Hudson Scholten of Minneota

Trap shoot team does well at state

 Rain played tricks on most everything this spring sports season, but Trap Shoot Coach Kent Williams said, “We did get all five weeks of competition in.”
His team shot at the state meet in Alexandria Tuesday.

Did well at state
At the state meet in Alexandria on Tuesday, Minneota shooters showed some grit and high places.
Varsity shooter Hannah Brewers had a 93 out of 100 targets in the female division and placed third — with Alisyn Ratchke of Sebeka the winner at 94.
In the Novice Division, Minneota’s Isabelle Kimpe came through by hitting 41 of 50 targets, good enough to put her in third place behind Trelana Johnson of Minnewaska, who hit 47 of 50.
Nate Allen hit 39 for Minneota.
In the Junior Varsity Division, Joe Verschelde came out with a 41 of 50 and Elizabeth DeSmet was 39 of 50.
The junior varsity placed 15th overall.
In the varsity shoot, Minneota was No. 22 — with Park Rapids winning it with the Vikings hitting 484 targets.
Minneota’s best male varsity shooter was Garet DeBoer with a 94 in thirty-ninth place. Brenden Kimpe was next best with a 90.

Minneota Session I
Isabelle Kimpe          22-19    41
Joe Verschelde         22-19    41
Tony DeSmet           19-21    40
Landon DeSmet       19-21    40
Nate Allen                18-21    39
Elizabeth DeSmet    19-20    39
Joe Voit                    20-18    38
Kaden Myhre           12-14    36
Wyatt Myhre            19-16    35
Mckenzie Monnet    15-16    31

NOVICE DIVISION
6. Minneota        175
Individuals:
1.Trelana Johnson, Minnewaska 47
3. Isabelle Kimpe 41;
Nate Allen 39
JUNIOR VARSITY   
15. Minneota        198
Individuals: Joe Verschelde 41; Elizabeth DeSmet 39.

VARSITY RESULTS DIVISION 2A
1. Park Rapids        498
22. Minneota          484
FEMALE SHOOTERS:
1. Alisyn Ratchke, Sebeka          94
2. Haley Murkey, Minnewaska    93
3. Hannah Brewers, Minneota    93
MALE SHOOTERS:
1. Cole Gritz, Park Rapids    100
39. Garet DeBoer        94
103. Brenden Kimpe   90
151. Shawn Buysse    87
201 Hudson Scholten  84

The regular season
The team was led during the regular season by Hannah Brewers with an average of 21.8 hits per round out of 25 targets. “That put her at seventh out of 172 shooters in our conference. A very impressive year,” said Coach Williams.
In addition to Brewers  — Shawn Buysse, Ryan Vlamick, Garet DeBoer, Brenden Kimpe, and Hudson Scholten all received a varsity standing for having an average of 19 or above during the year.
Buysse was just under Brewers mark with a 21.3 average while both Vlaminck and DeBoer average 20.9 and 20.7 targets hit out of every 25.
Kimpe and Scholten were very close to 20 targets in each round.
Before the state meet, Williams said, “We needed five or more at the varsity level to compete in Alexandria and this has been a major improvement.”
During the fifth and final week of competition, Vlaminck knocked down 47 of 50 targets he shot at — an outstanding mark on any team.
Brewers and DeBoer made good on 44 of 50 targets with Brenden Kimpe hitting 43 and Buysse 40 of the 50.

During a meet at the end of the year, Garet Deboer hit a perfect 25 of 25.
Vlaminck’s 47 tied the best all year among Minneota shooters. Brewers had a 47 total during the second week of competition.
Other top conference finishers for Minneota included Buysse in 15th; Vlaminck in 19th; DeBoer and Kimpe tied for 23rd place out of 172 shooters.

Garet Deboer

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