Park Ridge is junior division winner, sweeping all four events
Forbush High School’s White team and Park Ridge Christian School emerged as champions at the 2015 Youth Hunter Education Skills Tournament last Saturday in Ellerbe.
Forbush, from East Bend in Yadkin County, won the senior division with an overall score of 3,828 out of a possible 4,000, while Park Ridge Christian, from Misenheimer in Stanly County, won the junior division with an overall score of 3,727.
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission held the pre-collegiate sports state championship at Millstone 4-H Center in Richmond County for youth to showcase their outdoor skills and demonstrate safety techniques they learned through the Hunter Education Program.
Youth competed in team and individual categories for rifle, shotgun, archery and orienteering 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.
In the senior division, Gray Stone Gray finished second with 3,818, with Davie High’s Orange team taking third with 3,710. In the junior division, Murphy Middle School was second with 3,550, while North Stanly Middle School was third with 3,514.
Forbush White was the senior team winner in archery, .22 rifle and shotgun and second in hunter skills. In the junior division, Park Ridge swept all four events as a team.
Dylan Horn of Forbush White was the overall individual winner with 778 points. Two members of Gray Stone Gray’s runner-up team, Shannon Efird and Garrett Barringer, were second and third with 776 and 774 points, respectively.
Summer Efird of Park Ridge was the overall individual winner in the junior division with 764. Jack Rummage of North Stanly middle was second with 754, and Adam Hoffman of Mill Creek was third with 751.
Almost 600 students from 61 teams participated in the tournament after advancing from nine district events across the state.
The Fred Rorrer Trophy, which recognizes sportsmanship among competitors, was presented to the Elkin High School team. The trophy honors its namesake, a longtime hunting education instructor with the Commission who died unexpectedly in October 2010.
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