HANNIBAL, Mo. — Awards were handed out recently for the Hannibal Area Shooter’s Education Youth BB Gun League, and program coordinator Travis Moore said both team and individual competitions were very close this year. Moore said about 40 youngsters finished the program, which teaches safe firearms handling and teamwork.
Moore thanked Hannibal Parks & Recreation and Early-Bird Kiwanis for funding the program and Trinity Lohman for serving as his assistant.
Individual awards went to:
Most Improved – Aaron Creech
Sportsmanship – Kynley Tallman
Hatton Award – Madison Leake
Top Positions
- 8 – 10 Year Olds
Sit – Audra Creech
Prone – Aaron Creech
Kneel, Stand and Top Gun – Daxton Drebenstedt
- 11 – 13 Year Olds
Sit – Brielle Strubinger
Kneel – Tristan Maple
Prone, Stand and Top Gun – Oakley Muehring
- 14 – 18 Year Olds
Prone and Stand – Jarrett Creech
Sit, Kneel and Top Gun – Madison Leake
10X Recipients – One time: Shane Lowery, Aaron Creech, Kynley Tallman, Tripp Mitts, Taylor Painter, Daxton Drebenstedt, Airabella Herold, Evangeline Williams, Edward Atkins, Nolan Lowes and Memphis Miller; Two times: Carter Dickson, Tristan Maple, Paige Sharkey, Gabe Hammock, Sophia Pociask, Jessa Todd and Adalyn Cox; three times: Audra Creech, Oakley Muehring, Brielle Strubinger, Jarrett Creech and Grant Turner; Four times: Remington Zumwalt; Five times: Madison Leake
10X on three of four positions: Oakley Muehring, Madison Leake and Remington Zumwalt
Top Teams
First Place: Madison Leake, coach; Airabella Herold, Evangeline Williams and Oakleigh Zumwalt
Second Place: Oakley Muehring and Brielle Strubinger, coaches; Justin Cole and Audra Creech
Third Place: Memphis Miller and Nolan Lowes, coaches; Edward Atkins and Grant Turner
Other Teams
- Brian Fowler and Shane Lowery, coaches; Carter Dickson, Tristan Garrett, Hays Grayson and Gabe Williams
- Greg Lowes and Tristan Maple, coaches; Aaron Creech, Tristan Maple, Kynley Tallman and Jackson Tunstall
- Jarrett Creech and Taylor Painter, coaches; Lincoln Gentry, Nolan Maple, Tripp Mitts, Taylor Painter
- Matt Lawson and Debbie Winchell, coaches; Daxton Drebenstedt, Blaise Pociask, Paige Sharkey and Fayette Tunstall
- Trinity Lohman coach; Bently Cox, Gabe Hammock, Sophia Pociask and Jessa Todd
- David Tutor, coach; Adalyn Cox, Todd Levi and Remington Zumwalt

First place team, left to right, first row: Evangeline Williams, Coach Madison Leake, Airabella Herold and Oakleigh Zumwalt, second row: coordinators Travis Moore and Trinity Lohman.