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Elkin Shooting team left to right: Tristan Grubbs, Andrew Combs, NCWRC Captain Robert Sharpe, Austin Wood, Carson Billings, Noah Smith and Hunter Simmons.
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Senior Carson Billings is crowned the 2013 state archery champion.
The Elkin High School Shooting Team traveled to Ellerbe, N.C. Saturday to compete in the 2013 Youth Hunter Education Skills Tournament, the pre-collegiate shooting sports state championship.
The event was hosted by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission at Millstone 4-H Center in Richmond County.
Youth from all over the state competed in team and individual categories for rifle, shotgun, archery and orienteering with overall team and individual awards based on aggregate scores in all events.
There were 575 students from 55 schools participating in this year’s tournament, having advanced from nine district events across the state where there was combined participation by more than 2,700 students from 271 schools.
The Elks, competing in their third state tournament in four years, found early success on the archery range.
Seniors Austin Wood and Carson Billings both shot a perfect 200 score with Wood landing 6 bulls eyes and Billings hitting 11 out of 20.
Billings’ effort solidified his position atop the field and even before the morning dew was dry Elkin had won their first ever state title in any shooting event when Billings claimed his title as state archery champion.
The performance of Billings and Wood - in addition to the strong showing from Senior Andrew Combs, Sophomores Tristan Grubbs and Noah Smith, and Freshman Hunter Simmons - helped the Archery team land a second place finish overall in the team archery event, only four points away from a first place finish.
In the trap shooting event, Senior Austin Wood and Sophomore Noah Smith busted their way to a perfect 200 score, hitting all 20 skeet and advancing to the elimination round.
The Elkin Shooting team would like to thank our sponsors that have supported Elkin Shooting Sports through its golf tournament, BBQ chicken plate sale and many generous donations.
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