Hunting Hills Hawkeyes place at clay target championship
Four members of Greene County’s Hunting Hills Hawkeyes placed at the 2016 Scholastic Clay Target American Team National Championships held July 11 at Cardinal Shooting Center in Marengo, Ohio.
Sixteen Hawkeyes members competed with more than 900 shooters from across the country in a 200-target shoot to determine national winners in six skill divisions: rookie, intermediate entry, intermediate advanced, junior varsity, varsity and collegiate.
Awards were given to the top five teams and the top five individual scorers in each division.
In the intermediate advanced division, the squad of Tristan Cole, Arran Hinnerman and Hunter Orrahood, all of Waynesburg, took third place with a combined score of 477.
Cole finished first overall with a score of 177 in the men’s intermediate advanced division. Robert Dillon III of Adah finished third overall in the men’s rookie division with a score of 145.
The Hawkeyes’ home base of Hunting Hills is owned and operated by Sally and Roy Sisler. The Sislers approached the Greene County commissioners in 2008 about starting a Scholastic Clay Target Program. A team formed in February 2009.
More than 60 students from fifth to twelfth grade have participated in the program annually.
The program’s mission is to promote and teach young people the fundamentals of gun safety, team work and outdoor sports. Overseeing this year’s program was head coach Chuck Mallory, assistant head coach Randy Coss and several assistant coaches. Nationally, the program is sponsored by the Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation.
For more information on the Hunting Hills Hawkeyes, call the Department of Recreation at 724-852-5323, or visit www.co.greene.pa.us.