SUDLERSVILLE — The only marksman at the War on the Shore more accurate than Kent County High School sophomore Joey Homyack was Queen Anne’s County senior Nicholas “Cole” Coppage, the reigning national high school champion.
The clay target competition here on Nov. 8 was a showcase between the border rivals.
Homyack and Coppage each hit 49 out of a possible 50 targets in trap, with the tie broken in a shoot-off.
Coppage was perfect, hitting all 25 extra targets, while Homyack hit 21.
“Just a lot of pressure. … Shooting with only a squad of two [a full squad typically consists of up to five shooters], I couldn’t get in a rhythm,” Homyack said.
“It would have been cool to get to a second round [of 25],” he said. “But it was still cool being up there.”
Sudlersville Skeet Club hosted the War on the Shore, which drew a total of 74 competitors from Kent, Queen Anne’s, Kent Island and Easton high schools and local 4-H’ers.
Kent County High School’s coed clay target program was launched in August, and currently competes as a club. This was the culminating activity for the Trojans’ inaugural fall season. Brad Moore is the head coach.
At the War on the Shore, Homyack (42-49-91) was the runner-up to Coppage (46-49-95) in overall scoring, the total of skeet and trap.
Rounding out the top five individuals were 4-H’er CJ Martin (43-47-90), Easton’s Austin Eader (44-46-90) and Kent County freshman Gavin Jackson (42-47-89).
In overall team scoring, Queen Anne’s broke 445 out of a possible 500 targets. Easton (432) was second and KCHS (421) was a close third.
KCHS’ composite score came from Homyack (91 out of a possible 100), Jackson (89), Nathan Sutton (85), Reid Fry (81) and Hunter Hawn (75).
In the trap discipline, Kent County was second with 225 targets out of a possible 250. Homyack hit 49 of 50 targets, followed by Jackson (47), Fry (45), Noel Farinacci (43) and Sutton (41).
Queen Anne’s, led by Coppage (49/50), took the top prize with a total of 230. Easton was third with a composite score of 212.
In team skeet scoring, the place-finishes were Easton (226/250), Queen Anne’s (222) and Kent Island (202).
