Aggies meet Rams at Brighton

Oct. 23, 2018                                                     

By NCTA News

BRIGHTON, Colo. - The Aggies from Nebraska met the Rams from Colorado in a first-time collegiate shooting sports event in Colorado.

An Aggie four-some from the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis traveled to Brighton for the inaugural “RamVitational” two-day contest hosted by Colorado State University, said Angela Crouse, Aggie Shooting Sports Team president.

“We had been asked to come to the CSU invitational and since this is the first time they hosted an invite, we sure wanted to attend,” said Crouse of Haigler, Nebraska.

“Our team did much better this weekend, with better weather and shooting conditions than a week ago down at Grand Island when we shot in snow, cold and wind.”

Competitors shot 400 targets in total, with 100 trap, 100 double trap, 100 skeet, and 100 sporting clays.

Top shooter was Crouse with 354 of 400 which gave her 2^nd High Overall Female. She was two points from first place female, said NCTA Coach Alan Taylor.

Top male shooter for the NCTA Aggies was David Jelken of Juniata with a 332/400. He was joined by teammates Trevor Kuhn of Omaha and Chase Stanley of Shickley.

“It was a really great shoot to attend, we couldn’t have asked for better weather or for a better way to end our fall shooting season!” Crouse said.

 Pheasant Tune Up

Meanwhile, back in Curtis, other team members held the Pheasant Tune Up shoot north of Maywood at Alan Taylor’s pasture.  Throwers were set throughout the pasture for sporting clays with 21 people participating, said Crouse.

Keith Krzyanowski had the high score of 46/50 winning a Browning knife and flashlight combo and Bill Schmitz won the drawing for the Orca cooler

“A huge thank you to all who supported the Aggies by attending,” said Taylor. “The last community event for the year is our Bacon Shoot Trap Shoot in Curtis on November 17^th from 1- p.m.”

The next collegiate contest for the Aggies will be in the spring when NCTA hosts a match on March 2-3 at the Lincoln Wildlife and Gun Club in North Platte.