ellsworth, 450; 8.Turtle Lake, 447; 9. Clear Lake, 443; 10. Ashland, 439; 11. Howards Grove, 438; 12. Cassville, 437; 13. St. Croix Falls, 435; 14. Frederic, 435; 15. Dodgeville, 435; 16. Green Bay Preble, 435; 17. Clayton, 433; 18. Central/Logan, 433; 19. Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau, 432; 20. Fox Valley Lutheran, 429; 21. Bonduel, 428; 22. Durand, 427; 23. Lincoln, 424; 24. River Valley, 423; 25. New Holstein, 422; 26. Cochrane-Fountain City, 422; 27. Bangor, 421; 28. Sauk Prairie, 420; 29. Prairie du Chien, 420; 30. Superior, 419; 31. Unity, 419; 32. Royall, 419; 33. Shawano, 415; 34. Lancaster, 413; 35. Rio, 410; 36. Rhinelander, 408; 37. Grantsburg, 405; 38. Benton, 404; 39. Potosi, 403; 40. Waterloo, 399; 41. Portage, 399; 42. Aquinas, 396; 43. Mondovi, 391; 44. Drummond, 390; 45. Northwestern, 385; 46. River Ridge, 379; 47. Weston, 366; 48. Elmwood, 365; 49. Medford, 356; 50. Kickapoo, 351; 51. Shullsburg, 351; 52. Notre Dame Academy, 348.

 
Individual results

(Top 3 plus NHS and SHS)

Boys Varsity – 278 competitors

1. Hunter Strenke, Clayton, 99; 2. Gabriel Bryant, Central/Logan, 97; 3. Carter Brown, Boscobel, 96; 6. Justin Kimmes, SHS, 95; 162. Nate Peterson, SHS, 81; 214. David Wakefield, NHS, 76; 232. Trevor Janowicz, NHS, 74.

Girls Varsity – 28 competitors

1. Georgia Pantzlaff, Denmark, 93; 2. Katrina Hoesly, Denmark, 91; 3. Jada Johnson, Denmark, 89; 5. Kallie Kimmes, SHS, 86.

Boys JV – 244 competitors

1. Kurt Theobald, Howards Grove, 93; 2. Riley Crook, Dodgeville, 90; 3. Avery Weber, New Holstein, 89; 4. Joshua Walsh, NHS, 89; 13. Brandon Mattson, SHS, 87; 63. Andrew Nelson, NHS, 80.

Girls JV – 45 competitors

1. Taylor Winrich, Tomah, 90; 2. Mckenzie Mahlum, Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau, 81; 3. Marie Hamlin, St. Croix Central, 79; 3. Hannah Kraft, Boscobel, 79.

Boys Novice – 105 competitors

1. Ethan Howe, Royall, 84; 2. Nathan Edwards, Shawano, 83; 3. Cade Wilcox, Bonduel, 83; 17. Tyler Karren, SHS, 70; 35.  Robert Johnson, NHS, 66.

Girls Novice – 70 competitors

1. Chelsey Paulson, Clear Lake, 82; 2. Kierra Pickard, Clear Lake, 79; 3. Jazmine Christiansen, Clear Lake, 77; 37. Jessica Shaver, NHS, 53; 62. Marie Tenney, NHS, 32; 66. Shelby Tenney, NHS, 27.