First time shooters excel at 5th Annual Menard County BB Gun Championship Match

  • SHARP SHOOTERS at the Menard County BB Gun Match include (front row, left to right): Walker Hines, Kylie Smith, Turner Thigpen, Kobe King. Back row: Coach David Hand, Betty Jackson, Larkin Loeffler, Jackson Thigpen, Mia Estrada, Caitlyn Burch, Mason Mireles, Coach Terry Kelley. Courtesy photo.
    SHARP SHOOTERS at the Menard County BB Gun Match include (front row, left to right): Walker Hines, Kylie Smith, Turner Thigpen, Kobe King. Back row: Coach David Hand, Betty Jackson, Larkin Loeffler, Jackson Thigpen, Mia Estrada, Caitlyn Burch, Mason Mireles, Coach Terry Kelley. Courtesy photo.

    By Terry Kelley, Shooting Sports Coach There was a shootout at the 4-H Show barn on January 25, with 9 Menard Rifle Team members competing to be this year’s Menard County BB Gun champions. Senior shooter Jackson Thigpen and junior shooter Caitlyn Burch both had the highest overall scores, each shooting 323 out of a possible four hundred. Every shooter, regardless of age, shot the same NRA targets,…