Posted: July 13, 2021
Pennsylvania 4-H members competed in the 2021 National 4-H Shooting Sports Competition.
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Pennsylvania 4-H Shooting Sports was well represented in Grand Island, Nebraska at the National 4-H Shooting Sports Championships June 20-25, 2021. 4-H members and adults from eight Pennsylvania counties participated in the event. The 4-H members qualified to attend by placing as top individuals in their respective shooting sports discipline at the PA State 4-H Shooting Sports contest in April.
The National 4-H Shooting Sports Committee hosted the 2021 4-H Shooting Sports National Championships with guidelines and expectations to ensure a safe experience for all participants, parents, volunteers, and spectators in consideration of the past year's pandemic challenges.
Representing Pennsylvania 4-H in the Shotgun discipline were Cole Bryner and Bella LaRosa, Fayette County; Bo Carbaugh, Mason Fischer, and adult chaperone Daryl Carbaugh, Fulton County. The 4-H shotgun contest included sporting clays, trap, and skeet contests.
The Compound Archery 4-H members included Elliott and Lindsay Sherman, Erie County and Jackson Brion and adult chaperone Steven Brion, Tioga County. The archery contest was a Field Round, FITA Round, and 3D course.
The 4-H members who participated in the Air Rifle contest were Phillip Kline, Bedford County; Brianna Towns, Kimberly Gauntlett, and adult chaperone Joseph Gauntlett, Montgomery County. The contest included National Standard Sporter Rifle 3 Position, NRA Sporter Rifle Silhouettes, and Sporter Rifle Standing position.
The Air Pistol members included Brianna Fornwalt and Danika Black, Bedford County; Thomas Gibson III and Katelyn Supancik, Susquehanna County, and chaperoning adults Jeffery Brantlinger and Belinda Long, Bedford County. The sections for air pistol included Single Shot Rapid Fire, Air Pistol Silhouettes, and Slow Fire Bullseye contests.
Pennsylvania's .22 Smallbore Rifle team placed first in the NRA Three Position competition and did very well in the other two sections of the contest which included Smallbore silhouettes and CMP Sporter contest. The 4-H team members Elissa Barron, Nicole Rininger, Haley Fetterman, Ruby Korenoski and adult chaperone Michael Knapp were all from Somerset County.
The complete event results and photos are available at the National Shooting Sports Results page.
The focus of all Pennsylvania 4-H programs is the development of youth as individuals and as responsible and productive citizens. 4-H is administered in Pennsylvania by Penn State Extension, 4-H is a non-formal educational youth-development program of the United States Department of Agriculture that helps young people develop knowledge and skills to become capable, caring and contributing citizens. The 4-H Shooting Sports Program stands out as an example. Youth learn marksmanship, the safe and responsible use of firearms, the principles of hunting and archery, and much more. The activities of the program and the support of caring adult leaders provide young people with opportunities to develop life skills, self-worth, and conservation ethics. To find your local program, visit the Penn State Extension website.
