[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 13358-13359]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     RECOGNIZING THE BRANSON FFA TRAP TEAM'S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

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                            HON. BILLY LONG

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 29, 2015

  Mr. LONG. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the Branson High 
School Future Farmers of America Trap Team on their senior division 
championship win and overall third place victory at the 2015 Scholastic 
Shooting Sports Foundation National Championship.
  The Senior Division team, made up of Kennedy Mattox, Kory Gray, Jacob 
Anderson, Gage Dixon and Colten Calvert, hit 974 of 1,000 clay pigeons 
to take first place in their division. During the competition, Kennedy 
missed only one target, placing him above 697 other shooters to earn 
third place in the individual standings.
  The Pirates' trap team earned a third place victory overall. It is 
the culmination of the Open Division team's fifth place victory, the 
Intermediate Advanced team's fourth place victory, the Intermediate 
Entry's third place victory and many other individual medals in 
sporting clays, handicap trap and regular trap.

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  The 2015 Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation National Championship 
had a record breaking number of entries, further showing the team's 
sharp skill and national achievement. The program is designed to use 
shooting sports to teach valuable skills such as sportsmanship, 
responsibility and teamwork to young individuals.
  The Branson team, led by Coach Joe Henderson, has seen ample success 
in recent years and will compete at The American Trap Association's AIM 
Grand Nationals in August.
  I urge my colleagues to join me in congratulating the Branson High 
School FFA Trap Team for their accomplishments and hard work and in 
wishing them luck in their future endeavors.

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