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The Crawford County Shooting Sports team officially kicked off the 2026 season this past Saturday at the Carroll County Shooting Sports hosted meet that was held at the AVAD Hunt Club outside of Dedham. Mother Nature was obviously excited for the season to get here as well as she presented the athletes with a Spring-like mixture of snow, sleet, rain,and wind for them to compete in for their inaugural meet of the season.

 

The Crawford County Shooting Sports team had 40 athletes sign-up to compete, and there were 40 athletes that showed up to brave the conditions, tackle the adversity, and become stronger competitors as a result of doing so. There were roughly 150 athletes overall from the five conference teams that showed up to compete for the first kickoff meet of the season.

 

Although the conditions were subpar at best, and although it was only the first meet of the season, the meet scores put forward by all teams were very impressive. The Crawford County Shooting Sports team quickly came to the realization that wins will not come easy this year, nor should we wish for them to. There were some great first meet scores put forth by all conference competitors, which lays the foundation for a very exciting season ahead. 

 

Results from the meet are as follows:

 

 

1) Carroll County brought home first place with an overall score of 236/250

2) Ida County brought home second place with an overall score of 235/250

3) Crawford County brought home third place with an overall score of 228/250

• Our third place scoring team this week consisted of Morgan Wood, Brody Skarin, Dawson Stephens, Karsen Bruhn, and Grace Collins

 

1) Carroll County took first place with a score of 49/50

2) Carroll County took second place with a second score of 49/50

3) Ida County took third place with a score of 48/50, reverse run score of 31

4) Morgan Wood with the Crawford County Shooting Sports team brought home the fourth place finish with a score of 48/50, reverse run score of 24

 

 

1) Ida County took home first place with a score of 47/50

2) South Central Calhoun took home the second place with a score of 43/50, reverse run of 3

3) Grace Collins of the Crawford County Shooting Sports team brought home third place with her overall score of 43/50, reverse run score of 1

4) Joy Luetje and Tricia Collins of the Crawford County Shooting Sports placed fourth and fifth overall with their scores of 42/50 and 41/50, respectively.

 

 

1) Ida County took home first place with a score of 215/250.

2) Crawford County brought home second place with a score of 202/250

• The second place finishing team consisted of Jayce Wessel, Lincoln Poggensee, John Malone, Wyatt Kragel, and Collin Brown

 

 

1) Ida County brought home first place with a score of 46/50

2) Carroll County brought home second place with a score of 45/50

3) Ida County brought home third place with a score of 44/50

4) Although Crawford County Shooting Sports brought home five of the top-10 positions in this division this meet, we just couldn't quite crack that Top-3.

 

 

1) Ida County brought home first place with a score of 41/50

2) Ida County also brought home second place with a score of 39/50

3) Maya McMinemee of the Crawford County Shooting Sports brought home the third place finish with a score of 35/50

 

The second meet of the 2026 season will be held at the Crawford County Shooting Sports range located just East of Denison this coming Saturday, April 11th. Although the conditions sound cold and rainy yet again, the athletes are excited and ready to get after it, There will be an estimated 175 student athletes competing at the event, so the competition should remain fierce yet again this week. With a solid practice put forward last evening however, the team is ready to guard their home range while competing in another fun-filled and exciting day at the range!