117th Pennsylvania State Shoot

WINNERS OF THE REMINGTON SHOOT-OUT

ROBERT BORTZ - MERTZTOWN, PA
JACK KOSTKAS - TIDIOUTE, PA

WINNER OF THE CAESAR GUERINI
WOODLANDER 12GA O/U
 ROBERT FIEO - COLLEGEVILLE, PA

CO-WINNERS OF THE
CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK OPTION
 RICHARD GEYER - HELLERTOWN, PA
BERT SCHOONOVER - CENTRE HALL, PA

WINNER OF THE KRIEGHOFF CHALLENGE
 K-80 TRAP SPECIAL COMBO
LARRY SHADE - HAMBURG, PA

Ronald Kikel
Doubles Champion

Larry Shade
Singles Champion

Donald Neilson
HAA Champion

Ken Darroch
HOA Champion

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Stephanie Sandler
Winner of 12 Awards
Glenn Lash
HOF Inductee
Donna Natcher
Ladies Singles Champ.
Philip Criado
Vet HAA Champ.
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John Minjock
Vet Doubles Champ.
Genevieve Davis
Women's Doubles RU
Sheldon Hostetter
AG Cup Winner
Wilbur Ruhl
Vet Class Champion
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Bob Wagner, NY
AAA Winner
Guerini Singles
Brad Heath, NY
Champion
Colonial Classic Singles
Chris Vendel, NY
Champion
Non-Res. All Around
Peter Tsementzis, ON
Champion, AAA
Non-Res. All Around
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Kelly Huber
Ladies Champion
Brunell Handicap
Kim Bateman
Ladies Champion
AG Cup
Matt Bozart
Junior Champion
AG Cup
Irene Patterson
Ladies Champion
Krieghoff Handicap
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                                         Shoot Records and Notes

Dylan Darhower of Mechanicsburg, PA walked of with 14 sub-junior awards, most of any gunner this year.
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All American Stephanie Sandler took home 12 awards to lead all adult shooters, including the Preliminary HOA. She won 21 awards in 2007.
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All American Vet Sheldon Hostetter of Lebanon won 11 trophies to lead the men, including nine Vet titles.
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Glenn Lash inducted in the Pennsylvania Trapshooting HOF, Hostetter named 2007 Trapshooter of the Year.
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Ken Darroch wins 11th Pennsylvania HOA, ties immortal Steve Crothers for most in state history.
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Larry Shade wins Krieghoff shootout, than wins Pennsylvania State Singles title. His Singles crown was his first major PA state title although he tied for the Singles title in 1999, losing out to PA ATA delegate Frank Pascoe.
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New York sharpshooters Chris Vendel and Brad Health win 17 trophies between them. 
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Donald Neilson of Oaks, PA won his first major PA title, winning the HAA by one target over Joel Etchen.
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All American Kory Shissler bags 9 more PA junior awards at 2008 state shoot, now totals 45 last three years.
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Beverly Shick won the state Handicap title, only the second women to win crown. Emilie Peters won in 1984.
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Vet gunner Ralph Challingsworth of Kersey, PA broke his first 200x200 in the state Singles championship.
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Ken Darroch averaged 97.45 on 1100 championship targets in the HOA.
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New York state gunners take home 85 trophies, New Jersey 37.
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Stephanie Sander wins her 5th state women's Doubles title with 99, a new state women's record score. Her old record of 98x100 was set last year. Stephanie's 5th title ties her with PA Hall of Fame legends Mary Christopher and Anna Mae Eberle for the most in state history. Her HOA score of 1051 was only two targets off the state women's record of 1073 that she set last year.
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Ronald Kikel of Latrobe won the Doubles title after a three way tie of 99's. Donald Feeg of Womelsdorf finished runner-up while Stephanie Sandler took the ladies trophy. Sandler was the first women to tie for the PA State Doubles title and earlier became the first women to win the Preliminary HOA title on Monday and Tuesday's state preliminary events.
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Last years Doubles champion Sheldon Hostetter broke a 97x100 to win the runner-up trophy in the Vet class. John Minjock won the vet title with a 98x100. The senior vet title went to All American Bruce Edgreen with a 95.
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PSSA gives away over 642 trophies at the 2008 Pennsylvania State Shoot, including 156 trophies reserved especially for non-residents (about 25%). Another 125 trophies were open trophies, also available to non-residents. 
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Philip Criado of Franklin won the Vet HAA title with a score of 389x400. This sets a new Vet state record, erasing the old record of 387 set by PA Hall of Famer Mel Krepps back in 1994. 
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Pam Darroch passed along a note of interest. Two of the three major trophies on Wednesday's Attorney General's Day were won by shooters who had trophies named for them. (men's high average shooters for 2007.) Event  16, the Andrew Zborovsky Singles was won by Andrew with 100 straight. Event 18, the Ken Darroch Doubles, was won by, you guessed it, Ken Darroch. Ken broke a 99x100. Andrew led the state singles shooters in 2007 for the first time and Ken led the state doubles shooters for the tenth time, breaking a state record tie with Walter Beaver. He was second four times.

2008 trophy winners listed alphabetical
2008 trophy winners listed by state
2008 trophy winners won by Pennsylvania shooters
2008 payout sheet
2007 state shoot

Scores Provided by RJ Stuart Computer Services
Notes and records provided by Richard Hamilton, PSSA and Trapshooting historian.
(Please report what you think may be historical errata.)

2008 PENNSYLVANIA STATE SHOOT
COLONIAL CLASSIC
EVENT #  1 - STEPHANIE SANDLER SINGLES
June 7, 2008
TROPHY WINNER TOWN STATE SCORE
CHAMPION HEATH BRADLEY J BINGHAMTON NY 100
CLASS AAA DARROCH KENNETH ALIQUIPPA PA 100
CLASS AAA RU VENDEL CHRIS ROCHESTER NY 100
CLASS AA FEEG DONALD A WOMELSDORF PA 100
CLASS AA RU MANETTA II JOHN P BERWICK PA 100
CLASS A QUATTLEBAUM PAUL GREENBRIER AR 100
CLASS A RU ANTRIM RICHARD D YORK PA 100
CLASS B KRONE JACK C COUDERSPORT PA 99
CLASS B RU AINSWORTH JR GEORG SINKING SPRING PA 99
CLASS C HERMAN CHARLES D WHITEHALL PA 99
CLASS C RU AUSTIN TOM E ORANGEVILLE PA 99
CLASS D PULLEN JOHN L OXFORD CT 98
CLASS D RU COPE SHELDON R LITTLE MEADOWS PA 98
SR. VET WAGNER CARL E DANSVILLE NY 99
SR. VET RU BAN GEORGE L WARRINGTON PA 99
VET OHYE KAY N BRUNSWICK NJ 100
VET RU CHALLINGSWORTH RALPH KERSEY PA 100
SUB JR NUNES TYLER A SINKING SPRING PA 99
SUB JR RU KABABIK KIE T TOWNSEND DE 98
JUNIOR SHISSLER KORY P NEW PROVIDENCE PA 98
JUNIOR RU GIRON  WILLIAM F I GREENSBURG PA 98
LADY OHYE DEBORAH ANN N BRUNSWICK NJ 100
LADY RU GREB C JEAN BALTIMORE MD 100
         
EVENT #  2 - STEPHANIE SANDLER HANDICAP
June 7, 2008
TROPHY WINNER TOWN STATE SCORE
CHAMPION VENDEL CHRIS ROCHESTER NY 99
RUNNER UP HALE WILLIAM H COPLAY PA 98
3RD PLACE SWOPE DEREK W SHIPPENSBURG PA 97
4TH PLACE WINN DAVID E INDIANAPOLIS IN 97
5TH PLACE MILLER STEVEN D BEDFORD PA 97
6TH PLACE PLASSIO STACEY A CHAMBERSBURG PA 97
7TH PLACE HOLZER CHARLES A PITTSBURGH PA 97
8TH PLACE BAUM JOHN J UPPER MARLBORO MD 96
9TH PLACE HEATH BRADLEY J BINGHAMTON NY 96
10TH PLACE BIRK DONALD B WYALUSING PA 96
11TH PLACE BERGMAN WALTER A SILVER SPRING MD 96
12TH PLACE WALLACE THEODORE H OXFORD PA 96
SR. VET SHEPHERD GARY J FACTORYVILLE PA 97
SR. VET RU SCHMOYER DONALD C KUTZTOWN PA 95
VET RUHL WILBUR E ELIZABETHTOWN PA 96
VET RU WRIGHT JAMES S UNADILLA NY 94
SUB JR DARHOWER DYLAN E MECHANICSBURG PA 95
SUB JR RU VENDEL CHRISTOPHER ONTARIO NY 94
JUNIOR JOHNSTON BENJAMIN LINCOLN UNIVERSITY PA 91
JUNIOR RU HARVEY TREVOR L NEW CANAAN CT 89
LADY BATEMAN KIM S SLIPPERY ROCK PA 97
LADY RU OHYE DEBORAH ANN N BRUNSWICK NJ 95
         
EVENT #  3 - STEPHANIE SANDLER DOUBLES
June 7, 2008
TROPHY WINNER TOWN STATE SCORE
CHAMPION DARROCH KENNETH ALIQUIPPA PA 99
CLASS AAA ETCHEN JOEL F LIGONIER PA 98
CLASS AAA RU OLLOCK STEPHEN MAINESBURG PA 98
CLASS AA HOSTETTER SHELDON LEBANON PA 98
CLASS AA RU BEAVER NORMAN E READING PA 98
CLASS A MILLER STEVEN D BEDFORD PA 99
CLASS A RU JOHNSTON JAMES T HARRISON CITY PA 98
CLASS B WILLIAMS STEVE R WAPWALLOPEN PA 94
CLASS B RU DAVIS CODY A SHOHOLA PA 94
CLASS C NATALE JR RAYMOND WEST GROVE PA 95
CLASS C RU PATTERSON WELLINGT ELKLAND PA 94
CLASS D BORTZ ROBERT A MERTZTOWN PA 90
CLASS D RU BROWN JOHN S DOYLESTOWN PA 90
SR. VET PICKITT JOHN L LAKE WYLIE SC 96
SR. VET RU EDGREEN BRUCE K PORT ALLEGANY PA 93
VET OHYE KAY N BRUNSWICK NJ 99
VET RU CHALLINGSWORTH RALPH KERSEY PA 98
SUB JR HOFER NATHAN WAYNE HURON SD 92
SUB JR RU MCCARTY KROSS H LA GRANGE TX 92
JUNIOR GIRON  WILLIAM F I GREENSBURG PA 96
JUNIOR RU SHISSLER KORY P NEW PROVIDENCE PA 95
LADY SANDLER STEPHANIE NEW RINGGOLD PA 97
LADY RU SCHMIDT KATE A DUBLIN PA 95
         
EVENT #  4 - CAESAR GUERINI SINGLES
June 8, 2008
TROPHY WINNER TOWN STATE SCORE
CHAMPION HEATH BRADLEY J BINGHAMTON NY 200
CLASS AAA WAGNER ROBERT H PRATTSBURG NY 200
CLASS AAA RU ZIMMERMAN GLENN A WESTBURY NY 200
CLASS AA HERB ROGER L HEGINS PA 199
CLASS AA RU GRAUPP JEFFREY T READING PA 198
CLASS A KLIKUS TODD J BEACH LAKE PA 198
CLASS A RU BOMBA THOMAS  P CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS PA 197
CLASS B YOUNG ROBERT L LIBERTY PA 198
CLASS B RU AMMANN BILL MINEOLA NY 197
CLASS C TOBIN MATTHEW S UNITYVILLE PA 197
CLASS C RU KOSCELNAK FRANCIS MOSCOW PA 196
CLASS D PITTERA CHERYLL A FAIRFIELD CT 192
CLASS D RU GIUSTI THOMAS J HOPATCONG NJ 189
SR. VET WAGNER CARL E DANSVILLE NY 199
SR. VET RU BAN GEORGE L WARRINGTON PA 198
VET HOSTETTER SHELDON LEBANON PA 199
VET RU OHYE KAY N BRUNSWICK NJ 198
SUB JR NUNES TYLER A SINKING SPRING PA 197
SUB JR RU VENDEL CHRISTOPHER ONTARIO NY 193
JUNIOR BOZART MATT W YORK PA 198
JUNIOR RU SHISSLER KORY P NEW PROVIDENCE PA 197
LADY GINTHER LINDA S POTTSVILLE PA 197
LADY RU OHYE DEBORAH ANN N BRUNSWICK NJ 197
         
EVENT #  5 - COLONIAL CLASSIC HANDICAP
June 8, 2008
TROPHY WINNER TOWN STATE SCORE
CHAMPION STORRING DAVID M FORT ERIE ON 100
RUNNER UP SANDLER STEPHANIE NEW RINGGOLD PA 99
3RD PLACE DARROCH KENNETH ALIQUIPPA PA 98
4TH PLACE LONG RICHARD A COUDERSPORT PA 98
5TH PLACE LASH GLENN E LOWBER PA 97
6TH PLACE OSTRANDER GERRY D LOCKE NY 97
7TH PLACE BORASCIUS STANLEY SCHNECKSVILLE PA 97
8TH PLACE MORAN MICHAEL E DELEVAN NY 96
9TH PLACE MALMSTEDT ROBERT W SOMERVILLE NJ 96
10TH PLACE MINJOCK JOHN MONONGAHELA PA 96
11TH PLACE ALDRIDGE JACK LANDENBERG PA 96
12TH PLACE VENDEL CHRIS ROCHESTER NY 95
SR. VET PICKITT JOHN L LAKE WYLIE SC 96
SR. VET RU PANICHI ROBERT N DUSHORE PA 94
VET HOSTETTER SHELDON LEBANON PA 98
VET RU TRENTALANGE SKIP ALLENTOWN PA 98
SUB JR DARHOWER DYLAN E MECHANICSBURG PA 94
SUB JR RU KABABIK KIE T TOWNSEND DE 93
JUNIOR SHISSLER KORY P NEW PROVIDENCE PA 95
JUNIOR RU KARPYN JARYD M GERMANSVILLE PA 94
LADY PITTERA CHERYLL A FAIRFIELD CT 98
LADY RU HAMILTON BORNMAN K OLEY PA 95
         
COLONIAL CLASSIC HAA
June 7-8, 2008
TROPHY WINNER TOWN STATE