Landen Nowak of North Platte won the Cornhusker Cup on May 4 at the 54th Cornhusker Trap Shoot in Doniphan.
Nowak broke 74 of 75 targets at 16 yards May 3, then broke 71 handicap targets at 25 yards the next day at the home grounds of the Nebraska Trapshooting Association. The combined 145 left Nowak and Bellevue West’s Michael Day tied with the top score, which Nowak broke in a shoot-off.
Day was one of seven shooters to record a perfect 75 at 16 yards, including Norris’ Zach Hennecke, the defending Cornhusker Cup champion. He finished third overall this year.
Jaelynn Kliment of Raymond Central was the ladies’ champion.
5 Clovers Wilber 1 was the winning 4-H team, with members Kahne Packer, Kaden Togstad, Cooper Hayek, Kohen Burda and Collin Kohout.
Two Norris teams won overall titles. Norris Senior One earned the high school team championship, with members Hennecke, George Lee, Jude Reifert, Andrew Wobig, and J. Mason Sobotka. The Norris Senior Ladies of Ava Schmutte, Grace Douglas, Lilly Ballard, Emily Creps and Olivia Zoubek won the ladies’ championship.
Jaxon Muirhead, Cedar Hollow, hit 98 of 100 targets May 2 to win the junior high competition of the shoot. Carly Uffelman of York was the ladies’ winner, and the team champions were Norris 1 (junior high), 5 Clovers 1 (ladies) and Southside 1 (4-H).
The trap shoot saw 892 junior high and 1,538 senior high shooters compete. The Cornhusker Trap Shoot is open nationwide to all shooters in grades 6-12 who have completed a hunter education course.
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