May 1, 2025
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Braxton Harre of Exeter-Milligan broke 96 of 100 targets on Thursday, May 1, to win the junior high competition of the 55th Cornhusker Trap Shoot in Doniphan, Nebraska.
Harre’s score shooting targets at 16 yards at the Nebraska Trapshooting Association home grounds was one better than that of Barrett Debrie of Gibbon and Miles Smith of Doniphan-Trumbull. Debrie beat Smith in a shoot-off for second place.
Smith was on the Doniphan-Trumbull team that rolled to the junior high title.
Wilber 5 Clovers 4-H won two other team competitions, repeating as the ladies’ team champion and winning the 4-H team title. Three shooters on its championship ladies’ team were among the five highest scorers individually among the girls.
Rylee Rohren of Friend shot an 89 to win the ladies’ individual title.
On Friday, May 2, more than 1,500 senior high students are expected to shoot 75 rounds of 16-yard targets. They will shoot 75 handicap targets Saturday, and the combined scores of the two days will determine the overall champion, the Cornhusker Cup winner.
The 2025 junior high results are:
Top 20 Individuals – 1. Braxton Harre, Exeter-Milligan, 96 of 100; 2. Barrett Debrie, Gibbon, 95 (won shoot-off); 3. Miles Smith, Doniphan-Trumbull, 95; 4. Kanton Olson, Doniphan-Trumbull, 94; 5. Jax Bergen, Heartland, 93; 6. Liam Dean, Lifegate Christian School, 93; 7. Landon Shaw, Blue River 4-H, 93; 8. Caleb Dethlefs, Ravenna, 91; 9. Evan Petersen, Norris, 91; 10. John Donner, Southside 4-H, 91; 11. Cade Lynch, Fremont Middle School, 91; 12. Paxton Behrens, Blue River 4-H, 91; 13. Logan Allen, Mickle Middle School, 90; 14. Cooper Huck, Raymond Central, 90; 15. Brecken Niemeyer, Wilber 5 Clovers 4-H, 90; 16. Kale Foster, Liberty Middle School, 90; 17. Laik Fritz, Elkhorn Northridge Middle School, 90; 18. Cooper Osterhaus, Norris, 90; 19. Grayson Beaubier, Mickle Middle School, 89; 20. Leyton Reicks, Platte County 4-H, 89
Top Six Ladies – 1. Rylee Rohren, Friend, 89 of 100; 2. Allyssa Kotas, Wilber 5 Clovers 4-H, 88; 3. Andrea Hensel, La Vista Middle School, 87; 4. Katherine Krivohlavek, Wilber 5 Clovers 4-H, 86; 5. Tailyn Slama, Wilber 5 Clovers 4-H, 85; 6. Bently Nowak, North Platte, 85
Top Three 4-H Teams – 1. Wilber 5 Clovers 4-H 1 (Brecken Niemeyer, Taiven Slama, Camden Houser, Alex Hinkle, Bentley Myers), 426 of 500; 2. Wilber 5 Clovers 4-H 2, 422; 3. Blue River 4-H White, 418
Top Ladies Team – 1. Wilber 5 Clovers 4-H Girls (Allyssa Kotas, Brynlee Burns, Haley Norman, Tailyn Slama, Katherine Krivohlavek), 405 of 500; 2. Crusader 4-H Power, 301; 3. Norris Ladies, 246
Top Six Junior High Teams – 1. Doniphan-Trumbull 1 (Miles Smith, Kanton Olson, Braxton Gregg, Kasyn Hollister, Blake Bivens), 442 of 500; 2. Friend, 411 (won shoot-off); 3. St. Wenceslaus Red, 411; 4. Norris One, 411; 5. Cedar Hollow GINW 1, 402; 6. Adams Middle School 1, 401
