The Hillsdale College Shotgun Team competed in the ACUI/SCTP Upper Midwest Conference Championship from October 2-4 at the Cardinal Center in Marengo, OH. The event consisted of 100 each of American Trap, American Skeet, and Sporting Clays plus 50 Trap Doubles, Skeet Doubles, and Super Sporting.
 
The match began with Skeet Doubles and Super Sporting. Hillsdale was the top scoring team in each discipline. In the former, sophomore Zach Hinze finished in 2^nd place after a 3-way shoot-off for 1^st with a perfect 50-straight. Women's 1^st place went to junior Marin McKinney with 49/50. Also hitting 49 targets were sophomores Max Versluys and Brayden Hoppa. Rounding out the team score of 245/250 was a tie between seniors Davis Hay and Luke Johnson, each with 48/50.
 
Hinze took Men's 3^rd place in Super Sporting, breaking 46/50 targets on a challenging course. Junior Taylor Dale (38/50) broke more targets than any other lady at the shoot. 2^nd went to junior Lucci Kern after winning a shoot-off at 37/50. Versluys (42/50), Hay (40/50), senior Alex Hoffman (39/50), and Johnson (39/50) completed the team score of 206/250.
 
Saturday was American Skeet and Sporting Clays. The Chargers hit 494/500 in Skeet, a performance earning them 1^st place team. Johnson hit perfect 100/100 and finished as Men's 2^nd after a shoot-off. Versluys and Hay each broke 99 targets. Also contributing to the team score were a tie between Hinze (98/100), Hoppa (98/100), and McKinney (98/100). McKinney took 2^nd Women's Skeet.
 
Hillsdale also took 1^st place team in Sporting Clays. Leading was Hay with a score of 88, earning 3^rd place in the Men's category. Hillsdale women swept the podium in this discipline with 1^st going to Dale (82/100) and, after a shoot-off, 2^nd to senior Ava Downs (79/100) and 3^rd to McKinney (79). Contributing to the team score of 424/500 were Hay, Hinze (86/100), Johnson (85/100), Versluys (83/100), and Dale.
 
American Trap and Trap Doubles were the final events on the last day of competition. The Chargers hit 490/500 in Trap, the most of any team. Hoffman's score of 99/100 was Hillsdale's top performer and after a shoot-off finished as Men's 3^rd. Breaking 98 targets were the trio of Corbin, Hay, and Johnson. Corbin was the top scorer of any woman in attendance while 3^rd place went to McKinney (97/100). Downs also hit 97 targets but did not place.
 
Hillsdale broke 240/250 targets in Trap Doubles. Kern hit the only perfect 50/50 of the match and won Women's 1^st place. Hay and Johnson shot off for Men's 1^st and 2^nd after breaking 49/50 with the latter taking top honors. Freshman Kinsey Duzan hit 46/50 targets, but did not place after a shoot-off for women's 3^rd. Also hitting 46/50 was Hoffman to round out the team total. The Chargers were again the top team scorer in the event.
 
When all scores were totaled, the Chargers earned the title of Team High Overall with 2099/2250. 2^nd went to Bethel University and 3^rd to Clemson University. Individually, Hay took 3^rd place Men's HOA after breaking a total of 422/450 targets. Johnson was 4^th (419/450) and Hinze 5^th (414/450). Kern and Dale tied for Women's 2^nd with 395/450. The former finished with silver and the latter took bronze. McKinney finished just a single target behind. Downs (391) was women's 5^th and Corbin (387) was 6^th.
 
The Chargers next travel to Sparta, IL and the World Shooting and Recreation Complex from October 9-11 for the ACUI/SCTP Fall Central Midwest Conference Championship.
 

Results: https://app.sssfonline.com/nationals/5293

1st Place Team HOA
Davis Hay - 3rd Men's HOA
Lucci Kern - 2nd Women's HOA
Taylor Dale - 3rd Women's HOA

1st Team Super Sporting
Zach Hinze - 3rd Men's Super Sporting
Lucci Kern - 1st Women's Super Sporting
Taylor Dale - 2nd Women's Super Sporting

1st Team Skeet Doubles
Zach Hinze - 2nd Men's Skeet Doubles
Marin McKinney - 1st Women's Skeet Doubles

1st Team Sporting Clays
Davis Hay - 3rd Men's Sporting Clays
Taylor Dale - 1st Women's Sporting Clays
Ava Downs - 2nd Women's Sporting Clays
Marin McKinney - 3rd Women's Sporting Clays

1st Team Skeet
Luke Johnson - 2nd Men's Skeet
Marin McKinney - 2nd Women's Skeet

1st Team Trap
Alex Hoffman - 3rd Men's Trap
Madeline Corbin - 1st Women's Trap
Marin McKinney - 3rd Women's Trap

1st Team Trap Doubles
Luke Johnson – 1st Men's Trap Doubles
Davis Hay – 2nd Men's Trap Doubles
Lucci Kern - 1st Women's Trap Doubles