Participants were categorized by age into Beginner (ages 8 to 10), Junior (11 to 13), and Senior (14 to 18). Competitors used Sporter air rifles, shooting .177 caliber pellets at a velocity of 600 fps or less. Beginners shot from a sitting position off a bench, while Juniors and Seniors competed in three positions: standing, kneeling and prone. The match also included unique categories such as Precision Practice, Sporter Standing, Continuing Growth, 40-Shot Prone, Precision 40 Prone and Air Pistol.

Results for Ward County participants from the match are as follows:

Senior Air Pistol Division: first place – Olivia Jansen, Minot (Score: 494, with six X’s); second place – Landen Jansen, Minot (Score: 494, with three X’s); third place – Zachary Korgel, Minot (Score: 458); fourth place – Alyssa Korgel, Minot (Score: 417); team result – L. Jansen, O. Jansen, A. Korgel, and Z. Korgel placed first with a combined score of 1446.

Senior Precision 40-Prone Division: second place – Kiley Whillock, Kenmare (Score: 376).

Submitted Photo Ward County 4-H shooter Jase Schilla takes aim.

Senior Precision Practice Match Three-Position Division: second place – Whillock (Score: 546).

Senior Sporter Three-Position Division: third place – A. Korgel (Score: 480); seventh place – Sienna McMillan, Max (Score: 385).

Junior Sporter Standing Division: second place – Nolan Lee, Sawyer (Score: 252).

Junior Sporter Three-Position Division: first place – Jase Schilla, Makoti (Score: 435); second Place – Lee (Score: 378).

Beginner Sporter Bench Division: second place – Kayla Whillock, Kenmare (Score: 547); sixth place – Zane Lee, Sawyer (Score: 487); eighth place – Dayton McMillan, Max (Score: 457); ninth place – Ella McMillan, Max (Score: 453); also representing Ward County was Xavier Lee from Sawyer; team result – Lee, D. McMillan, E. McMillan and Whillock placed second with a combined score of 1,491

Submitted Photo Ward County 4-H shooter Kiley Whillock takes aim dressed and ready for Precision in the prone position.

Continuing Growth, Any Age: Beau Lugibihl, Granville, participated in this division.

40-Shot Prone Division: sixth place – N. Lee (Score: 302); eighth Place – Z. Lee (Score: 266).

Ward County 4-H Air Rifle members practice with the Minot Rifle and Pistol Club’s Youth Marksmanship Program under coach Nathan Sutton on Saturday mornings.