Tarentum District Sportsmen’s Club (TDSC) near Sarver, Pennsylvania again held their Patriot 200 on July 4. Thirty-one shooters participated. Chris Kline was HOA Champion with a nifty 196, and Debra Meade was HOA runner-up and Ladies Champion with her 189.
The weather was hot and humid – a typical July day!
Tim Holtz ran them in the 12-gauge event in the morning and won the big-gun championship outright; Adam Vollmer’s 99 was good for runner-up honors. Class firsts in the 12 went to Josh Crofutt (AA), Mike Rykaczewski Jr. (A), Sam Marks Sr. (B), Don Watt (C) and Colby Eckert (D), after winning a shoot-off with Donnie Watts. Colby is a Sub-Junior shooter from St. Marys, Pennsylvania, and this was his first shoot-off victory.
Lunch was excellent, with food provided by club members. Regina Nemurgut was in charge of the food, which included tasty fried chicken, cowboy beans, macaroni salad, pasta salad and homemade bread (Nick Sisley’s recipe baked by Marie Palmer). Several yummy desserts were also provided, and the cold keg of root beer was very popular, especially over vanilla ice cream in a glass.
In the afternoon, Chris Kline was Doubles gun champ with his 98; Ernie Avolio’s 92 took runner-up. Mike Wollard, Meade, John Avolio, Morgan Evans and Harry Simonovich, respectively, topped AA, A, B, C and D classes.
Kudos to Mike Rykaczewski Sr. and Gary Trilli for shoot management. Many thanks also to John, Chris and Sean Smith, Mike Rykaczewski Jr., Tim Holtz and Jerry McCullough for pulling and scoring in the heat and humidity.
– Contributed by George Gleich
