DuPont Krieghoff Subgauge FITASC

Set over two layouts and throwing great targets, the subgauge FITASC challenged shooters to bring their A-game with the smaller gauges. In the 20-gauge event, a pair of Ohioans topped the leaderboard. Daniel Bailey’s 45x50 earned him champion honors, one target ahead of his fellow Buckeye, Ryan Straker. The 28-gauge event was dominated by the young man from Kansas. Thomas Jacobs straightened out parcour two and posted a 22 on parcour one to top the rest of the competitors by three targets.

Super Sport

A massive turnout of 400 shooters took to the Fiocchi super sport course to test their skills on some tricky combinations of targets. The skill of the shooters entered in this event was evident by the scores posted. Braxton Oliver mastered these combinations only dropping two targets throughout. Justin Chavez and David Radulovich ended their outing tied at 97 to set up a tie breaker, at the conclusion of which, Chavez took the runnerup spot with Radulovich in the M1 position. Desi Edmunds led the lady’s division with a brilliant

94x100, one target ahead of Shelby Moon.

Preliminary

Beretta sponsored the preliminary sporting event and drew 446 entrants. Zachary Kienbaum, one of the most decorated shooters in the country, demonstrated his target breaking prowess in this event by posting a 96x100 to take home the champion trophy. Gebben Miles, Theo Ribbs III and David Radulovich tied things up on 94 to set up yet another tie breaker, at the conclusion of which Miles earned runner-up honors, ahead of Ribbs and Radulovich respectively. Not to be outdone, the lady’s division remained just as competitive. Kayla Wilgus held off a serious challenge from Karen

Shedd and Shelby Moon, by posting a 90x100, just one target above her competition. Shedd and Moon completed their tie breaker which saw Shedd claim the runner spot, with Moon in the M1 position.

5-Stand

Four layouts were prepared for this championship event on the Cross Creek grounds. Zach Kienbaum wasn’t finished dominating events this weekend as he posted a stand-alone top score of 96x100 to earn another championship trophy for his shelf. Braxton Oliver was seriously challenging Kienbaum for the top spot but fell one target short to take the runner-up post with an impressive 95. The lady’s division brought the drama on this event with the top three shooters Karen Shedd, Haylyn Hanks and Grace Callahan tying things up at 89. The tie breaker finalized the results with Shedd earning the ladies champion spot ahead of Hanks and Callahan respectively.

Winchester FITASC Main

Four outstanding layouts graced the shooting grounds with some fantastic targets, perfectly set for this caliber of event. Dominic Grossi put on a clinic throughout, straightening out parcour four and only dropping four targets across the other three layouts to claim the honor of FITASC champion and besting the closest competitor by three targets. Four skilled shooters set up a shoot-off after all ended with 93s. Joe Fanizzi, Tom Seay, Zachary Kienbaum and Eric Harvey had to duke it out to determine the runner-up through M2 spots. At the completion of the tie breaker, Fanizzi prevailed to take the runner-up position ahead of Seay, Kienbaum and Harvey. On the lady’s side, Karen Shedd shot consistently well to outpace her closest competitor by five targets. Christina Loudenslager earned the runner-up spot with an 87, just one target ahead of Madison Sharpe.

Winchester Ladies Cup

ClayShootingUSA has made it a priority to highlight the contribution Winchester has made in recognizing the excellent lady shooters we are honored to share the course with. Winchester’s recognition of their vital contributions to the sport is a wonderful thing for sporting clays as a whole. At the 2022 South East Regional, consistency was the key to success. Karen Shedd’s methodical performance earned her the Ladies Cup title and a nice payout for her efforts. Kayla Kane and Desi Edmunds tied things up, meaning one more shoot-off to finalize the placements. Kayla Kane followed up her Main Event performance with another win in the shoot-off to claim the secondplace prize in the Winchester Ladies Cup event. Congratulations to all the ladies who participated and a big thank you goes out to Winchester for making the Ladies Cup possible.

South East Regional Championship

The main event, powered by MEC, drew 591 shooters to face down these challenging courses. Shooters were not only on the lookout for Sasquatch, they were chasing top honors, and the bragging rights that go with it. This year’s champion, Eric Harvey posted a pair of brilliant scores, nearly straightening the red course. His 195x200 earned him the HOA trophy, which was embossed with the profile of the ever-elusive Sasquatch. Joseph Fanizzi earned the runner-up slot, just one back from Harvey and two ahead of third place shooter, Ryan

Harper. Kayla Kane’s consistent shooting paid off, catapulting her to the top spot and earning her the Lady championship trophy with a

179x200.