Iowa’s Scholastic Clay Target Program crowns youth sporting clays champions

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More than 280 athletes from 36 Iowa teams competed in the 2025 Iowa Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) Sporting Clays Championships, that was held June 12-14 at Highland Hideaway, near Riverside. The course was set by Dave Miller, of Miller Shooting Sports, LLC in Missouri.

Dylan Uitermarkt of Pella Christian Eagles won the Men's Varsity Division, Megan Vos from the Oskaloosa Shooting Team won the Ladies Varsity Division, Pella Christian Eagles won the Varsity and Junior Varsity Team Divisions. Find the complete list of all results online at https://app.sssfonline.com/nationals/4756. 

Men’s Varsity Individual Sporting Clays

  1. Dylan Uitermarkt, Pella Christian Eagles, 191 points
  2. Ledger Smith, Albia High School, 189 points
  3. Logan Bruxvoort, Pella Shooters Club, 188 points

Women’s Varsity Individual Sporting Clays

  1. Megan Vos, Oskaloosa Shooting Team, 183 points
  2. Madalynn Schroder, Pella Shooters Club, 179 points
  3. Trista McMullen, Underwood Youth Trap Club, 176 points

Sporting Clays Varsity Teams 

  1. Pella Christian Eagles, 561 points
  2. Pella Shooters Club, 544 points
  3. Albia High School, 535 points

The Sporting Clays All-State Teams are determined by the state sporting clays event score selecting the top-5 male and female competitors in the senior division (Junior Varsity and Varsity).  

Men’s All-State Sporting Clays Team

  1. Dylan Uitermarkt, Pella Christian Eagles, Captain
  2. Ledger Smith, Albia High School
  3. Logan Bruxvoort, Pella Shooters Club
  4. Deacon Boot, Pella Christian Eagles
  5. Hunter Uitermarkt, Pella Christian Eagles 

Women’s All-State Sporting Clays Team

  1. Megan Vos, Oskaloosa Shooting Team, Captain
  2. Madalynn Schroder, Pella Shooters Club
  3. Trista McMullen, Underwood Youth Trap Club
  4. Hayley Burke, Oelwein Trap Club
  5. Lily Jennings, Ankeny Centennial Jaguars Shooting Sports

Iowa’s SCTP teams will attend the last competition of the season on June 18-21 at the New Pioneer Gun Club in Waukee, for the Iowa Scholastic Clay Target Program Skeet Championship.

For more information on the Scholastic Clay Target or Action Shooting Programs in Iowa, contact Jonathan Jones at 515-313-8048 or Jonathan.Jones1@dnr.iowa.gov.