The Wolf

Creek Young Shooter Association competed in the Georgia

Games in Augusta recently. The practice certainly paid

off as the team showed their mettle and took home lots of

medals in the process.

Most of the

team shot in the Intermediate Junior Class J2. The only

exceptions were Dane Beatenbough and Neil Robinson who

competed in the Sub-junior class J3.

In the

Ladies Air Pistol, the Wolf Creek shooters placed first,

second and third. Kristi Smith placed third and took home

the bronze, scoring 339. Smith also took home another

bronze in the Women's Sporter Rifle. Jodie Briggs shot a

350 in the Air Pistol competition, good enough for a

silver medal and a second place finish.

The first

place finisher in Ladies Air Pistol was Diana Hamlin

Beauford. Beauford shot a 362. She also brought home the

gold by shooting a 498 in Women's Sport Pistol.

The only

member of the team to win more events than Beauford was

Brandon Wayda. Wayda won three gold medals during the

Georgia Games. He won the Men's Air Pistol category,

shooting a 551. Next, Wayda won the Men's Junior Sport

Pistol by shooting a 528. His last win at the games came

in the Men's Rapid Fire Pistol event. He shot a 553 and

proved himself to be a rising star in shooting.

Charles

Massengill placed second in the Men's Air Pistol category

first place finish in the same category. In the

Sub-junior class of Men's Air Pistol, Wolf Creek's Young

Shooter Association packed another one-two punch. Dane

Beatenbough won the gold by shooting a 431, while Neil

Robinson finished in second place, shooting a 420.

Members of

the Young Shooter Association cannot rest on their

laurels, though. This weekend, Wolf Creek hosts the 34th

annual International BB Gun, Junior Air Rifle, Junior

Running Target, and Junior Air Pistol Championship. The

match is sponsored by Daisy and U.S. Junior Chamber of

Commerce and will have the top junior shooters from

around the world competing with their teams as well as

individually.

The opening

ceremony will be at 6:30 p.m. Friday night and matches

will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday. The final matches of the

weekend will end at 6 p.m. Sunday and will be followed by

a closing ceremony at 7 p.m. The Wolf Creek range is in

Atlanata and was the host of the Olympic events in 1996.

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