On Saturday August 10th, McDowell 4-H joined almost 200 youth from all over Western North Carolina at the Polk County Gun Club for the 11th annual West Region 4-H Shooting Sports Tournament.  Youth participated in archery, muzzleloading, air rifle, air pistol, rifle, shotgun and small bore pistol.  This is a qualifying tournament for the NC State 4-H Shooting Sports Tournament to be held in Ellerbe, North Carolina September 14th.  We want to say a special thanks to Carolina West Shooting Club in Nebo for letting us practice there.  And a special thanks to our coaches, Terry Good, Branson Peek and Micah Sisk.  We would also like to thank the Friends of the NRA for our generous grants over the years.

McDowell 4-H Senior team placed:

2nd in Shotgun

3rd in Open Sight Rifle

2nd in Compound Archery

3rd in Small bore pistol

McDowell 4-H Junior Team placed:

3rd in Shotgun

Individual

Daniel McManus 2nd overall Compound Archery Match

Liam Thomas 1st Individual Air Rifle, 2nd Air Pistol

Participating in the tournament was

Daniel McManus, Gracie Davis, James Davis, Parker Cooper, Brady Keller, Hayden Edwards, Carlton Schetter, Liam Thomas, Elijah Piveronas, Lexi Piveronas, Curtis Piveronas, Caitlyn Waldroup, Hunter Jimeson, Jaxon Jimeson,  Matthew Soentgen, and Noah Soentgen.