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A new National Record was set by the California
Grizzlies Berger team, consisting of Anthony Henderson
and Chad Kurgan, in the National Trophy Junior Team
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CAMP PERRY, OHIO – The California Grizzlies junior rifle teams put on an impressive display of marksmanship, winning the National Trophy Junior Team Match (NTJT), the Minuteman Trophy and the Junior Infantry Team Trophy at the 2010 Civilian Marksmanship Program’s National Trophy Rifle Matches.
The two-person California Grizzlies Berger team of Chad Kurgan, 19, of Twain Harte, and Anthony Henderson, 20, of Sonora fired a team score of 967-26X to win the NTJT and set a new National Record. Kurgan fired an aggregate score of 492-19X and Henderson followed with a 475-7X.
The NTJT is fired at 200, 300 and 600 yards and is fired slow-fire standing, rapid-fire sitting or kneeling and prone and slow-fire prone.
California Grizzlies Berger fired 192-2X, 196-3X, 197-9X and 382-12X in each of the phases, respectively. Team Berger was coached by Robert Taylor II and was captained by John Henderson.
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The top three teams in the National Trophy Junior Team Match were awarded medallions on stage during the National Trophy Awards Ceremony. GySgt. R. Lee Ermey, USMC, Retired, was the presenter.
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California Grizzlies Lemoore placed second in the event with an aggregate score of 962-25X. Firing members of Lemoore were Joshua Lehn, 17, of Lemoore (487-16X) and Shawn Bharadwaj, Jr., 16, of Carlsbad (475-9X). Lehn served as the captain and the team was coached by Jared Perry. California Grizzlies Richmond placed fourth with a team aggregate of 945-12X.
MSSA (Missouri Sport Shooting Association) Gold placed third in the NTJT as firing members Christopher Calumpong, 17, of Rayville and Austin Zimmerman, 16, of Excelsior Springs registered an aggregate team score of 947-18X. Calumpong fired a 482-15X and Zimmerman followed with a 465-3X. MSSA Gold was coached by Steven Finnell and Calumpong served as coach.
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The California Grizzlies Team Seeley won the Minuteman Trophy. Firing members were Cheyanne Acebo, Shawn Bharadwaj Jr, Anthony Henderson, Chad Kurgan, James MacMillan and Shelby Rosasco. Team Captain: Thomas Pappageorge and Team Coach: Dirk Seeley.
Col Karen Gattis, Commander, National Guard Marksmanship
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In the six-person National Trophy Rifle Team Match (NTT) junior category, California Grizzlies Team Seeley captured the Minuteman Trophy with an aggregate score of 2852-72X. Firing members of Team Seeley were Kurgan, Henderson, Bharadwaj, Shelby Rosasco, 19, of Jamestown, James MacMillan, 17, of Kentfield and Cheyanne Acebo, 18, of Vacaville. Team Seeley was captained by Thomas Pappageorge and coached by Dirk Seeley.
In the NTT, six team members fire 10 shots standing at 200 yards, 10 shots rapid-fire sitting at 200 yards, 10 shots rapid-fire prone at 300 yards and 20 shots slow-fire prone at 600 yards. No sighters are permitted in National Trophy Rifle Matches. Firing is done on the SR target at 200 and 300 yards and the MR target at 600 yards. Teams must pair fire the standing and prone slow-fire stages.
Steel Eagles Gold of Pennsylvania placed second in the junior NTT with a combined aggregate score of 2777-46X. Team members included Jacob Perryman, 17, of Pleasant Gap, Joseph Hendricks Jr., 16, of Wexford, Elyse Horomanski, 19, of Monroeville, Nathan Evagash, 16, of Glenshaw, Trent Thomas, 16, of Penn and Garrett Miller, 19, of West Chester. Team captain of Steel Eagles Gold was Joseph Hendricks, Jr. and coached by Joseph Hendricks, Sr.
California Grizzlies Team Varget placed third with an aggregate total of 2748-49X, which was fired by Brandon Bayer, 17, of Jamestown, Sagen Maddalena, 16, of Groveland, Hugh Braly, 14, of Copperopolis, Wyatt Danicourt, 15, of Soulsbyville and Bradley Pappageorge, 17, of Copperopolis.
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The California Grizzlies O’Connell won the Junior Infantry Trophy. Firing members were Brandon Bayer, Chad Kurgan, Joshua Lehn, James MacMillan, Sagen Maddalena, Shelby Rosasco. Team Captain: Anthony Henderson and Team Coach: Jim O’Connell.
Lt. Jeff Roney, U.S. Navy Team Officer in Charge, was
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In the National Trophy Infantry Team Match (NTIT) junior classification California Grizzlies O’Connell won first place with an aggregate score of 1268. The team scored 556 at 600 yards, 526 at 500 yards and 186 at 300 yards and 0 at 200.
Team O’Connell firing members were Bayer, Kurgan, Lehn, MacMillan, Maddalena and Rosasco. The team captain was Anthony Henderson and was coached by Jim O’Connell.
Six-person teams fire the NTIT and begin with 384 rounds to allocate among team members. Teams begin at 600 yards and must distribute their fire so that, if possible, all targets receive at least six hits. After a 50-second firing period at 600 yards, teams move to 500 yards and then to 300 and 200 yards. Firing at 600 and 500 yards is done in prone; firing at 300 yards is done in sitting and at 200 yards in standing.
Army “E” silhouettes are used at the longer ranges; Army “F” silhouettes are used at the shorter ranges. Hits at 600 yards count four points, at 500 yards, three points, at 300 yards, two points and at 200 yards, one point, plus each team receives a bonus at each yard line equal to the square of the number of targets with six or more hits.
The Illinois Hard Dogs Gold team of Ryan Colby, 17, of Elk Grove, Nash Neubauer, 16, of Brimfield,
Grant Nordwall, 15, of New Lenox,
Dillon Sloneker, 19, of Danvers, Eli Sloneker, 16 of Danvers and Ralph Woolard, 19, of Midlothian fired a 1025 to earn second place in the junior NTIT. Hard Dogs Gold distributed scores of 448 at 600, 388 at 500, 189 at 300 and 0 at 200. The team was coached by SFC Charles Crouchman, USAR and was captained by Michael Neubauer.
In third place, Arizona Rifle and Pistol Association Gold, captained by Cecil Rico and coached by Thomas Kirby scored 971 points and fired 245 at 600, 478 at 500, 248 at 300 and 0 at 200. Firing members were Travis Burian, 18, of Surprise, Frederic Fadeley, 17, of Phoenix, Morgan Fadeley, 15, of Phoenix, Victoria Gray, 17, of Congress, Alexandrea Provine, 16, of Oro Valley and Tyler Rico, 16, of Tucson.
For more information and complete results log onto
http://clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/report_matchResult.cgi?matchID=5690.
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