‘We’re trying to start something new’
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MARSHALL -- The inaugural Scholastic Clay Target Program Sporting Clays Championship only had one team participate on Saturday.
"We tried to get the word out and there was no interest this time of year," Nate Peterson, owner of Shooters Sporting Goods, said. "We're trying to start something new, and it's been around but never really took off as much."
Peterson said they are trying to create club team in the area, and have two students from Lakeview and one or two out of Marshall who are interested. "The Minnesota High School State Clay Target League that really took foot everywhere in the last five years, and it (STCP) kind of got forgot about. I could probably say 75 percent of the coaches don't know what this is," Peterson said.
"In sporting clays you got a rabbit going on the ground, you got incomers, crossers, overheads, big tower heads, whatever you get set up," Peterson said. "You shoot two birds at a time in the air sometimes, two pairs verses just singles in trap that go away from you, left or right."
The team, Richfield High School and Academy of Holy Angels Clay Target League, brought six students to participate in the championship with ranged experience.
Alexandra Medvec, a senior at Richfield High School, said she's been shooting clays since freshman year in high school. "It's fun, it's the sport that anybody can do, so it makes it easy for anybody and everybody to do it," Medvec said.
"I'm just hoping to come out and have fun, of course an award or something would be nice, but just to have fun," Medvec said. "So far I'm having fun and I've hit the targets."
Adam Fink, a freshman from Richfield High School said he's been shooting for one year. "I like everything about it," Fink said.
Eli Winter, an eighth grader from Richfield Middle School, said this was his first time doing this. "It was fun," Winter said.
"It's great to see them (the kids) out and trying sporting clays, I think out of these kids that were here only two of them had ever tried sporting clays," Peterson said. "The biggest thing is getting them to try it, and they're all going to like it once they start."