TAKING AIM — Aaron Olson, right, lines up a shot while Evan Dobberstein, Chancellor Olson and Dalton Kraay look on. (Submitted photo)
Week two of the Clay Target season was almost identical to week one for the NRHEG shooters.
Just like week one, three shooters turned in a perfect round of 25 out of 25. In week one, the team scored 2695 points. In week two, they scored 2691. It was the kind of performance the team was looking for as they increased their conference lead over second-place Anoka. One of the encouraging signs was that of those three perfect rounds, it involved three different shooters.
"When we have more than a handful of go-to kids, we have a good shot of holding our lead until the end of the season," said head coach Dan Sorum.
The perfect rounds were turned in by Kyle Bartz (Waseca), Alex Romer (Albert Lea), and Chancellor Olson (NRHEG). The team had four of the top five shooters in the conference for week two. Bartz still leads the team in average, although he saw his perfect streak end. He is still the top shooter in the conference and is ranked No. 7 in the state. He is joined in the conference top 25 by Romer, 2nd, Olson, 3rd, Tyler Raimann (NRHEG) 6th, Tory Christiansen (NRHEG) 6th, Otto Oquist (NRHEG) 12th, Noah Neilsen (NRHEG) 13th, Zachary Eustice (Waseca) 17th, Justin Bartz (Waseca) 17th, Noah Alinder (Waseca) 22nd, and Evan Dobberstein (NRHEG) 23rd. Also ranking in the top 100 with Kyle are Alex, Chancellor, Tyler, and Tory. The team has three weeks left in the season. They shoot every Wednsesday at 4 p.m. located at the Owatonna Gun Club south of Hope. The public is welcome to attend.Class A Conference 9
Team Name Total Points
NRHEG 5386
Anoka 4564.5
Benilde-St. Margaret’s 4043
Thief River Falls 3963
Cambridge-Isanti 3604.5
Byron 3062
Mounds View 2017.5
Central MN Christian 1751.5