Warriors Compete at Pair of Weekend Events

HASTINGS, Neb. – Midland University split its roster up over the weekend as it competed in a pair of events. Ten of the Warriors traveled to Grand Island, Nebraska to compete in the Bronco Invite, hosted by Hastings College, while a larger group made their way to Waukee, Iowa for the Viktors Clay Clash.

Bronco Invite

In the HOA team standings, Midland tallied a score of 1690, placing fourth. Hastings College won the shoot with a 1747. In the HOA Individual competition, the Warriors' Roy Warner III scored 348. Breyer Meeks of Concordia took first at 364.

Warner was the top Warrior in the Super Sporting competition, scoring 89. Mason Gerdes of Iowa Western Community College took first at 92. Midland tallied a 412 in the Super Sporting team scoring, finishing fourth. Iowa Western was first at 440.

In Individual Skeet, Samantha Nelson and Hunter Martin both shot 95's for the Warriors. Nelson's performance gave her the second-place finish in the ladies' competition. Tanner Dager of Hastings took first at 98. In the Skeet team scoring, Midland scored 469, placing fourth. Concordia University was first at 483.

In the Sporting Clays Individual scoring, Midland's Jackson Zoller shot an 83, placing third. Concordia's Breyer Meeks took first at 85. Nelson's 67 was good for third place on the ladies' side. Midland shot a 423 in team Trap. Tres Warner recorded a 91.

Midland head coach Jake McThenia commented on the weekend. "We had great momentum going into this weekend. I was a lot of our younger shooters who were ready to make a statement and show us what they could do. Although we ended up fourth overall, the ten we had traveling showed a lot of promise and potential going into the next shoot and beyond."

Viktors Clay Clash

A majority of the Warrior roster competed in Waukee, Iowa, finishing fifth out of eight teams, with an HOA team score of 1539. William Penn University took first at 1669. Midland's Samuel Hadwick finished eleventh at 317 in the Male HOA standings. Tanner Muff of William Penn was the top individual at 334. In female HOA, Remini Huguenot finished sixth at 302. Audrey Gordon of Simpson was first at 308.

Huguenot was the top Warrior in Trap, shooting 96, good for 16th place. Kassy Gonzalez recorded a 98 in Skeet, giving her a fourth-place showing. Hadwick took tenth in Sporting Clays, recording an 89. Hadwick also was the top Warrior in the Super Sporting Clays competition, with a 43, finishing sixth.

Midland assistant coach Drew Cropper commented on the Warrior performance. "We battled with a smaller group of shooters against not only less than ideal weather conditions but with pretty stiff competition as well. Very proud to say we won second place skeet team with the help from a personal best of 98 from Kassy Gonzalez as well as a personal best of 94 from Jesse Grothendick. These are very promising scores and I'm looking forward to seeing the potential these shooters possess and unleash in the upcoming Bobcat Invitational down in Lincoln in a few weeks."

Midland will enjoy a few weeks off from competition before it resumes action at the Bobcat Invitational on October 26-27, in Lincoln, Nebraska.