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MICHIGAN STATE SHOOT 2021 The 110th Annual Michigan State Shoot began June 29th and ran through July 4th at the home grounds in Mason, Michigan. The rain that threatened Michigan the previous week went around and the shoot started out warm with some sunshine. Tuesday was a warm up day with Singles in which Hugo Rinke and Kirk Burl broke the 100s. After the carryover and a perfect 25 in the next 100, Rinke took Champion and Burl runner-up. Ian Lawrence was high by three over the rest of the field in the warm up Handicap. Raylee Bishop, a Lady I shooter from Iowa, broke 190 in the Doubles to win it. On Wednesday, they threw the Preliminary Singles and Ian Lawrence, Michael Gooch, Dakota Sliger, and TRAPSHOOTINGUSA
Wilbert Otter broke them. After the carryover Gooch won Champion, Lawrence took runner-up, and Otter Class A. Next was the Carl Chadwell Handicap. Michael Gooch rocked it again with 99. For the Ken Smith Doubles, Champion was Ian Lawrence with a near perfect score of 99. Thursday started the overall and the cooler temperatures. Amongst all the shell difficulties, Rockman Insurance and AJ’s Supplies came through for The Michigan Shells for a Year Handicap. In the first half of the Handicap, Senior Veteran Michael King broke 95 for In-State Champion. For Out-of-State, Ian Lawrence and Michael Gooch broke 94. Lawrence didn’t show up for the shoot-off, so Gooch won and Lawrence got
runner-up. The Ken Sims Singles came next with 4 100s broken—Gooch (IN), Jerry Glisson, Skylar Clark, and Gary Munson. Gooch was the Non Resident winner. It took Clark three perfect rounds into the carryover to claim the Championship. Glisson was the Veteran champ and Munson took Junior. In part two of the Michigan Shells for a Year Handicap, Skylar Clark took the event In-State with a 97. 96 was high for Out-of-State and Dean Townsend broke it. The numbers drawn for the first Handicap were 6 and 7, and in the second Handicap they were 9 and 2. This meant that if you had scores ending in any of those numbers in the Handicaps you were eligible to shoot for the Shells for a Year! In the first round of two targets at each post from your ATA yardage,
BY JACQUE SNELLENBERGER
there were six shooters who broke perfect 10s. After the second round, it was down to three shooters—Jeff Slayer, Vernon Brown Jr., and Bill Yost. After breaking a nine in the third round, Slayer earned himself 52 flats of ammunition.
JEFF SLAYER WON 52 FLATS OF AMMO
