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  2010 PSSA Shoot Program

  The PSSA has released the 2010 shoot program. Check it out here.

Pennsylvania Legend
~ George Newmaster ~

There was never any other Pennsylvania shooter quite like George Newmaster. He lived in Myerstown for many years after moving from Lebanon. He was inducted into the PA Hall of Fame in June of 1988 and should be an ATA Hall of Famer. George was an 8 time All American including 4 first team Vet selections. He won 3 Westy Hogan Singles and 2 doubles titles Asbury Park, NJ. In 1942 he won his most prestigious title, the famed Marshall Singles Marathon with a 497x500. Steve Crothers and Joe Hiestand each won the title five times. Mark Arie and Walter Beaver each won it once. See our 6th in a series of great photographs and stories of Pennsylvania historic past.

1991-2009 PA GAH Trophy Winners

 Check out a complete alphabetical list of all Pennsylvania shooters who have won trophies at the Grand American from 1991 to 2009. Click here for a list of winners by the year, 1991-2009.

2010 PSSA Club Shoot Calendar

Click here to take you to the bottom of the page for the PSSA club shoot calendar. The calendar is now prepared for the 2010 shooting season. Club officers can now place their shoot on this special calendar. Here are the directions for placing info on the calendar.

2010 PA State Teams (OFFICIAL)
November 24, 2009

These teams have been posted for review for 2 weeks and are now declared official. Click here for a pdf file of the 2010 Pennsylvania All State teams. Jack Aldridge was selected men's captain for the first time. Stephanie Sandler of New Ringgold was named women's captain for the sixth time. Matt Bozart of York was selected junior captain for the second time while Sheldon Hostetter of Lebanon was selected vet captain for the first time. John Allem of Zionsville named senior vet captain for the second time. He was also vet captain once.

2010 All American Teams
November 22, 2010

Pennsylvania had 8 All American selections to finish in a tie with Illinois for second most selections. Colorado led all states with ten team members. We have now had 416 All Americans since the first year in 1927. First team selections included Stephanie Sandler (Women), Cody Davis (Junior) and Sheldon Hostetter (Vet). Others who earned selections were Dylan Darhower (Junior second team) Ralph Challingsworth (Senior Vet second team) Kim Bateman (Women's second team) Robert LeFever (Senior Vet second team) and Philip Criado (Vet second team) The PSSA wants to give a big "shout-out" to our most successful 2009 target year gunners. The 2010 team is based on points earned during the 2009 target year.

2009 PA High Average Leaders
November 16, 2009

The high average leaders for Pennsylvania for 2009 have been released by the PSSA. Click here for details. 

A Note to All Member Clubs
October 26, 2009

RESERVED DATES FOR
2010 AND 2011 PA ZONE SHOOTS

All PSSA member clubs are reminded of the change in the Zone Shoot format approved at the annual meeting. Because of the change there are two weekends in 2010 which are reserved for the Zone Shoots.

The 2010 E & W Zone Shoots will be held on May 8 & 9, 2010 and those date are reserved for the host clubs.

The 2011 SE, NE, SW & NW Zone Shoots will be held September 25 & 26, 2010 and those dates are reserved for the host clubs.

No other clubs may shoot on those dates. 
Check here for details.

Elysburg Trophy Winners
2009

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	2009 Winners
	2008 & 2009 Winners

2010 Pennsylvania State Zone Shoots
Sept. 29, 2009

There will be some very important changes for the 2010 year for the PSSA conducted Zone Shoots. There will be zone shoots in May and September next year as system is expanded to 4 zones. 
Check here for details.

 Rain Hinders 2009 Westy Hogan's
September 11-14, 2009

With heavy rains on both Friday and Saturday, the 103rd Westy Hogan's is in the books. Sunday turned out to be a beautiful day as shooters turned out for the doubles and handicap events in large numbers. Sunday's doubles championship was won by Kay Ohye, his 11th doubles title and his first on the Elysburg grounds during the Westy Hogan's. He also won the HAA, his 14th and the HOA, his 12th. Ray Lee, (left) a former singles champion (2007) turned in another 200 to win his second Hogan's title, beating Steve Huber. Steve won the AAA singles award on class day. Justin Slater of Phelps, NY won the Handicap title with a field high 98. Debbie Ohye won her 8th Lady of America crown while Nancy Pentrack of Johnstown was second.
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2009 Grand American
August 5-15, 2009

Sparta, IL, Aug. 5-15, 2009: Pennsylvania shooters gather a state record 79 trophies during the 2009 Grand American. Tyler Nunes and Stephanie Sandler each won 11 awards, Genevieve Davis won 9 trophies, Sheldon Hostetter took home 7 awards and Cody Davis won 4 times. Stephanie won 17 times last year and now has a total of 50 lifetime awards from the Grand American. Nunes most important title came on Wednesday of week two when he became the first state shooter to win the CTC Sub-Junior title. Al Meis of Hazelton won the sub-junior award back in 1929. Meis went on to win two state doubles crowns. The Pennsylvania State Team finished runner-up. PA has not won the team race since in 41 years. 

Results Pages
	Week One (Preliminary Week)
	Week Two (Championship Week)
	All Pennsylvania Winners
	Alphabetical List of All Winners
	Alphabetical List Of PA Winners
	Grand American Winners By Events
	Grand American Winners By States

 2009 ATA Eastern Zone
Elysburg, PA
July 23-26, 2009

Elysburg, PA, July 26, 2009: With the weather still hampering shooters and shoot management, 4,700 shooters entered the 10 event 2009 Eastern Zone Shoot. This was 1,046 entries over last year. Sub-Junior Jake Peretin (left) of Sidman, PA broke a 97, along with seven others and emerged as the first sub-junior to win the Eastern Zone handicap title in 103 years. The first Eastern Zone was held in Philadelphia in 1906. H. McMurchy of Fulton, NY, won the first handicap title with 93x100, shooting from 18 yards. He outshot exactly 100 other gunners. He has long been over-looked by the ATA HOF electors. Jake shot from 20.5 yards and was fresh off his sub-junior state handicap title in June. Robert Malmstedt finished second. Dave Bicknell from East Haven, CT broke 200 to win the singles crown while David Shaeffer of Maryland finished second. Aaron Pollak of Charlotte, VT won the twin bird title with his field high 100x100. Adam Krzyzanowski finished second. Michael Blaisdell won the HAA and Brad Heath took the HOA. State shooters took home 101 awards. As usual in zone shoots, Kay and Debbie Neilson Ohye took home 12 trophies between them. Matt Bozart led state shooters with 6 awards, all junior trophies. Details.

37th Annual PSSA PA Grand
July 3-5, 2009
Elysburg, PA

Elysburg, PA, July 5, 2009: Ronald Pedro of Tiverton, RI shot himself into the PA Grand record book with a field high 200 straight to win the 37th renewal of the PA Grand trapshooting championships. Started in 1973, the PA Grand has attracted many of the best shooters on the east coast. Pedro became the first shooter from Connecticut to win the singles title. Last years winner Matt Bozart broke a 198 for the junior title. Ernie Hartranft and Richard Hamilton won the first two titles in 1973 and 1974, before there was an upper trap line and clubhouse and just 20 trap fields in front of the Valley club house. The PSSA gave away cars in the first two shoots. Kevin Hartlaub of Gettysburg (upper right) won the doubles crown with 100 straight and a shoot-off over two time singles champion Woodrow Doty. Patrick McCarthy (left), 19 time All American, won the handicap title while Brad Heath won his second straight HAA and Robert Malmstedt won the HOA.  Details

 2009 PSSA State Shoot
June 13-21
Elysburg, PA

Elysburg, PA, June 21, 2009: One of the wettest state shoots in history is now in the books. Donald Neilson (left) of Oaks, PA won the singles and doubles titles and broke all 500 singles during championship week. He also ended up with 8 awards. Stephen Ollock, 2009 HOF inductee, won his third HOA title, five targets better than second place finisher Joe Pascoe. Skip Klinger (right), PSSA Vice-President, took home his first HAA award. Kim Bateman broke 200x200 to win the ladies singles trophy and won her first HAA, setting the ladies state record. She amassed 12 awards. Stephanie Sandler won 15 trophies including the ladies HOA and doubles title, her sixth. Stephen Todak won the handicap title with a field high 98x100. Cody Davis took home 10 junior trophies including the junior HAA and HOA and also earned the Class A award in the Attorney General Cup. Cody is a 4 time All American. Former Grand American Handicap champions Bill Petras and William Hazlett win important trophies.   Details

 2009 Keystone Open
Elysburg, PA
May 15-17-2009

Elysburg, PA, May 17, 2009: Unpleasant weather again plagued the Keystone Open. Rain, cold and windy conditions hampered shooters for the three day run of the 19th renewal of one of the top shoots on the East Coast. Skip Klinger of Lebanon, the PSSA Vice-President, broke the only 200 in the field to win his first Keystone Open singles  title. Phil Boinske won his second Keystone Open doubles title with a perfect century, the only one to post a perfect score. Phil won the title back in 2007. Stephen Lieberman (left) of Wyomissing, PA won the Handicap in a three way shoot-off of 97's. Michael Blaisdell won the HAA by a single target over David Shaeffer while  Brad Heath was three targets better than Chris Vendel for the HOA. Debbie Neilson Ohye won 4 of the 5 major ladies titles. Full Story

 2009 PSSA Eastern Zone Shoot
Reading, PA
May 9-10-2009

Reading, PA, May 10, 2009: The 45th annual Pennsylvania Eastern Zone shoot was held at the South End Gun Club in Reading, PA on May 9-10, 2009. Sunny skies greeted the shooters for both days but windy conditions on Sunday lowered all the scores across the board. In a two man shootoff for the coveted singles crown, Marty Stover (left) bested Doug Jones after each broke 199's. Larry Shade broke a field high 95 in the wind to gain the handicap title while Steve Huber also broke a field high 97 to win the doubles title, his second. Phil Boinske broke a 96 to pick up the AA title. Huber won the HAA with a 388 and Steven Ross was second with a 378. Full Story
 Note: Officials of the PSSA Western Zone shoot did not send the PSSA web-site the results of their shoot. Thus no scores have been published.

History of ATA Satellite Grand's
December 23, 2008

Today there are ten ATA Satellite Grand's spread all across America. The stated purpose of these shoots was to make Grand American style and trophy  shoots available to ATA members all around the United States. The very first of these shoots, the "Spring Grand," was first held in Arizona in 1977. The newest one is the "Heartland Grand" which started this year. Kay Ohye holds the record with 85 major Satellite Grand titles. Ray Stafford is second with 54 titles. Leo Harrison III is third with 49.

	Alphabetical list of all winners, 1977-2008
	List of winners by year, 1977-2008

2008 Elysburg Trophy Winners
December 22, 2008

The PSSA awarded about 877 trophies in their 4 major shoots at Elysburg during the 2008 shooting season (Keystone Open, State Shoot, PA Grand and Westy Hogans). To the surprise of no one, the leading trophy winners were also 2009 ATA All Americans. Stephanie Sandler walked away with 27 trophies while Matt Bozart and Sheldon Hostetter won 21 each. Dylan Darhower won 16 and Cody Davis took home 13. Bruce Edgreen and Kory Shissler each won 12 awards. All are on the 2009 All American Teams.
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2009 All American Teams
December 18, 2009

Pennsylvania led all states in All American selections with 11 Keystone state gunners selected. First team selections included Stephanie Sandler (Women), Dylan Darhower (Sub Junior) and Sheldon Hostetter (Vet). Others who earned selections were Frank Pascoe, Donald Neilson, Kory Shissler, Matt Bozart, Cody Davis, Kyle Weber, Joe Alsippi and Bruce Edgreen.
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Pennsylvania State Trapshooting Records
Through October 6, 2008

Click here to view a pdf file with all the current PSSA historical trapshooting record holders as researched and maintained by PA Hall of Fame founder and historian Richard Hamilton. In 1996 Hamilton wrote a 200 page book on the history of the PSSA. The book sold out within hours at the 1996 state shoot. Also all PSSA officers here and all Pennsylvania All Americans here. Errata or suggestions should be pointed out to the webmaster, Richard Hamilton.

Pennsylvania Love Affair with the GAH
Preliminary Handicap
~January 18, 2008~

Over the years Pennsylvania shooters have done exceptionally well in the Preliminary Handicap at the Grand American. Take a look and see who has written their name into the record books, in this, the second largest trapshooting event in the world. Their stunning victories are how legends are made. We salute these extraordinary shooters and their historic accomplishments. Full story

Library of Congress Photo Release
~January 14, 2008~

Be sure to check out these four historical photographs just released by the Library of Congress. The photographs have never been published before showing a very young Ben Higginson and a new photo of Plinky Topperwein. 

Where did the ATA logo come from?

For years I have wondered where the famous ATA logo came from and who designed the logo. It was actually developed between 1919 and 1923 by the old industry administered American Trapshooting Association. I may have part of the answer or possibly just more questions. You decide. Click here for more information.

What's the most famous logo in all of trapshooting? Click here to find out. 

Pennsylvania Legend
~ George Newmaster ~

There was never any other Pennsylvania shoot quite like George Newmaster. He lived in Myerstown for many years after moving from Lebanon. He was inducted into the PA Hall of Fame in June of 1988 and should be an ATA Hall of Famer. He was an 8 time All American including 4 first team Vet selections. He won 3 Westy Hogan Singles and 2 doubles title Asbury Park, NJ. In 1942 he won his most prestigious title, the famed Marshall Singles Marathon with a 497x500. Steve Crothers and Joe Hiestand each won the title five times. Mark Arie and Walter Beaver each won it once. See our 6th in a series of great photographs of Pennsylvania trapshooting immortals.

Pennsylvania's Mr. Trapshooting
~ Elmer Shaner ~

Born during the second year of the Civil War in 1862, Elmer Shaner became one of the greatest figures in the history of American trapshooting. A one room school teacher from Slippery Rock, Shaner died in 1939 destitute in a  Masonic home in Elizabethtown. He left a legacy in trapshooting circles that will be remembered as long as trapshooting is around. He never shot a registered target. See our 5th in a series of great photographs of Pennsylvania trapshooting immortals. 

John Philip Sousa Pennsylvania Connections

John Philip Sousa, the "March King", is a Trapshooting HOF inductee. He shot in Pennsylvania on many occasions and he died in Reading, PA in 1932. See this wonderful photograph in the 4th of a series of old, original photographs in my personal collection. At the time of the photograph he was president of the old American Trapshooting Association. 

Ed Hellyer, 2 Time State Champion

Continuing with our Historic Pennsylvania trapshooting photographs, we have an unpublished photo of Ed Hellyer of New Alexandria, PA. Ed "The Village Miller" Hellyer won or tied for the state Singles Championship three times and was one of the most feared shooters of his time.  

J. A. R. Elliott at Honeybrook, PA

Another in a series of long lost old time trapshooting photographs, this photo shows Trapshooting HOF immortal J.A.R. Elliott shooting clay targets at Honeybrook, PA. The village is located south of Reading on PA Rt.10 in Chester County......... 

Newly Found Photos of Charlie Newcomb

PSSA & ATA Trapshooting Hall of Fame webmaster and historian Richard Hamilton has located some long lost, never published photographs of Charlie Newcomb. He is a Pennsylvania and ATA Hall of fame inductee.