In only its fourth season, the Savannah Country Day clay target team captured the 2022 Georgia Independent Athletic Association (GIAA) General Division championship this past weekend, November 16 through November 20, 2002, at the Forest City Gun Club (FCGC). Country Day scored 1384/1500, followed by Savannah Christian Prep at 1378/1500, and Benedictine Military School scored 1367/1500. 

The team score is the sum of the scores of the top five shooters on the team. In this case, the number of clay disks (birds) hit out of 1500 targets. The shooters shoot from three disciplines (events): Sporting Clays, Skeet, and Trap. Each shooter's score comes from shooting at 300 birds.

The top five finishers for the Hornets were Owen Haas (287/300), Chase Buerger (283/300), Miles Carson (279/300), Dan Bradley (268/300), and Andrew Nicholson (267/300). Haas won the High Overall Award in a three-way shoot-out with Benedictine's Jackson Ferland and Savannah Christian's Conner Daniel. 

Owen Haas, SCDS team captain, won HOA (highest overall) and was named Individual GIAA State Champion. Haas won the Individual Championship by beating his competitors by 3 (Jackson Ferland, BC) and 5 (Conner Daniel, SCPS) birds, respectively. The shoot-off was a rare three-way tie for HOA, according to the SCDS. The shoot-off occurred under the lights at FCGC, and the three athletes shot 30 targets in a competition in Skeet, Sporting, and Trap. 

Even though only the team and the HOA got an award, other Hornets had a great competition. Chase Buerger finished 5th overall, and Ericka Ann McKeever, Gracen Garceau, and Anna Loren Dekle finished in the top five of the General Female Division. Ericka Ann McKeever got 251 out of 300 to place second, Gracen Garceau got 248 out of 300 for fourth, and Anna Loren Dekle got 245 out of 300 to place fifth. Also, Haas, Buerger, Carson, and Bradley were Georgia All-state team honors.

Results:

State Championship
PL	SCHOOL			TTL
1	Country Day			1384
2	Savannah Christian			1378
3	Benedictine			1367
4	Woodward			1306
5	Colquitt Christian			1254

General Male HOA
PL	SCHOOL	FIRST	LAST	TTL
1	Country Day	Owen	Haas	287
2	Benedictine	Jackson	Ferland	287
3	Savannah Christian	Connor	Daniel	287
4	Savannah Christian	Josh	Skalla	284
5	Country Day	Chase	Buerger	283

General Female HOA
PL	SCHOOL	FIRST	LAST	TTL
1	Savannah Christian	Emaline	Haddad	254
2	Country Day	Ericka Ann	McKeever	251
3	St. Vincent's	Ayden	McKenzie	251
4	Country Day	Gracen	Garceau	248
5	Country Day	Anna Loren	Dekle	245

 

Sporting Clays
PL	School	First	Last	SC
1	Savannah Christian	Josh	Skalla	96
2	Savannah Christian	Connor	Daniel	95
3	Country Day	Owen	Haas	94
4	Country Day	Chase	Buerger	93
5	Benedictine	Jackson	Ferland	92
6	Savannah Christian	David	Butler	92
7	Benedictine	Mills	Hollis	91
8	Colquitt Christian	Charlie	Spruill	91
9	Benedictine	Charlie	Moody	90
10	Savannah Christian	Gaines	Scott	89

 

Skeet
PL	School	First	Last	SK
1	Benedictine	Jackson	Ferland	100
2	Woodward	Donald	Dutson	100
3	Country Day	Miles	Carson	99
4	Benedictine	Charlie	Moody	99
5	Benedictine	Jim Reynolds	Morrison	97
6	Savannah Christian	Connor	Daniel	97
7	Benedictine	Sam	Anderson	96
8	Country Day	Owen	Haas	96
9	Country Day	Chase	Buerger	96
10	Country Day	Andrew	Nicholson	96

 

Trap
PL	School	First	Last	TP
1	Country Day	Owen	Haas	97
2	Benedictine	Jackson	Ferland	95
3	Savannah Christian	Connor	Daniel	95
4	Benedictine	Jack	McKenzie	94
5	Benedictine	Jake	Dyches	94
6	Country Day	Chase	Buerger	94
7	Country Day	Grant	Hunter	94
8	Providence Chr	Ryan	Doyle	93
9	Woodward	Donald	Dutson	93
10	Country Day	Miles	Carson	93

 

Female Sporting
PL	School	First	Last	SC
1	St. Vincent's	Ayden	McKenzie	82
2	Savannah Christian	Emaline	Haddad	77
3	Country Day	Gracen	Garceau	76
4	Country Day	Anna Loren	Dekle	72
5	Providence Christian	Nicole	Wieczynski	70
6	Country Day	Ericka Ann	McKeever	69
7	Woodward	Catherine	Hatcher	66
8	Savannah Christian	Campbell	Wagner	65
9	St. Vincent's	Emily	Dyches	65
10	Country Day	Jacqueline	Bunger	64

Female Skeet
PL	School	First	Last	Sk
1	Country Day	Ericka Ann	McKeever	95
2	Country Day	Anna Loren	Dekle	94
3	St. Vincent's	Ayden	McKenzie	93
4	Savannah Christian	Emaline	Haddad	90
5	Country Day	Jacqueline	Bunger	89
6	Country Day	Gracen	Garceau	86
7	Providence Chr	Nicole	Wieczynski	81
8	Savannah Christian	Campbell	Wagner	81
9	Savannah Christian	Bailey	Waldhauer	81
10	Woodward	Catherine	Hatcher	80

 

Female Trap
PL	School	First	Last	TP
1	Savannah Christian	Emaline	Haddad	87
2	Country Day	Ericka Ann	McKeever	87
3	Country Day	Gracen	Garceau	86
4	St. Vincent's	Emily	Dyches	84
5	Country Day	Jacqueline	Bunger	83
6	Savannah Christian	Bailey	Waldhauer	82
7	Providence Chr	Nicole	Wieczynski	80
8	Country Day	Anna Loren	Dekle	79
9	Savannah Christian	Campbell	Wagner	78
10	St. Vincent's	Ayden	McKenzie	76

John Porter and Eric and Jeannine Haas started the Clay Target Sports for SCDS. This year varsity team has 24 athletes and the Middle school team has 11 shooters. Gun safety is most important and a coach works with 4 athletes at a time. Proud to be a Hornet!