Sports : Red Cedar Shooters begin season at Xavier Invitational

Red Cedar Shooters exchange shells in between rounds.

Five shooters participate in each round.

V-S volunteers help score the meet as VS shooters participate.

A V-S trap shooter hits the target during the windy competition in Cedar Rapids on Saturday.

The Vinton-Shellsburg Red Cedar Shooters trap shooting team participated in a double invitational on Saturday in Cedar Rapids. The team competed with several other Iowa schoos of all sizes in an invitational at the Otter Creek facility northwest of Cedar Rapids.

David Ervin had the top V-S score, hitting 45 of 50 in one of his rounds.

Coach Brendan Knutson said the team was led by a veteran in David Ervin shooting 87/100 targets, but two of the top five individuals are freshman and first year participants in the Iowa High Trap Shooting competitions: Wyatt Lebeda, 85/100; and Drake Tilson 82/100. Tilson led the team in its qualifying in practice to earn the starting spot on the black team, with a 42/50 score.

The players battled heavy and gusty winds along with some rain and wet conditions.

Over all the team shot pretty well considering the weather conditions which shut down most all other HS activities that were to occur outdoors.

Our next competition is Saturday April 23, when we host the first of two home meets at the Red Cedar Izaak Walton League, 1.5 miles north of Vinton on Highway 150.

Xavier Hosted Meet

V-S Black Squad

Bryce Burroughs 39/50 #4

Wyatt Lebeda 43/50 #2

Drake Tilson 40/50 #3

Curtis Geiger 35/50

Jake Reisch 30/50

Total 187/250

V-S Gold Squad

LoganMerchant 32/50

Hunter Vogt 42/50 #5

David Ervin 42/50 #1

Trent McAtee 41/50

Tim Haerther 27/50

Total 184/250

V-S Red Squad

Brady Silberger 36/50

Dalton Nelson 19/50

Jacob Patrilla 22/50

Logan Salger 38/50

Daniel Ervin 40/50

Total 155/250

Individual Shooter

Logan Klopping 31/50

Maquoketa Hosted Meet

V-S Black Squad

Bryce Burroughs 40/50

Wyatt Lebeda 42/50

Drake Tilson 42/50

Curtis Geiger 39/50

Jake Reisch 32/50

Total 195/250

V-S Gold Squad

Logan Merchant 38/50

Hunter Vogt 36/50

David Ervin 45/50

Trent McAtee 35/50

Tim Haerther 31/50

Total 185/250

V-S Red Squad

Brady Silberger 38/50

Dalton Nelson 16/50

Jacob Patrilla 22/50

Logan Salger 36/50

Daniel Ervin 37/50

Total 150/250

Individual Shooter

Logan Klopping 33/50