Trap shooting: Brandon-Evansville shines among Douglas County area teams through early rounds of championship

Brandon-Evansville's Braydon Englund takes aim during the Class 3A trap shooting championship at the Alexandria Shooting Park on June 15, 2022. Englund shot a 98 out of a possible 100 clays at the championship to lead his team to a second-place finish in their 3A field with a team score of 481 out of a possible 500. That 481 has Brandon-Evansville third in the overall team standings through three days of the 9-day championship shoot. The top 40 teams overall from the championship qualify for the Minnesota State High School League's state tournament on June 24 at the Minneapolis Gun Club.

By Eric Morken

June 16, 2022 11:48 AM

ALEXANDRIA — The nine-day Minnesota State High School Clay Target League’s trap shooting championship is up and running at the Alexandria Shooting Park this week, and Brandon-Evansville proved itself as one of the top teams in the state during the Class 3A shoot on June 15.

Brandon-Evansville shot a team score of 481 out of a possible 500. That was good for second place in their class out of 41 total programs, one ahead of Elk River which shot a 480. Wayzata won the Class 3A championship by shooting a 492.

Braydon Englund paced Brandon-Evansville by busting 98 out of 100 clays. Kaleb Fuglseth, Hunter Koep and Allex Schmidt each shot a 96, and B-E’s final score was a 95. Riley Bitzan and Spencer Olson both shot a 95.

Full results of each day of the championship shoot can be found at the league’s scoring website .

The championship in Alexandria is a qualifying event for the Minnesota State High School League’s state tournament that runs on June 24 at the Minneapolis Gun Club in Prior Lake. The top 40 teams from the entire championship in Alexandria qualify for that event.

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Brandon-Evansville is sitting in a good position overall through the first three days of the championship. Their five-person score of 481 has them third overall. Wheaton also shot a 481, and Wayzata leads the overall team standings after June 15 with a 492 with four scores of 98 and a top score being a perfect 100.

1/3: Brandon-Evansville's Spencer Olson shot a 95 at the Class 3A trap shooting championship at the Alexandria Shooting Park on June 15, 2022.

2/3: Brandon-Evansville's Riley Bitzan shot a 95 during the Class 3A championship at the Alexandria Shooting Park on June 15, 2022.

3/3: Brandon-Evansville's Chase Holtberg shot a 90 during the Class 3A trap shooting championship at the Alexandria Shooting Park on June 15, 2022.

Ashby finished eighth in the Class 3A shoot with a team score of 471. Robert Nelson was high gun for Ashby with a 97.

Minnewaska finished 10th with a 468. Mason Reichmann was high gun for the Lakers with a 96. West Central Area was 38th with a 425 behind a high-gun score of 88 from Brennan Anderson.

The Osakis trap shooting team competed in the Class 2A shoot on June 14 and finished 48th out of 54 programs with a team score of 409 (91-83-79-79-77).

Tyler Hagen shot a 91 to lead Osakis, while Nathan Lebrun was the team’s second high score with an 83.

Parkers Prairie shoots in the Class 5A competition on June 17 from Trap 7A at 8:30 a.m. Alexandria competes in the Class 7A championship on June 19 starting at 10:30 a.m. from Traps 6B and 7A.

1/4: Osakis' Thomas Weiler shot a 79 while competing in the junior varsity division at the Class 2A trap shooting championship in Alexandria on June 14, 2022.

2/4: Osakis' John Ramey shot a 70 while competing in the junior varsity division at the Class 2A trap shooting championship in Alexandria on June 14, 2022.

3/4: Osakis' Nathan Lebrun shot an 83 out of 100 at the Class 2A trap shooting championship on June 14, 2022.

4/4: Osakis' Tyler Bailey takes aim during the Class 2A trap shooting championship at the Alexandria Shooting Park on June 14, 2022. Bailey shot a 67 while competing in the junior varsity division.

BRANDON-EVANSVILLE SCORES - Riley Bitzan - 95; Katrina Buchholz - 93; Braydon Englund - 98; Caleb Englund - 92; Conway Englund - 83; Hewett Fletcher - 76; Bryce Froemming - 89; Logan Froemming - 89; Kaleb Fuglseth - 96; Aaron Gillespie - 93; Dustin Gillespie - 84; Hunter Grothen - 73; Chase Holtberg - 90; Hunter Koep - 96; Spencer Olson - 95; Brady Perleberg - 71; Rhys Perrin - 91; Allex Schmidt - 96; Benjamin Seifert - 92; Wyatt Bitzan - 83; Sawyer Chlian - 82; Cole Henneman - 85; Samuel Seifert - 85

ASHBY SCORES - Lukas Anderson - 73; Quynn Behrens - 67; Kellen Dahlen - 78; Brodie Ecker - 74; Emily Evavold - 66; Zachary Fagre - 89; Brookelinn Finkelson - 56; Chloe Finkelson - 61; Jackson Finkelson - 70; Samuel Heeter - 84; Dylan Johnson - 52; Ethan Johnsrud - 94; Benjamin Ludwig - 86; Marisa Ludwig - 67; Robert Nelson - 97; Torin Olson - 91; Ashley Paulson - 63; Courtney Paulson - 53; Evan Paulson - 95; Kolby Peters - 90; Landen Peters - 80; Aidan Riches - 85; Avery Riches - 74; Jaxon Schmitz - 81; Jacob Sorenson - 81; Samuel Sorenson - 94; Christian Visher - 84

MINNEWASKA SCORES - Eli Rust - 87; Kyler Anderson - 94; Tabitha Durand - 84; Jonathan Hagen - 88; Makayla Hagen - 88; Isaac Hennen - 86; Luke Hoffmann - 72; John Jenson - 88; Trelana Johnson - 84; Cole Kittelson - 83; Ty Koubsky - 59; Micah Mahoney - 75; Joseph Marquardt - 82; Carson Meyer - 83; August Reichmann - 93; Mason Reichmann - 96; Mason Rohloff - 73; Levi Schultz - 91; Parker Tauber - 92; Dylan Vanzee - 93; Aiden Yell - 76

WEST CENTRAL AREA SCORES - Tayden Amundson - 83; Brennan Anderson - 88; Colin Anderson - 83; Gavin Backman - 71; Matthew Bakken - 80; Jeremy Blascyk - 51; Justin Blascyk - 72; Meadow Christenson - 84; Jeremy Fisk - 87; Isaac Fuoss - 51; Quinn Huntley - 56; David Larson - 83; Reid Lien - 65; Landon Long - 59; Logon Long - 61; Eli Mcardle - 42; Nekolas Moran - 64; Jameson Nadgwick - 75; Jacob Puchalski - 52; Jayce Puchalski - 80; Israel Sieckert - 75

OSAKIS SCORES - Tyler Bailey - 67; Tyler Hagen - 91; Teagen Hamilton - 61; Sylvia Head - 41; Carsten Jacobson - 79; Simon Jacobson - 64; Kevin Kortuem - 59; Mason Laforge - 66; Nathan Lebrun - 83; Lynnea Maus - 77; John Ramey - 70; Micah Soderholm - 61; Conner Tenhoff - 76; Levi Walter - 63; Thomas Weiler - 79

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By Eric Morken

Eric Morken is a sports and outdoor editor at the Echo Press Newspaper in Alexandria, Minnesota, a property of the Forum News Service. Morken covers a variety of stories throughout the Douglas County area, as well as statewide outdoor issues.

Trap shooting: Brandon-Evansville shines among Douglas County area teams through early rounds of championship

Brandon-Evansville is sitting in a good position overall through the first three days of the championship as their five-person score of 481 has them third overall. Alexandria will shoot in the Class 7A championship on June 19.