Student Spotlight
By Sanaya Attari
Champion Trapshooter Reece Holmes’ path to victory in 2020 Holmes is a four-time Academics, Integrity, Marksmanship (AIM) All-State Team winner, a two-time All-Ohio Team (Ohio State Trapshooting Association) winner, a two-time All-Zone Team winner, a 2020 Ohio State Shoot Junior High Overall Champion and an AIM Grand National Doubles Class Champion, among others. “Reece has shot in Florida, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee and has won some big events,” says Holmes’ father, Wesley Holmes. “Plus, he’s had some local sponsors with some of the businesses here in Grove City. They’ve supported him along the way as far as entry fees and paying for the supplies are concerned. The local people really step up and take care of him in that way.” Trapshooting has taught Holmes to be more responsible, focused, dedicated and patient, he says. It’s taught him to be more vigilant about his safety and that of others around him. He enjoys interacting with the younger shooters and those new to the sport, and is always willing to lend some advice. He says he enjoys meeting new people while traveling
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Photos courtesy of Wesley Holmes
ot every athlete throws a ball or uses a glove. Reece Holmes, for instance, prefers something a little more explosive. The 19-year-old Grove City High School graduate is a 2020 trapshooting champion. “I’ve wanted to do (trapshooting) since I was little, and somebody in our family is a really good trapshooter so he taught me the basics of how to shoot,” says Holmes, who has been actively competing since 2014. Trapshooting is a sport in which athletes fire at a clay target, which is launched into the air to simulate the flight of a pigeon fleeing from a hunter, using a shotgun. It originated in England and is an Olympic sport.
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