The Texas County 4-H Shooting Sports shotgun program had a record number of shooters this year at 22. Fourteen of them participated in the state 4-H trap competition Aug. 26 in Linn Creek and seven shot in the state skeet competition Aug. 27 in Hazelwood.

Texas County 4-H Shooting Sports Program member Travis Hutson placed fifth in Senior Trap Doubles at the 2017 Missouri 4-H Trap Shoot Aug. 26 in Linn.
Texas County shooters’ results:
Individual
•Travis Hutson: Fifth place, Senior Trap Doubles.
•Jacob Berry: First place, Intermediate Trap Singles
•Pierce Ford: First place, Intermediate Skeet doubles; second place, Intermediate Trap Doubles; second place, Intermediate Skeet Singles.
•Brighton Hutson: Third place, Intermediate Skeet singles; fourth place, Intermediate Skeet Doubles
Team
•Intermediate Trap Singles, first place, (Jacob Berry, Pierce Ford, Brighton Hutson, Case Jones and Tristan Weaver).Â
•Intermediate Trap Doubles, first place, (Pierce Ford, Brighton Hutson, Case Jones, Tristan Weaver and Shelman Coen).
•Intermediate Skeet Singles, first place (Pierce Ford, Brighton Hutson and Shelman Coen).

Texas County 4-H Shooting Sports Program members Brighton Hutson, left, and Pierce Ford hold the first-place plaque they earned along with teammate Shelman Coen in Team Intermediate Skeet Singles at the Missouri 4-H State Skeet Shoot Aug. 27 in Hazlewood.
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