Trap is over for the season.   We had our award night on July 7th and here’s our winners:

The New York Mills trap team hosted its awards night on July 7. Award winners include:

The NY Mills top guns during our regular conference 5 week season were:  

• Chase Keskitalo 23.7 average

• Nathan Fischer 23.4 average

• Monte Briard – 23.3 average

• Cody Barthel 23.1 average

• Sawyer Wedde – 23.0 average

• Levi Roberts – 23.0 average

Unfortunately, NY Mills only had 36 out of 43 team members with the team when they shot at the State Championship in Alexandria. The Eagles ended up in 13th place out of 25 teams.  

The top guns during the State Championship were: (total scores out of 100 targets):

• Chase Keskitalo – score of 95

• Sawyer Wedde – score of 91

• Macenzie Schultz – score of 90

• Bode Roberts – score of 89

• Kailey Keskitalo – score of 89

• Cody Barthel – score of 89

During the State Championship, Kailey Keskitalo received her first place medal for being the top varsity female in NY Mills’ conference. Pictured with Kailey, is her brother Chase (an “All State” winner being one of the top 105 trap shooters in the state) and her younger brother Colson who is an up and coming first year trap shooter on the NY Mills team.

Macenzie Schultz, was rated second place varsity female in NY Mills’ conference and also received her second place medal at the State Championship.  

Taylor Pulver finished as the third place varsity female in NY Mills’ conference, but was unable to attend the State Championship due to a funeral.

Chase Keskitalo was invited to shoot at the Minneapolis Gun Club in Prior Lake at the State Tournament, as he was one of the top 105 shooters in the state, out of over 10,000 student athletes. Keskitalo shot a score of 88 out of 100 that day. After shooting at a club he had never shot at before, he didn’t place, but it was an opportunity of a lifetime to be able to shoot with the best in the state.

NY Mills team letter winners (must have an average of 19 and above, out of 25 targets, and not have missed any days during the regular season) were:

• Jonathan Wedde – 19 average

• Taggart Reitmeyer – 19.40

• Xander Wedde – 19.40

• Zander Schmitt – 19.90

• Brayden Ehnert – 20.20

• Preston Gordhamer – 20.20

• Braeden Peterson – 20.50

• Henry Oakes – 20.80

• Braxton Saewert – 20.80

• Derek Gibble – 21.10

• Will Oakes – 21.10

• Braxton Ehnert – 21.50

• Jaida Newborg – 21.60

• Megan Riedel 21.60

• Maison Perry – 21.80

• Taylor Pulver – 21.90

• Dashaun Robinson – 21.90

• Cameron Unger – 21.90

• Jacob Guck – 22.00

• Macenzie Schultz – 22.20

• Izak Schermerhorn – 22.60

• Bode Roberts – 22.70

• Zeke Aho – 22.90

• Kailey Keskitalo – 22.90

• Levi Roberts – 23.00

• Sawyer Wedde – 23.00

• Cody Barthel – 23.10

• Monte Briard – 23.30

• Nathan Fischer – 23.40

• Chase Keskitalo – 23.70 – NY Mills’ “Top Gun”

Other trophy winners were:

Henry Irons – was NY Mills’ Jr. Varsity High Gun Male at the State Championship with a score of 73

Shanetta Reitmeyer – was NY Mills’ Jr. Varsity High Gun Female at the State Championship with a score of 81

Henry Oakes was NY Mills’ most improved first year shooter with a consistent upward score each week (out of 50 targets), first week score of 28, second week score of 41, third week score of 43, fourth week score of 44 and the final week he received his first 25 straight during one of his rounds.

“It was a pleasure coaching this 1st place team,” said head coach Tom Kotarski. “It’s always bitter sweet to say good-bye to our seniors, we’re losing nine of them this year, some of them have been on the team for six years. Although we’re losing our seniors, we have some really good up and coming trap shooters—and I’m confident the team will be very competitive again next year.”