Nicholle Thiry now shooting for Ole Miss

With sad yet joyful hearts, we are thankful and proud of Nicolle Thiry who is now off to Ole Miss to shoot this fall. We are very thankful for Nicolle's vital role in helping the Frazier Simplex Precision Jr. Rifle Team in winning the Civilian Marksmanship Program's Regional and National 3P Air Rifle Championships this year.

For the past two and half years, Nicolle has been shooting at the Frazier Simplex Rifle Club where she has won the high junior for the past two years in a row as well as the R.K. Moore (100 shot standing) award for the past two years. She is very thankful to everyone at Frazier for the many opportunities to be involved with such a high caliber group of athletes and will be keeping a close watch on all of her ole teammates from last year.

Nicolle is now studying business at Ole Miss and shooting for their NCAA Shooting Team. Keep up the great shooting and we are looking forward to seeing you at future competitions. You can find out more about the Ole Miss rifle team at this link www.olemisssports.com/sports/w-rifle/ole-w-rifle-body.html

PA Shooters pull in 2nd, 4th & 8th place at the American Legion National Air Rifle Match

Three of Pennsylvania's best junior precision air rifle shooters competed in the 2013 American Legion National finals at the Olympic Training Center on August 8, 9 & 10, 2013. The competition pulled the best air rifle shooters from all 50 states. In fact, they are in the 1 percent of the top junior precision air rifle shooters to qualify this year through the American Legion postal matches.

Pictured below from left to right are:
Ariana Grabowski - Frazier Simplex Rifle Club (4th overall)
Zack Strohl - Ontelaunee Rod & Gun (8th overall)
Jack Anderson - Oil City Issac Walton Rifle Club (2nd overall)
Chris Huntzinger - National Commander - from Harrisburg, PA

Congratulations to all competitors.
Full match results can be found here.

The Frazier-Simplex 4-H Rifle Team won first place on August 7, 2013 at the Penn State Achievement Days

Mackenzie Robinson, Chris Thomas, Tom Welch, and Morgan Duerr, won individual senior division honors with a 294, qualified for the Pennsylvania State Team and will participate in the Nebraska 4-H Nationals in 2014.

Taylor Tennant qualified for the PA State Air Rifle Team. The air rifle team placed second in the senior division.

Pictured above - L to R: Tommy Welch, Mckenzie Wagner, Hunter Moore, Zach Nichollela, Mckenzie Robinson, Morgan Duerr, Chris Thomas & Sylvia Dreistadt.

Pictured below, Sylvia Dreistadt qualified for the third time in as many years for membership on a State National Team. In 2014 she will be on the Air Pistol Team. This is her third State Championship, rifle and air rifle being her two other gold medals.

Frazier Simplex well represented at the 2013 National 4-H Shooting Sports Invitational on June 23-28

Fifteen 4-H members represented Pennsylvania at the 2013 4-H National Shooting Sports Invitational during the week of June 23-28 in Grand Island Nebraska. The Pennsylvania Teams participating in the event were .22 Rifle, Air-Rifle, Shotgun and Compound Archery.

The .22 Smallbore Team composed of Nicolle Thiry and Taylor Tennant from Frazier-Simplex 4-H, Washington County, and Sarah Sroka and Hannah Rohrer from Somerset County 4-H placed second and was awarded the Silver Medal in the NRA 3-Position Match with a score of 1549.

A team from Louisiana won first place with a score of 1552. All four members of Team Pennsylvania placed in the top 10 on an individual level. Nicolle Thiry placed 3rd, Sarah Sroka placed 7th, Taylor Tennant placed 8th and Hannah Rohrer placed 9th.

The Pennsylvania Air-Rifle Team composed of Morgan Duerr, Sylvia Dreistadt and Kaylee Hobgood from Frazier-Simplex, Washington County, placed 4th in the 40 Shot Standing Match. Morgan Duerr placed 4th in the individual standings.

In Compound Archery, Brendon Smith of Cambria County placed 8th in the individual archery standings.

The National Competition will be held in Grand Island, Nebraska for the next three years. 15 members from the Frazier-Simplex 4-H Rifle Club will participate in the Penn State 4-H Achievement Days on August 7, 2013, in an attempt to qualify for a place on a Pennsylvania Team in the 2014 National Invitational.

Smallbore Team l-r: Hannah Rohrer, Nicolle Thiry, Sarah Sroka, Taylor Tennant

Air Rifle-Team l-r: Kaylee Hobgood, Morgan Duerr, Sylvia Dreistadt

1st Place in the CMP 3PAR Championship - July 13, 2013

On the final day of the 3 day competition, the all girl team from Frazier Simplex pulled off a huge victory and won the prize they were seeking - 2013 CMP 3PAR National Champions! Shooting against 37 teams, the competition was tight. The 4 person aggregate score of 2339 with 162 X's, was the highest aggregate team score of the 3 day competition.

Congratulations to the Coach Tom Benedict and shooters pictured above (left to right). Ariana Grabowski, Nicholle Thiry, Tommy Welch (as alternate), Nicholle Benedict & Morgan Duerr (not pictured) on an excellent finish.

Congratulations to the 2nd place team pictured above from Oil City, who nipped on our heels through-out the whole competition.

Ariana, again, won a 4th place overall individual title for this competition. Her final score of 100.3 put her in a close run for 4th place. She also won a 1st place medal for prone with a 200 with 20X's. Congratulations on some awesome shooting.

3rd Place in the USA Shooting 3PAR Championship - July 12, 2013

The all girl team from Frazier Simplex again met the challenge of a 2nd day of competition and placed 3rd overall among 37 teams in the event. Their 4 person aggregate score of 2322 with 139 X's, was only 8 points below the first place team.

Again, congratulations to the Coach Tom Benedict and shooters pictured above (left to right). Nicholle Thiry, Nicholle Benedict, Ariana Grabowski & Morgan Duerr on an excellent second day.

Ariana also won a 4th place overall individual title for this competition. Her final score of 100.9 was 0.1 point below 3rd place. Congratulations on some great shooting.

Below is a picture of the medal they each won for this event.

2nd Place in the NRA 3PAR Championship - July 11, 2013

The all girl team from Frazier Simplex went head to head against some of the best junior air rifle shooters in the country and placed 2nd overall among 37 teams in the event. Their 4 person aggregate score of 2324 with 141 X's, was only 5 points below the first place team.

Congratulations to the Coach Tom Benedict and shooters pictured above (left to right).
Nicholle Thiry, Ariana Grabowski, Morgan Duerr & Nicholle Benedict on an excellent first day.