Osage claims trapshooting title

ACKLEY — The Osage trapshooting team aimed to take Stockdale Gun Club in Ackley by storm.

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The Green Devils did just that, winning the state title on Saturday of last week with a score of 467.

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“We did good,” Osage coach Larry Johnson said. “We competed against pretty much everyone we had in the area with the exception of Okoboji. It was a good day.”

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On the team were Andrew Thyer, Ben Popp with 95, who also recently shot 100 straight at Mason City and received a plaque for it, something Johnson said only a handful of shooters ever do; Matthew Abben, Alexa Thyer, who was the overall female scorer with 93 and Jack Sparrow at 95, who is a first year shooter for the Green Devils.

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“That’s all he does,” Osage coach Larry Johnson said. “He had an exceptional day and beat one of our top shooters.”

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Johnson also gave credit to all of his assistant coaches: Tom Beyer, Larry Clark, Rod Koch, Calvin Thyer, Steve Abben and his wife, Lynda, who he called ‘Pint.’

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The trap team held a ceremony at the Mitchell County Trap Range on Sunday, June 6.

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Johnson attributed the team win to luck, with a chuckle.

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It qualified the Osage team for the national meet in Michigan starting on July 6.

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The varsity male winners of the meet were out of Northwood-Kensett, Collin Houg, and second was Haydan Pestorious, a seventh-grader, who Johnson called an exceptional shooter, with 96.

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Northwood-Kensett was second in the team scoring (463) and Lake Mills finished third (457).