The 2012-2013 Patriot Pulverizers Sporting Clay Team Head Coach - Steve Moore
2012-2013 Schedule Dec. 8, 2012 - Harris Springs Shoot- Cross Hill, SC Jan. 19. 2013 - Live Oak Shoot - Swansea, SC Feb. 16, 2013 - Clinton House Shoot - Clinton, SC Mar. 23, 2013 - Backwoods Shoot - Georgetown, SC Apr. 20, 2013 - Hermitage Shoot - Camden, SC May 11, 2013 - Rocky Creek Shoot - Richburg, SC ********************** The coaches and parents of the Patriot Pulverizers would like to take this opportunity to help you get acquainted with the sport of Sporting Clays and the Wardlaw Team. Wardlaw has had a Sporting Clay (SC) Team/ Gun Club for a few years now but we are not sure how many of the parents are aware of this or even if the students understand the sport. With the invention of video games, cell phones, texting and the loss of rural areas our kids are venturing less and less into the surrounding areas of nature. Remember when your mother put you outside and told you "see you when you are hungry or when it gets dark." We would roam for miles. Well not today! Sporting clays give kids an opportunity to be exposed to nature and in particular shooting sports. Notice I said shooting sports not hunting. Some folks do not prefer to hunt but dearly love shooting sports; in particular SC. SCDNR has combined with the South Carolina Youth Shooting Foundation to bring shooting sports to the youth of South Carolina. Check out their website @ www.scysf.com.There are approximately five shoots each year. Various teams are represented from all across South Carolina. You have anywhere from 180 to 360 youth representing SCISC, 4H, and SCTP (Scholastic Clay Target Program). Following that you have a SCISA State Shoot and also a SCYSF State Championship shoot. The shoots are very organized and safety is not only stressed but essential. Gun safety is taught, demonstrated, and foremost expected to be used at all times. The shoots are on one Saturday a month beginning in December running through April. To be able to shoot as a member of a SCISA sporting clay team you have to be enrolled in grades 5-12. You can however shoot as a member of the SCYSF and the Wardlaw Gun Club beginning in grade 5. You must maintain a C letter grade to participate in all sports at Wardlaw Academy. In the past, practices have been on Sunday afternoons and do not interfere with church or any other Wardlaw team sports. Our thanks go out to the Carr’s for their generosity and support and allowing us to use their facilities to practice. Teams consist of three shooters paired by shooting ability and SCYSF/SCISA class requirements. The shooters scores are tabulated as team scores and also as an individual score. Team and individual honors are recognized. Sometimes we end the shoot with a cookout for all to enjoy! If you would like more information about the team, contact Head Coach Steve Moore at
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. 2012-2013 Season highlights... Harris Springs Shoot - The Patriot Pulverizer sporting clay team of Joseph Barron, Spencer Moore, and Matthew Robinson took first place in the Intermediate Advanced division of SCYSF at Harris Springs Gun Club in Cross Hill, SC on Saturday, Dec. 8th. Matthew Robinson also won high overall in the Intermediate Advanced division of SCYSF. ************** Live Oaks Shoot - The team of Ben Dodson, Blake Rearden, and Bennett Rhoads placed 2nd in the Junior Varsity Advanced division at the Live Oaks event on Saturday, Jan. 12th. The Intermediate Advanced team of Joseph Barron, Spencer Moore, and Matthew Robinson also placed second in their division. Spencer Moore took the honor of High Overall in the Intermediate Advanced division of SCYSF. ************* Clinton House Shoot - The Sporting Clay team excelled despite the snow and frigid temperatures at the recent shoot on Feb. 16 at the Clinton House. The ladies team of Erin Seigler, Beth Peeples, and Lindsey Glover placed 3rd in the ladies division. Junior Erin Seigler also took top honors as the ladies High Overall winner. The Junior Advanced team of Ben Dodson, Blake Rearden, and Bennett Rhoads placed 3rd in their division. Freshman Blake Rearden also was the High Overall winner in the Junior Ad-vanced division. 
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Backwoods Shoot - The Sporting Clay team continued to improve individiual and team scores at the scheduled shoot in Camden on April 20th. The Intermediate Advanced team of Spencer Moored, Matthew Robinson, and Ford Williams placed 3rd in their division with a combined score of 252. Ben Dodson, Jakob Kemp, and Blake Rearden placed 2nd in the Junior Varsity Advanced division with a combined score of 263.
