North Dakota 4-H members from across the state competed in the 2024 North Dakota 4-H state shotgun competition at Capitol City Sporting Clays in Menoken, North Dakota. Four senior division competitors qualified for the national competition.

The youth in senior and junior age divisions compete in sporting clays, trap and skeet shooting at the state level. Seniors and juniors shoot 100 clay targets for trap, 50 for skeet and 50 for sporting clays for a total score of 200.

A team from Hettinger County placed first in the junior division. Team members are Hank Dinius, Levi Keith, Caleb Freeman and Benjamin Schmidt.

The top five junior individuals and their placings are:

• First: Jaycee Entzel, Morton County, with a score of 143                                
• Second: Dinius with a score of 143
• Third: Blake Everson, Ramsey County, with a score of 143
• Fourth: Braydon Sundeen, Ramsey County, with a score of 132
• Fifth: Jase Clemens, Bottineau County, with a score of 130

The Hettinger County senior team placed first in the senior division. Team members are Westin Gilman, Brayden Wiesinger, Mark Schmidt and Beau Keith.

The top five senior individuals and their placings are:

• First: Brayden Berg, Ramsey County, with a score of 178
• Second: Gilman with a score of 156
• Third: Seth Kuhnhenn, Pierce County, with a score of 150
• Fourth: Wiesinger with a score of 146
• Fifth: Ty Kremer, Ramsey County, with a score of 145                

To qualify for nationals, seniors must participate in all events and be the highest-scoring individual in the three combined events. National qualifiers will represent North Dakota at the National 4-H Shooting Sports Invitational in Grand Island, Nebraska, in 2025. National qualifiers are Berg, Gilman, Kuhnhenn, and Wiesinger.

NDSU Agriculture Communication – Aug. 26, 2024

Source: Karla Meikle, 701-877-2584, karla.meikle@ndsu.edu

Editor: Elizabeth Cronin, 701-231-7006, elizabeth.cronin@ndsu.edu