GIAA AAA STATE CHAMPIONS!!
2022 Tattnall Square Acadamy Clay Target Team state champions!
Tattnall Square Acadamy rolled into Savannah this past weekend with 17 varsity shooters to compete for the GIAA AAA State Championship. 19 schools were represented with just over 260 shooters. Each shooter participated in the three shooting events of Skeet, Trap, and Sporting Clays with an opportunity to break 100 targets within each discipline. The scores from each of all school's top five shooters were compiled to account for the total number of targets broken out of 1500 eligible targets. Tattnall successfully broke 1382 targets out of 1500 total to win the GIAA state championship by 31 targets over 1st runner-up FPD. This was Tattnall's first state championship in AAA Clay Target competition, allowing them to pioneer the first state championship accomplished in Tattnall's move to GIAA! This win follows Tattnall's 2021 GAPPS Clay Target State Championship in the General Division.
Of the 18 positions awarded to All State Shooters, seven of those positions were occupied by Tattnall Square Acadamy. The following recipients received all state recognition:
Robert Dopson
Riley McCallum
Slaton Berkner
Carson Scott
Carson Chipman
Brayden Floyd
Casyn Eaton
Tattnall Square Academy's Robert Dopson was awarded the Highest Overall Award for all shooters in the Tournament missing only 11 targets out of 300. Robert was also awarded second place for the highest score in Sporting Clays, and he won fifth place for the highest Skeet score breaking 99 out of 100 targets.
Tattnall Square Academy's Riley McCallum received the fourth place award for the highest score in Sporting Clays breaking 92 out of 100 targets.
Tattnall Square Academy's Carson Scott was awarded the third place award for Trap. With a four way tie of 95 broken targets out of 100, Carson won the shoot out for third place against three other shooters. Tattnall's own Casyn Eaton, with 95 targets broken out of 100, was also in the same Trap tiebreaker shootout.
Tattnall Square Acadamy's Middle School was also highly decorated coming out of state competition this year. Both AA and AAA schools were grouped together to form 25 schools, and 191 shooters, competing against each other. TSA entered five middle school students into competition. Out of 600 available targets, Tattnall's top three shooters broke
489 Targets placing them in a two way tie for fourth place at the state level.
The 2022 Tattnall Square Clay Target team consists of 17 Varsity and 5 Middle School Shooters:
Katie Bankston, Slaton Berkner, Julia Boland, Carson Chipman, Robert Dopson, Brayden Floyd, Isaac Hayes, Riley McCallum, Abby Berkner, Jacob Berkner, Casyn Eaton, Boone Fyke, Carson Scott, Addie Boland, Robert Buzzell, Thomas Dorety, Ella Johnson, Cooper Bankston, Hawkins Chandler, Peyton MaCallum, Will Atkinson, and Cooper Chipman.
These shooters have practiced consistently, and worked extremely hard throughout this past year.
We have had nine shooters who have consistently been in and out of our top five positions this year, leading our team throughout the season tournaments. First through fifth place positions could be determined by just ONE target in any given tournament! Top five performers at Varsity State this year were Robert Dopson, Riley McCallum, Slaton Berkner, Carson Chipman, and Carson Scott.
Middle school state is determined buy the top three shooters of each team. Our top three performers at Middle School State this year were Cooper Bankston, Peyton McCallum, and Will Atkinson.
Congratulations to all TSA Shooters, Coaches, team moms and dads for this GIAA AAA State Championship Victory!