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UTAH STATE SHOOT
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BY SEAN HAWLEY
This year’s Utah State Shoot was held at the Vernal Rod and Gun Club in Vernal, UT June 23-27 and as has become the tradition in Vernal, the shoot was a mix of hard fought competition and
evening fun. The state tournament rotates between Spanish Fork Gun Club and Vernal every other year. The ammunition shortage seemed to cut down the attendance a bit this year, however shooters who were fortunate enough to attend were treated to two free dinners as well as evening Annie Oakley fun games with added money and a cornhole tournament. The actual tournament saw some great shooting by both In-State and Non-Resident shooters. The weather was a mixed bag—from rain showers to breezy and from cool and overcast to hot and sunny. That’s called Rocky Mountain weather—if you don’t like it, just wait fifteen minutes and it will be different.
WEDNESDAY
Event 1 was the USTA Welcoming Singles and Jayme Anderson (UT) broke the 100 targets and an additional 200 in the carryover to claim champion.Grayson Stuart (UT) also broke a 100 straight to nail down the Junior trophy, while Pam Wright (UT) had a 99 to win the Lady II award.
The Glen Brown Handicap was next up for the first day’s schedule and Sean Hawley (UT) broke a 97 to lead the way. Nevada shooter Eli Walker was next high on the board with a 96 to earn the Sub Veteran trophy and Abbie Blackwell (CO) carded 92 to win Sub Junior.
Grayson Stuart had the lone 100 straight in the Event 3 Joe Sudbury Doubles. Sean Hawley and Tye Cook (UT) each had scores of 99 to win AAA and C classes, while Brett Despain (UT) shot a 98 to pace the Sub Veteran category.
GRAYSON STUART
THURSDAY
Jayme Anderson turned in another 100 and long carryover to win the Event 4 Brody Drury Singles and Greg Ferguson (CO) finished as the AAA winner. Aubrey Fogarty (UT) had a 99 to take the A class award and Lynn Roberts (UT) broke a 98 to win D class. Emily Wolverton (UT) was the Lady I champion with a score of 97.
In the Bryan Duvall Handicap Vernal native Sharred Oaks, Joe Sudbury (UT) and Ava Ladue (UT) tied with scores of 98 at the top of the leaderboard. Oaks won the shoot-off, taking Champion, while Ladue was the Sub Junior winner and Sudbury finished as the top Sub Veteran. Kelly Brinkerhoff (UT) and Mike Grady (NM) each shot scores of 97 to earn short and long yardage trophies.
In the Event 6 Pam Wright Doubles, Sean Hawley broke the lone 100 straight to win Champion and Greg Ferguson was the AAA winner with his 97. Austin Kinder (UT) had a 95 to win the Junior Gold trophy and Randy Grilz (IA) had a 92 to take home D class.
FRIDAY
Greg Holden (AZ) broke a 100 straight and then another 100 in the overtime to win the Event 7 Quint Sudbury Singles. Eli Walker and Joe Sudbury had 100s to win the Sub Veteran and Veteran trophies, while Emily Wolverton and Pam Wright (UT) were the Lady I and Lady II winners with scores of 99 and 96 respectively.
Tyeli Cook (UT) and Bob Komarec (WI) each had scores of 98 to lead the way in the Event 8 Quint Sudbury Handicap. After the shoot off dust had settled Cook was the Champion with an overtime score of 24 to Komarec’s score of 23. Komarec took home the Senior Vetean prize. Haylie Peay (UT) was the Lady I winner with 95 and Kim Grady (NM) was the Lady II champ with 91.
The Doubles Class Championship was the final event of the day and Sean Hawley broke the lone 100 straight to earn the top spot, Brett Despain was the Sub Veteran winner with a near perfect score of 99, while Grayson Stuart and Joe Sudbury collected Junior and Veteran awards for their scores of 98.
AVA LADUE
SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP
Saturday was the Utah State Singles Championship and only one shooter was able to break the 200 straight. Ty Blackwell, a Junior shooter from
UTAH STATE SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP
CH SEAN HAWLEY 199 RU QUINT SUDBURY 199 AAA SHARRED OAKS 198 AA JACE PENNEY 198 A MICHAEL SCOTT 197 B DAVID TAYLOR 197 C TYELI COOK 192 D CLAIR CARTER 181 LD1 HAYLIE PEAY 194 LD2 PAM WRIGHT 193 SUB JR SHALAKO GUNTER 199 JUNIOR BRODY DRURY 197 JR GOLD ZACHARY FOSTER 193 SUB VET STEVE OTTESEN 198 VET JOE SUDBURY 198 SR VET RANDALL THOMSON 196 NON RES CH TY BLACKWELL (CO) 200 SHALAKO GUNTER AND DOG, CALICO
Colorado smashed his first ever 200 straight to take the Non-Resident title without a shoot-off. There were three Utah shooters that broke scores of 199 to tie for the Championship. Quint Sudbury, Sean Hawley and Shalako Gunter. Shalako, a Sub Junior, had missed her 100th target on the first half of the singles and then was able to recover and run the second half. In the Shoot Off Shalako missed again in the first round and was awarded the Sub Junior crown. Sudbury and Hawley continued for two more rounds until Sudbury let one go and Hawley ran the 75 straight in overtime. Sudbury was the Runner Up and Hawley; this Year’s Champion. For Hawley it was the last
QUINT SUDBURY AND SEAN HAWLEY
title he needed to have all of them in Utah. Lady I and Lady II trophies were won by Haylie Peay and Pam Wright with scores of 194 and 193. Brody Drury broke a 197 to take home the Junior title and Zachary Foster was the Junior Gold Champ with 193.
HAYLIE PEAY
DOUBLES AND HANDICAP CHAMPIONSHIPS
Jayme Anderson broke the only perfect score of the day to win the Utah Doubles Championship. Sean Hawley and Brett Despain were both one target behind to win the runnerup and Sub Veteran trophies. Gregory Ferguson and Chad Frericks each broke 97 to tie for the Non-Resident title. In the shoot-off Ferguson ran 20 to win and Frericks broke 18 for the runner-up award.
UTAH STATE DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP
CH JAYME ANDERSON 100 RU SEAN HAWLEY 99 AAA SHARRED OAKS 97 AA CHANCE CARTER 96 A BRODY DRURY 95 B ATLEY PAINTER 95 C DALE ERICKSON 96 D TYELI COOK 91 LD1 HAYLIE PEAY 94 LD2 PAM WRIGHT 88 SUB JR DAXTON COOK 93 JUNIOR GRAYSON STUART 98 JR GOLD JUSTICE SUDBURY 90 SUB VET BRETT DESPAIN 99 VET JOE SUDBURY 96 SR VET BRUCE BACHMAN 91 NON RES CH GREGORY FERGUSON (CO) 97
The wind picked up for the Handicap Championship and the scores went down because of it. However, Haylie Peay broke a 96 and UTAH STATE HANDICAP CHAMPIONSHIP
CH HAYLIE PEAY RU JACE PENNEY 3RD SHARRED OAKS 4TH BRENDEN HUBER 5TH SEAN HAWLEY 6TH GRAYSON STUART LD1 TANJE DUVALL LD2 JERRY HARWELL SUB JR AVA LADUE JUNIOR COLE DUVALL 96 95 94 94 93 93 88 88 95 94
JR GOLD AUSTIN KINDER SUB VET ED WEHKING VET JOE SUDBURY
89 92 91 SR VET ROBERT GREEN 88 NON RES CH TY BLACKWELL (CO) 95
never looked back on her way to this year’s title. Jace Penney had a 95 to take the runner-up position and third and fourth places were decided in a shoot-off between Sharred Oaks and Brenden Huber. Oaks and Huber had
UTAH STATE HIGH ALL AROUND
CH SEAN HAWLEY AAA SHARRED OAKS AA JACE PENNEY A ATLEY PAINTER 391 389 382 380
B AVERY FITZGERALD 373
C AVA LADUE
377 D NICKOLAS WHITE 349 LD1 HAYLIE PEAY 384 LD2 PAM WRIGHT 367 SUB JR SHALAKO GUNTER 379 JUNIOR GRAYSON STUART 386 JR GOLD TANNER VOORHEES 367 SUB VET BRETT DESPAIN 386 VET JOE SUDBURY 385 SR VET ROBERT GREEN 369 NON RES CH TY BLACKWELL (CO) 392
broken 94s in the event and after one overtime round, Oaks was third and Huber was fourth, Sean Hawley and Grayson Stuart shot off with 93s for the final two places. Hawley took fifth and Stewart claimed the sixth and final place. Tanje Duval and Jerri Harwell were the Lady I and Lady II champs with scores of 88 and Ava Ladue claimed the Sub Junior title with a 95. Ed Wehking and Joe Sudbury broke 92 and 91 to win the Sub Veteran and Veteran trophies, While Bob Green was the Senior Veteran winner with 88.
UTAH STATE HIGH OVER ALL
CH SEAN HAWLEY 1276 AAA JAYME ANDERSON 1244 AA ED WEHKING 1213 A BRADYN CARTER 1213 B AVERY FITZGERALD 1213 C CASEY FITZGERALD 1182 D AVA LADUE 1202 LD1 TYELI COOK 1184 LD2 PAM WRIGHT 1195 SUB JR DAXTON COOK 1210 JUNIOR GRAYSON STUART 1239 JR GOLD JUSTICE SUDBURY 1176 SUB VET BRETT DESPAIN 1226 VET JOE SUDBURY 1254 SR VET ROBERT GREEN 1207 NON RES CH MIKE GRADY (NM) 1246
HAA AND HOA
Colorado Junior shooter Ty Blackwell led the way in HAA scoring with 392x400. Sean Hawley was one target behind to win the In-State Championship and Sharred Oaks had 389 to claim the AAA trophy. The High Over All was won by Hawley with 1276x1300. Veteran champion Joe Sudbury had the second high score with 1254 and Mike Grady was the Non-Resident Champion with 1246.
Next year’s Utah State Shoot is scheduled to be held at the Spanish Fork Gun Club. If you have the opportunity, please make plans to attend. n
