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McKenzie Shooting Sports Members Participate in SCTP Regional Championships

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The Tennessee SCTP Regional Championships were at the Carroll County Shooting Sports Complex June 3-6. The Scholastic Clay Target Program, SCTP, is the largest and fastest-growing youth clay target program in the United States and provides students from elementary school through college a chance to compete.


The McKenzie Shooting Sports team members participated in all three clay target disciplines; trap, skeet, and sporting clays. McKenzie Shooting Sports won several team and individual awards in each discipline.


McKenzie’s Rookie First Place Trap Team consisted of Kenneth Ellis, Bryant Ward, Taylor Hilliard, Barrett Bowers and Hunter Winstead. The Rookie Second Place Trap Squad was McKenzie’s Taylor Hilliard, Hunter Winstead, Kenneth Ellis, Bryant Ward and Gunner Martin. Kenneth Ellis won Rookie Men’s second place, Lexi Orr won second place in the Rookie Ladies’ division and Taylor Hilliard won Rookie Ladies’ first place.


McKenzie’s Rookie First Place Skeet Team consisted of Taylor Hilliard, Barrett Bowers and Hunter Winstead. The Rookie First Place Squad was Hunter Winstead, Taylor Hilliard and Kenneth Ellis. Garrett Bowers won Rookie Men’s Second Place, and Hunter Winstead won Rookie Men’s Third Place. Taylor Hilliard led Rookie Ladies’ with first place, and Lexi Orr won second place. The Intermediate Entry Third Place Team was Christian Phillips, John-Ethan Gantt and Zac Fowler. The Intermediate Entry Ladies second place winner was Charlee Sanders, and the Intermediate Advanced Ladies third place winner was Hannah Beth Fowler. The second place Varsity Skeet Shooting team was Nathan Nanney, Logan Green and Carson Dinning. The Varsity Second Place Squad was Logan Green, Nathan Nanney and Cali Whitwell. Nathan Nanney won Varsity Men’s third place, and Cali Whitwell won Varsity Ladies’ second place.


McKenzie’s Taylor Hilliard, Hunter Winstead and Barrett Bowers won first place in the Rookie Team division. The first place Rookie Squad was Taylor Hilliard, Hunter Winstead and Kenneth Ellis. Hunter Winstead won Rookie Men’s second place. Taylor Hilliard won Rookie Ladies’ first place, and Lexi Orr won second place. The third place Intermediate Entry Team was Joe Stallion, Zac Fowler and Christian Phillips. Charlee Sanders won first place in the Ladies’ Intermediate Entry. The Intermediate Advanced Ladies first place winner was Morgan Hilliard, and Hannah Beth Fowler came in third. The second place Varsity Team winners were Tanner Floyd, Nathan Nanney and Jacob Dickinson. Tanner Floyd won Varsity Men’s second place, and Cali Whitwell won Varsity Ladies’ third place.