Comets, Huskies, Go-Hawks shoot in the rain

By John Burbridge sports@charlescitypress.com

NASHUA — It takes a pretty formidable act of nature to wash out a high school trapshooting meet.

Thursday’s torrential rainfall that plagued Charles City/Nashua-Plainfield’s home meet against Waverly-Shell Rock gave it its best shot.

But it wasn’t the rain that halted fire — rather a flash of lightning that suspended Nashua-Plainfield 1’s round for about a half hour.

All squads were able to get their rounds in, but when the rain became a deluge near the end of the meet, it discouraged shoot-offs for second place among the men and women.

Paced by top male shooter Nicholas Sinram, who hit 47 out of 50 clays, Waverly-Shell Rock Gold placed first among seven squads with a team score of 225.

Paced by top female shooter Natalie Koepke (44 of 50), Waverly-Shell Rock Silver placed second with a team score of 218.

Charles City 1, which shot later in the meet when the rain started to assert itself, placed third (218). The Comets were led by Jace Landt, whose 46 scored tied him for second with W-SR’s Cayden De Boer and Austin Meyer.

Carter West hit 45 clays from Charles City 1.

Nashua-Plainfield 1 was fourth (189), led by Bobby Gipple (42), Kollyn Lentz (41), and Marissa Fuerstenberg, whose 38 score tied her for second among women with W-SR’s Brooke Wilson.

Charles City 2, paced by Levi Robbins (43) and Devin Alton (41) placed fifth with a total of 187 hit targets, ahead of W-SR Bronze (181) and Charles City 3 (175).

WAVERLY-SHELL ROCK GOLD (225)

Dalton Rinnels 46, Cayden De Boer 45, Devon Tilson 42, Black Dunakey 45, Nicholas Sinram 47

WAVERLY-SHELL ROCK SILVER (218)

Natalie Koepke 44, Cole Steinbronn 42, Austin Meyer 46, Mason Saylor 43, Carter Froelich 43

CHARLES CITY 1 (193)

Jace Landt 46, Evan Schmidtke 39, Bailee Bortz 28, Carter West 45, Leo Trebbien 35

NASHUA-PLAINFIELD 1 (189)

Bobby Gipple 42, Ashton Lamborn 36, Kollyn Lentz 41, Marissa Fuerstenberg 38, Cooper Fisher 32

CHARLES CITY 2 (187)

Levi Robbins 43, Kaleb Osier 34, Nick Ritzman 38, Devin Alton 41, Dylan Bilharz 31

WAVERLY-SHELL ROCK BRONZE (181)

Emma Kaisand 37, Cassandra Nagen 37, Halle Froelich 36, Brooke Wilson 38, Sydnee McCue 33

CHARLES CITY 3 (175)

Daniel Laube 36, Owen Weber 37, Drew Roethler 38, Caleb Deetz 36, Payton Severin 34

TOP MEN — 1. Nicholas Sinran (WSR) 47, 2. Austin Meyer (WSR) 46, 2. Dalton Rinnels (WSR) 46, 2. Jace Landt (CC) 46.

TOP WOMEN — 1. Natalie Koepke (WSR) 44, 2. Brooke Wilson (WSR) 38, 2. Marissa Fuerstenberg (WSR) 38