Gray Stone Day is senior champ; Park Ridge Christian wins junior division
Gray Stone Day School and Park Ridge Christian School, both from Stanly County, won team championships at the 2012 Youth Hunter Skills Tournament State Championship held April 28 at Millstone 4-H Center near Ellerbe.
About 600 students from 54 schools participated in this year’s tournament, sponsored by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, which determined state champions in team and individual categories for rifle, shotgun and archery marksmanship. Competition is conducted on senior (high school) and junior (middle and elementary schools) divisional levels, with overall team and individual awards based on aggregate scores in all events.
Gray Stone Day School of Misenheimer won the senior division with a score of 3,798. Park Ridge Christian School of Albemarle won the junior division with a score of 3,597. Individuals who posted high scores to lead their teams included Hunter Efird, of Gray Stone in the senior division with a score of 779, and Shannon Efird of Park Ridge in the junior division with 759.
First-place finishers in senior division individual events were Nicolas Forbes with a score of 199 in rifle; Tyler Webb with 200 and 7 x’s at 25 yards in archery; Shannon Inman after a tie-breaker elimination round in shotgun; and Hunter Efird with 187 in hunter skills. First place finishers in junior division individual events were Shannon Efird with a score of 192 in rifle; Cole Allen with 200 and 6 x’s at 25 yards in archery; Reid Marshall after tie-breaker elimination round in shotgun; and Shannon Efird with 189 in hunter skills.
The Fred Rorrer Trophy, recognizing sportsmanship among competitors, was presented to Piedmont High School, in Monroe. The annual award is named in memory of a longtime hunting education instructor, mentor and sportsman.
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