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A Lesson in Trap-Shooting SWHS Trap Team has some new shooters
By Carter Page
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ave you heard of of areas like Cincinnati, shooter shoots five times pigeons come out, folour trap-shooting Ohio, and the New York at each station, one at a lowing through with your team? Don’t worry, not a shot, and leading lot of people have either. the trap enough to This year’s trapshoothit it every time. ing team is full of fresh The objective is shooters. We have a lot to shoot as many of people on the team targets as you can this year, just like every at each station to year, who are willing to achieve as high of learn. There has been a a score as poslot of improvement in sible. Starting our team so far and it 16 yards back just keeps getting betfrom the trap box ter. leaves you shoot“We have a young team ing the target this year with a lot of from 35-40 yards fresh shooters that have out which makes a lot to learn, but we are this sport chaldoing great,” said junior lenging, which is trapshooter Ellis Weppler. why you’ll find For most, trapshooting so many skilled is just for fun, but for shooters shootSedro-Woolley High Courtesy of Carter Page ing traps. Most School trapshooters, it is Many students choose to participate in Trap-Shooting just for shooters would fun or to improve their skills in shooting. a passion. Ryan Lukehart encourage everyone said, “Trapshooting is to get out and shoot a great experience - we traps to improve have a great coach and a areas. The sport is now player moves down to the your shot or just for fun. lot of people who volunhosted all over the world next station. At the end, For anyone willing to teer to help us get better.” and some places are lucky you will have shot 25 learn this sport, you will Trapshooting was deenough to have a high times and you are given definitely see an improveveloped in England late in school trapshooting team your score out of 25. ment in your shot. For the 18th century. The first like some like “We have a young team this year targets were live pigeons SWHS. senior shooter that were released from Trap- with a lot of fresh shooters that have Ryan Lukecages that were called shoothart, he has a lot to learn but we are doing great” traps. The sport was first ing is seen a 10 point introduced in the United played plus improveStates early in the 19th by five players, and there Over time, you learn the ment since his freshman century and was popular are five stations, one ways of the game such as year. by the mid 1900s in many for each shooter. Each the pattern that the clay
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