The Vinton-Shellsburg High School "Red Cedar Shooters" Trap Team have begun fund raising efforts to support their 2012 competition season, which runs from April 1 to May 26th this year.

 

This year's team has 18 Vinton-Shellsburg High School students signed up so far, including at least 2 lady shooters for the first time.  11 letter winners from the 2011 season will be returning as well. 

 

The Vinton-Shellsburg Red Cedar Shooters Trap team was started in the 2009-2010 school year by V-S High School biology teacher Brendan Knudtson, with the help of the Iowa DNR Shooting Sports Program and the Red Cedar Chapter of the Izaac Walton League of America, to promote firearms safety, and as an effort to get kids involved in competitive sporting events who might not otherwise participate in a team sport.  All members are required to meet all V-S High School eligibility requirements to participate, and are also required to do volunteer work in the community.

 

Beginning in the 2010-2011 school year, the Vinton-Shellsburg School District has recognized Trap as a lettering sport, and the 2011 season culminated for the Red Cedar Shooters with a stunning 3rd Place finish at the State High School Trap Championships, ahead of 112 other teams.

 

Brendan Knudtson has left the V-S School District to take a position as the Principal of the Postville High School this year. Volunteer coaches Brad Burroughs and Jeff Tilson will leading the team this year.

 

Beginning in late-March, the team will begin practicing at the Red Cedar Izaac Walton League trap range once a week, and hopes to participate in at least one area competition a week during the regular season, and finish the year at the State Trap Shooting Championships, held at the Cedar Falls Trap Club in early June.

 

With the generous support of the community in past years, the team has been able to fund the expense of practice once a week, and pay entry fees for all of the events they have entered. 

 

This activity is funded entirely by the generous donations and support of the Vinton-Shellsburg community.   The total cost of this year's effort is expected to be $7,000, and these kids need your help.

 

Each team member will be contacting friends, neighbors and relatives seeking individual support to sponsor their shooting season. 

 

Each team member has a $300 individual fundraising goal to help cover the costs of their participation this season. 

  

These kids deserve your support.  Please consider making a tax deductible donation to them.

  

There are 3 levels of donation:           1)  Professional Sponsor  $100 and up

                                                         2)  Amateur Sponsor $75-$99

                                                         3)  Rookie Sponsor $1-$74

 

Sponsors will be recognized with their name and/or business printed on the back of the team t-shirts.

 

If you're interested in helping sponsor the team,  checks can be made payable to:     Vinton-Shellsburg Trap Team

 

Donations can be sent or dropped off to:                

            

Vinton-Shellsburg Trap Team         or               Vinton-Shellsburg Trap Team

c/o Jeff Tilson                                                 c/o Vinton-Shellsburg High School

310 A Avenue                                                  210 W 21st Street

Vinton, Iowa 52349                                          Vinton, Iowa  52349

 

 

or e-mail us for more information at redcedarcoach@gmail.com  or at our website:  https://sites.google.com/a/vinton-shellsburg.k12.ia.us/red-cedar-shooters-vinton-s/home