On Saturday, the Montezuma County 4-H Shooting Sports hosted a “fun shoot” consisting of fun and entertaining events in archery, rifle and shotgun.
Participants came from Montezuma, La Plata, Moffat and Archuleta counties to test their skills and participate in the shoot. The fun shoot is an annual event, and 4-H shooting sports members are invited from around the Four Corners and across the state.
There archery classes consisted of junior recurve, junior compound unlimited and junior limited compound in the 21-target, 3D range.
The junior recurve champion was Coulter Weyand; reserve, Zye Kuenzler; and third place, Tyler Lindsay.
In the junior compound unlimited champion class, Paycen Sutherlin took the championship title. Brylee Sutherlin and Brayden Zabka of La Plata County finished reserve and third place, respectively.
Teagan Samora was champion in the junior limited compound, Zan Brown was reserve, and Hailee Martinez was third.
Rifle competitors tested their skills in games that included shooting suckers, spinning targets and traditional paper targets.
Coulter Weyand was champion in the rifle division, Quintyn Louthan from Moffat County as reserve, and Asher McKennie from La Plata was third.
There were five participants in the shotgun division, four juniors members and one senior. The shooters shot a warmup round, Annie Oakley round and a regular trap shoot round. Champion and reserve champion names weren’t provided for the shotgun division.
“The kids had a great time,” Bullseyes Club’s Stacey Weyand said. “Nice to see such great kids competing with such honor and respect.”
The event had multiple local sponsors, and platinum sponsors were Goods for the Woods, Exp. Realty Robin Rice and Kelly Comisky, Wilson Monumental, Agile Arrow Construction, Rubio’s Floor Coverings and Friends of the NRA.
Gold sponsors were County Gas, Colorado Insurance Pros, NAPA, A&J Electric and 4 Corners Chiropractic.
Silver and bronze sponsors were Witt Group, Wickstrom Engineering, Independent Log Company, Notah-Dineh, FB Organics, Aspen Wallwood, Choice Building Supply, Stoneworks and Finishings, Cheryl and Gary Young, Bee Healthy Osteopathic Care, P&D Grocery, Mancos Pizza, Comfort Air, Superior Auto Supply, Four Corners Hearing, Target Rental, JBH Builder, Straight Edge Home Building, Stafford Drywall Stucco and Installation.
