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The
State of Utah YHEC shoot was held last April at the
Cache Public Shooting Range with participants attending
from all over the state of Utah . Youth shooters that
participated in the State shoot were eligible to shoot
at the National YHEC shoot held in Raton , New Mexico
July 23 – 27, 2007. Seventeen youth from Utah attended
the National shoot with 15 of them being from Cache
and Box Elder counties.
Senior
Team
Garrett
Cranney
Trapper
Crockett
Levi
Bassett
Justin
Hunter
Carson
Holm
Aaron
Cranney - Coach
Junior Team #1
Bretton Cranney
Rachael Hunsaker
Ty Anderson
Cody Hatch
Heidi Reeder
Dave Anderson-Coach
Junior
Team#2
Monica
Cook
Breanne
Cook
Marshall
Bassett
Makayden
Hammond
Riley
Whiting
Gary
Cook - Coach
Individuals
Jason
Partridge - Senior
Jared
Chapman - Junior
Coach
overall ranking
Gary
Cook – 1 st place
Dave
Anderson – 3 rd place
The
National shoot is very fun but also very challenging
with the best shooters attending from all over the US
. I am pleased to report that the Utah shooters performed
very well. Participants compete for both team and individual
awards. The Utah Junior Team #1 consisting of Ty Anderson,
Rachael Hunsaker, Bretton Cranney, Cody Hatch and Heidi
Reeder placed in the top three in four of the eight
events.
Hunter
Responsibility Exam - 2nd place
Muzzleloading
- 1st place
Orienteering
- 2nd place
Hunter
Safety Trail - 3rd place
They
also won second place overall with an impressive awards
packet given to each team member.
Also
in the junior division, 5 individual awards were presented.
Rachael
Hunsaker – Muzzleloader 1 st place (perfect shooting
score)
Heidi
Reeder – Exam 2 nd place
Marshall
Bassett – Orienteering 3 rd place
Ty
Anderson – Safety Trail – 3 rd place
Jared
Chapman – Safety Trail – 1 st place
In
the senior division, Garrett Cranney was awarded first
place overall with the highest individual aggregate
score from all eight events and named National Grand
Champion. He was presented with an awards package including
a guided whitetail deer hunt in Pennsylvania December
2007.
The
Senior team ranked 6 th overall out of 33 teams.
The
Junior #2 team ranked 13 th overall out of 23 teams.
We
are very proud of these young competitors and their
accomplishments and we recognize that they performed
as well as they did because of their desire, focus and
continuous preparation.
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