Athens Bulldogs Clay Target Team

ATTENTION Athens High School Trap Shooters, and PROSPECTIVE team members!

We will be having a mandatory Parent/Student informational meeting on MONDAY FEBURARY 5th at 6PM at the Athens Fish and Game Club on Robinette Ridge Road.

If you are interested in joining the team and can not attend for some reason, please send us a message (FB message through this page is fine, or email at [email protected] ).

Coach Kostival and Coach Carpenter

Bulldog trap shooters! The 2024 Spring Trap season is getting closer!

Check Out The Spring Schedule!
Add These Important Dates To Your Calendar!

February 1: Team and student athlete registration opens.
March 25: Team and student athlete registration closes Noon CT. Last day for athlete and/or team withdrawal for registration fee refund.
March 31: Practice Week 1 begins
April 7: Practice Week 2 begins
April 14: Reserve Week begins
April 15: Conferences announced
April 21: Competition Week 1 begins
April 28: Competition Week 2 begins
May 5: Competition Week 3 begins
May 12: Competition Week 4 begins
May 19: Competition Week 5 begins
May 26: Fun Week begins
May 27: Season final results posted by 5:00pm CT
May 28: National Championship registration opens for TIER 1
May 30: National Championship registration opens for TIER 2 (if applicable)
June: State Tournaments
July 10-14: National Championship in Mason, Michigan

2024 Limited-Edition Apparel Poll - USA Clay Target League Pick your favorite limited-edition designs for the 2024 Spring Season! HATS! T-Shirts! Hoodies (and pullover) 2024 Limited Edition Apparel Poll! Vote for your favorite designs by Friday, December 15th! The winning designs will be featured on the Marketplace for the 2024 Spring Season Registration! "...

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-shooting-sports-are-exploding-in-popularity-among-young-people

Shooting sports are exploding in popularity among young people. Here's why Every year, millions of Americans use guns recreationally, not only for hunting, but also for target sports like s***t and trapshooting. A growing number of young people are participating in shooting sports, a trend that is raising concerns for some. Special correspondent Megan Thompson reports.

FYI! Great practice and opportunity to get better for next year!

Come out and join us for a fun day of Sporting Clays and raising money for our local youth shooting sports!

Great event tonight at Bobcat Bed & Breakfast on Rooster Ridge, put on by Youth On Target, honoring senior trapshooting and archery athletes with scholarships, and generously committing to the continued financial support of the Trap and Archery teams of Athens and Meigs counties.

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2023 USACTL State Tournament Programs - Ohio State Tournament 2023 2023 USACTL State Tournament Programs

Getting some practice in before the Ohio State High School Tournament next week!

Get it done now! Don't miss out!
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Attention Athens High School athletes interested in participating on the 2023 Bulldogs Trapshooting Team-
An email has just been sent out to those that I have contact information for, who have expressed interest. Please check your emails. If you received this email, please respond so we know you got it.

If you are interested in participating and have not contacted us or we do not have your contact information, please do so ASAP. You can message us here, or send an email to [email protected].

Thanks, we are looking forward to a great 2023 trapshooting season!

Coach Kostival and Coach Carpenter

Great opportunity! Thanks Ronnie!

For info and scheduling for the 2023 Spring League, you can check out the website below-

http://ohclaytarget.com/

The Athens Bulldogs are starting to plan for the 2023 Ohio State High School Clay Target League season. If you know a student athlete that is interested in participating, please let us know. You can message us here on FB, or email-
[email protected]

Looking forward to a fun, successful 2023 season!
Coach Kostival and Coach Carpenter

Starts SUNDAY if anyone is interested in this AWESOME opportunity!!

A couple weeks late, but here's a few pics of the Bulldogs Trapshooting team competing at the State Championship Tournament at Blackwing.

Good Luck to the Athens Bulldog Trapshooter Ethan Bailey at the USAHSCTL National Championship tournament!

And also good luck to the all the other local individuals, and to the Trimble High School Trap team competing as a team the National Championship!

Welcome to the 2022 USAHSCTL National Championship - Presented by SCHEELS!

Graduate Seniors Ethan Bailey and Ely Kochis shot their last round of trap at the Athens Fish and Game Club, as Bulldogs, on Sunday. They went out in style, both of them shooting their best rounds of the year!

Now on to the USA Ohio State Clay Target League championship tournament next Saturday at Blackwing. Go Bulldogs!

Attention Bulldog Trapshooters, all athletes should have gotten and email invitation from the League to register for the State Championship shoot. Please check your emails and register asap. Registration deadline is 12 PM (CT) Wednesday May 4, 2022.

Attention SENIOR TRAPSHOOTERS! SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE!

http://ohclaytarget.com/2020/09/27/scholarships-available-to-senior-athletes/

Scholarships Available To Senior Athletes! - Ohio State High School Clay Target League Jim Sable The League is proud to announce the renaming of its scholarship program to the Jim Sable Environment & Conservation Education Scholarship, in honor of its founder. Jim recognized that education came before anything else.  He would always ask his students if they had gotten their homework ...

Bulldog Trapshooters!

Our Parent Meeting, Range Day safety meeting, and our First Practice will be this coming Sunday, March 27th starting at 4pm at the Athens Fish and Game Club.

We are excited for another fun and successful Trapshooting season!

The registration deadline is looming! If you are interested in participating on the Bulldogs 2022 Trapshooting team, please let us know asap. You can message us here. Thanks! Coach Carp and Coach K.

SPRING LEAGUE REGISTRATION ENDS MONDAY MARCH 21ST AT NOON CT.
Complete your athlete's registration today, or contact your coach for more information.

This is a hard deadline. Late registrations are not allowed.

Returning Bulldog Trapshooters and Parents- you should have received an email from the USA Clay Target League inviting you to register for the 2022 Spring trapshooting season. If you did not get this email, please check your spam boxes because they typically go there. If you still did not get an email, please let me know and I'll have the league resend it. Thanks!

Bulldog Trap Shooters- if you plan to participate in the Spring 2022 season, we highly suggest you start stocking up on shotshells now. As I'm sure most of you know, they have been in very short supply. 1oz- 1 1/8oz of 7.5s or 8s at 1200fps are ideal.

Congratulations Athens Bulldog trap shooters for placing 2nd in your Conference in the 2021 Ohio State High School Clay Target League.

Congrats Ethan Bailey, Ely Kochis, and Tyler Thompson for placing in the top 10 in the Conference and Ethan for placing in the Top 25 in the State.

And Congrats to the following Athens County high school trap shooters for placing in the top 25 in the state! Way to represent Athens County!!

Males-
Ethan Bailey- Athens High School
Gage Vincent -Alexander High School
Zach North - Trimble High School
Garrett Spencer- Alexander High School
Jacob Spears- Trimble High School

Females-
(5th Place!) Ashley Lockhart- Nelsonville-York High School
Sophia Schwarzenberg - Trimble High School
Mckayla Spears- Trimble High School
Caitlyn Hall- Nelsonville-York High School
Briley Ashcraft- Alexander High School

FYI Bulldog Trap Shooters-

Our 2021 Ohio State High School Clay Target League State Tournament schedule is below.

We will begin at 9:30am on Trap Field 10. After Bethel Local is done shooting at approximately 11:30am, we will begin Session 2 in the same order (second Team on Field 10).

To all our clay target moms:
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

Don't miss out! Late Registrations are NOT ALLOWED!
Log into your AMS account at http://claytargetgo.com and complete your registration!
DO IT NOW!
Contact your coach for more info!