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Quivers, Lassos, and Clay Pigeons

Quivers, Lassos, and Clay Pigeons
Oasis Academy’s Archery Team (top). CCHS Archery Team’s 1st place winner Natasha Emke. with her trophy and bow (bottom),
Claybreakers at Coon Creek (top). CCHS Archery at NSAP virtual competition (bottom).

The Lahontan Valley Claybreakers attended a pre-season California Youth Shooting Sports Association (CYSSA) trap shoot at Coon Creek on March 13 and another in Carson City on March 27. 

Claybreakers coaches Pat and Wayne Whitten, along with Board President Barry Stewart and Vice President Josh Haggard made a presentation this week to the Churchill County Commission asking Commissioners. The CYSSA shoot will be held in Fallon on April 10, bringing in 144 shooters and their families on a rotating schedule throughout the weekend. Additionally, the Nevada Youth Sport Shooting Association shoot will be held on May 18 in Fallon, hosting four to five clubs this year. 

One of the challenges this year is the drastic shortage of ammunition. “Shotgun ammunition is difficult to find right now,” said Stewart. He then introduced Haggard, an active-duty helicopter pilot stationed at NAS Fallon. His daughter Alexis, one of the youngest shooters in the club shot her first 50 straight last week at a pre-season shoot in California. “Your local support and funding really help subsidize the cost for local families,” said Haggard. “Without it and other grants we receive it is almost impossible to get the cost down to actually promote the education aspect for students, it is monumental for us to continue.” Haggard said his daughter has thrived in the program with an increase in responsibility and self-confidence.

The high school rodeo was held in Alamo, Nevada the weekend of March 27, and will be in Spanish Springs the weekend of April 10. There are have five more regular rodeos before the state rodeo, which will be held in Winnemucca. The 2021-2022 rodeo season will start in August this year, and there are 15 regular rodeos are anticipated before the state competition. 

The National Archery in School’s Program tournament was held on March 10 with archers from Churchill County High School and Oasis Academy shooting virtually from their respective gyms. 

Coach Zach Woodward said of his Oasis archers, “all our kids shot really well. Wyatt Ricks received 3rd place in the NASP Nevada state tournament. He shot a score of 208 out of a possible 300. He is in the elementary division (4th and 5th grade students) as a 5th grade student. He ranked number 2 out of 16 in 5th grade boys and 39 out of 73 in overall boys ranging from 4th grade level to 12th grade. We are having one more tournament, the NASP National Tournament with some of the kids in late April.”

The CCHS archers won the State Tournament for the seventh time in ten years under Coach Dean Schultz. 
 

Box Scores

Archery Tournament- March 10
CCHS: 
Natasha Emke
Score: 270
High school girls rank: 1 out of 30
11th grade girls rank: 1 out of 7
Overall girls rank: 1 out of 68

Clifford Spaletta
Score: 266
High school boys rank: 6 out of 35
11th grade boys rank: 2 out of 8
Overall boys rank: 7 out of 73

Cameron Christy
Score: 266
High school boys rank: 5 out of 35
10th grade boys rank: 2 out of 9
Overall boys rank: 8 out of 73

Tanner Huckaby
Score: 261
High school boys rank: 7 out of 35
10th grade boys rank: 3 out of 9
Overall boys rank: 9 out of 73

Dusty Thacker
Score: 261
High school boys rank: 8 out of 35
9th grade boys rank: 2 out of 14
Overall boys rank: 10 out of 73

Oasis Academy
Edith Silveira- Erickson
Score: 262
High school girls rank: 4 out of 30
10th grade girls rank: 3 out of 12
Overall girls rank: 4 out of 68

Wyatt Ricks
Score: 208
5th grade rank: 2 out of 16
Overall boys rank: 39 out of 73

Stream all high school sports at 
nfhsnetwork.com

Archery results are at 
https://nasptournaments.org/Tournament
 

 



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