4H Rifles season wrap up: from county championship in January on to represent at 5 more meets

STRAIGHT SHOOTERS- Menard County 4H Rifle team began the season with the district match in January. Pictured above left to right, front row: O’Dan Wright, Logan Kumato, Kallan Wright, Trevor Mazac, Roy Mews, Tatum Chambless, Caitlyn Burch. Second row: Mrs. Betty Jackson, coach Terry Kelley, Jackson Thigpen, Benjamin Burch, Wesley Compton, Larkin Loeffler, Mia Estrada, Maddock Murr, coach David Hand. TMN photo.
STRAIGHT SHOOTERS- Menard County 4H Rifle team began the season with the district match in January. Pictured above left to right, front row: O’Dan Wright, Logan Kumato, Kallan Wright, Trevor Mazac, Roy Mews, Tatum Chambless, Caitlyn Burch. Second row: Mrs. Betty Jackson, coach Terry Kelley, Jackson Thigpen, Benjamin Burch, Wesley Compton, Larkin Loeffler, Mia Estrada, Maddock Murr, coach David Hand. TMN photo.

Contributed by Terry Kelley, Menard County 4H shooting sports coach It all started with the Menard County BB Gun Championship on January 26. Held in honor of former Menard 4H Shooting Coach John Ed Jackson, the match saw fourteen shooters ranging in age from eight to fourteen competing for bragging rights as the county’s Top BB Gun Shooters. When it was over, Senior Shooter Larkin Loeffler, Interm…