The 2023 Fall Season is complete! Thank you coaches, schools, parents and gun clubs for supporting the next generation of outdoor clay target shooting sport athletes! Awards will ship beginning November 6th. Please allow 2-3 weeks for delivery to the address listed in the team profile in TMS. Trap For the 2023 Fall Trap League, […]
The 2023 Fall Season is here! Thank you coaches, schools, parents and gun clubs for supporting the next generation of outdoor clay target shooting sport athletes! Trap For the 2023 Fall Trap League, 30 high school teams are assigned to 5 conferences based on team size. (#) = Number of athlete’s scores used for each […]
Congratulations to the individuals below for having the top overall averages for the 2023 Spring League! Each student listed below will get a special All-State Team Patch! Please allow 2-3 weeks for delivery. Trap: AthleteTeam NameSeason AverageCRISTOPHER SCHUHBaker High School24.8AUSTIN HANNANSherwood High School24.3DUSTIN HAMILTONHermiston High School24.3JAMES LANGEMadras High School24.3NICHOLAS FRYCoquille High School24KOLE HARRISHermiston High School24CONNER […]
The League is proud to announce the students awarded Jim Sable Environment & Conservation Education Scholarship! Each of the students listed below will be awarded a $1,000 scholarship! Congratulations to the athletes below, and best of luck to them as the begin to pursue their futures this fall! NameSchoolStateJami BoppSargent Central High SchoolNDLogan CapraHill-Murray SchoolMNMary […]
Congratulations to all of the participants this spring! Thank you coaches, schools, parents and gun clubs for supporting the next generation of outdoor clay target shooting sport athletes! See all standings at https://claytargetscoring.com/public/ Trap For the 2023 Spring Trap League, 51 high school teams are assigned to 7 conferences across 2 classes, based on team […]
The 2023 Spring Season is here! Thank you coaches, schools, parents and gun clubs for supporting the next generation of outdoor clay target shooting sport athletes! Trap For the 2023 Spring Trap League, 51 high school teams are assigned to 7 conferences across 2 classes, based on team size. Classes determine shooting day at the […]
Student athlete registration will open on February 1st and close on March 20th at NOON CT. Student athlete registration for the spring season will be coordinated through the League’s Athlete Management System (AMS) on ClayTargetGO!. New Students: Contact your coach to receive a Team ID that enables you to make a new AMS profile in […]
Congratulations to all of this season’s participants!Please allow 2-3 weeks for awards to be shipped.Awards are shipped to the TEAM’S shipping address listed in TMS! Thank you coaches, schools, parents and gun clubs for supporting the next generation of outdoor clay target shooting sport athletes! Trap For the 2022 Fall Trap League, 30 high school […]
The 2022 Fall Season is here! Thank you coaches, schools, parents and gun clubs for supporting the next generation of outdoor clay target shooting sport athletes! Trap For the 2022 Fall Trap League, 30 high school teams are assigned to 4 conferences based on team size. (#) = Number of athlete’s scores used for each […]
The League is proud to announce the students awarded Jim Sable Environment & Conservation Education Scholarship! Each of the students listed below will be awarded a $1,000 scholarship! Congratulations to the athletes below, and best of luck to them as the begin to pursue their futures this fall! NameSchoolState Cooper AugeForest Lake High SchoolMNSarah BarlowPiper High SchoolKSTanner […]
Congratulations to the individuals below for having the top overall averages for the 2022 Spring League! Each student listed below will get a special All-State Team Patch! Please allow 2-3 weeks for delivery. 2022 Trap All-State Team: DUSTIN HAMILTONHermiston High School24.50CALEB GRAUERAmity High School24.30JAMES LANGEMadras High School24.30PRESTON VAN NICECrane Union High School24.20LOGAN LEEMadras High School24.10KEIRA […]
Congratulations to all of the participants this spring! Thank you coaches, schools, parents and gun clubs for supporting the next generation of outdoor clay target shooting sport athletes! See all standings at https://claytargetscoring.com/public/ Trap For the 2022 Spring Trap League, 49 high school teams are assigned to 2 classes and 7 conferences based on team […]
The 2022 Spring Season is here! Thank you coaches, schools, parents and gun clubs for supporting the next generation of outdoor clay target shooting sport athletes! Trap For the 2022 Spring Trap League, 49 high school teams are assigned to 2 classes and 7 conferences based on team size. Classes determine shooting day at the […]
Congratulations to all of this year’s Fall League participants, and thank you to all of the parents, coaches, and team staff for another safe and exciting season!Awards will be shipped to teams’ addresses in TMS, please allow two to three weeks for packaging and shipping. Trap For the 2021 Fall Trap League, 23 high school […]
Trap shooting team aims high for this year’s competition READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE! BY DAMIAN FAGAN SEE THE PHOTOS! CLICK HERE! High school students have many extracurricular activities to choose from in Central Oregon. There are traditional sports such as football and volleyball—but here’s one that might surprise you: trap shooting. Mountain View High School […]
The 2021 Fall Season is here! Thank you coaches, schools, parents and gun clubs for helping introduce more students to shooting sports! Trap For the 2021 Fall Trap League, 23 high school teams are assigned to 4 conferences based on team size. (#) = Number of athlete’s scores used for each team to determine True […]
The League is proud to announce the students awarded Jim Sable Environment & Conservation Education Scholarship! Congratulations to the athletes below, and best of luck to them as the begin to pursue their futures this fall! RenaeSinclairSangre De Cristo High School COBrady CoxCarrollton High SchoolILLevi DotsonAnderson Preparatory AcademyINNolan ParkerMission Valley High SchoolKSGabeSellerDecatur Community High SchoolKSJennaGouldIonia […]
Congratulations to all of the participants of the 2021 Spring Season!Thank you coaches, schools, parents and gun clubs for helping introduce more students to shooting sports! 2021 Spring Trap League 2021 Spring Skeet League 2021 Spring 5-Stand League – National Conference 2021 Spring Sporting Clays League – National Conference
By Max Goldwasser – KTVZ.COM Excerpt: CLICK TO WATCH! BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — After taking a year off because of the pandemic, the Oregon State High School Clay Target League (OSHSCTL) is underway once again. As NewsChannel 21 found out, it’s bigger than ever. “In order to keep clay target shooting sports alive, you needed […]
The 2021 Spring Season is here! Thank you coaches, schools, parents and gun clubs for helping introduce more students to shooting sports! For the 2021 Spring Trap League, 40 high school teams are assigned to 6 conferences across 2 classes based on team size. Classes determine shooting days for the State Tournament (#) = Number […]
CLICK TO WATCH THE VIDEO ON CENTRAL OREGON DAILY NEWS! By ERIC LINDSTROMCENTRAL OREGON DAILY NEWS It’s the fastest-growing extracurricular high school sport in the U.S. – and if we gave you 100 tries you’d probably still never guess. Trapshooting has gone from a sport with just a few kids participating back in 2008 to […]
Congratulations to all teams and individuals on their 2020 Fall League accomplishments! Awards will be mailed beginning 12/1. Please allow 2-3 weeks for delivery. Thank you coaches, schools, parents and gun clubs for helping introduce more students to shootings sports! Trap Shooting View the weekly standings HERE For the 2020 Fall Trap League, 18 high […]
Author: Art Edwards – October 13, 2020 CANBY, Ore. — Nearly 40 students on the Canby High School Trap Shooting Team practice every week at the Canby Rod and Gun Club. They are taking part in the Oregon State High School Clay Target League, one of the only high school sports being played right now. Click […]
This spring, COVID-19 challenged League athletes, teams, and families across the nation. In order to provide the most opportunity for League athletes to participate, the League’s board of directors approved a package of modifications to our regular season operations. These changes included an extended registration period and a longer extended season that necessitated the cancellation […]
In the last decade, the USA Clay Target League has grown from 30 students athletes on three teams in Minnesota to more than 32,000 registered athletes across over 1,000 teams nationwide last in 2019. Unfortunately, as a result of COVID-19, the League faced unprecedented challenges. This spring saw 80% of schools and more than 28,000 […]
The USA High School Clay Target League is excited to announce that the clay target disciplines of ‘Sporting Clays’ and ‘5-Stand’ have been added to their highly popular high school clay target shooting programs, in which over 30,000 student athletes participate. The inclusion of sporting clays and 5-stand will provide exciting new clay target shooting […]
The League is proud to announce the students awarded Jim Sable Environment & Conservation Education Scholarship! Congratulations to the athletes below, and best of luck to them as the begin to pursue their futures this fall! Adam Froman Carroll County High School KY Cora Smith Waverly High School NY Bryce Byers Keystone-Clarion-North Clarion High Schools […]
View The Article By Ray Rodriguez The Dalles ChronicleDUFUR – Parker Wallace placed first in the Novice Male division, Jessica Elam had a top-10 finish, and the duo of Peyton Neal and Hunter Wagenblast ended up tied for 16th place to lead the Dufur Clay Target Team at the Oregon State High School Clay Target […]
By Bill Monroe For The Oregonian/OregonLive – School shootings over the past couple years frustrate Dale Nelson of Oregon City as much or more than all Americans. But while he fully supports Florida students and their call for attention to the national agony over lives lost, he’s more focused than ever on a positive use […]
By: Cody Mann – Tillamook Headlight Herald – A new sports team at Tillamook High School is aiming for state competition – the Tillamook Trap Shooting Team. Trap shooting, an Olympic sport, is one of three popular competitive shotgun shooting styles, along with skeet shooting and sporting clays. The team was initially created under the […]
Congratulations to the 25 recipients of the Jim Sable Environment & Conservation Education Scholarship! Jim recognized that education came before anything else. He would always ask his students if they had gotten their homework done, asked about the grades, and encourage them to succeed academically. As a student mentor, Jim felt that it was his […]
The League recognizes those students with the top season averages (including ties) in the Spring League as the All-State Team! These top athletes will receive a special All-State patch! Skeet: Trap:
Raymond Rendleman – Saturday, May 25, 2019 After the first three weeks of competition, the Oregon City Clay Target Team has fallen to second place in its conference after holding first place for the first two weeks. Click to view more photos at the original article! The Oregon State High School Clay Target League consists […]
Jim Sable, the founder of the USA Clay Target League, has announced that he has stepped down from his roles as Board Chair and President of the League.
St. Paul, MN – The USA High School Clay Target League is excited to announce that the clay target discipline of ‘skeet shooting’ has been added to their highly popular high school clay target shooting programs, in which nearly 26,000 student athletes participated during the 2017-2018 school year. The inclusion of skeet shooting as an […]
The USA High School Clay Target League Scholarship is offered to student athletes that participate in the spring league. This opportunity is to provide financial assistance for a student that is continuing his/her education after high school and to reward a student who is seeking a career in environmental sciences or conservation industries. CONGRATULATIONS to […]
The League recognizes those students with the top 25 League averages as the All-State Team! These top athletes will receive a special All-State patch! Congratulations to the 2018 All-State Team! Cole Costanti Medford High School Thomas Mabbott Hermiston High School Chase Costanti Medford High School Ryan Kramer Newberg High School Matthew Dunnigan Cascade Christian High […]
MINNESOTA – The Minnesota College Athletic Conference (MCAC) has teamed up with the League to offer a new sanctioned sport – Clay Target – to begin in Fall 2018. Trap shooting is the shooting sport of choice for the MCAC’s Clay Target offering, in which a team of 5 take turns shooting at clay targets […]
Oregon – 450 students from 25 Oregon high school teams are participating in the Oregon State High School Clay Target League’s (ORSHSCTL) 2018 spring trap shooting season, which began April 1st. Last year there were 194 students on 14 teams. “Clay target shooting as an activity for Oregon high school athletes continues to grow by […]
MICHIGAN – The USA High School Clay Target League, the nation’s largest high school clay target shooting sport program, is very pleased to announce that 2018 will be the inaugural year for the USAHSCTL National Championship! The exciting event will take place July 12th-15th, and will feature a trap shooting competition for the highest-qualifying […]
DUFUR – The Annie Oakley competition starts with all shooters at the line, then each person takes turns shooting the clay. If the selected contestant misses, the person to the right can shoot. If they hit, you are finished. Bragging rights were on the line Wednesday night in Dufur, as 12 participants had entered the […]
The Coach Education And Support Program provides a support platform for coaches to help student athletes, other coaches, and themselves. This program is consistent with the League’s mission, policies and procedures. Features of the Coach Education And Support Program: Get your questions answered through blogging with an experienced coach! View instructional videos Contact the Coach Advisory Council for assistance with […]
NOW AVAILABLE FOR ANDROID AND iOS! The Shooter Performance Tracker® (SPT) is The Oregon State High School Clay Target League’s exclusive performance tracking tool provided to all participants of the League. Each athlete receives personal access to the web-based application to monitor their True Team® scoring and progress compared against their team, their conference, and […]
Sapna Maheshwari – BuzzFeed: “In most sports, young athletes spend years honing skills that they’ll never use when they’re older,” the cartoon video begins, panning over a dejected football player, cheerleader, and lacrosse goalie. “But one sport provides a gateway to a lifetime of enjoyment and expertise: shooting sports.” That’s from the homepage of the […]
The kids today, well they seem to be doing all right. At least the ones who have hitched their stars to the fast-growing extracurricular activity of sport shooting. Yes, breaking clays and nailing bull’s eyes have gained traction among American teens and young adults. Not long ago, we pointed out a feature the Washington […]
Schools and athletic administrators are facing ever-increasing challenges because they are being asked to do more with less. School budget cuts are forcing the elimination of staffing support and student services and the demand for administrator responsibilities and education-based program offerings are growing. Education-based athletic programs must provide new concepts in learning that will engage […]
The Oregon State High School Clay Target League’s Policies & Procedures are designed and published to define all major decisions, actions and activities for all participants of the League including students athletes, parents, coaches, schools and shooting ranges. Click here to visit the Policies & Procedures page.
The 2014 edition of the Firearms-Related Injury Statistics was recently released by the National Shooting Sports Foundation. In the findings from the recent research in the last 20 years (2002 – 2012), the number of unintentional firearms-related fatalities involving children 14 years of age and under has decreased by 73 percent. Firearms are involved in […]
Compare the best to the rest. The USA High School Clay Target League is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation and operates the Oregon State High School Clay Target League as the independent provider of shooting sports as an extracurricular co-ed and adaptive activity to high schools for students in grades six through 12 who have earned […]
The Shooter Performance Tracker® (SPT) is the Oregon State High School Clay Target League’s exclusive online performance tracking tool provided to all participants of the League. Each athlete receives personal access to the web-based application to monitor their True Team® scoring and progress rankings compared against their team, their conference, their class, and all other […]
The Oregon State High School League’s True Team® scoring method allows an athlete to compete against all other athletes in their respective conference and earn points depending on their finish. Their points are then added to their teammate’s scores to create the team score. This score is added to the previous week’s scores to determine […]
The Oregon State High School Clay Target League is the independent provider of the trapshooting extracurricular co-ed activity and operates as a “virtual” competition. That means student athletes and their families travel only to their local gun club to shoot two rounds of 25 targets at practice and competitions during their scheduled weeks. All scores are […]
Only those who have earned perfection join have the privilege to join the 25- and 50-Straight Club from the Oregon State High School Clay Target League. Not only will an athlete get recognized as a member of the club on the website, he/she will receive a patch to showcase their achievement!
While one of the main concerns for parents with children sports is safety, each year millions of student athletes are injured while playing high-school sports. Clay Target shooting however remains one of the safest high school activities nationwide. According to the latest statistics from the Center for Injury Research & Policy, boys’ football tops […]
