SASP Athlete Jenna Jones Receives 2A Heritage Scholarship

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A Girl & A Gun (AG & AG) announces that 14-year-old Jenna Jones, an AG & AG Youth Member from Comfort, TX, is the recipient of scholarship from AG & AG to be a 2A Heritage camper. Jenna earned High Junior at 3-Gun University on March 19, at the CMP Talladega Marksmanship Park.

The 2017 2A Heritage Junior Camps will take place this summer in Forest Lake, MN, and Topton, PA. Only 25 campers will be accepted into each event. Classes will take place on the first two days, followed by a match-style shοot on the last day. Juniors will receive instruction on pistol, rifle, shotgun (basic), long-range rifle, shotgun on the move/slugs/buckshot, advanced pistol skills, and transitions and stage planning.

“AG & AG has welcomed thousands of women into the shooting community, so we have seen an increase in family participation as well,” says Julianna Crowder, Founder of AG & AG. “Shooting sports have traditionally been a family activity; however, over the past 20 years, participation tapered so that most children only touched on marksmanship with pellet gυns at summer camps. 2A Heritage gives juniors the shοoting skills at the highest level. We are proud to support their programs to educate the next generation of competitive shooters.”

AG & AG sponsors the 2A Heritage website and will host a pizza dinner for the participants and their parents during the events. More information can be found at www.2AHeritage.org and AG & AG Youth Memberships.

*Reprinted by permission from A Girl and A Gun. Learn more at AGirlandAGun.org.

 

NOTE: Jenna is an SASP athlete with the Texas Hill Country Junior Marksmen. This is new SASP team that competed in their first SASP match at the Southwest Winter Regional in February.

Wisconsin SASP Fundraising Banquet

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Join us on Saturday, April 1, 2017, for the annual SASP banquet.  The banquet will be held at the Ozaukee Pavilion at the Ozaukee County Fair Grounds in Cedarburg.  Dinner sponsors include Cabela’s – Richfield and Newman Chevrolet.  Doors open at 5 p.m.  We’ll have raffles, silent auction, and a live auction.

Come out and support the Ozaukee Scholastic Shooting Sports SASP Team.

Tickets are still available by contacting Rick Leach at rleach@sssfonline.org or 262-894-4284.

SASP College Nationals

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SASPWhat do you think of when you hear the word “Talladega”?  Of course, the SASP College National Championships.  This weekend SASP college teams from around the country converged on the CMP Range in Talladega, Alabama, to compete for bragging rights of being national champions.

Ed Fitzgerald, with SASP founding partner GLOCK and Tom Yost from silver sponsor SIG SAUER joined us for the match and were on the range with the athletes.  Thanks, Ed and Tom, for all of your help.

SASP 2SASP’s sponsor Larry Steeley from Steel Target Paint was on hand to assist and also sponsored the paint at the match.  Thank you, Larry.  Steel Target Paint is such a big supporter of the SASP, it has decided to help out SASP teams that want to purchase paint for their matches.  It has set up a great discount code that coaches can request from SASP staff.  One Shot Covers The Spot!

Thank you to the staff of the CMP Range for allowing us to use their beautiful range and for their staff and all their help.

We had great help from our Safety Officers; we appreciate your help and support.

This year’s champions are:
Centerfire Pistol

1st           Texas A&M Corps of Cadets A                    186.88

2nd          Texas A&M Corps of Cadets B                    199.31

3rd          West Point 1                                                   210.58

 

Centerfire Pistol – Open

1st           Bob Jones University 2                                 424.98

2nd          Florida State University Black                     431.61

3rd          Texas A&M Corps of Cadets Alternate      498.12

 

Rimfire Pistol

1st           University of Vermont B                              198.70

2nd          Michigan State University Green               199.28

3rd          Texas A&M Corps of Cadets A                    229.25

 

Rimfire Pistol – Open

1st           John Brown University                                  340.01

2nd          Bob Jones University 3                                 402.91

 

Rimfire Rifle – Optic

1st           University of Vermont B                              205.55

2nd          University of Vermont A                              217.50

 

Rimfire Rifle – Iron

1st           John Brown University                                  233.45

 

Rimfire Rifle – Iron – Open

1st           University of Vermont C                              368.92

 

High Overall Awards

Centerfire

Male – Kyle Post                                                           44.55

Female – Savannah Butters                                        60.60

 

Rimfire

Male – Tanner Pond                                                     40.95

Female – Cheyenne Richardson                                62.46

 

Rimfire Rifle

Male – Collin Villarn                                                     40.25

Female – Catherine Todd                                            51.71

Results are posted on the website www.sssfonline.org, click on “Results,” “SASP Shoot Results,” “Nationals,” “2017 College Nationals,” “Leaderboard” and you can choose what discipline and division you want to see.

 

Congratulations everyone!!

Georgia/South Carolina State Match

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GA-SC Match PhotoOn February 11, 2017, the inaugural Georgia/South Carolina state match was held in Athens, Georgia, at the Athens Rifle Club.

Twenty nine athletes participated from Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee.   The weather was a beautiful day in Georgia in the mid 60’s and everyone had a great time.

Plans are already underway for the second annual Georgia South Carolina state match for February 2018.

A special thanks to Bob Jones University and the Athens Rifle Club for hosting this event.

Congratulations to SCTP/SASP Finalists of Double Goal Coach Award

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Joseph Gans
Joseph Gans

The Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF) congratulates Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) coach Joseph Gans and Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP) coaches Scott Poet and David Richman for being nominated as finalists for Positive Coaching Alliance’s prestigious Double-Goal Coach® Award presented by Deloitte.

PCA’s Double-Goal Coach Award is given to youth and high school sports coaches from throughout the U.S. who embody the ideals of the Double-Goal Coach, striving to win, while also pursuing the more important goal of teaching life lessons through sports. Fifty coaches will be selected from the finalist for the award.

The coaches said they are honored and humbled that their teams nominated them for the award.

Joseph Gans, coach of the Hazelton Area High School Cougars in Pennsylvania, said, “I normally don’t look for accolades, but it is quite an honor to be chosen among all the coaches out there. I am gratified my contribution to the sport of shooting and helping these young men and women achieve greatness has been recognized.”

David Richman
David Richman

Gans said aside from learning shooting skills and safety, he encourages the shooters to develop self-determination, proper attitude, self-control and focus.

Richman, coach of the Lake Country Action Shooters in Wisconsin, said he was elated and humbled to find out he’d been nominated as a finalist.

“I was so excited that someone had done this for me,” Richman said.  “It makes me feel good inside. I’ve been coaching for more than 25 years and can say that the best reward is when a shooter comes back later to say thanks for helping him or her out.”

Richman says his goal as a coach is to show the shooters they’re in control and they have the ability to succeed.

“I never coach to win,” Richman said. “Preparation leads to practice, practice leads to performance and performance provides an outcome. That outcome doesn’t matter as long as the athletes are doing their best and giving it their all.”

Scott and Lisa Poet
Scott and Lisa Poet

Scott Poet, SASP state advisor (with his wife, Lisa) and coach of the Pistol Prodigies in Michigan, said he was shocked and “blown away” by the nomination.

“It was humbling and flattering to hear that our families went ahead and did that for us.”

Poet said he wants his shooters to learn team work and how to work with others.

“I also work to teach them about responsibility, safety and commitment to their team.”

The 50 national award winners will receive $200; a certificate; recognition in PCA’s website, newsletters and media campaigns; and the chance to win an all-expense paid trip to California to accept the honor during PCA’s National Youth Sports Awards Dinner and Auction Presented by Deloitte on Saturday, April 22, 2017 in Palo Alto, California.

 

SASP Wisconsin State Advisors

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SASP welcomes two new Wisconsin State Advisors – Curt Kowalczyk and Jeff Haupt.

Curt Kowalczyk
Curt Kowalczyk

Curt Kowalczyk

Kowalczyk started shooting at a very young age.  His father was an avid trap and skeet shooter who taught him and his brother about firearm safety and shooting. He also started shooting air rifles for the Jaycee’s when he was 10 years old and shot with the organization for many years at tournaments around Wisconsin and the Midwest. Kowalczyk continued to shoot trap and skeet and added sporting clays when he became an adult.  He also started shooting pistols and shot Bullseye league and PPC and added action pistol shooting six years ago.

He is a certified NRA pistol coach and an assistant coach on the Union Grove Bronco Shooting Club’s SASP pistol and rifle team for three years.   Kowalczyk enjoys coaching and mentoring the athletes.  He has three sons and his two younger sons are involved with SASP and the oldest was involved with SCTP and is in the navy now. Kowalczyk looks forward to continuing coaching and is very excited to help spread the great benefits of the SASP.

Jeff Haupt
Jeff Haupt

Jeff Haupt

Haupt is an avid hunter and archer who also enjoys Great Lakes fishing and shooting trap league. He is a member of the Kenosha Bowmen and Wisconsin Sportsmens Association. Haupt became interested in pistol when his children joined the school shooting club. He then became an assistant pistol/rifle coach for the UGES shooting team.

Through this he developed a determination to teach, educate and promote the shooting sport to both young people and their parents. He looks forward creating opportunities for today’s youth.

Brownells Continues Support of SASP

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BrownellsThe Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP) announces its continued support from Brownells as a Bronze level sponsor.  Brownells is a shooters super site for gunsmiths and fans of firearms. It features gun parts, firearm accessories, gunsmithing tools and shooting supplies.

“Participation in the shooting sports benefits young people greatly,” said Brownells CEO Pete Brownell. “Not only do they learn safe gun handling and marksmanship, they also learn personal responsibility, integrity, teamwork, and the value of discipline and practice. Brownells is proud to once again sponsor the Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation.”

Tammy Mowry, national director, Scholastic Action Shooting Program, said, “We are so pleased to have Brownells once again as a Bronze level sponsor.  The folks at Brownells realize and understand the need to keep our youth involved in the shooting sports.  We appreciate the support that Brownells has given over our program over the years.”

Spring Rimfire Ammo Program

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SASP coaches, be on the lookout for the announcement of the 2017 Spring Rimfire Ammo Program from Vista Outdoor.  The Spring Rimfire program ordering dates will be March 1-22, 2017.  Vista Outdoor manages this program and it always sends out an email reminder.  One of the first things you will need to do is to register your local team with the Youth Shooting Sports Alliance (YSSA) and submit the directory listing with your order (when it’s time).  www.youthshootingsa.com

Virtual Match Series – Gun Drawings

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Hey SASP teams, here’s a new addition for this year’s virtual match series. To add incentive for teams to participate, at the end of April and the end of August, we’ll do a random drawing for one gun that can be used by the winning team as it sees fit to either raise money for the team or do a team drawing.  For every team entry, it will receive once chance into the drawings.

Register Now for the SASP College National Championships

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SASP College teams, just a reminder that the College National Championships will be taking place March 11 and 12 at the CMP Range in Talladega, Alabama.  Match registration is open on the SHOT System.  If you need any assistance in getting your team registered for Nationals, please contact Rich Leach (rleach@sssfonline.com).

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