The Detroit Lakes trap shooting team went into the Minnesota State High School League clay target championship tournament ranked 26th among the 40 qualifying teams and finished in the same spot Friday, June 25, at the Minneapolis Gun Club in Prior Lake.
As a team the Lakers scored 455, 17 targets short of last week’s qualifying score of 472, a historical best for the decade-old program.
Cameron Akers and Ethan King both shot 94/100 to lead the team. Carter Haverkamp connected on 90 targets, followed by Kira Wolf 89 and Will Walberg 88.
Akers and King both had runs of 25 straight targets hit.
James Schattschneider and Alecia Akers were DL’s two alternate shooters at the tournament.
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Three shooters recorded runs of 100 straight: Ezra Buck of Owatonna, Colton Heintz-Kuderer of Mabel-Canton and Elias Kobienia of Foley. Six others had runs of 75 targets hit in a row.
The top three teams were separated by only two targets with Red Wing (484) emerging victorious over Tri-City United (483) and Alden-Conger (482).
There was a 51-target gap through the field between first place Red Wing and 40th place Pillager (433).
Of the four qualifying teams from Class 4A, Detroit Lakes was second best. Hibbing led the quartet finishing 16th (462). Hutchinson placed 28th (452) and Albert Lead finished 35th (442).
The 2021 team was the second at DLHS to qualify for state. The 2013 team finished in a four-way tie for 25th place.
Five of the seven state shooters will return next season. The Lakers had two departing seniors who finished their high school careers at state in Will Walberg and Alecia Akers.
MSHSL State Clay Target Tournament
Detroit Lakes shooters:
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Cameron Akers 94
Ethan King 94
Carter Haverkamp 90
Kira Wolf 89
Will Walberg 88
Team results:
1 Red Wing 484
2 Tri-City United 483
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3 Alden-Conger 482
4 Prior Lake 480
5 New Prague 479
6 Alexandria 478
7 Roseau 476
8 Owatonna 472
9 Blaine 469
10 Fairmont 468
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11 Bemidji 468
12 Mabel-Canton 465
13 Delano 465
14 Jordan 463
15 Foley 462
16 Hibbing 462
17 Hastings 462
18 United South Central 461
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19 St. Michael-Albertville 460
20 Annandale 459
21 Forest Lake 459
22 Park Rapids 458
23 Lakeville South 457
24 Lakeview 456
25 Benson 455
26 Detroit Lakes 455 (94-94-90-89-88)
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27 Thief River Falls 453
28 Hutchinson 452
29 Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 449
30 Mayer Lutheran 448
31 Proctor 447
32 Wheaton 446
33 East Ridge 445
34 Albert Lea 442
35 Badger-Greenbush-Middle River 440
36 Underwood 439
37 Dassel-Cokato 439
38 John Marshall 436
39 Groves Academy 433
40 Pillager 433
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