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Republican-Herald.com
Steve and Amy Huber
July 3, 2008

ASHLAND — At this time last year, Steven Huber of Orwigsburg was in the midst of one of the best of his many fine trapshooting seasons. He was coming off a Pennsylvania State Shoot in which he won two events, placed second in his class in two others and third in another, and added fifth and sixth-place overall finishes in two of the larger events.  More

2008 Pennsylvania Grand
July 4-6, 2008

Elysburg, PA, June 4-6, 2008: Matt Bozart (right) of York became the first junior to ever win the PA Grand Singles Championship when he broke a 200x200. Another junior, Benjamin Johnson of Lincoln University also smashed all 200 to win the Junior award. Other trophy winners with 200 straight include Robert Malmstedt, Doug Jones, Robert LeFever and Kay Ohye. Larry Grabowski (left) of Collegeville snared the opening Handicap at the 36th annual Pennsylvania Grand trapshooting championships with a 98x100 while  Malmstedt won the opening Singles and Urban Womer took the first day's Doubles. Brad Heath snares HAA & HOA. 1999 PA State Handicap Champion Steve Fitch wins main Handicap while Sub-Junior All American Cody Davis wins Doubles crown.   Full Story

2008 Pennsylvania State Shoot
June 7-15, 2008

Elysburg, PA, June 15, 2008: Larry Shade won his first state Singles title. He finished runner-up in 1999. Larry also won a long shootoff for the "Krieghoff Challenge." Donald Neilson won his first HAA title while Beverly Shick of Tremont won the state Handicap crown with a state field high 98. She became the first women title holder since 1984 and only the second in state history. Emilie Peters won the 1984 title with a 97x100. Ronald Kikel of Latrobe won the Doubles crown with 99x100 over Donald Feeg and Stephanie Sandler while Ken Darroch won his 11th HOA title, now ties Steve Crothers record of 11. Full Story.

2008 Keystone Open Off To Wet Start
May 16-18, 2008

Elysburg, PA, May 16-18, 2008: Elliott Watt of Johnstown broke a field high 96 to win the May Handicap on the rainy first day of the 2008 Keystone Open. New York All American Chris Vendel broke 100 straight singles to win the opening May Singles event. Brad Heath of New York won the AA award in the Doubles Class Championship with a field high 99x100. He also took home the HOA award. Phil Boinski of Blossburg finished second in AA with a 98. Ken Darroch took the first Keystone Championship by breaking a field high 100 straight to win the championship Doubles. Mark Murray was three targets better than anyone else while winning the Shriner's Handicap with a 98x100 from yardage. David Schaeffer (left) won his second straight Single titles, both with perfect 200's, while Robert Malmstedt took home the Handicap and HAA title. Complete Results

2008 PSSA Western Zone Shoot
Andy Zborovsky Wins Three of Four Major Titles, Singles, Handicap and HAA
~May 12, 2008~

Clairton, PA, May 10, 11, 2008: Andy Zborovsky broke 197x200 to win the Western Zone Singles Championship. Also finishing with 197's were Rich Fink and Regis Hess. Fink took the Resident AA award while Hess won the Open AA title. Bob Salka (left) broke a field high 95x100 to win the Doubles title while Marty Slobodnik finished with a 91 and the Resident AA trophy. Zborovsky won the Handicap crown on Sunday with a field high 96x100, three birds better than runner-up Ronald Kikel. The hot shooting Zborovsky took the HAA title with 380x400 and Slobodnik finished with the open award with a 376. Lady Vet Anna Mae Eberle won the ladies Singles and Doubles crown while Sandra Anthony won the women's Handicap. Complete Results

2008 PSSA Eastern Zone Shoot
Joe Prestia Breaks First 200 Straight
~May 12, 2008~

Elysburg, PA, May 10, 11, 2008: Joe Prestia (left) broke his first 200 straight to win the PSSA Eastern Zone Singles Championship at the Valley Gun and Country Club. Larry Shade finished second, one target behind Prestia. Large crowds pushed entries up at the 44th Annual Eastern Zone Championships. All American Sheldon Hostetter won the Double title while Michael Loughran took home his first zone Handicap title. Carter Moyer finished 2nd. Jeff Graupp finished two targets behind Hostetter in the Doubles race.  Lebanon gunner Brian Shyda broke a field high 383 to win the coveted HAA award. Fred Moyer III finished with the Open title 5 targets behind the hot shooting Shyda. Sonya Miller won yet another ladies Singles title while Stephanie Sandler  won the ladies Handicap. Ladies Vet Genevieve Davis (above) took home the women's Doubles award. Complete Results 

 2008 Pennsylvania State Shoot Program
Program Correction
~May 8, 2008~

Target Requirements:
Page: 14...... Where the program states that the target requirement includes having to shoot 500 targets after September 1, 2006, the program should state that 500 must be shot after September 1, 2007. 

A note from Bob Stuart
~April 5, 2008~

Click here for a note from Bob Stuart and a new improvement on his website. Shooters will be able to type in a name or portion of a name and have displayed for them the complete scores shot at that tournament. It allows the shooters to not only look up their scores, but anyone that attended that tournament.

2008 PSSA Program
~March 20, 2008~

Here is a copy of the 2008 PSSA shoot program. Reading the program requires Acrobat Reader.

2008 PSSA Program

2008 All American Teams
~February 24, 2008~

The 2008 All American Teams are now official. Pennsylvania won 10 spots on the team, down from 13 last year. Kory Shissler, Junior First Team, Nathan Roberts, Junior Second Team, Cody Davis, Sub-Junior Second Team, Bruce Edgreen, Sr. Vet Second Team, Sheldon Hostetter, Vet First Team, James Blevins, Vet Second Team, Stephanie Sandler, Ladies First Team, Frank Pascoe and Steve Huber, Men's Second Team. Frank Kenesky of Frackville earned the wheelchair first team All except Roberts, Hostetter, Kenesky and Sandler were 2007 All Americans. Full Story

2008 PA State Shoot
~June 7-15, 2008~

It's not too early to make plans for the Pennsylvania State Shoot in June. Camping and vendor information can be four here. Area motel information can be found here. Shoot program will be available on our web site as soon as its is available. 

Pennsylvania State Shoot Pre-Squadding
Keystone Open Pre-Squadding
PA Grand Pre-Squadding
Westy Hogans Pre-Squadding
~2008~

There will be two methods that you can use to pre-squad for the 2008 PA State Shoot, Keystone Open, PA Grand and Westy Hogans. The traditional way where you print a pdf form and mail it to the PSSA with your check or you can do it on- line. Either way is acceptable. Printed request forms or online pre-Squadding received before or including May 1, 2008 will be given equal priority and drawn at random. All request forms or on-line requests received after this date will be processed by received date. No request forms will be accepted after June 1, 2008. Click on the Squad Form below if you want to print, fill it out and mail it to the PSSA or click Pre-Squad On-Line if you want to complete your pre-Squadding with your computer and pay on-line. 2008 PSSA Program

Pennsylvania Love Affair with the GAH
Preliminary Handicap
~January 18, 2008~

Over the years Pennsylvania shooters have done exceptionally well in the Preliminary Handicap at the Grand American. Take a look and see who has written their name into the record books, in this, the second largest trapshooting event in the world. Their stunning victories are how legends are made. We salute these extraordinary shooters and their historic accomplishments. Full story

Library of Congress Photo Release
~January 14, 2008~

Be sure to check out these four historical photographs just released by the Library of Congress. The photographs have never been published before showing a very young Ben Higginson and a new photo of Plinky Topperwein. 

2008 PA State Shoot
~June 7-15, 2008~

It's not too early to make plans for the Pennsylvania State Shoot in June. Camping and vendor information can be four here. Area motel information can be found here. Shoot program will be available on our web site as soon as its is available. 

Where did the ATA logo come from?

For years I have wondered where the famous ATA logo came from and who designed the logo. It was actually developed between 1919 and 1923 by the old industry administered American Trapshooting Association. I may have part of the answer or possibly just more questions. You decide. Click here for more information.

The Target Shooters
2007 Pennsylvania Target Leaders

With the usual suspects blasting away at record numbers of targets, we now know who led the state in 2007. For the 4^th time in 5 years Tom Ezolt led the state in total targets, blasting away at 40,050 combined targets. The late Dennis Spancake was second with 32,700. Ezolt also led the state in twin birds with 15,450. Malcolm McCord of Tyron was second with 13,200. Spancake led the commonwealth with 9,900 handicap birds while Vet James Blevins was a distant second with 8,200. Robert "Mitch" Mitchell of Clarks Summit shot at 21,000 singles targets and Ezolt finished second with 19,350. More information.

	2007 Total Combined Targets
	2007 Singles Targets
	2007 Handicap Targets
	2007 Doubles Targets

2008 PA All State Teams

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2007 PA High Average Leaders

Andrew Zborovsky of Trafford, PA led state singles shooters for the first time with a .9912 average. He was one of only two shooters in the state with a .9900 or better average. Richard Brunell of Coopersburg led in handicap averages after finishing second last season. Ken Darroch led the state in twin bird targets for the tenth time. Stephanie Sandler (right) led the state women in all three disciplines (singles, handicap and doubles) in averages. The last lady gunner to lead the state in all three events (average grand slam) was PA Hall of Famer Mary Christopher 46 years ago in 1961. Ken Darroch was the last man to lead all three, back in 1995. Click here for more information.

	2007 PA Averages for all Shooters
	Singles Leaders
	Handicap Leaders
	Doubles Leaders

2007 Trophy Winners At Elysburg

Here is an alphabetical list of all trophy winners at the shoots at the PSSA home grounds at Elysburg during 2007.

All Trophy Winners

Pennsylvania Trophy Winners

2008 PSSA Elysburg Shoot Schedule

2007 Westy Hogans
~September 7-9, 2007~
Elysburg, PA
2007 Westy Hogans Results

  2007 Pennsylvania GAH Trophy Winners
49 Awards for All Time PA Record

Stephanie Sandler wins 6 awards, Kory Shissler takes home 4 trophies while Sheldon Hostetter, Steve Huber and Cody Davis win 3 each.

See all Pennsylvania winners.

See all Preliminary Week Winners.

See all Championship Week Winners.

Alphabetical list of all GAH trophy winners.

2007 ATA Eastern Zone
~July 26-29, 2007~
Elysburg, PA
2007 Eastern Zone Results

Pennsylvania's Mr. Trapshooting
~Elmer Shaner~

Born during the second year of the Civil War in 1862, Elmer Shaner became one of the greatest figures in the history of American trapshooting. A one room school teacher from Slippery Rock, Shaner died in 1939 destitute in a  Masonic home in Elizabethtown. He left a legacy in trapshooting circles that will be remembered as long as trapshooting is around. He never shot a registered target. See our 5th in a series of great photographs of Pennsylvania trapshooting immortals. 

2007 PA Grand
~June 29-July 1, 2007~
Elysburg, PA
2007 PA Grand Results

2007 PA State Shoot
~June 9-17, 2007~
Elysburg, PA
2007 PA State Shoot Results

John Philip Sousa Pennsylvania Connections

John Philip Sousa, the "March King", is a Trapshooting HOF inductee. He shot in Pennsylvania on many occasions and he died in Reading, PA in 1932. See this wonderful photograph in the 4th of a series of old, original photographs in my personal collection. At the time of the photograph he was president of the old American Trapshooting Association. 

Ed Hellyer, 2 Time State Champion

Continuing with our Historic Pennsylvania trapshooting photographs, we have an unpublished photo of Ed Hellyer of New Alexandria, PA. Ed "The Village Miller" Hellyer won or tied for the state Singles Championship three times and was one of the most feared shooters of his time.  

J. A. R. Elliott at Honeybrook, PA

Another in a series of long lost old time trapshooting photographs, this photo shows Trapshooting HOF immortal J.A.R. Elliott shooting clay targets at Honeybrook, PA. The village is located south of Reading on PA Rt.10 in Chester County......... 

Newly Found Photos of Charlie Newcomb

PSSA & ATA Trapshooting Hall of Fame webmaster and historian Richard Hamilton has located some long lost, never published photographs of Charlie Newcomb. He is a Pennsylvania and ATA Hall of fame inductee.