Sports : Red Cedar Shooters Black Squad earns 3rd place finish at State Championships

Third at State: Curtis Geiger, Bryce Burroughs, Dalton Lebeda, Wyatt Lebeda, Drake Tilson

The scorecard from Saturday's state championships; V-S Black team is third.

The 2011 VS Red Cedar Shooters.

The Black Squad with their trophy.

The Vinton-Shellsburg Red Cedar Shooters trap shooting team capped its successful season with a third place finish at the Iowa High School Trap Shooting Championship Saturday. More than 160 teams competed.

The Black Squad members (Bryce Burroughs, Curtis Geiger, Dalton Lebeda, Wyatt Lebeda and Drake Tilson, finished third with a total score of 462, only eight points behind first place Northwood-Kensett and five points behind second-place Ankeny.

Competition started Saturday morning at the Cedar Falls Gun Club where 865 shooters from across the entire state converged to compete. Vinton-Shellburg sent 3 full squads of 5 as well as three individual shooters.

Shooters qualify for the state shoot by competing in local shoots from March thru May attempting 200 qualifying targets. After a delayed start due to thunderstorms, V-S squads took the line and had record setting performaces. Highlights started with V-S Black Squad’s Bryce Burroughs (Jr.) shooting the team's top score of 95/100 targets. Not far behind were the Lebeda Brothers, Dalton(Sr.) and Wyatt(Fr.) shooting 94/100. Wyatt, however, also shot a new team record of the first 50 strait targets hit. Daniel Ervin also shot a 94/100 on the Gold Squad. Perfect 25/25 scores were recorded by Curtis Geiger, Dalton Lebeda, Daniel Ervin, and Tim Haerther. When the day concluded and 86,500 shot gun shells were fired, the V-S Black Team landed in 3rd Place in the State.

Black Squad

Bryce Burroughs 95/100

Wyatt Lebeda 94/100

Dalton Lebeda 94/100

Curtis Geiger 92/100

Drake Tilson 87/100

Gold Squad

David Ervin 84/100

Hunter Vogt 80/100

Daniel Ervin 94/100

Logan Salger 71/100

Logan Merchant 80/100

Red Squad

Trent McAtee 78/100

Brady Silberger 86/100

Shane Rizzoto 83/100

Dalton Nelson 71/100

Jacob Reisch 82/100

Individuals

Jacob Patrilla 83/100

Tim Haerther 75/100

Logan Klopping 71/100 (Benton Community)

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Team Photo

Back Row L to R

Coach Brendan Knudtson, Brady Silberger, Logan Salger, Daniel Ervin, Drake Tilson, Jake Reisch, Trent McAtee, Jacob Patrilla, Curtis Geiger, Bryce Burroughs

Front Row L to R

Logan Merchant, Wyatt Lebeda, Logan Klopping, Hunter Vogt, Dalton Nelson, David Ervin, Shane Rizotto, Dalton Lebeda, Tim Haerther