Minneapolis, MN – 11,040 student participants from 343 high school teams will participate in the Minnesota State High School Clay Target League’s (MNSHSCTL) 2017 spring season, which began April 2nd. Those are the highest numbers ever for the state, according to league officials.
“This League continues to be the fastest-growing activity in Minnesota schools,” said Jim Sable, Executive Director of the MNSHSCTL, “such high participation shows the continued demand for alternative high school activities related to Minnesota’s longstanding outdoor traditions.”
Upon completion of the Spring League’s regular season, all student athletes are invited to participate in individual and team competitions at the 2017 State Championships. The Trap Shooting Championship – the world’s largest shooting sport event with about 7,000 competitors expected – is scheduled for June 12th-20th at the Alexandria Shooting Park, while the Skeet Championship will be held at the Minneapolis Gun Club in Prior Lake on June 25th.
The trap shooting season culminates with the State Tournament presented by the Minnesota State High School League on June 24th in Prior Lake. The State Tournament provides the opportunity for the highest qualifying individuals and teams from the clay target league to compete for the ultimate recognition as Minnesota State High School League State Champions. The Minnesota State High School League was the first state high school interscholastic athletic association in the United States to provide support and recognition for a high school trap shooting state tournament.
Conferences are determined by team size. This year, the 31 Skeet Shooting teams have been divided into 4 conferences while this year’s 312 trap teams have been divided into 40 conferences spanning 9 classes.
Classes determine shooting days at the 2017 Minnesota Trap Shooting Championship, which has been expanded to nine days this year.
Conference Breakdown:
(#) = Number of student athlete scores from each team used for True Team Scoring®
Skeet Shooting Conferences:
| Conference 1 (5) |
| Champlin Park High School |
| Chisago Lakes High School |
| Coon Rapids High School |
| Henry Sibley High School |
| Robbinsdale Armstrong High School |
| St. Francis High School |
| St. Louis Park High School |
| Staples Motley High School |
| Conference 2 (6) |
| Anoka High School |
| Austin High School |
| Blaine High School |
| Bloomington Jefferson High School |
| Centennial High School of Circle Pines |
| Irondale High School |
| Mahtomedi High School |
| Thief River Falls High School |
| Conference 3 (7) |
| Andover High School |
| Brainerd High School |
| Forest Lake High School |
| Glencoe-Silver Lake High School |
| Montevideo High School |
| Mora High School |
| Prior Lake High School |
| Roseau High School |
| Spring Lake Park High School |
| Conference 4 (11) |
| Grand Rapids High School |
| Hastings High School |
| Lakeville South High School |
| Perham High School |
| St. Thomas Academy |
| Wayzata High School |
Trap Shooting Conferences:
| CLASS A |
| Conference 1 (5) |
| Barnum High School |
| Bigfork High School |
| Browerville High School |
| Clearbrook-Gonvick High School |
| Greenway High School |
| Hendricks High School |
| Hope Lutheran High School |
| Humboldt High School |
| Maranantha Christian Academy |
| Win-E-Mac High School |
| Conference 2 (6) |
| BOLD High School |
| Cretin-Derham Hall High School |
| Grygla-Gatzke High School |
| Hill-Murray School |
| Mesabi East High School |
| Ogilvie High School |
| Onamia High School |
| Rush City High School |
| South Ridge School |
| Winona High School |
| Conference 3 (7) |
| Bloomington Kennedy High School |
| East Central High School |
| North High School |
| Russell-Tyler-Ruthton High School |
| Southland High School |
| St. Paul Academy |
| Washburn High School |
| Conference 4 (8) |
| Cambridge Christian School |
| Climax-Fisher High School |
| Community Christian School |
| Goodridge High School |
| Herman-Norcross Community School |
| John Marshall High School |
| Rochester Area Association of Christian Home Educa |
| Willow River High School |
| Conference 5 (9) |
| Apollo High School |
| Blake School |
| Blooming Prairie High School |
| Cathedral High School |
| Central Minnesota Christian School |
| Esko High School |
| Luverne High School |
| Medford High School |
| Conference 6 (10) |
| Bertha-Hewitt High School |
| Blackduck High School |
| Hancock High School |
| Martin Luther High School |
| Park Christian School |
| Sebeka High School |
| Southwest MN Christian High School |
| West Lutheran High School |
| Conference 7 (11) |
| Cedar Mountain High School |
| Fillmore Central High School |
| Houston High School |
| Marshall County Central High School |
| PACT Charter School |
| William Kelley High School |
| Conference 8 (12) |
| Atwater Cosmos Grove City High School |
| Crosby-Ironton High School |
| Denfeld High School |
| Kelliher High School |
| Melrose High School |
| Milaca High School |
| Red Lake County Central High School |
| Roseville Area High School |
| Conference 9 (13) |
| Fosston High School |
| Fridley High School |
| Glenville-Emmons High School |
| Groves Academy |
| Math and Science Academy of Woodbury |
| Menahga High School |
| Minnesota Valley Lutheran High School – New Ulm |
| Verndale High School |
| Conference 10 (14) |
| LeRoy-Ostrander High School |
| Lourdes High School |
| Norman County East High School |
| Northome High School |
| Paynesville High School |
| Pine River-Backus High School |
| Rothsay High School |
| Spring Grove High School |
| Conference 11 (15) |
| Battle Lake High School |
| Deer River High School |
| Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton High School |
| ECHO Charter School |
| Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop High School |
| Hinckley-Finlayson High School |
| Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted High School |
| Lake Park-Audubon High School |
| Woodbury High School |
| CLASS 2A |
| Conference 1 (16) |
| Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart High School |
| Isle High School |
| Legacy Christian Academy |
| Litchfield High School |
| Red Lake Falls High School |
| South St. Paul High School |
| St. Louis Park High School |
| Conference 2 (17) |
| Mabel-Canton High School |
| Martin County West-Trimont High School |
| Minneota High School |
| Pillager High School |
| Sauk Centre High School |
| Stephen-Argyle Central High School |
| Tracy Area High School |
| Conference 3 (18) |
| Braham High School |
| Eden Valley-Watkins High School |
| Frazee-Vergas High School |
| LaCrescent High School |
| Lanesboro High School |
| Mayo High School |
| Plainview-Elgin-Millville High School |
| Redwood Valley High School |
| Tartan High School of Oakdale |
| Conference 4 (19) |
| Ashby High School |
| Breck High School of Golden Valley |
| Madelia High School |
| Mayer Lutheran High School |
| Providence Academy |
| Wabasso High School |
| Wheaton High School |
| Conference 5 (20) |
| Breckenridge High School |
| Edina High School |
| Holdingford High School |
| Long Prairie Grey Eagle High School |
| Minnewaska Area High School |
| Rushford-Peterson High School |
| Southwest Christian High School |
| Underwood High School |
| Waterville-Elysian-Morristown High School |
| Windom High School |
| Conference 6 (21) |
| Brandon-Evansville High School |
| Chatfield High School |
| Henning High School |
| Kingsland High School |
| Ortonville High School |
| Osakis High School |
| Randolph High School |
| St. James High School |
| CLASS 3A |
| Conference 1 (22) |
| Comfrey High School |
| Dassel-Cokato High School |
| Goodhue High School |
| Lakes International Language Academy |
| Maple Lake High School |
| Proctor High School |
| Truman High School |
| Walker/Hackensack/Akeley High School |
| Conference 2 (23) |
| Fergus Falls High School |
| Grand Meadow High School |
| Kasson-Mantorville High School |
| Lester Prairie/Holy Trinity High School |
| St. Croix Lutheran High School |
| Wabasha-Kellogg High School |
| Warroad High School |
| Conference 3 (24) |
| Little Falls High School |
| Maple Grove Senior High |
| Stillwater High School |
| Two Harbors High School |
| West Central Area High School |
| Worthington High School |
| Zumbrota-Mazeppa High School |
| Conference 4 (25) |
| Century High School |
| Cloquet High School |
| Kenyon-Wanamingo High School |
| Lewiston-Altura High School |
| Norman County High School |
| North Branch High School |
| Conference 5 (26) |
| Becker High School |
| Cleveland High School |
| Hibbing High School |
| Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg High School |
| North Lakes Academy |
| Osseo High School |
| Park Rapids High School |
| Pelican Rapids High School |
| Willmar High School |
| CLASS 4A |
| Conference 1 (27) |
| Bloomington Jefferson High School |
| Detroit Lakes High School |
| Holy Family Catholic High School |
| International Falls High School |
| Jordan High School |
| Moorhead High School |
| Morris Area High School |
| Stewartville High School |
| Watertown-Mayer High School |
| Conference 2 (28) |
| Apple Valley High School |
| Belle Plaine High School |
| Bethlehem Academy of Faribault |
| Coon Rapids High School |
| Crosslake Community School |
| Dover-Eyota High School |
| Lake City High School |
| Orono High School |
| Conference 3 (29) |
| Mountain Lake High School |
| Northeast Range High School |
| Parkers Prairie High School |
| St. Charles High School |
| Staples Motley High School |
| Thief River Falls High School |
| Zimmerman High School |
| Conference 4 (30) |
| Annandale High School |
| Barnesville High School |
| Clinton-Graceville-Beardsly High School |
| Glencoe-Silver Lake High School |
| Heritage Christian Academy |
| Hopkins High School |
| Red Wing High School |
| Richfield High School & Academy of Holy Angels |
| CLASS 5A |
| Conference 1 (31) |
| Centennial High School of Circle Pines |
| Eden Prairie High School |
| Irondale High School |
| Lake Of The Woods High School |
| New Ulm High School |
| Rockford High School |
| Rogers High School |
| Conference 2 (32) |
| Canby High School |
| Duluth East High School |
| Maple River High School |
| New York Mills High School |
| Pequot Lakes High School |
| Pine Island High School |
| Conference 3 (33) |
| Alden-Conger High School |
| Benilde St. Margarets High School |
| Cambridge-Isanti High School |
| Crookston High School |
| Mora High School |
| Owatonna High School |
| Spring Lake Park High School |
| Conference 4 (34) |
| Brainerd High School |
| Champlin Park High School |
| Dawson-Boyd High School |
| Kimball High School |
| Lakeview High School |
| MACCRAY High School |
| St. Thomas Academy |
| Tri-City United High School |
| CLASS 6A |
| Conference 1 (35) |
| Badger-Greenbush-Middle River High School |
| Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton High School |
| LeSueur-Henderson High School |
| Mahtomedi High School |
| Pierz Healy High School |
| Triton High School |
| Wadena-Deer Creek High School |
| Conference 2 (37) |
| McGregor-Aitkin-Cromwell High School |
| Minnetonka High School |
| Mounds View High School |
| Princeton High School |
| Roseau High School |
| Sauk Rapids-Rice High School |
| Totino-Grace High School |
| Waconia High School |
| Wayzata High School |
| Conference 3 (39) |
| Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa High School |
| Byron High School |
| Cannon Falls High School |
| Chaska-Chanhassen High School |
| Chisago Lakes High School |
| Elk River High School |
| Lac qui Parle Valley High School |
| Montevideo High School |
| United South Central High School |
| CLASS 7A |
| Conference 1 (40) |
| Eagan High School |
| East Ridge High School |
| Grand Rapids High School |
| Mound Westonka High School |
| Pine City High School |
| Simley High School |
| St. Francis High School |
| St. Michael-Albertville High School |
| Conference 2 (41) |
| Andover High School |
| Anoka High School |
| Blaine High School |
| New London-Spicer High School |
| Robbinsdale Armstrong High School |
| Rosemount High School |
| Sibley East High School |
| Conference 3 (42) |
| Big Lake High School |
| Delano High School |
| East Grand Forks High School |
| Forest Lake High School |
| Monticello High School |
| NRHEG High School |
| Royalton High School |
| CLASS 8A |
| Conference 1 (45) |
| Austin High School |
| Benson High School |
| Burnsville High School |
| Fairmont High School |
| Foley High School |
| Hermantown High School |
| Hutchinson High School |
| White Bear Lake Area High School |
| Conference 2 (47) |
| Alexandria High School |
| Bemidji High School |
| Buffalo High School |
| New Prague High School |
| Perham High School |
| ROCORI High School |
| St. Peter High School |
| CLASS 9A |
| Conference 1 (49) |
| Eastview High School |
| Faribault High School |
| Norwood-Young America High School |
| Park High School |
| Prior Lake High School |
| Sartell High School |
| Shakopee High School |
| Conference 2 (58) |
| Albany High School |
| Farmington High School |
| Hastings High School |
| Lakeville North High School |
| Lakeville South High School |
| Marshall High School |
| Nicollet High School |
| Northfield High School |