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Top student trap shooters about to converge on Marengo, Ohio, for national event

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Youth shooters are coming to central Ohio from across the country to compete in the 2024 Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF) National Championships. 
Shooters ranging in age from sixth grade to college will compete in the two programs organized by the SSSF:  the Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) and Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP). Hosted by the Cardinal Shooting Center in Marengo, the annual youth shooting sports competition will be held July 9-20. Although registration is still open until July 5 for the 2024 SCTP and SASP National Championships, there are already 3,657 youth athletes registered, which is more than 500 more than last year.

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Ohio youth shooting for 2028 Olympics after standout high school career

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College signing day is a big day for high school seniors. Having an opportunity to play sports and receiving a scholarship to compete on the collegiate level is a testament to a student’s athletic and academic abilities.
For Max Hatfield, who recently graduated from Ohio’s Wadsworth High School, signing day was especially exciting. He accepted a scholarship offer to continue pursuing his favorite sport – shooting – at Jacksonville University in Florida.

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12.54-pound walleye wins Fall Brawl and Slam on Lake Erie

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A night fishing trip off the shores of Cleveland on Nov. 24 landed an angler from Olmsted Township a monster walleye – along with it two fishing boats.
Ryan Smith and his fishing buddy, David Ward, had put Ward’s boat in at Edgewater Park and were trolling offshore when Smith landed a 12.54-pound, 29.5-inch walleye that won the Walleye Fall Brawl and the Walleye Fall Slam.

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Big walleye derbies ready to kick off on Lake Erie

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For the next few months, thousands of anglers will be trolling and casting Lake Erie’s waters in hopes of catching a walleye worth thousands of dollars in prizes.
The two largest walleye fishing derbies on the lake – the Lake Erie Walleye Fall Brawl and the Walleye Slam – will kick off in October, attracting anglers from across the country. The Fall Brawl will officially kick off on Saturday, Oct. 14, and the Walleye Slam will kick off on Friday, Oct. 20. Both tournaments will run until Sunday, Dec. 3.

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Ohio’s young clay target shooters learn how they can continue shooting in college

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At the Scholastic Clay Target Program’s (SCTP) National Championships held at Cardinal Center during July, student athletes from across the country had an opportunity to compete in a number of shotgun sports, including trap, skeet, sporting clays, bunker trap, and international skeet.
SCTP shooters who competed in the nationals ranged in age from Rookie (5th grade and under) through Intermediate (grades six to eight), through Junior Varsity and Varsity (grades nine to 12), to College athletes. Seeing college athletes competing at the nationals often prompts younger shooters, and their parents, to wonder how they can aspire to shoot on the collegiate level some day.

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Young clay target shooters impress at nationals in Ohio

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A number of young shooters from Ohio took home top honors during the Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) National Championships held in Central Ohio in July. More than 3,100 youth shooters competed in the events held at the Cardinal Shooting Center from July 4–15. The 12-day event saw well over 2 million targets thrown in official events and tens of thousands thrown in practice and side events.

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Sporting clays championship in Marengo, Ohio, could set new record

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With a few more weeks to go, more than 500 shooters are already registered for the 2023 Ohio State Sporting Clays Championships being held at the Cardinal Shooting Center Aug. 3-6. Shooters from as near as Pennsylvania and Michigan and as far as California and Tennessee will be competing.
Christina Loudenslager, president of the Ohio Sporting Clays Association (OSCA), said that they broke records for attendance in 2022 and are excited to see attendance up again this year.

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