Wyandotte County 4-H teams take first place at regional shooting sports match

Archive for Monday, March 8, 2010

March 8, 2010

The Wyandotte County 4-Hers were in top form at last weekend’s 2010 northeast regional 4-H shooting sports match at Camp Naish, with both the BB gun and air rifle teams taking first place.

In the BB gun competition, which was held Saturday, team members Lydia Paterson, Hannah Reynolds, Allison Augustine, Michaela Augustine and Heidi Rodgers garnered a total of 1,871 points.

In the air rifle competition, held Sunday, team members took home a total of 2,003 points. Team members were Lydia Paterson, Caleb Paterson, Derek Rodgers and Aislin Reynolds.

“I felt proud to be representing my county and I felt really proud of myself for reaching my goal,” Reynolds said her performance over the weekend, noting her goal had been to garner at least 500 points. Her total score was 601, and Reynolds also took home three medals, including a third-place medal in the standing position and a second-place medal in the kneeling position.

Ron Letcher, who helped to organize the event, said he really saw something in the Wyandotte County team this time around he hadn’t seen before.

“For many years our kids were finishing second or third or fifth, and we have finally put together the type of training and the mental training to get them to start shooting very well,” he said.

For more of this story, pick up this week’s issue of the Chieftain, out March 11.