DONIPHAN - Sara Allard, of Sidney 4-H, shot a 94, one shot better than defending champion Sara Thiellen of Ashland, to win the Junior High Championship at the 53rd Cornhusker Trap Shoot Thursday in Doniphan, Neb. 

The Sidney 4-H team finished third in the 4-H team standings behind Southside 4-H and Karp and Krow 4-H. Gauge Harcsa finished fifth overall by shooting a 97.

Cohen Harre of Exeter-Milligan shot a 98, then won a shoot-off, to take the boys junior high championship. Harre and Avery Davis of Norris were tied after shooting 100 16-yard targets at the Nebraska Trapshooting Association home grounds. Davis took second place with a 98 and Ian Wade of Moore Middle School third with a 97.

Ashland 4-H repeated as the ladies’ team champion, shooting 379 of 500, SouthSide 4-H 1 shot a 465 to win the 4-H team championship, and C.J. Jones Middle School was the junior high team winner with a 460.

South Platte 4-H finished third in the Ladies 4-H competition with a combined score of 263. Jared Scherbarth, of South Platte 4-H, shot 96 to place 13th in the boys competition. 

On Thursday, 947 junior high shooters competed, tying with 2015 for the highest single-season junior total in event history.

On Friday, approximately 1,546 senior high students were registered to shoot 75 rounds of 16-yard targets. They will shoot 75 handicap targets Saturday, and the combined scores of the two days will determine the overall champion, the Cornhusker Cup winner.

Sara Allard of Sidney 4-H shot a 94 to win the ladies’ junior high championship at the 53rd Cornhusker Trap Shoot on Thursday in Doniphan, Nebraska.

JUNIOR HIGH RESULTS

Top 20 Individuals – 1. Cohen Harre, Exeter-Milligan, 98 of 100 (won shoot-off)

  1. Avery Davis, Norris, 98
  2. Ian Wade, Moore MS, 97
  3. Kamdyn Warren, Freeman, 97
  4. Gauge Harcsa, Sidney 4-H, 97
  5. Kasey Ramos, GI 1-R, 97
  6. Nathan Minner, SouthSide 4-H, 96
  7. Nathan Stott, Kearney Horizon, 96
  8. Isaac Bruna, Beatrice, 96
  9. Brayden Stonehocker, Arlington MS, 96
  10. Barrett Smith, SouthSide 4-H, 96
  11. Aaron Nielsen, C.J. Jones MS, 96
  12. Jared Scherbarth, South Platte 4-H, 96
  13. Hudson Bedlan, Ashland 4-H, 96
  14. Nathan Frame, Hershey, 95
  15. Quin Schutt, Wahoo Bishop Neumann, 95
  16. Finn Brannen, SouthSide 4-H, 95
  17. Jon Morgan, Gretna Aspen Creek MS, 95
  18. Hudson Werkmeister, Republican River 4-H 1, 95
  19. Kellan Conyers, C.J. Jones MS, 95

Top Six Ladies – 1. Sara Allard, Sidney 4-H, 94 of 100

  1. Sara Thiellen, Ashland 4-H, 93
  2. Emma Whitefoot, Centura, 93
  3. Morgan Hilton, Park MS, 92
  4. Meriah McMurphy, Maxwell, 89
  5. Emily Muntz, Louisville 4-H, 88

Top Three 4-H Teams – 1. SouthSide 4-H 1, 465 of 500

  1. Karp and Krow 4-H 1, 452
  2. Sidney 4-H Black, 450

Top Ladies Team – 1. Ashland 4-H 1, 379 of 500

  1. Norris Ladies, 368
  2. South Platte 4-H, 263

Top Six Junior High Teams – 1. C.J. Jones MS, 460 of 500

  1. Beatrice 1, 442
  2. Norris 1, 438
  3. Hershey Cow Pasture, 429
  4. Pounds MS Green, 429
  5. Norris 2, 428