ALEXANDRIA — The Minnesota State High School Clay Target League’s nine-day trap shooting championship is in the books from Alexandria after Tuesday’s Class 9A shoot, and 40 teams will now advance to the Minnesota State High School League’s state tournament on June 24.
Prior Lake won the Class 9A team title on June 21 with a score of 481 out of a possible 500. Bemidji won the Class 8A title a day prior with a 485, while Alexandria won the Class 7A varsity championship on June 19.
The state tournament to determine a team and individual state champion will take place at the Minneapolis Gun Club in Prior Lake. The all-state individual finishers from the regular season by average, and the top-40 teams from the championship in Alexandria qualify for this final event.
Douglas County programs in Alexandria and Brandon-Evansville both qualified for the team tournament on Friday.
Brandon-Evansville shot a 481 during the Class 3A championship and finished 10th overall in the final scores. Alexandria shot a 477 and finished 22nd.
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Teams will now choose five student-athletes to represent them at the state tournament in the team competition, along with sending two alternates to Prior Lake.
Wayzata won the overall team competition from the championship after shooting a 492. That was six better than second-place United South Central at 486. Bemidji (485), Princeton (483) and Blaine (483) rounded out the top five team scores.
The cut to make the top 40 was a score of 472. St. Cloud Cathedral was the final team making the state tournament from the championship.
The full list of top 40 teams can be found on the Minnesota State High School Clay Target League’s scoring website .
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