The State 4-H Shoot was held April 23-25 in the Pierre and Ft. Pierre area with over 2,400 entries, 1,500 athletes, 17 disciplines, and eight separate ranges. Shooters were broken down into age groups and by discipline and type of equipment. The South Dakota State 4-H Shoot is one of the largest youth shooting events in the nation. 

Sanborn County had 48 of their 54 state-qualified youth choose to compete at the State Shoot with 102 entries in the numerous disciplines.  

Individual placings in Archery at the State Shoot were as follows: 

Shiloh Terkildsen – Beginner – CWS fourth with 117.02; Westin Hagman – Senior – CWS-R third with 148.12 (purple); Rylan Grassel – Junior – CWOS fourth with 86.02; Carter Christian – Senior – CWOS third with 82.0; Toby Kneen – Senior – RWS fourth with 60; and Caleb Kneen – Senior – RWOS fifth with 88.0.

Individual placings in Guns at the State Shoot were as follows:  Dilyn Brooks – Senior – BB Gun – fourth with 378.14 (purple); George Broer – Beginner – Air Pistol Slow Fire fifth with 166.01 (purple); Kenzee Schafer – Senior – Air Pistol Slow Fire first with 173.0 (purple) and 22 CMP Rifle open sights fifth with 480.02; Zachary Jones – Senior – Air Pistol Slow Fire fifth with 165.01 (purple) and Air Pistol Rapid Fire first with 78.01 (purple); Tanse Moody – Beginner – Air Pistol Rapid Fire second with 76.01 (purple); and Eli Fry – Junior – Air Pistol Rapid Fire fifth with 72.01.

As a team, the Senior CWS-R Archery team received a purple and placed fourth with Westin Hagman, Carter Christian, Shania Cornelius and Toby Kneen as members. The Senior BB Gun team  took fifth place with Dilyn Brooks, Lane Burkel and Devyn Brooks as members. The Beginner Air Pistol team placed third with George Broer, Tanse Moody, Paige Anderson and Levi Hinker shooting, while the Senior Air Pistol team captured first place and a purple ribbon with Kenzee Schafer, Harley Kneen, Zachary Jones and Dana Schelske shooting. The Senior 22 Rifle 3-P team took fourth place with Alex Schelske, Dilyn Brooks, Dana Schelske and Devyn Brooks as part of the team. This same group of Senior shooters placed fourth as a team in 22 Rifle CMP and received a purple ribbon. The Senior 22 Pistol team received fourth with Dana Schelske, Zachary Jones, Alex Schelske and Kenzee Schafer as team members.

Along with placing in the top five, Sanborn County had a number of shooters who placed in the top percentage of their discipline and received a purple ribbon indicating a very competitive score, so Sanborn County 4-H was represented well with the following additional results:

Senior Archery CWS-R – Carter Christian, 139.11; 

Senior Archery Compound (Open) – Westin Hagman, 146.11;

Beginner BB Gun – Baylee Rostyne, 340.06; George Broer, 340.05;

Beginner Air Pistol Slow Fire – Tanse Moody, 157.0; SJ St. John, 155.01;

Senior Air Pistol Slow Fire – Harley Kneen, 162.0; Alex Schelske, 153.01; Lane Burkel, 152.01; Dana Schelske, 145.0; and Ellie Evans, 144.0;

Senior Air Pistol Rapid Fire – Harley Kneen, 74.0; Kenzee Schafer, 73.01;

Senior 22 CMP Rifle with scope – Alex Schelske, 563.02; Dilyn Brooks, 560.11; Dana Schelske, 535.12; Devyn Brooks, 520.04.

County shoot scores are submitted at the state level as “Match” scores to qualify for State Shoot, as well as compete with hundreds of scores submitted by other counties across the state.

In Match 1 individual state competition, Sanborn County had the following results:  

Tanse Moody, fifth in Beginner CWS, 105.04; Westin Hagman, fourth in Senior CWS-R, 147.17; Rylan Grassel, first in Junior CWOS-R, 112.01; Carter Christian, third in Senior CWOS-R, 82.01; Toby Kneen, second in Senior RWS, 95.01; Riley Kneen, first in Senior RWOS, 93.03; George Broer, third in Beginner Air Pistol, 166.02; Tanse Moody, fourth in Beginner Air Pistol, 163.0; Kenzee Schafer, first in Senior Air Pistol, 178.03; and Harley Kneen, third in Senior Air Pistol, 168.0.

…Read more results and see pictures in this week’s issue of the Sanborn Weekly Journal!

The goals of the Sanborn County 4-H Shooting Sports program include teaching safety, improving the  shooting skills of members in all disciplines, developing confidence in shooting, offering competitive opportunities and developing a love for a lifetime recreational sport of hunting.

As part of the competitive opportunity, shooters compete against each other at the county level in their age group in each discipline.  The County Shoot placings were decided over the county match shoots from January through April.  The top scores from the match shoots were used to determine the first, second and third place finishes.

Archery records are tracked for scores shot at the county level and state shoot level. Westin Hagman set records for both this year: Archery CWS-R County – Westin Hagman – 149.13, Archery CWS-R State Shoot – Westin Hagman – 148.12

Read all the results and see pictures in this week’s issue of the Sanborn Weekly Journal!

State level results will be published next week.

Sanborn County 4-H Shooting Sports recorded an amazing year in 2021, with over 20 new shooters, numerous county records set, and 54 shooters qualifying for the State Shoot in 125 events.  

The Shooting Sports program offers multiple disciplines in guns and archery.  The gun disciplines include BB Gun (BB), Air Pistol (AP), Air Rifle (AR), .22 CMP Rifle (22CMP), .22 3-Position Rifle (22-3P), .22 Pistol (22P).  Archery disciplines include Compound Bow Without Sights (CWOS), Compound Without Sights with Release (CWOS-R), Compound With Sights (CWS), Compound With Sights with Release (CWS-R), Recurve Bow With Sights (RWS), Recurve Without Sights (RWOS), and Compound Open (C-Open).

In many of the disciplines there are different requirements, positions and/or shooting distances depending on the age level. An added dimension of challenge this year was a mask requirement for practice and competition.  You’ll see that for many of our pictures we removed the mask for a minute.

Following are this year’s state-qualifying participants and their disciplines:

Beginner participants, ages 8-10, were Paige Anderson – BB, AP; Sury Bechen – BB; George Broer – BB, AP; Ty Burkel – BB; Wyatt Ettswold – BB; Camdyn Fink – BB, AP; Ramsey Fouberg – CWS-R; Levi Hinker – BB, AP, AR; Trevor Johnson – BB; Ethan McGuire – BB, AP; Carson Miller – BB; Memphis Moody – BB; Tanse Moody – BB, AP, AR, CWS-R, CWS; Baylee Rostyne – BB; Coletan St. John – BB, AP; SJ St. John – BB, AP; Shiloh Terkildsen – CWS; Kelly Wilson – BB, CWS-R;

Junior participants, ages 11-13, included: Alex Anderson – BB, AR; Shay Bechen – BB; Tyson Eddy – CWS-R, CWOS; Parker Ettswold – BB, AR; Hudson Fouberg – CWS-R; Eli Fry – BB, AP, AR, CWS-R; Rylan Grassel – CWS, CWS-R, CWOS-R; Whitney Hagman – CWS-R; Waverley Hagman – CWS-R; Samuel Hansen – BB, AP, AR; Riley Kneen – CWS-R, RWOS; Teagen Moody – AP, AR, CWS-R; Ian Octavo – AP; Camden Rassel – CWS-R, RWS; Shiloh Senska – AP, CWS-R; Kyla Terkildsen – CWS-R; Cole Wilson – BB, CWS-R;

Senior participants, ages 14-18, were: Devyn Brooks – BB, AR, 22-3P, CMP; Dilyn Brooks – BB, AR, 22-3P, CMP; Lane Burkel – BB, AP, AR; Lucas Christensen – BB; Carter Christian – CWS-R, CWOS-R, C-Open; Shania Cornelius – CWS-R; Ellie Evans – AP, CWS-R; Westin Hagman – CWS-R, C-Open; Zachary Jones – AP, AR, 22P; Caleb Kneen – CWS-R, RWOS; Harley Kneen – AP, 22P, CWS-R; Toby Kneen – AP, CWS-R; Megan Linke – BB; Haeleigh Mulder – AP; Emily Ohlrogge – AP, AR; Kenzee Schafer – AP, AR, 22P, 22CMP; Dana Schelske – BB, AP, AR, 22-3P, 22P, 22CMP; Alex Schelske – BB, AP, AR, 22-3P, 22P, 22CMP; Evan VonEye – CWS-R.

Also participating in Shooting Sports this year were Landon Hoffman, Tori Hoffman, Kahle Johnson, Brody Miiller, Isaiah Schultz, Jalyn Grassel, Lawson Zoss, Adalyn Tucker, Gavin Scofield, Sidney Salas, Sydney Richardson, Layton Zoss and Liam Terkildsen.

County Shoot placings were decided over the county match shoots from January through April.  The top scores from the match shoots were used to determine the first, second and third place finishes for the county level.  State Shoot was held April 23-25 in Ft. Pierre/Pierre.

Results from all events and the new records set will be published in the next couple of weeks.

…See photos in this week’s issue of the Sanborn Weekly Journal!