The Minnesota nonprofit that turned trap shooting into the state’s fastest-growing high school sport has organized 11 other states as far away as New York and Oregon as it attempts to blanket the country with school-approved target shooting. “There’s no reason why we can’t have 50 state high school clay target leagues,” said John Nelson, […]
NOW AVAILABLE FOR ANDROID AND iOS! The Shooter Performance Tracker® (SPT) is The Minnesota State High School Clay Target League’s exclusive performance tracking tool provided to all participants of the League. Each athlete receives personal access to the web-based application to monitor their True Team® scoring and progress compared against their team, their conference, and […]
Minneapolis, MN – 10,361 student participants from 319 high school teams will participate in the Minnesota State High School Clay Target League’s (MNSHSCTL) 2016 spring season, which began April 3rd. 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 […]
Two hundred and ninety-three high school trap shooting teams along with twenty-eight skeet shooting teams will represent their schools in competition in the 2016 Spring Season of the Minnesota State High School Clay Target League. Trap shooting teams and their athletes will also be invited to the 2016 MNSHSCTL Trap Shooting Championship June 14th – […]
High School Trap Teams Growing In Popularity By Hannah Burlingame – lillenews.com The trap field at South St. Paul Rod & Gun seems like it is covered in fluorescent orange snow. Only on closer examination is it apparent it’s not snow. It’s actually clay pigeons. Some of them are in pieces after being hit by […]
Over three dozen new teams will take part in the 2016 Minnesota State High School Clay Target League! They will join over 300 other high school teams across the state as over 10,000 student athletes represent their schools in competition. The teams and their athletes will also be invited to the 2016 MNSHSCTL Trapshooting Championship June […]
REPRINTED FROM NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2015 ISSUE OF TRAPSHOOTINGUSA EIGHT YEARS AFTER ITS INCEPTION, THE MINNESOTA STATE HIGH SCHOOL CLAY TARGET LEAGUE BOASTS A MEMBERSHIP OF 8,600 STUDENTS. ITS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP THIS YEAR DREW 5,100 KIDS – PROBABLY THE LARGEST SHOOTING SPORTS EVENT IN THE WORLD. When Jim Sable looked around the room at his fellow Plymouth, […]
Sapna Maheshwari – BuzzFeed: “In most sports, young athletes spend years honing skills that they’ll never use when they’re older,” the cartoon video begins, panning over a dejected football player, cheerleader, and lacrosse goalie. “But one sport provides a gateway to a lifetime of enjoyment and expertise: shooting sports.” That’s from the homepage of the […]
(Released December 3, 2015) The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announces awards of nearly $371,000 to 22 shooting range projects across the state through a shooting range grants initiative approved by the 2014 Legislature. “The 22 projects provide safe and accessible recreational shooting opportunities throughout Minnesota, with an emphasis on enhancing youth participation opportunities,” said […]
You won’t hear the shrill of a whistle when you are on a Clay Target range. Nor will you see an official in pinstripes reporting an infraction to a scorers’ table or a referee throwing a penalty flag. The blossoming sport doesn’t use officials, and leaders don’t think they will need them, at least for […]
Published Nov 9th in the Pope County Tribune The first year for the Minnewaska trap team is now history. The team competed in both a spring and fall season and had good participation numbers and results for both. The team is open to both boys and girls and was well represented both in gender and […]
Congratulations to all teams and individuals on their 2015 Fall Trap League accomplishments. Awards will be sent to teams and individuals in about 7-10 days. League officials will coordinate efforts with coaches. Thank you coaches, schools, parents and gun clubs for helping introduce more students to shootings sports! Go to Team Awards View all final results […]
Congratulations to all teams and individuals on their 2015 Fall Skeet League accomplishments. Awards will be sent to teams and individuals in about 7-10 days. League officials will coordinate efforts with coaches. Thank you coaches, schools, parents and gun clubs for helping introduce more students to shootings sports! View all final results Team Awards
Many schools throughout Minnesota are already joining the Minnesota State High School Clay Target League’s 2016 spring league. Join the more than 10,000 student athletes and more than 300 teams that are expected to participate! The deadline for team to join the League is March 1. But don’t wait! Click here to get all the […]
Published July 9, 2015 by Esmé E Deprez – Bloomberg The giddy 13-year-old boys oohed and aahed as they stared down the black shotgun barrels and aimed at clay targets they imagined whizzing through the air. “You guys are welcome to test any of these out,” said Dusty Minke, a sales agent for Browning, as […]
While one of the main concerns for parents with children sports is safety, each year millions of student athletes are injured while playing high-school sports. Clay Target shooting however remains one of the safest high school activities nationwide. According to the latest statistics from the Center for Injury Research & Policy, boys’ football tops the list […]
Published July 15th, 2015 by Elwood Shelton – Gun Digest The kids today, well they seem to be doing all right. At least the ones who have hitched their stars to the fast-growing extracurricular activity of sport shooting. Yes, breaking clays and nailing bull’s eyes have gained traction among American teens and young adults. Not […]
It’s Game Fair time again, and we’ve got an opportunity for our athletes to score a special gift! Stop by our booth wearing your Minnesota State High School Clay Target League Championship T-shirt, and we’ll give you a special gift just for proudly showing off your favorite high school sport. Our booth is […]
There will be a few more sports opportunities at Dover-Eyota High School next year. The school board voted unanimously to support a new clay shooting team Monday night. Middle school principal and activities director John Ostrowski told the board that more than 150 students answering a survey on sports opportunities expressed interest in joining a […]
The giddy 13-year-old boys oohed and aahed as they stared down the black shotgun barrels and aimed at clay targets they imagined whizzing through the air. “You guys are welcome to test any of these out,” said Dusty Minke, a sales agent for Browning, as the teens elbowed each other for spots at his kiosk. […]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kalley Johnson was hunting with her father by age 4. She had a bow and arrow in hand two years later. She once shot a zebra on a productive big-game trip to Namibia. Who knew those skills would earn her varsity letters? “Sometimes if I tell a random person I’m on the […]
Several hundred high school boys and girls will compete Saturday in Prior Lake for the state individual and team crowns in trapshooting. The second annual State Clay Target Tournament sanctioned by the Minnesota State High School League serves as showpiece for the sport, which has exploded in growth in its short history and is now […]
With trapshooting established on the high school scene, students on the forefront savor its benefits. Backwoods folk. Rednecks. Gun nuts. Tom Koppe, a recent Hopkins graduate, heard such stereotypes of him and fellow members of the school’s decade-old trapshooting team. None of those shots, however, shattered his enjoyment. “Some of the kids think we all […]
Congratulations to all participants and champions at the 2015 Minnesota State High School League Clay Target State Tournament. Student athletes from the Minnesota State High School Clay Target League competed in the second annual State Tournament at the Minneapolis Gun Club in Prior Lake, Minnesota. 100 student athletes with the season highest averages qualified for the […]
Congratulations to all Minnesota State High School Clay Target League qualifying teams and individuals invited to participate in the Minnesota State High School League’s 2015 State Tournament! The Minnesota State High School League presenting partner tournament offers the highest achievers in individual and team trapshooting competition the opportunity to compete and be recognized in a state […]
