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COLORADO STATE SHOOT
COLORADO STATE SHOOT2021
This year’s Colorado State Trap Shoot was held at the Delta Trap Club just outside the city of Delta,
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Colorado. The club has been in operation since 1968 when land was donated for its construction by Charles Fairlamb. Delta has hosted the Colorado State Trapshoot 14 times over its more than 50 years in existence. There are 12 fields on the facility, all with Pat Trap machines and Canterbury voice releases. The air conditioned clubhouse and shady front patio were a welcome relief from the warm temperatures during the shoot.
WEDNESDAY
Event 1 was the Warm Up Singles and Senior Veteran Mel Hensley took care of business with his 100 straight and carryover to win the Champion’s prize. Cliff Haycock and Greg Church were the Senior Veteran and AA class winners with their perfect scores
In the Event 2 Handicap Gregory Ferguson broke a 98 to win the top prize by two targets. Kaden Westfall and Jason Blackwell carded 96s to earn long and mid yardage trophies.
Mel Hensley was back at the top of the leaderboard for the Event 3 Doubles. Hensley broke 100 straight and beat the field by three birds enroute to the Champion trophy. AA winner Greg Ferguson was next high with 97.
THURSDAY
The first event on Thursday was the Stacy Rehor Class Singles. Ten shooters of the 142 in attendance managed to break 100 straight and when the carryovers were finished, Scott Obenchain came out on top over Adam Rehor who ended up as the runner-up. Brennan Bringelson and Brandy Henrickson each posted 100s and were the Sub Junior and Junior winners.
In the CSTA Handicap Brennan Bringelson broke a 99 from the 21.5 yard line to beat his aunt, Stacy Rehor, by a target. Rehor was the Lady I Champion. Scott Obenchain had a 97 to win the runner-up trophy and Denis Bringelson (Brennan’s dad) broke 96 to win the long yardage trophy.
FRIDAY
The Adam Rehor Class Doubles was the first event on Friday and Greg Ferguson outlasted three others with 99s to take the top trophy. Clinton Phipps ended as the runner-up, while
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Gregory Kayl and Stacy Rehor finished as Sub Veteran and Lady I winners.
In the afternoon Handicap Adam Rehor nipped his brother in law Denis Bringelson (for whom the event was named) by breaking a near perfect 99 and taking the top trophy. Bringelson finished as the event runner-up with 98. Scott Obenchain, Nicholas King, Kaden Westfall and Mike Herman all had 97s to win long yardage, mid yardage, Junior Gold and Sub Veteran. Sharon Sayles had a 96 to claim the Lady I trophy and Kathleen Starr shot 94 for the Lady II win.
SATURDAY
Six Colorado shooters broke near perfect scores of 199 to tie for the
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title in the Singles Championship. When the shoot-off was finished Paul Dible was the Sub Veteran Champion and Irv Effinger was the Senior Veteran Winner. Denis Bringelson was the AA class runner-up and Gregory Ferguson was the AA Champion. Adam Rehor ended up as the event runner-up and Scott Obenchain (AKA Mr. Pink) was this year’s State Champion. Ashley Teal had a 198 to claim the Lady I title and Delores Semsack won her shootoff with Sandra Digesualdo for the Lady II prize, after a score of 190. Brennan Bringelson was the Sub Junior Champ with 195 and Elliot Bode turned in a 193 to pace the Junior division. Kaden Westfall had a 196 to win the Junior Gold category and Rahn Coonts took home the
COLORADO STATE SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP
CH SCOTT OBENCHAIN 199 RU ADAM REHOR 199 AA GREGORY FERGUSON 193 A JESSE LOPEZ 197 B NIKKI HERMAN 195 C TRENT MATTICK 192 D PAUL PEDRI 186 LD1 ASHLEY TEAL 198 LD2 DOLORES SEMSACK 190 SUB JR BRENNAN BRINGELSON 195 JR ELLIOTT BODE 193 JR GOLD KADEN WESTFALL 196 SUB VET PAUL DIBLE 199 VET RAHN COONTS 193 SR VET IRVIN EFFINGER 199 NON-RES CH BYRON EVERT (PA) 198
Veteran award with his 193. Byron Evert of Pennsylvania was the NonResident Champion with 198.
ADAM REHOR WITH DAUGHTER AND SCOTT OBENCHAIN
SUNDAY
The Doubles Championship saw three shooters post 100 straights on the leaderboard. Gregory Ferguson was the lone In-State shooter to break them all, while Utah shooters Sharred Oaks and Sean Hawley were the Non-Resident Champion and runnerup. Jordan Westfall was the resident runner-up champ with a score of 97, while Stacy Rehor broke 98 to take the Lady I title. Mel Hensley was the Senior Veteran winner with 98 and Glenn Zimmerman carded a 95 to lead the Veteran category.
Bob Hardenburger broke a near perfect score of 99 to win the Handicap Championship without a shoot-off. Hardenburger, a Senior
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COLORADO STATE DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP
CH GREGORY FERGUSON 100 RU JORDAN WESTFALL 97 AA SCOTT OBENCHAIN 96 A TIM ARRASMITH 96 B DANIEL TREAT 94 C EARL MCCASLAND 93 D NICHOLAS PRIDDY 89 LD1 STACY REHOR 98 LD2 KATHLEEN STARR 86 SUB JR BRENNAN BRINGELSON 92 JR BRANDY HENRICKSON 94 JR GOLD MATT RASKOB 95 SUB VET GREGORY KAYL 97 VET GLENN ZIMMERMAN 95 SR VET MEL HENSLEY 98 NON-RES CH SHARRED OAKS (UT) 100
COLORADO STATE HANDICAP CHAMPIONSHIP
CH BOB HARDENBURGER 99 RU DENIS BRINGELSON 98 3RD SCOTT OBENCHAIN 96 4TH ADAM REHOR 96 5TH DARRELL VANCLEAVE 96 6TH BRETT RENCK 93 LD1 SHARON SAYLES 96 LD2 DOLORES SEMSACK 92 SUB JR BRENNAN BRINGELSON 97 JR CODY WASSERBURGER 98 JR GOLD KADEN WESTFALL 96 SUB VET JOE LETA 95 VET CHARLES COSTELLO 98 SR VET MEL HENSLEY 95 NON-RES CH SEAN HAWLEY (UT) 97
Veteran, also earned his punch to the 27-yard line with the score. Denis Bringelson, Cody Wasserburger and Charles Costello all broke scores of 98 to win runner-up, Junior and Veteran awards. Scott Obenchain, Adam Rehor and Darrell Vancleave broke 96s and finished in that order as 3rd, 4th and 5th place winners. Brett Renck was the 7th and final place winner with a score of 93.
HAA AND HOA
Denis Bringelson won his shoot-off with Scott Obenchain to capture the High All Around title with a score of 391x400. The two were tied again in the High Over All with scores of 781x800. This time they flip flopped their positions, with Obenchain COLORADO STATE HIGH ALL AROUND
CH DENIS BRINGELSON 391 RU SCOTT OBENCHAIN 391 AA GREGORY FERGUSON 387 A DANIEL TREAT 380 B CHARLES COSTELLO 374 C BOB SEMSACK 369 D MATT RASKOB 371 SUB JR BRENNAN BRINGELSON 384 JR BRANDY HENRICKSON 374 JR GOLD KADEN WESTFALL 383 SUB VET MIKE HERMAN 385 VET STAN BAKER 378 SR VET MEL HENSLEY 389 NON-RES CH SEAN HAWLEY (UT) 394
taking Champion and Bringelson winning the runner-up trophy. Sean Hawley was the Non-Resident HAA winner with 394 and John Kelly of Wyoming was the top Out of Stater in the HOA with 763.
The Delta Trap Club is a very enjoyable place to shoot. The people are friendly and everyone seems to be happy to help out when help is needed. They will be hosting their 61st Annual Western Slope Labor Day
COLORADO STATE HIGH OVER ALL
CH SCOTT OBENCHAIN 781 RU DENIS BRINGELSON 781 AA ADAM REHOR 775 A GREGORY KAYL 763 B JASON BLACKWELL 733 C BOB SEMSACK 735 D MATT RASKOB 735 SUB JR BRENNAN BRINGELSON 768 JR TY BLACKWELL 751 JR GOLD KADEN WESTFALL 757 SUB VET MIKE HERMAN 769 VET RAYMOND KNOX 753 SR VET MEL HENSLEY 771 NON-RES CH JOHN KELLY (WY) 763 DENIS BRINGELSON
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