The CZ-USA Top Gun Challenge returns to the 2021 National Championship with the Young Guns of Quail Creek’s Jack Krasulak defending his two-year title of Top Gun!
Athletes competing in the CZ-USA Top Gun Challenge will shoot Trap, Skeet, Sporting Clays, Iron sight pistol (Rimfire or Centerfire), fastest rifle time, and 1911 with their scores from each event being compiled to calculate the winners. Signups will be through the SASP registration desk at the central events building at the Cardinal Shooting Center.
The Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP) will be holding an adult shoot on Tuesday, 7/13/21 and Thursday, 7/15/21, during the SASP Nationals in Marengo, OH. The match will start at approximately 5:00PM those evenings. The match will be limited to 72 entries per day.
The top male and female pistol shooters (all pistols considered together) and the top male and female rifle shooters (all rifles considered together) will win gun=s. The pistol winners will get a Browning 1911-22 handgun and the rifle winners will get a .22 rifle.
Results from this side match can be submitted for the MidwayUSA Foundation’s 2021 Hometown Challenge to provide additional fundraising opportunities to your favorite SASP team. For more information on the Hometown Challenge, see the MidwayUSA Foundation page: https://www.midwayusafoundation.org/htc/
Best Western Executive Inn – “Located in Mount Gilead OH – the closest & cleanest hotel from the cardinal center. We do have rooms available for this event and as we partner with Cardinal shooting center we do offer 20% discount when you directly book the room with us. Please call us at 419-768-2378”
Guests of the Cardinal Center receive an exclusive 15% discount while staying at Residence Inn & Staybridge Suites of Polaris, OH.
Guests of the Cardinal Center receive an exclusive discount while staying at The Quality Inn & The Comfort Inn Splash Harbor of Bellville, OH. When booking your rooms, please select the LCARDD rate to take advantage of this exclusive offer.
Through the dedication of our Platinum Sponsor, CCI, we have a limited quantity of rimfire ammunition available for teams registered and paid for Nationals.
CCI Mini Mags are available for $10 per 100 rounds. You can preorder 200 rounds per rimfire discipline shot at Nationals. A team coach must pick up and pay for all of the teams ammo. Pre-order once your team is registered and paid, while supply lasts by contacting Kris Leach, SASP Administrative Assistant: kris@mysasp.com. Ammo pickup available each day 8:30 AM and 12:30 PM.
The Cardinal Shooting Center has promised that additional shooting bays will be constructed in time for our 2021 National Championship. We will be opening the additional 4 bays per time slot at 8:00AM Central on Friday, 6/4/2021. Registration will be closed until then to allow for the opening of the bays in the system.
As a reminder, all rifle events must be completed by noon on Friday, 7/16/2021, as rifle awards will be Friday evening.
We are anticipating another world record number of entries for Nationals and will need even more assistance to meet the need of Safety Officers and Scorekeepers. SASP Coaches, parents, and even athletes are eligible to volunteer. Safety Officers must be 18 years of age but Score Keepers may be younger and will be entering times into a tablet. For each half-day you volunteer, your name will be entered into a drawing for great prizes including guns!
If you are available to assist, please sign up using the link below, and please pass the word to help us make the 2021 National Championship a very smooth-running event!
The 2021 SASP International Nationals are being held at the Cardinal Shooting Center in Marengo, OH July 8-10 2021. Registration is open in the SHOT system. Once your team is registered and match fees are submitted, use the following link to sign up for international shooting times: https://tinyurl.com/SASP21
GLOCK, Inc. remains a Founding Partner Sponsor of the Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP) in 2021. Dedicated to supporting the SASP’s mission of youth development in shooting sports, GLOCK has been a dedicated Founding Partner Sponsor since the program formed in 2012.
“We are coming out of some interesting dynamics from a worldwide pandemic and getting back to doing business the best way we can,” stated GLOCK Advertising Manager, Ed Fitzgerald. “There are challenges now and there will be challenges ahead, but GLOCK applauds the young women and young men and their supportive families emerging from this chaos to come together at the Cardinal Center to compete in at the SASP National Championships in July. May that competitive spirit burn an understanding of what it takes to become better when opportunities are scarce and resources are scarcer. This breeds a stronger spirit, the true heart of a competitor.”
“GLOCK’s support of the SASP is second to none,” stated SASP National Director, Rick Leach. “We are fortunate to consistently retain our sponsors from year to year and continue gaining new ones each season. However, the support of GLOCK is unmatched. Between their Founding Partner Sponsor-level support, providing discounts to our athletes, helping us secure venue space for our Collegiate National Championships, and so much more. We are so proud and humbled to have the unwavering support of GLOCK and attribute much of our success to their dedication to our youth shooting sports program.”
With over 23 new world records set, SASP athletes turned heads in nearly every division at the 2021 World Speed Shooting Championship! These junior shooters traveled to the CMP Marksmanship Park as individual competitors and returned home to their SASP teams with 64 different podium finishes between them.
Congratulations to SASP Athlete and SASP 2020 National Champion Nate Gibson. Nate set a new Steel Challenge world record for Rimfire Pistol Iron with a total time of 69.05 and the previously listed record was a 71.86. That may sound like a slim margin, but in the world of action shooting, Nate SHATTERED that record!
Nate Gibson: 3rd Place, Master class Carry Optics World Champion, 1st Place Junior, Rimfire Pistol Iron 2nd Place, 1st Place Junior, Rimfire Pistol Open 2nd Place, 1st Place Junior, Rimfire Rifle Iron 2nd Place Junior, 3rd Place, Rimfire Rifle Open
Another HUGE win at the World Speed Shooting Championship by a SASP athlete! Emily Cunningham’s performance in Rimfire Rifle Open claimed the World Lady Championship Title! Emily also placed at World’s in the following: Carry Optics 3rd place Lady, Rimfire Rifle Iron 2nd place Lady, Rimfire Rifle Open 3rd place Junior & 1st place Lady, PCC Iron 2nd place Junior & 2nd place Lady, PCC Open 2nd place Lady, Open 1st B Class and 3rd place Lady
Emily Cunningham: Rimfire Rifle Open World Lady Champion Carry Optics 3rd place Lady Rimfire Rifle Iron 2nd place Lady Rimfire Rifle Open 3rd place Junior & 1st place Lady PCC Iron 2nd place Junior & 2nd place Lady PCC Optics 2nd place Lady Open 1st B Class and 3rd Lady
Congrats to SASP athlete, Bridget Cunningham for her record-breaking performances at the World Speed Shooting Championship! Bridget not only won FIVE Lady World Championship titles but also set FIVE new Lady World Records, along with SEVENTEEN Lady World Record Stage Times. Bridget’s long list of podium performances include:-Pistol Caliber Carbine Open 2nd place Junior and 1st place Lady-Pistol Caliber Carbine Iron 2nd overall, 2nd place GM, 1st place Junior, and 1st place Lady-Rimfire Rifle Open, 2nd place Lady-Rimfire Rifle Iron, 2nd place Junior and 1st place Lady-Rimfire Pistol Open, 3rd place Junior and 1st place Lady-Rimfire Pistol Iron, 3rd place Junior and 1st place Lady-Production 3rd place B, 2nd place Junior, and 3rd place Lady
Bridget Cunningham: PCC Open 2nd place Junior and 1st place Lady-PCC Iron 2nd overall, 2nd place GM, 1st place Junior, and 1st place Lady-Rimfire Rifle Open, 2nd place Lady-Rimfire Rifle Iron, 2nd place Junior and 1st place Lady-Rimfire Pistol Open, 3rd place Junior and 1st place Lady-Rimfire Pistol Iron, 3rd place Junior and 1st place Lady-Production 3rd place B, 2nd place Junior, and 3rd place Lady
Connor Knapp from the Boone/Hartford Hotshots decided his first Steel Challenge match would be the World Speed Shooting Championship! Of course, being a SASP athlete, he pretty much cleaned house in U Class! Way to go Connor!
Connor Knapp: 1st Place U Class Rimfire Rifle Open 1st Place U Class Rimfire Pistol Open 1st Place U Class Pistol Caliber Carbine Open 1st Place U Class Rimfire Rifle Iron
SASP athlete, Kylie Wells of the KC Steel Raiders put on quite a show at the World Speed Shooting Championship! Kylie came home with the following honors: 1st High Overall (HOA) B class, 1st HOA Rimfire Rifle Iron B class, 2nd HOA A class, 2nd HOA Pistol Caliber Carbine Open, 2nd Rimfire Pistol Iron A Class, and 2nd Lady Rimfire Pistol Open!
Kylie Wells: 1st High Overall (HOA) B class, 1st HOA Rimfire Rifle Iron B class, 2nd HOA A class, 2nd HOA Pistol Caliber Carbine Open, 2nd Rimfire Pistol Iron A Class, and 2nd Lady Rimfire Pistol Open
Another huge win at the World Speed Shooting Championship by SASP athlete, Kaylee Shaner from LCSA Young Guns! WORLD CHAMPION, Rimfire Rifle Open, B Class 3rd Place Overall B Class out of 120 competitors, 4th Place, Rim Fire Rifle Iron, B Class
Kaylee Shaner: 1st Place Rimfire Rifle Open, B Class 3rd Place Overall B Class out of 120 competitors 4th Place, Rim Fire Rifle Iron, B Class
Congrats to Bailey of the COAHC Lead Slingers for her performance at the World Speed Shooting Championship! Bailey is the 3rd place lady for Rimfire Rifle Iron, IN THE WORLD!!!
Bailey Gallagher: 3rd place lady for Rimfire Rifle Iron
Tanner Gibson from the William Blount Shooting Team set some personal goals for the World Speed Shooting Championship and crushed them! Congratulations on a 2nd place B class Rimfire Rifle Iron finish!
Tanner Gibson: 2nd place B class Rimfire Rifle Iron
More athlete success at the World Speed Shooting Championship! Cody Kenon from Team Rio won 1st place A class in the Single Stack division! Congratulations Cody!!!
Cody Kenon: 1st place A class Single Stack
SASP athlete, Tristan Krauss of the Ballisticrats won 1st place A class Rimfire Rifle Open at the World Speed Shooting Championship!
Tristan Kraus: 1st place A class Rimfire Rifle Open
Congrats to Dustin Duhamel of Team Rio for his 3rd Place B Class award in the Carry Optics division!!!
Dustin Duhamel: 3rd Place B Class Carry Optics
Alora Hager from Team Rio performed at the World Speed Shooting Championship, bringing back some serious hardware! Way to go Alora!!! 2nd Place Master Class Rimfire Pistol Iron 1st Place B Class Pistol Caliber Carbine Iron
Alora Hager: 2nd Place Master Class Rimfire Pistol Iron 1st Place B Class Pistol Caliber Carbine Iron
Gabe Berger of Tulsa SASP came home from the World Speed Shooting Championship with a medal in each hand! Way to go Gabe!!! 2nd place A Class Rimfire Pistol Iron, 3rd place Master Class Rimfire Rifle Iron
Gabe Berger: 2nd place A Class Rimfire Pistol Iron 3rd place Master Class Rimfire Rifle Iron
Timothy Guerrero of the South Texas Shooters performed on the big stage of the World Speed Shooting Championship! This Intermediate/Advanced SASP athlete came in 1st place for B Class Rimfire Pistol Iron 1st place A class Rimfire Pistol Open 1st place Master Rimfire Rifle Iron 2nd place (by a mere two-hundredths of a second) Master Rimfire Rifle Open 1st place A class Pistol Caliber Carbine Open
Timothy Guerrero: 1st place for B Class Rimfire Pistol Iron 1st place A class Rimfire Pistol Open 1st place Master Rimfire Rifle Iron 2nd place (by a mere two-hundredths of a second) Master Rimfire Rifle Open 1st place A class Pistol Caliber Carbine Open
Sydney Vavroch from the Steel Shooters of Traer ruled with iron sights and came back from the World Speed Shooting Championship with some hardware! 2nd B, Rimfire Pistol Iron 2nd A, Pistol Caliber Carbine Iron
Sydney Vavroch: 2nd B, Rimfire Pistol Iron 2nd A, Pistol Caliber Carbine Iron
The 2021 SASP Nationals are being held at the Cardinal Shooting Center in Marengo, OH July 10 – 17, 2021. We need volunteers to act as Safety Officers and Score Keepers. If you are available to assist please sign up. If you have any question please contact Kelvin Walton at kwalton@sssfonline.com.
For each half day you volunteer your name will be entered into a drawing for great prizes, including guns.
The All-Scholastic Team recognizes the top student-athletes in the SSSF’s Scholastic Clay Target and Scholastic Action Shooting Program for their achievements in the classroom, on the range, and in their communities.
Through an application process, 2021 All-Scholastic Team Members prove academic excellence by posting 3.0 or better grade point averages, shoot excellent scores in recent competition (95% in trap or skeet, 85% in sporting clays, 80% in international trap/skeet or 65 seconds or less for SASP) and by demonstrating outstanding community involvement.
Must be a 2021 registered athlete in good standing with the SCTP or SASP national office. This requires athlete payment and consent/waiver form is on file with the national program administrative office.
Must have a minimum 3.0 grade point average. Applications must include transcript or most recent grade reporting information available due to COVID-19 situations. Transcript for 9th grade and above must include cumulative GPA for academic career.
Must supply two letters of recommendation from a coach, teacher, or adult third party.
Must supply a photograph suitable for publication.
Must meet one of the following shooting qualifications and supply proof of official match record. Match record must be from official shoot bulletin, SCTP/SASP leaderboard, ATA, NSSA/NSCA athlete history or equivalent. Copies of scoresheets or statements of scores from coaches will not be accepted. Clay target scores must be from a whole event, for example one 200 target event, two 100 target events or four 50 target events. Picking and choosing individual rounds from different events is not acceptable. Applicants must submit 200 targets for American disciplines.
1. SCTP (skeet or trap) – achieved 190/200 targets (or equivalent in lesser target format) in a competition between April 1, 2020 and May 22, 2021
OR
2. SCTP (sporting clays) – achieved 170/200 targets (or equivalent in lesser target format) in a competition between April 1, 2020 and May 22, 2021
OR
3. SCTP (bunker trap, international skeet, or international doubles trap) – achieved 100/125 targets in a competition between April 1, 2020 and May 22, 2021
OR
4. SASP – achieved a total match score of 65 seconds or less in an SASP match between April 1, 2020 and May 22, 2021
Deadline for application is May 22, 2021, 5:00PM central time, no exceptions.
