If you ever compete against Troy Major in a gun-shooting contest, you best bring your A game.
Major was the top shooter in the morning round and led Ozarks Shooters and Fast ‘N Friendly to team victories in their respective rounds in the seventh annual Sporting Clays Classic sponsored by Killian Construction and presented by Bass Pro Shops.
The Friday event at the Ozarks Shooters Complex also was a big score for the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, which drew its largest field – of 211 shooters.
Major fired a 93 (out of 100) in the morning round, winning on a scorecard tiebreaker against Hiland Dairy’s Gary Graves and Steve Kuenz on a John Goldsmith team.
“It’s great. There are so many people and there’s so much camaraderie and people of all different levels of shooting,” said Major, who used a Beretta XL 400. “It (winning) happens, it happens.”
His afternoon teammate, Joe Naegler, won the afternoon round with a 92, winning on a scorecard tiebreaker.
Said Naegler, “A lot of them are master-class targets here. Some are AA, and they had several of them here today, and that’s what kept the scores close.”
Ozarks Shooters won A Flight in the morning with a 364 thanks to Major, Johnnie DiSanti, John Russwurm and Dennis Tate.
Heart of America Beverage Company won B Flight with a 262 and featured Chad Bryant, Ryan Marquess, Dustin Bowling and Ryan Wheat. C Flight was won by a Killian Construction-sponsored team which fired a 214 and featured Michael McNamer, David Prater, Duane Pruitt and Jason Frans.
In the afternoon round, Fast ‘N Friendly won A Flight with a 360 thanks to Major, Naegler, Bryan Major and Mike Rowland.
A Beaver Creek & Cattle Ranch-sponsored team won B Flight. It fired a 225 and featured Steve Combs, Don Horner, J.R. Combs and Roy Combs.
OakStar Bank of Bolivar won C Flight with a 199 and was guided by Kelly Parson, Steve Henderson, Dan Bunch and Trent Drake.
