Southlake Carroll Target Team competed in TX YESS State Championship over the weekend May 18-19, 2024 at Waco Trap & Skeet on Saturday and Alpine Range on Sunday with Sporting Clays. The weather was great (warm and humid) and very sunny. The weather is prepping the team for San Antonio trips. For the 3rd year in a row, SCTT is the Texas State Champions! The team took 1st place in Trap, 1st place in Skeet and 1st place in Sporting Clays, earning the Total HOA title and State Champion status. Way to go to everyone who participated!

The TX YESS Season buckle winners were announced first:
JV Mens Buckle winner: Ethan Thomason
JV Ladies Buckle winner: Sarah Lang
Great job to Ethan and Sarah for the year long achievements in the YESS tournaments!

SKEET Team Results 478/500, beating 2nd place team by 9 clays
Top 5 who contributed to team win are:
Ethan Thomason 99
Ross Wilson 98
Sarah Lang 94
Abigail Hinckley 94
Garrett Briggs / Dominic Marotta 93

TRAP Team Results 478/500, beating 2nd place team by 8 clays
Top 5 who contributed to team Trap win are:
Ross Wilson 99
Katherine Cismas 97
Dominic Marotta 96
Garrett Briggs / Natalie Briggs / Ethan Thomason 93

SPORTING CLAYS Team Results 445/500, beating 2nd place team by 3 clays
Top 5 who contributed to team Sporting Clays win are:
Dominic Marotta 94
Abigail Hinckley 91
Ethan Thomason 90
Hendrix Williams 85
Ross Wilson 85

Team HOA (Highest Overall) 1401/1500, beating 2nd place team by 27 clays

Straights Achieved During State Championship:
Ross Wilson – Trap 75 straight and Skeet 50 straight
Ethan Thomason – Skeet 75 straight
Katherine Cismas – Trap 50 straight
Dominic Marotta – Trap 25 straight and Skeet 25 straight
Ned Gerrick – Trap 25 straight
Natalie Briggs – Trap 25 straight
Keller Hindt – Skeet 25 straight
Sarah Lang – Skeet 25 straight
Charlize Pei – Skeet 25 straight
And we have some shooters that are on the cusp of 25 straight… with 24s shot over the weekend! Keep it up team!

Athletes Placing in the Top 10 (or Top 15) by discipline:
TRAP:
Intermediate Ladies:
2nd Clancy Day 81

JV Ladies:
1st Charlize Pei 89
3rd Sarah Lang 86

Senior Varsity Ladies:
1st Katherine Cismas 97
2nd Natalie Briggs 93
8th Abigail Hinckley 79

Intermediate Men:
11th Sam Wilson 75

JV Men:
2nd Ethan Thomason 93
4th (Tied) Wyatt Hinckley 88
14th (Tied) Fischer Keating and Hendrix Williams 80

Senior Varsity Men:
1st Ross Wilson 99
5th (Tied) Dominic Marotta 96
11th (Tied) Garrett Briggs 93
15th Ned Gerrick 91

SKEET:
Intermediate Ladies:
2nd Clancy Day 76

JV Ladies:
1st Sarah Lang 94
2nd Charlize Pei 92

Senior Varsity Ladies:
3rd Abigail Hinckley 94
5th Natalie Briggs 90
6th Katherine Cismas 85

Intermediate Men:
5th Sam Wilson 84
8th (Tied) Brayden Buchanan 81

JV Men:
1st Ethan Thomason 99
2nd Wyatt Hinckley 92
4th (Tied) Hendrix Williams 89
8th Fischer Keating 85

Senior Varsity Men:
1st Ross Wilson 98
8th (Tied) Garrett Briggs and Dominic Marotta
15th (Tied) Keller Hindt 91

SPORTING CLAYS:
JV Ladies:
4th Sarah Lang 78
5th Charlize Pei 73

Senior Varsity Ladies:
1st Abigail Hinckley 91
4th (Tied) Natalie Briggs 79
8th (Tied) Katherine Cismas 71

Intermediate Men:
8th (Tied) Rockston Blair 81

JV Men:
1st Ethan Thomason 90
5th Hendriz Williams 85
9th (Tied) Fischer Keating 78

Senior Varsity Men:
2nd Dominic Marotta 94

Tournament HOA Buckle Winners:
JV Ladies:
1st Sarah Lang 258/300

JV Men:
1st Ethan Thomason 282/300

Last, TX YESS awarded Senior Scholarships to the following Winners:
Garrett Briggs
Natalie Briggs
Abigail Hinckley
Blake Tyler
CONGRATULATIONS SENIORS!

Terrific job to the entire Team! Next up, San Antonio!

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