Syracuse.com - CNY trap league holds season-ending, shoot-off at Toad Harbor Rod and Gun Club

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A total of 338 shooters competed in the championships this past Sunday, shooting at 50 targets each.

The following was written by Rick Kenyon:

The CNY Trapshooting League wrapped-up its 2013 season with the League Championship Shoot-off Sunday at the Toad Harbor Rod & Gun Club.

A total of 798 shooters on 11 club teams competed over the course of a 20-week season.

At the shoot-off, all teams converge at a single club for the league-wide championships, with both individual and team titles on the line. A total of 338 shooters competed Sunday, shooting at 50 targets each.

A steady breeze throughout the day made the targets challenging at times, but three shooters managed to break all 50 targets in the program. Todd Lund from the Pathfinder Fish and Game Club, James Rehley from the host Toad Harbor Rod & Gun Club, and Conrad Hess of the Camillus Sportsmen's Club had to continue in a shoot-off to determine the champion.

In the tie-breaker, Todd broke 25x25 to claim the Championship, James broke 24x25 to claim the Runner-up title, and Conrad won the Veteran Category title for his 23x25.

Class Winners: Tim Corrente of Camillus won the Class AA title over 5 others after shooting 49x50 plus 25x25 in a shoot-off. Pete Kostyk from Toad Harbor claimed the Class A Title with 49x50, Eric Stroup of the Pompey Rod & Gun Club won the Class B title with 49x50, Class C went to Lisa Bolinger from the Three-Rivers Trap team with a 45x50 plus shoot-off, and the Class D title was claimed by Vincent Giarrusso of the DeWitt Fish & Game Club with 44x50.

Category Winners: High Lady - Patty Logan from Skaneateles Rod & Gun Club with 47x50 plus shoot-off over Joanna Bishop of the South Shore Assn; High Sub Junior - Jim Kenyon of DeWitt Fish & Game Club with 46x50 plus 25x25 in shoot-off over Dave Barley of North Sportsmen and Patrick Greenfield of Skaneateles; High Junior - James Davies of Pathfinder with 48x50; High Veteran - Conrad Hess 50x50 after shoot-off for Champion; High Senior Vet - John Wallace of Pathfinder with 49x50.

The 5-man team competition pits 5 of the top shooters from the North against 5 from the South, with each shooter shooting 50 targets. This year the Southern Division Team, led by Bridgeport's Sr. Veteran Joe St. Pierre, along with Rick Liberty from Three-Rivers, and Pompey shooters Cliff Haaf, Ralph Barker and Wayne Wilcox were victors with 238x250 against the North's 231x250.

In a contest between Northern Division season winner Pathfinder and the Southern Division winner Pompey, Pompey came out on top 384x400 to 381x400. The High-Club at the shoot went to Toad Harbor with a 390x400.

Season-wide High-Average winners were:

High-Average: Ray Kubacki / South Shore 97.714%

Lady - Northern Div: Joanna Bishop / South Shore 95.250%

Lady - Southern Div: Cathy Barney / Bridgeport 92.706%

Sub. Junior - North: J.J. Johnson / Pathfinder 85.538%

Sub. Junior - South: Jim Kenyon / DeWitt F&G 89.053%

Junior - North: Zachary Revoir / Toad Harbor 91.143%

Junior - South: Matt Carr / Bridgeport R&G 94.363%

Veteran - North: Joe Macewicz / Toad Harbor 96.75%

Veteran - South: Cliff Haaf / Pompey 96.211%

Sr. Vet. - North: John Wallace / Pathfinder 95.467%

Sr. Vet. - South: Joe St. Pierre / Bridgeport 96.421%

Most Improved Shooter awards went to Mark Cowlin of Toad Harbor in the North (+20.738%), and Jessica Bean of Skaneateles for the South (+24.756%).

View the full article on The Syracuse Outdoors Blog