Cole Montfort, a member of the Navarro County 4-H Shotgun Club, is coming home to Navarro County with one of the largest prizes in youth shooting sports. Cole shot his way to the top to be named the 4-H HOA of the San Antonio Livestock Show & Rodeo Junior Shoot-Out this past weekend at the National Shooting Complex in San Antonio.
The Junior Shoot-Out is the largest youth shooting event in the country with close to 1,000 4-H and FFA members traveling to San Antonio to compete in a 4-Day Sporting Clays, American Trap, and Trap Doubles Competition. Cole shot the highest score of all entered competitors with a total of 382/400 birds. He not only won the title of 4-H HOA but was also the 4-H Sporting Clays Champion and was the Age Group 1 Trap Doubles Runner-Up. Cole won a total of $20,000 in scholarships, 3 buckles, prizes, and the opportunity to be the featured Junior Shooting Sports competitor at the Tuesday, February 17th San Antonio Rodeo performance where he was presented his scholarship. Cole is a sophomore at Corsicana High School and is the son of Clint & Jima Montfort of Chatfield.
Navarro County 4-H Club had a total of 37 participants which made for one of the single largest clubs represented at the competition. The club had seven members qualify for the prestigious sporting clays finals. In addition to Cole, Jaxson Aten, Nicholas Aucamp, Dylan Dickerson, Eli Payne, Jet Tacker, and Kash Ware all qualified to compete on Finals Sunday. The team of Nicholas Aucamp, Jaxson Aten, and Cole Montfort placed 3rd in the Team 4-H Sporting Clays Event and won 2 flats of ammo each. In Trap, Dylan Dickerson advanced in Class 2 Lewis Class Trap placing 4th, and Corbin Teetz advanced in Class 6 Lewis Class Trap, placing 2nd. Dylan and Corbin both came home with buckles and prizes.
Other members competing included: Cade Brown, Tommy Brown, Coban Estrada, Caden Gowan, Jaxon Grant, Caroline Grider, Abigail Grider, Matthew Grider, Waylon Griffin, Eli Hagmeier, Caroline Hamp, Cetch Harris, Cooper Hayes, Reydin Hopper, Waylon Jennings, Levin Johnson, Ava Levine, Ryleigh Looper, Reid Looper, Jackson Matchett, Dreylon Meankins, Casen Montfort, Ellis Morehead, Wyatt Nicholson, Easton Smithart, Sadie Thedford, and Kodi Thedford.
Navarro County 4-H Shotgun Club would like to thank their sponsors whose generous support helps make events like these possible for Navarro County youth!
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