It was sun’s out, guns out on Wednesday at the Caribou Gun Club, and with the seasonable weather, the average Clipper score jumped almost four points from the week before.
The seniors had an especially good day. Cade Kriha led the team with a 23 in the first round and a perfect second round for a 48.
Jack Mertins shot a 45, and Riley Tomaszewski hit 44 targets. Kolby Gens knocked down 43. Jake Anderley scored a 40.
Jackson Meyer scored a 34, a dozen points better than last week for his best shoot of the season. Jay Pankratz connected with 33 clays. Emma Treanor shot a 21.
Martin Gibbs led the juniors with a 44. Dakota Alitz shot a 42.
For the sophomores, Dylan Zimmerman was the top gun with a 35. Gabe Sullivan had a 32, Adam Seeman shot a 29, and Derek Miller grounded 27 disks.
Nick Simonette paced the freshmen class with a 44. Cooper Arnold and Reid Knish each shot a 43. Blake Gibbs struck 34 targets. Noah Hermel hit 33, one more than Riley Kriha. Kendra Zimmerman shot a 16.
Kaden Schmidt was the top gun among the eighth graders. He shot a 43. Max Esser scored a 34. Judd Gibbs hit 33. Mason Kluntz and Dylan Thompson each shot a 27. Nathan Seeman scored a 26.
With a 44, Chase Bock was far out front of the rest of the seventh graders and most of the other shooters as well. Tanner Simonette was close behind with a 42. Colton Tousley shot a 34 while Cole Stocker had a 31. Aiden Domras and Zayden Linder each shot 24s.
Marshall Heldberg dropped 23 clays.
Leading the sixth graders with a 37, Aiden Giese had his best shoot of the year. He and classmate Brunson Gibbs, who shot a 31, had the biggest improvement from last week. Gavin Marks also shot 31. Jackson Kopp scored a 20.
Jackson Meyer
Emma Treanor
Max Esser
Chase Bock
Dylan Zimmerman
Blake Gibbs
Noah Hermel
Cole Stocker