MICHIGAN STATE SHOOT

MICHIGAN STATE SHOOT 2021 BY JACQUE SNELLENBERGER

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 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, 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.

FRIDAY

The White Flyer Class Singles had six hundreds broken, but they were all category shooters. Five shooters were Residents—Skylar Clark (Jr Gold), Carl Chadwell (Sub Veteran), and three Veterans (Jerry Glisson, who ended up winning because he was the only one who shot the next event, over Frederick Kaschak and Jim Omler). The only hundred Out-ofState came from Dean Townsend, who was the Sub Veteran winner.

The MTA President’s Handicap had Mark Sutfin as Champion with a score of 95 for In-State. Out-of-State shooters had to shoot off with a score of 93. Craig Teeters came out on top with a 23, Michael Gooch, breaking a 22, took runner-up, and John Angus, choosing not to shoot, dropped to third place.

The last event of the day was the Class Doubles, Scot Smith broke 99 and took AA In-State by himself, while Ian Lawrence and Dean Townsend had the high scores for Out-of-State with 98s. Lawrence took Junior Gold and Townsend took Sub Veteran. After shooting was complete, there was a Miss & Out fun shoot.

SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday’s Michigan Singles Championship had six of the 310 shooters breaking all 100 in the first half of the 200 target race. Between the hundreds, the MTA recognized the All-State Teams under the pavilion with a pin and certificate. They then sent the shooters out to complete the event. While the scores were being tabulated, the MTA held their Hall of Fame induction for this year’s inductees, Larry and Sally Telfer. Cupcakes and ice cream were served. In the second hundred, there were seven shooters who broke the back half in the Singles Championship. Two shooters who broke their first two hundred straight were the only two to complete both of the perfect centuries—Klayton McGee and John Farina, both shooters were Out-of-State. With almost perfect scores for In-State were Donald Romine and Skylar Clark. All four went out to shoot. They all ran the first trap, but in the second round, Clark missed and fell back Junior Gold, and so did McGee who fell back to Junior, thus making Farina the Non Resident champ and Romine, the Singles Champion for Michigan.

DOUBLES AND HANDICAP CHAMPIONSHIPS

Ian Lawrence was the only one to break them all in the Michigan Doubles Championship to take the Out-of-State trophy as the sun came out and warmed up things a bit. In-State was Carl Chadwell and Robert Scheonrock with 99s. Scheonrock got razzed quite a bit since he missed his last bird for the 99 from his squad mates and other friends. On the first pair of Doubles in the shoot-off, Scheonrock had a gun

MICHIGAN STATE SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP

CH RU AA A B C D LD1 DONALD ROMINE 199 SCOT SMITH 198 DARRYL HAYES 197 JAMES GILCHRIST 197 JOHN HILL 197

ERIC KUHN

194 DALE BRASPENNINX 187 AVA LARSON 190 LD2 HOLLY BRISTOLL 184 SUB JR COLIN HOTCHKISS 194 JR THOMAS WINGET 194 JR GOLD SKYLAR CLARK 199 SUB VET VERN STALTER 193 VET HUGO RINKE 198 SR VET KEN SMITH 197 NON-RES CH JOHN FARINA (FL) 200

malfunction. When he shot the pair he missed his second bird, and then

CARL CHADWELL

LARRY AND SALLY TELFER

MICHIGAN STATE DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP

CH RU AA A B C D LD1

CARL CHADWELL 99 SCOT SMITH 97 MICHAEL BERRY 96 DAVID MAGNUS 96 PATRICK HENYON 94 JEFF RUSSELL 97 THOMAS HAMSTREET 92 EMILY HUHN 89 LD2 HOLLY BRISTOLL 88 SUB JR KAMERAN DUVALL 85 JR JILLIAN COBB 84 JR GOLD GLEN FALK 96 SUB VET VERN STALTER 97 VET HUGO RINKE 96 SR VET ROBERT SCHEONROCK 99 NON-RES CH IAN LAWRENCE (IL) 100 DONALD ROMINE

missed another one along the way for Chadwell to earn the Championship.

The Michigan Handicap Championship, sponsored by Buege Buick GMC, had 175 shooters.

MICHIGAN STATE HANDICAP CHAMPIONSHIP

CH RU 3RD 4TH 5TH 6TH 7TH LD1 THOMAS CARTWRIGHT 97 HUGO RINKE 95 DAVID SICKMEYER 95 LARRY YORK 94

TODD PIONTEK 94

JEFF RUSSELL DAVID MAGNUS AVA LARSON

93 LD2 HOLLY BRISTOLL 92 SUB JR KAMERAN DUVALL 90 JR DALTON CLARK 94 JR GOLD SKYLAR CLARK 96 SUB VET CARL CHADWELL 95 VET FREDERICK KASCHAK 97 SR VET CHARLIE RODEBAUGH 95 NON-RES CH MICHAEL GOOCH (IN) 97

THOMAS CARTWRIGHT

Frederick Kaschak and Thomas Cartwright broke 97s to tie for the In-State awards. Kaschak didn’t show up for the shoot-off and Cartwright won it easily with his Model 12. Winning the Out-of-State was Michael Gooch all by himself with a 97.

Ian Lawrence bested Michael Gooch by one in the Non-Resident All Around with a 393. Michigan shooter Skylar Clark bested Hugo Rinke by one with his 390 to win the State title. Skylar also dominated the High Overall for Residents by three over Ian Lawrence, who took the Out-of-State title. n MICHIGAN STATE HIGH ALL AROUND

CH RU AA A B C D LD1 SKYLAR CLARK 390 SCOT SMITH 385

VERN STALTER 384

LARRY YORK

381 WILLIAM HOFFMAN 372 JEFF RUSSELL 368 CHRISTOPHER CRESWICK 366 AVA LARSON 371 LD2 HOLLY BRISTOLL 364 SUB JR COLIN HOTCHKISS 362 JR MITCHELL WARNER 362 JR GOLD LUCAS BRISTOLL 373 SUB VET CARL CHADWELL 387 VET HUGO RINKE 389 SR VET ROBERT SCHEONROCK 381 NON-RES CH IAN LAWRENCE (IL) 393

MICHIGAN STATE HIGH OVER ALL

CH RU AA A B C D SKYLAR CLARK 970 SCOTT BERRY 943 WILLIAM HAGERTY 936 LARRY TELFER 925 WILLIAM HOFFMAN 923 JEFF RUSSELL 897

DENNIS MACY 860

LD1

JACQUE SNELLENBERGER 870 LD2 HOLLY BRISTOLL 865 SUB JR KAMERAN DUVALL 879 JR ALEXANDER HOFFMAN 902 SUB VET CARL CHADWELL 954 VET JERRY GLISSON 948 SR VET VILAS CLAAR 904 NON-RES CH IAN LAWRENCE (IL) 967 SKYLAR CLARK

SHOOTER PROFILE: CARL CHADWELL

BY JACQUE SNELLENBERGER

Carl Chadwell has always been an excellent shooter, but sometimes in the face of adversity comes great things. Carl’s dad, Norris, and Carl were shooting the Singles on Wednesday at the Michigan State Shoot and were just getting ready to shoot the Carl Chadwell Handicap when a call came in that his mom was being rushed to the Emergency Room. After a brief discussion, his dad and he decided that his dad would go to be with his mom, and Carl would stay.

As a child of God, Carl stayed believing that’s where he was meant to be and during the five days, won 11 awards, including the Michigan Doubles Championship. The Doubles Championship was special to him for so many reasons—his continual worry over his mom being in the hospital and his dad being with her when he was usually shooting with him, but also recognizing that the first time he won the Michigan Doubles Championship was 1983 when he was 20 years old, some 38 years ago. Carl has achieved many things in his shooting career—1998 Grand American Doubles Champion, 1990 Great Lakes Grand Doubles Champion, 2014 Great Lakes Grand Handicap Champion, 2011 & 2014 Great Lakes Grand High Overall Champion, 2006 & 2007 & 2012 Grand American All-Around runnerup, 2012 Grand American Handicap 3rd Place, 1980 President's Handicap Champion at Michigan State Shoot. On July 11, 1980 he went from the 25 ½ yard line to the 27 yard line and has been there ever since. He’s never been offered a reduction in almost 41 years! His favorite memory is completing his Grand Slam with 100 from 27 at Jaqua's Gun Club, in Findlay, Ohio, with squadmates Mike Dehabey, Jacque Snellenberger, Norris Chadwell (Dad) & George Snellenberger on September 3rd 1995. That year they threw the targets in the three hole, with hand setters in the trap house and a human puller on the button to throw the bird. Cam Jaqua was sweet enough to take a picture of his squad the following day, and gave a copy to each one of them. Carl admits to looking at that photo almost every day, and the shell that broke the 100th target (A Remington Nitro 27 7 ½) is glued to the top of the photo's frame. The nostalgia of so many good gun clubs and memories with some of his favorite people, along with the knowledge that in this sport “On any given day, anyone can win a given event,” is why Carl Chadwell keeps coming back. He certainly does that! As a matter of fact, his goal for this shooting year is to make the AllAmerican Team for the 6th decade! He made the team in the 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s, & 2010s and he’s already got his sights on this year to add the 20s decade to the list. In ATA history, there is only one person that has seven different decades and that was Vic Reinders. The list with six different decades is quite small too, being approximately a handful or two of shooters.

Carl resides in Oxford, Michigan where he is an Application Systems Developer - IT Department. He jokingly teases that he was born into shooting and his parents tell him that his first word was “pull.” It certainly makes sense since his dad is his biggest inspiration. He's 88 years old and still out there banging them. He's the oldest person to ever make the Michigan All-State Team. Carl currently shoots a K80 Trap Special Unsingle with a custom stock by Norris Chadwell (Dad) and choke work by Kerry Allor. For the most part, Carl is a six months on, six months off shooter. In the Spring, he has a routine that he goes through to get dialed in before he starts his shooting season. Orange has always been his favorite color, and is also what he calls his "power" color, so you will typically see him wearing it on the last day of major tournaments. His wife, Nora, and he love to ride their Harley as often as possible. He also enjoys golfing, fishing, bowling, playing cards, hanging out with friends and family.

Carl Chadwell loves God and his family above all else. He’s continually thinking about the knowledge that his dad shares. He’d like to leave you all with this thought, one that his dad shares with him most often, "Do it while you can." There is so much wisdom in those five words. Carl Chadwell certainly is doing it while he can and I have no doubt he will reach his goals! n