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Minnesota’s youth trap shooters shine at huge 9-day championship in Alexandria

From left to right, Minnesota’s Prior Lake High School teammates Will Johnson, Cole Krueger and Michael Bremer are all smiles after they helped their team to a great day at the Class 9A trap shooting championship in Alexandria, Minn., on June 20, 2023. Johnson and Krueger both busted 99 out of a possible 100 clay targets that day, while Bremer shot a 96. Prior Lake was one of three teams, with Alexandria and Benson being the others, to shoot a team score of 491 out of a possible 500. The 491 was the best team score out of the entire nine-day championship event. (Photo by Eric Morken)

Cole Krueger shot a career-best score at the Minnesota State High School Clay Target League’s trap shooting championship in Alexandria on June 20. While he certainly was proud of that, there was a tiny bit of “what if” lingering in the back of his mind when the day was done.
Krueger had just wrapped up his junior year at Prior Lake High School. He busted 99 out of a possible 100 clays on a hot and windy day.
“I like it because it’s my highest score, but I knew exactly what happened when I missed that one shot,” Krueger said. “The wind just pushed it a certain way where it bounced up right when I pulled the trigger.”

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