JoAnna O’Neill was the top female shooter and ranked in second place overall at the New Mexico High Schools Spring Satellite Shoot. Courtesy photo
Los Alamos Young Guns members from left, Shelby Chavez, Josh Smith, Sam Stringfield, David Smith, and Kes Luchini at a recent Sportsman’s Club event. Courtesy photoYOUNG GUNS News:
The Los Alamos Young Guns, a team of high school level shooters from Los Alamos, placed second in the New Mexico High Schools Spring Satellite Shoot, which had shooters from 12 high schools.
Team members’ scores out of 50 shots were as follows: Josh Smith 35, Nick Greenfield 38, JoAnna O’Neill 47, Chris Bond 40 and David Smith 31. The team is sponsored by the Los Alamos Sportsman’s Club.
Top female shooter and second overall was JoAnna O’Neill of Los Alamos with 47, just one shot below the overall winner, Colton Kelley of Aztec High School.
Tom Hanlon, also of Los Alamos, placed seventh with a score of 43. Other Los Alamos shooters who competed were Sam Stringfield, Quentin Brown, and Hannah Willbanks.
The State High School Shoot is scheduled for Saturday, April 26 at the NRA Whittington Center in Raton and the Young Guns will compete there also.
For more information on the youth shotgun program, call 505.662.0980.
Tom Hanlon placed seventh at the recent New Mexico High Schools Satellite Shoot. Courtesy photo