Eric Uptagrafft: Representing country in sport and in battle
Uptagrafft has twice represented America as an Olympic athlete. Far more importantly, he served with U.S. military forces in the war on terror as part of “Operation Enduring Freedom” in Afghanistan.
Spencer County athletes qualify for nationals after Kentucky 4-H state shooting competition
Earlier this month, the 17 Spencer Co 4-H shooting sports youth participated in the 2021 Kentucky State tournament. Out of the 17 participants, 13 of them won trophies.
Normal West alumna training to win back-to-back rifle national championships for Kentucky Wildcats
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — How many Bloomington residents won an NCAA Championship in 2021? Add 20-year-old Jaden Thompson to that list. Jaden is a graduate of Normal West, currently competing on the University of Kentucky Division I rifle team that won the 2021 NCAA Rifle Championship held at Ohio State. According to Jaden, during the 2019-2020 season, […]
Practical shooting takes Chillicothe native all across the country
Zane currently practices once to twice a week with Rick Steele, shooting live fire drills of between 300 to 500 rounds a week. Zane also practices daily at home doing dry fire drills. Dry firing is a method of training without firing any ammunition. This allows you to build your speed and practical skills, without having to be at a range and using ammunition.
South Korea’s women archers wrap up 9th straight team gold
TOKYO (AP) — A contingent led by An San captured South Korea’s ninth straight women’s archery team event Olympic gold medal on Sunday at the Tokyo Games. The country has never lost since the women’s team event was added to the Olympic program at the 1988 Seoul Games. An, fresh off a win in the […]
Batsarashkina backs up silver in Rio with gold in Tokyo
TOKYO (AP) — Russia shooter Vitalina Batsarashkina won gold in women’s 10-meter air pistol at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday, five years after taking silver at the Rio de Janeiro Games. Batsarashkina shot an Olympic-record 240.3 points, finishing 0.9 ahead of Bulgaria’s Antoaneta Kostadinova. Jian Ranxin of China took bronze after matching Greece’s Anna Korakaki’s […]
China’s Yang takes first gold at uneasy Tokyo Olympics
TOKYO (AP) — Hardly half a day passed before politics, the pandemic and blistering heat impacted events across the Tokyo Olympics. China’s Yang Qian, at least, stayed right on target. Yang overtook Anastasiia Galashina of Russia to win the first gold medal of the Tokyo Games in the women’s 10-meter air rifle Saturday. Her last […]
Mt. Pulaski shotgun team wins first in skeet and third in trap at ILSHSCTL state tournament
MOUNT PULASKI, Ill. — Years ago, many schools once had target shooting teams associated with their ROTC programs, however after some historic events such as the Vietnam War and more recently the Columbine massacre in 1999, most schools eliminated the sport completely. Shooting sports are however on the rise again in popularity across the country. […]
Lafayette Gun Club to represent at the 2021 Air Rifle Junior Olympics
SEAFORD, Va. — Every athlete, serious about their sport, dreams of the Olympics. Junior athletes are no different when dreaming of the Junior Olympics, but coaches know how rare it is to send an athlete to this level of competition. To send four athletes in the same year is almost unheard of but, for coaches […]
Meet the Central Illinois Precision Shooting organization
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — Central Illinois Precision Shooting (CIPS) has been serving our local athletes since 2014 which is when they moved into their current range. They immediately began hosting Olympic style junior matches in September 2014. The organization focuses on International Air Rifle and Air Pistol and 3 Position Small Bore International Rifle. Individuals and […]