Hunting Hills Hawkeyes to host annual benefit shoot
DILLINER – The Hunting Hills Hawkeyes, Greene County’s Scholastic Clay Target Program team, will host its annual benefit shoot Saturday, April 28, at Hunting Hills in Dilliner.
Registration begins at noon with warm-up shooting at 12:30 p.m. The event begins at 2 p.m. followed by a catered dinner and awards presentation. Award categories include youth, ladies and individual. Ticket drawings for a 50/50 raffle, guns and other prizes will also be held after dinner.
Registration for individuals is $80 per person and teams of four are $320. The fee includes 100 clay targets, dinner and awards. Shells are not included. Four-seat golf carts may be rented for $60. A limit of three mulligans per shooter may be purchased for $5 each.
Proceeds benefit the Hunting Hills Hawkeyes. Sponsorship opportunities for shooting station signs are available for $100 per sign. The deadline for sponsorships and registration is Monday, April 23.
The shoot is sponsored by the Greene County commissioners and the Greene County Department of Recreation. For more information, registration or sponsorship opportunities, call the Department of Recreation at 724-852-5323.
The Hunting Hills Hawkeyes formed in February 2009 as part of a pilot Scholastic Clay Target Program in the county with more than 60 students participating annually. Head coach Chuck Mallory, assistant head coach Randy Coss and several volunteer coaches instruct the students on gun handling, mounting, stance, lead and shot, and prepare them for the state competition. The team’s home base is Hunting Hills, owned and operated by Roy and Sally Sisler.
Nationally, the program is sponsored by the Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation. Locally, the Greene County commissioners, Hunting Hills and the Department of Recreation sponsor the program with support from Amity Asphalt Paving Inc., First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Greene County, Friends of the National Rifle Association, Gateway Engineers Inc., Kesterson-Rush Funeral Home, Laurel Aggregates, MidwayUSA Foundation, National Wild Turkey Federation Warrior Trail Gobblers and Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.
The program’s mission is to promote and teach young people the fundamentals of gun safety, team work and outdoor sports.