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.
There was also a fiveway tie for 2nd in Intermediate Skeet Doubles that involved Brody and Gunnar. Gunnar won second and Brody won fifth. The two-man team of Carter and Gunnar won 3rd Place for American Trap. The three-man team of Brody, Elias and Wyatt were the highest scoring, and the two-man team of Carter and Gunnar were the highest scoring in trap doubles. In doubles skeet Gunnar and Carter were the highest scoring two-man team.
In the Junior Open Division, Eli Roeder was in a three-way tie for first place with shooting a 47 out of 50. In the shoot off he won 2nd place. With a total of 90 clays shot in American Trap and American Skeet, he won 3rd place HOA.
In the Senior 1 Girls Division Kaitlyn shot a 96 out of 100 winning 3rd Place in American Skeet.
Our shooters and their families want to thank all of our sponsors. We couldn’t have done it without all of the businesses and individuals that have supported us throughout the year: 12 Gauge Sponsors: Yoakum Crossroads Bank, Knock-A-Way Skeet Club, South Texas Air Conditioning and Heating, Siddons-Martin Emergency Group (Pierce), Yoakum NAPA Auto Parts, Edward Jones - Cliff Foulds, United Site Services.
20 Gauge Sponsor: Jo’s Beverage Barn.
28 Gauge Sponsors: Ful-O-Pep, DeWitt Dental, Law Office of Brian Cromeens, H2O Well Services, Davy Ranch, Cuero Sportsman Club, VCS Companies and Fehner Firearms.
410 Gauge Sponsors: McMahan Services, Gwen Koliba, Edward Jones Russell Goebel, Tuttle’s Meat Market & Smokehouse - Woodsboro, Target, Formosa Plastics, Boedecker Ag Supplies, Pepsi Beverages and Simmons Bank in Yorktown.
Thank you to everyone throughout the 2023 - 2024 year that also donated towards our club for our raffle to help our shooters. All is appreciated.
We will have our first safety meeting for 20242025 on September 8 at Knock-A-Way Skeet Club at 1481 Award Lane in Cuero. If you are interested please attend. You may call Carrie Frank at 361-772-8585 or Debbie Roeder at 281-610-9112 for more information.
Senior 1 Ty Fehner American Skeet 88/100 Skeet Doubles 39/50 Sporting Clays 66/100 Whizbang 26/50 Trap Doubles 43/50 American Trap 91/100 Kaitlyn Roeder American Skeet 96/100 - 3rd Place Skeet Doubles 38/50 Sporting Clays 67/100 Whizbang 29/50 Trap Doubles - 40/50 American Trap 87/100 ————————— Intermediate Brody Breeden American Skeet 91/100 Skeet Doubles 47/50 5th Place Sporting Clays 89/100 Whizbang 34/50 Trap Doubles 47/50 1st Place American Trap 87/100 Brylon Brewer American Skeet 62/100 Skeet Doubles 27/50 Sporting Clays 82/100 Whizbang 36/50 Trap Doubles 34/50 American Trap 80/100 Elias Gomez American Skeet 92/100 Skeet Doubles 44/50 Sporting Clays 87/100 Whizbang 37/50 Trap Doubles 41/100 American Trap 100/100 - 1st Place Ruger Chumchal American Skeet 54/100 Skeet Doubles 26/50 Sporting Clays 68/100 Whizbang 17/50 Trap Doubles 22/50 American Trap 74/100 Gunnar Frank American Skeet 94/100 Skeet Doubles 47/50 2nd Place Sporting Clays 92/100 Whizbang 36/50 Trap Doubles 47/50 3rd Place American Trap 90/100 Wyatt James American Skeet 79/100 Skeet Doubles 25/50 Sporting Clays 80/100 Whizbang 37/50 Trap Doubles 42/50 American Trap 77/100 Lewis Class 3 Sporting Clays: 2nd Place Carter Roeder American Skeet 92/100 Skeet Doubles 45/50 Sporting Clays 82/100 Whizbang 43/50 Trap Doubles 47/50 2nd Place American Trap 94/100 Carter and Gunnar 3rd Place Team American Trap ————————— Junior Eli Roeder American Skeet 47/50 - 2nd Place Skeet Doubles 37/50 Sporting Clays 63/100 Whizbang 26/50 Trap Doubles 23/50 American Trap 43/50 3rd place HOA American Overall
