High school rifle team.

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CNY rifle team's top shooters - both girls - to face best in state (video)


Wow. Since 1965.

"Right now the boys (on the team) know that they can't beat the two good girls that we've got, so they enjoy shooting along with them," said head coach Paul Menjik, who has led the program since 1965.

 

[togmaster]

We had a rifle team back in the day. I never joined because the season intefeared with other sports I was already involved with. I did join the rifle club which was pretty informal and allowed me to use the school range. Really nice to see the sport alive and well at the HS level.

 

[Deplorable Me]

My daughter was #2 team shooter/captain, one of the last classes using .22 rimfire. Anchutz rifles older than me. Her team was 80% girls and had a first class woman coach.

With the .22 shortage, unSafeAct ammo hassle I see a lot of schools switching to air rifles. The bonus is less lead and even the premium pellets are dirt cheap. Easier to coach with noise reduction.

 

[thegatman]

Good for them. It makes me proud.

 

[eagleridge357]

Females have a biological advantage...something about better focus and point retention of eyesight.

 

[Robin]

Teen age boys have their sights set on other things that are sighting down range.
robin

 

[Shadow2]

Don't forget wider hips for added stability.

I never understood the separation between men and women in shooting sports on the professional level.

Females have a biological advantage...something about better focus and point retention of eyesight.

 

[Deplorable Me]

In high school, varsity rifle is co-ed. I'm pretty sure college rifle as well. The only separation I can recall is in the international Olympics.

 

[togmaster]

Don't forget wider hips for added stability.

I never understood the separation between men and women in shooting sports on the professional level.

It gives us a chance to win. We make the rules, don't we?

 

[dsdmmat]

I was the Captian of my high school rifle team and the president of the high school rifle club back in 1982. They disbanded the team and club in the 70s and I convinced the school to bring it back. I don't know what happened to the team or the club after I graduated, I left and never looked back.

 

[eagleridge357]

Don't forget wider hips for added stability.

I never understood the separation between men and women in shooting sports on the professional level.

Well, I never understood why shooting must be reduced to a competitive game with awards and such. Some people are just naturally better shots than others, and giving an award to one who places a bullet .0001" closer than you did is just beyond my comprehension. Like Olympic athletes. The 4th place contestant must go home wondering why the guy who threw the ball 1/1000 of an inch farther than he did gets the gold and the accolades.

 

[Criticalt]

I was on our schools rifle team 1986-1989, we really sucked.

 

[David D]

We had a rifle team up to around 1976. (Graduated 1972) We had a couple of great shooters, but they couldn't carry the rest of the team.

 

[Carlos Hathcock]

We had a rifle team back in the day. I never joined because the season intefeared with other sports I was already involved with. I did join the rifle club which was pretty informal and allowed me to use the school range. Really nice to see the sport alive and well at the HS level.

Interfered.

 

[Deplorable Me]

Damn spelling Nazi.

 

[Saltwater60]

I wish there was a riffle team in my town. I will talk with my son about getting one started if he wants to. The air riffles I have mixed feelings on. It makes it more acceptable to the non gun friendly crowd, but it's not a real riffle.

 

[speedkills27]

Iv read some articles about high school trap teams being one of the fastest growing HS sports in the midwest. Id love to see it catch on round here

 

[2WheelGnnr]

NOthing like that here in Rochester Area...heck my HS had banned Football way way back... (Spencerport)

Would love to see it grow and take a seed here!! Nice to here many still have it.

 

[Glenn B]

Don't forget wider hips for added stability.

I never understood the separation between men and women in shooting sports on the professional level.

I believe the separation is due to the possibility the women would have the unfair advantage. That advantage would be caused by the boner factor that might cause the men to be distracted and thus unable to assume the correct stance because of the bulge in their pants.