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Centurion shooters go cold but manage to move up in conference
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By Ryan Schlehuber听
MCC sportswriter听
SIDNEY听鈥斕齈erhaps there听is a little more rust than expected for the 麻豆映画传媒 Centurions clay target team, but it听didn鈥檛听prevent it from improving in the standings this past week.听
Despite a cold round of shooting during Week No. 2 of regular season in the USA College Clay Target League, the Centurions moved up from third place to first in the overall Class 1A, Conference 1 fall skeet standings and have听retained听the first-place position in the Class 1A, Conference 2 fall trap overall standings.听
鈥淲e didn鈥檛 shoot as well as we did last week,鈥� admitted听Centurions听head听coach Chris Henry. 鈥淏ut it seems the other teams in the conference were down more than us.鈥�听
MCC is currently leading the conference in听trap听with a 242 score. Ferris State University is second at 231.50 and Concordia College of Moorhead (Minn.) is third at 225.50.听
In skeet, the Centurions鈥� total is 244, ahead of Illinois College (Ill.), which has a 211 score, and Saint听Johns听University (Minn.), which is at 177.听
Sophomore Jack McBride (Portland, Mich.) once again led MCC shooters, shooting a 49 in trap (hitting a perfect 25 in the second round) and totaling 47 in skeet, which teammate Chase Merritt (Greenville, Mich.) tied him in that category.听
Freshmen听Liam Jensen (Carson City, Mich.) and听Collin Sutton (Levering, Mich.)听each earned听a perfect score in the first round of trap shooting听and totaled 47 and 48, respectively. Sutton, however, struggled in skeet, as did the other听freshman听shooters.听
鈥淚 felt good about my scores compared to last week,鈥� Sutton said. 鈥淢y skeet scores were a little lower than last week,听so I did feel like there鈥檚 room for improvement. But,听overall,听I thought (Week 2 shooting) was听pretty good.鈥�听
Sutton said one thing he is trying to improve is not overthinking his shots.听
鈥淲hen I鈥檓 up on the line shooting, I overthink a lot,鈥� he said. 鈥淲hen I overthink, I get very nervous and when that happens,听my scores get affected by that.鈥�听
Henry is looking for Sutton to improve this Friday, when Week No. 3 conference shooting will be held, which, for MCC, is at the Flat River Conservation Club in Greenville.听
鈥淐ollin鈥檚 been pretty consistent in trap, but obviously he needs to pick it up in skeet,鈥� Henry said. 鈥淗e just has to focus on both rounds together.鈥�听
Going into the third week of competition, Henry believes his team is due听for听some perfect scores this week, stating he听definitely wants听to see听more听25s going on up on the board.听
鈥淚 definitely am听expecting听them to听improve on听last week鈥檚 performance,鈥� he said. 鈥淲e should shoot well.鈥�听
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MCC鈥橲 WEEK 2 TRAP SCORE RESULTS听
NAME RD1 RD2 TOTAL听
Jack McBride 24 25 49听
Collin Sutton 25 23 48听
Liam Jensen 25 22 47听
Hunter Doolittle 23 23 46听
Logen Steffen 23 21 44听
Chase Merritt 19 21 40听
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MCC鈥橲 WEEK 2 SKEET SCORE RESULTS听
NAME RD1 RD2 TOTAL听
Jack McBride 23 24 47听
Chase Merritt 23 24 47听
Logen Steffen 23 22 45听
Liam Jensen 23 20 43听
Hunter Doolittle 22 19 41听
Collin Sutton 18 18 36听