Photos from NC State Skeet Championship

The NCSSA would like to thank the Dudley family for serving as photographers of our 2024 NC State Skeet Championship! Their efforts in documenting our event are greatly appreciated. All photos are being used with their permission.

Brown Repeats as State Champion

Stuart Brown used a clean 100 and a strong shoot off to overtake fellow straight shooters and former state champions Jay Bunting and Bruce Colclough to win the 2024 North Carolina State All-Gauge Championship at Fort Liberty Clay Target Center.

The 2024 Championship weekend included the induction of two new NCSSA Hall of Famers in Mitch Simpson and Donny Weaver.

Brown, a NCSSA Hall of Famer, added four more bowls to his NC State Championship resume

Brown also managed the weekend to win the HOA with a 394. The all-gauge title is his third in a row and fifth overall. Brown won both events in 2023 as well. Brown added Doubles title to his list as well.

Bunting also shot a strong 394 to take Runner-up honors in the event as Josie Cloninger took third with 393.

Marybeth Parris ran 100 straight targets in 20 ga. to win the gun state championship while Bunting did the same to earn top honors in 28 ga. Veteran Stephen Timmons used a 98 to win the .410 bore championship in a shootoff over Chip Simmons.

Marybeth Parris earned top honors in 20 ga.

The event included 84 shooters, including a handful of out-of-state shooters in the first year the event was made an Open tournament. South Carolina’s Robert Dudley finished with a 392.

Jay Bunting accepts the state bowl for winning the 28 gauge state championship

Steve Timmons won the .410 championship in a shoot off

Josie Cloninger finished 3rd overall while once again taking top Lady Honors.

For a full shoot report, please visit the Results page.

Photos from the event will be uploaded as they become available!

Photos from Zone IV at Fort Liberty

A thank you to Rob Dudley and family for the great photos from the Zone IV Championship at Fort Liberty Clay Target Center! Lots of smiles and fist bumps across the squads in what was a great weekend Aug. 9-11.

Brown Takes Paratrooper

Stuart Brown tallied 398/400 targets at the 2024 Paratrooper Open to take HOA honors. Brown finished ahead of Robert Dudley (393), Scott Graham (389) and Clint Kreuser (392) in the HOA event.

Addison Wallace (384) took Ladies HOA championship.

For results of all events, please visit our Results page.

Pearson Tops Peers to Take 2024 NC Junior State Championship

Ridge Pearson used a solid 95 and impressive shooting in a tightly contested shoot off to earn NC Junior State Champion honors for 2024 recently at Rowan County Wildlife Association in Salisbury, NC.

Pearson outlasted fellow junior Addison Wallace in the shootoff. Jacob Meads finished third.

Wallace’s strong day did lock up top junior lady honors in the tournament, edging Kate Harrill for the title.

Nolan Ivie, shooting in his third state championships, finished with a 92 to earn his second Sub Junior championship in as many years. Colton Dull finished runner-up with Reid Culbert taking third in Sub Junior by way of winning a shoot off with Easton Davenport.

Past Junior State Champion, Corrie Cloninger, ended the day with the best overall score to win the Collegiate State Championship. Vaughn Klosowski and Marshall Tomchik rounded out top-3 honors among Collegiate shooters.

The NCSSA congratulates all participants for a fantastic event. Additionally, the organization would like to thank the volunteers and donors who help make this a strong event each year.

Please visit our results page for all results from the event.