Ten members of the Dead Eye Shooters 4-H Club participated in the Nebraska State 4-H BB Gun and Air Rifle Match held in Beatrice on March 17 – 18.
Over 100 youth from across the state met for shoulder to shoulder competition in the BB Gun & Air Rifle competition.
In the BB Gun Division, youth complete a course of 40 record shots in 4 positions – prone, standing, sitting and kneeling at a distance of 5 meters. They also have to take a 50 question test on NRA BB Gun Rules and safety.
Maddie Cook was the only participant in the state to score a perfect 100% on the test earning her a gold medal.
The Dead Eye Shooters team placed 4th in the state, but earned first place medals for the team with the highest test score. The team was made up of the following members – Julia Winstrom, Jessica Terrill, Jared Barnes, Chris Foster and Maddie Cook.
Individual medal winners were – Julia Winstrom placing 2nd overall all with a score of 459 and winning the kneeling position with a 96 in the 11-12 year olds.
Also representing the Dead Eyes in BB Gun were Nolan Cook, Lane Cook, Kohl Krakow and Cody Brinkman. Complete results are listed below.
Members of the Dead Eyes competing in the Sporter Air Rifle Division were Jessica Terrill, Julia Winstrom, Maddie Cook, Jared Barnes, Chris Foster and Jaren Winstrom.
In this division participants complete a 3 position course of fire including prone, standing and kneeling at a distance of 10 meters.
Julia Winstrom had a personal best which resulted in her winning all positions and taking top honors in the 11-12 year old age group. Jessica Terrill also did well placing 4th in the same age group. The Sporter Team placed 4th overall in the state.
Jared Barnes was the only member of the club who participated in the Precision Air Rifle Division. In precision youth complete a 40 shot standing course of fire. Jared finished 10th place. Jared was also using a new Anschutz Precision Rifle which was recently purchased by the club as part of a Friends of the NRA Grant.
BB Gun Results
Name                                  Prone    Stand    Sit          Kneel     Test       Total      Placing
Lane Cook                          64           43           73           71           64           315        9th place 8 year olds
Nolan Cook                        87           71           83           83           72           396        18th place 9-10 year olds
Kohl Krakow                      72           70           76           75           82           375        22nd place 9-10 year olds
Julia Winstrom                  90           91           94           96           88           459        2nd 11-12 year olds
                                                                                                                                       1st Place Kneeling
Jessica Terrill                     86           91           94           92           90           453        6th 11-12 year olds
Chris Foster                        94           83           93           88           94           452        7th 11-12 year olds
Maddie Cook                     96           81           87           84           100        448        13th 13-15 year olds
Jared Barnes                      87           88           88           86           90           439        17th 13-15 year olds
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Sporter Air Rifle
Name                                  Prone    Stand    Kneel     Total      Placing
Julia Winstrom                  189        155        177        521        1st place 11-12 year olds
                                                                                                         1st in all positions 11-12 year olds
Jessica Terrill                     184        144        164        492        4th place 11-12 year olds
Chris Foster                        161        122        144        427        8th place 11-12 year olds
Maddie Cook                     166        89           115        370        14th place 13-14 year olds
Jarred Barnes                    180        147        164        491        12th place 15-18 year olds
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Precision Air Rifle
Name                   Stand1  Stand 2 Stand 3 Stand 4 Total      Placing
Jared Barnes       68           66           69           60           263        10th place 15-18 year olds