2020 Georgia SCTP State Championship Recap
Back-to-Back State SCTP Champion Forest City Juniors
Our Juniors successfully defended their title and their home turf winning the 2020 State SCTP State Championship over the weekend. Bear with me, this will be a long one, because there was a lot of winning going on.
The top prize of HOA Team is based on the Top 5 scores for each team in all 3 disciplines. To show the extraordinary depth we have this season, we had 10 different shooters contribute at the Varsity level.
Skeet:
Jake Summerford 100
Ella Whitley 99
Jackson Schaaf 98
John Neely 98
Will Rambo 97
Sporting Clays:
Jake Summerford 97
Dawson Williams 97
Rich Pazderski 96
Mitchell Kent 95
John Neely 93
Trap:
Pete Hodge 98
Rich Pazderski 98
Dawson Williams 97
Jackson Schaaf 96
Harrison Scott 96
Our team finished with a 1455/1500 to beat 2-time defending National Champions from Lake Oconee by 10 targets.
At the Collegiate level, Colin Davis was the individual Collegiate HOA and Douglas Williams was the runner-up. Gracie Whitley was Collegiate Ladies HOA!
Skeet
On the skeet field, we had 39 different 25-straights on Sunday! All told we had 29 shooters post a score of 90 or better.
Our Rookies (5th grade and below) dominated the Skeet field wining the top 3 individual places and running away with the Top Squad Award. Lucas McKenzie shot 90 and Marshall Kent and Grady McKenzie shot 85s. You read that right.
More of the same at the Intermediate-Entry level with the team of Jack McKenzie (92), Sam Anderson (90) and Jim Reynolds Morrison (84) taking the First Place as a Squad. Jack finished 2nd and Sam finished 4th individually.
In Intermediate-Advanced we took 3rd Place as a Squad with Drake Cooper (94), Abi Pazderski (93) and Jackson Ezelle (90).
Our Junior Varsity squad finished 4th with Sam Connor (95), Owen Haas (93) and Walker Brooks (93).
In what is hard to believe, our Varsity Skeet team came in 2nd place with a score of 297/300. Jake Summerford shot 100 straight for a 4-way tie for first and ended up Second after a 12 round shoooff. Ella Whitley shot 99 and John Neely shot 98 (as did Jackson Schaaf). The winning squad from Central Georgia shot 299/300.
Ella Whtiley won a shootoff for 3rd Place Ladies.
Jake Summerford made the All State Team and Ella Whitley made the All State Second Team.
At the Collegiate level, Colin Davis also shot a 100 straight to win, Douglas Williams shot 99 for a tie for second and Gracie Whitley shot 98 for 4th.
Sporting Clays
On the beautiful North Course, our kids had a great day Saturday.
Our Varsity Team of Dawson Williams (97), Jake Summerford (97) and Rich Pazderski (96) took First Place as a team. Dawson and Jake tied for 2nd with several others and ended up in 4th after a shootoff. Both of them made the First Team All State Team and Rich Pazderski and Mitchell Kent (95) made the Second Team.
Collegiately, Douglas Williams was the champion with a team high 98 and Colin Davis finished 2nd with a 95.
Our Intermediate-Advanced Team of Drake Cooper (90), Abi Pazderski (88) and Jackson Ezelle (73) claimed Second Place. Drake was the I-A Champion and Abi finished in 6th Place. Abi also finished 3rd overall in the Ladies division as an 8th Grader!
Once again, the Intermediate-Entry team of Jack McKenzie (79), Sam Anderson (79) and Jim Reynolds Morrison (76) topped the podium, with Jack and Sam tying for 4th individually and Jim Reynolds 8th.
What about those Rookies? Yes, they won again with Marshall Kent (71) winning individual honors joined by cousins Lucas and Grady McKenzie. The future is bright at Forest City.
Trap
We had 15 shooters over 90 on the Trap Field Saturday.
Colin Davis finished 2nd at the Collegiate level with a 97.
Pete Hodge (98) and Rich Pazderski (98) led the way for our Varsity team tying for 2nd place with 4 others. Pete finished 2nd and Rich 3rd after a long shootoff. The two of them combined with Dawson Williams (97), Jackson Schaaf (96) and Harrison Scott (96) to take Second Place. Pete and Rich made the All State first team. Dawson Williams made the second team.
The Junior Varsity Team of James Daters (91), Walker Brooks (87), Owen Haas (87), Gaines Scott (87) and Rutledge Missroon (81) finished 5th Overall in the first SCTP tournament for 4 of them.
Abi Pazderski (94) finished second in the Intermediate-Advanced Division and Drake Cooper (90) tied for 5th. Abi also finished 4th in the Overall Ladies Division.
And what about those Rookies? They finished a clean sweep by winning the Trap contest by 45 targets led by Lucas McKenzie (79) and Marshall Kent (78) who finished 1st and 2nd individually joined by Grady McKenzie, June McKenzie and IV Fetterman.
Super Sporting
There is also a 50 bird Super Sporting added event which we shot on Friday. While not part of the overall championship race, it is a fun event for the kids.
John Neely (48) finished in 3rd Place overall at the Varsity Level. Gracie Whitley (47) and Douglas Williams (47) tied for 2nd Collegiately.
Drake Cooper (46) finished 2nd at I-A followed by Abi Pazderski (45) in 3rd.
Sam Anderson and Jack McKenzie (Mutt and Jeff) tied for 2nd in I-E with a pair of 42s.
Did I mention we have Rookie shooters? Marshall Kent won with a 39 and Lucas McKenzie was right behind him in 2nd with a 37. Together with Grady and June McKenzie they made it a Grand Slam!
We had our best State SCTP Tournament ever this year, and everyone agrees that the win is a combination of hard work by our shooters and great coaching by our incredibly dedicated coaching staff.
Nest stop is the Junior US Open Sporting Clays tournament in Georgetown SC this coming weekend, and then on to the SCTP National Championships in Ohio in July.
We finished the day with a team picture and a hat shooting ceremony on Field 5 where we shot over 20 hats including 4 100 Straight hats for Jake Summerford and Colin Davis, and Gracie Whitley and John Neely for 100 straights in 12 and 28 gauge respectively at last weekend’s Georgia State Skeet Championship.
Another big winner Sunday was Curtis Carter of Savannah who won our annual raffle for the choice of a Krieghoff K80 or $10,000 cash. Mr. Carter is taking the money and running! Congratulations. Our raffle raised over $55,000 for our team.
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2020 Junior Blast Recap
Big Weekend for Forest City Juniors
30 of our Forest City Juniors traveled to Middle Georgia for our first Post-Covid-Break tournament, and it was great to be out under the blue skies competing again. We shot in the Junior Georgia Blast Sporting Clays Tournament at the Meadows Gun Club. The competition is a 3 person squad event in divisions from Rookie (5th and below) to Collegiate. They also give awards for individual achievement, but the focus is on the squads.
Prelim Event
The tournament started with a 100 bird preliminary event on Friday. Your Forest City Juniors didn’t just win one division on Friday, we won them all!
Rookie: Lucas McKenzie 78, Grady McKenzie 66 and Marshall Kent 63
Intermediate: Jack McKenzie 83, Sam Anderson 77 and Jackson Ezelle 75
Junior Varsity: Dawson Williams 94, Rick Pazderski 92 and Jackson Schaaf 90
Varsity: Walker McDonald 97, Jake Summerford 95 and Mitchell Kent 87
Collegiate: Douglas Williams 95, Lance Longgrear 91 and Tripp Longgrear 87
Ladies: Abi Pazderski 84, Ella Whitley 70 and Gracie Whitley 67
We also claimed 3rd in Junio Varsity by John Neely 90, Nathan Porter 83 and Jake Kinlaw 72
Individually for the Prelim, we had the following:
Rookie: 1st Lucas McKenzie (78), 2nd Grady McKenzie (66) and 3rd Marshall Kent (63)
Intermediate: 2nd Abi Pazderski (84) and 2nd Jack McKenzie 83
Junior Varsity: 1st Dawson Williams (94), 2nd Pazderski (92) and 3rd Pete Hodge (91)
Varsity: 1st Walker McDonald (97) 2nd Jake Summerford (95)
Collegiate: 1st Douglas Williams (95) and 3rd Lance Longgrear (91)
Lady Collegiate: 1st Gracie Whitley
Lady Varsity: 3rd Ella Whitley
Lady Intermediate: 1st Abi Pazderski and 2nd Ayden McKenzie
Lady Rookie: 1st June McKenzie
Main Event
The 2 day main event consisted of 100 sporting on different course each day. Once again, the Forest City Juniors had an overwhelming performance winning 5 of the 6 divisions.
Rookie: Lucas McKenzie (79-73), Marhsall Kent (71-80) and Grady McKenzie (65-64)
Intermediate: Jack McKenzie (86-83), Sam Anderson (78-87) and Jackson Ezelle (75-76)
Junior Varsity: Rich Pazderski (97-93), Dawson Williams (92-88) and Jackson Schaaf (91-88)
Collegiate: Douglas Williams (95-92), Tripp Longgrear (91-92) and Lance Longgrear (91-88)
Ladies: Abi Pazderski (83-82), Gracie Whitley (78-90) and Ella Whitley (79-75)
We racked up individually as well:
Lady Rookie: 1st June McKenzie
Rookie: 1st Lucas McKenzie, 2nd Marshall Kent and 3rd Grady McKenzie
Intermediate Lady: 1st Abi Pazderski
Intermediate: 2nd Jack McKenzie
Junior Varsity: 1st Rich Pazderski, 2nd John Neely and 3rd Dawson Williams
Collegiate: 2nd Douglas Williams and 3rd Tripp Longgrear
Next up is the Georgia State Skeet Championships at Forest City this weekend followed by the SCTP State Championships also at our home club the following weekend.
Forest City Gun Club is proud to support the junior members of the club. The Forest City Juniors program began in 2014, and shot in their first SCTP tournament only a few months later.