Ten DeWitt County 4-H Shotgun shooters participated in the 2024 4-H State Shotgun Games July 17-20. They participated in shooting American Skeet, Doubles Skeet, American Trap, Doubles Trap, Whizbang and Sporting Clays. They were Senior 1: Ty Fehner and Kaitlyn Roeder, Intermediate: Brody Breeden, Brylon Brewer, Ruger Chumchal, Gunnar Frank, Elias Gomez, Wyatt James and Carter Roeder, and Junior: Eli Roeder.
An outstanding showing by Elias Gomez, who shot his first 100 straight in American Trap, earned him Intermediate Open 1st place that was so fun to watch. He also got to shoot off for 2nd and 3rd place American HOA.
Another exciting moment was the top three Intermediate shooters in doubles trap were all from Dewitt County: Brody Breeden, Gunnar Frank and Carter Roeder all tied for 1st place in Trap Doubles, where they had to shoot off. Brody won first, Carter second and Gunnar was third.
