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Erik Hoskins displays his cool demeanor and rock steady hold on the way to a pair of Massachusetts State Championships.
The 2009 Massachusetts Smallbore State Championships
By Digby Hand
The 2009 Massachusetts Smallbore State Championships were held June 6th, at the Harvard Sportsmen’s Club. Rick Johnson and his crew of volunteers did an excellent job of running the match. Scores were posted quickly and everyone on the firing line enjoyed themselves immensely.
For the second year in a row, Erik Hoskins swept the State Championships grabbing top honors with a 597-35x prone and an 1124-36x in 3-position. Hoskins grabbed control straight out of the gate in the prone tournament, a perfect term as it was also the day of the Belmont Stakes-the third jewel in horseracing’s triple crown, with a 198X200 prone posting a two point lead on his next nearest competitor New Hampshire’s Bob Lynn. A perfect 200 on the second card increased his lead still further, while a 199X200 gave him a 597X600 total, slamming the door on Lynn, who was second with a 586 and third place Dan Holmes, who posted a 580X600. Brian Jyklla’s 588X600 was top junior score while Bobby Mangaudis took the resident title.
The Three Position match got underway with Hoskins, still hot prone, winning it with a 398X400. Jessica Levine made a valiant effort to overcome a poor prone start with a very fine standing score of 368X400 which gave her a slight lead on Hoskins. In the final match, kneeling, Kim Coffey fired a 379X400 to take the match. In the long run Hoskins’ consistent shooting gave him an aggregate of 1124, a two point margin in the junior match winner, Jylkka. Kim Coffey took the Junior 3P resident title.
In the team matches, Digby Hand Black of Holmes, Remaly, and Hoskins took top honors in both the prone and 3-position matches.
Complete results can be viewed below.
2009 MA Smallbore State Championship Results
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Thanks for posting the scores Dan!
wow im hurt no pictures of me lol
but great match everyone
Let’s give the 18 juniors who competed in this match a big shout out too!
There were 8 different juniors who earned awards between the two matches.
In the Prone Match Bobby Mangaudis earned the title of Mass State Junior Prone Champion. Congratulations Bobby!
Brian Jylkka was Junior Prone Match winner
Adam Auclair match 2nd place, Bobby Mangaudis match 3rd place.
Jessica Levine High Junior
Kelly Rosales High Intermediate Junior
Kyle Letendre High Sub Junior
In the 3P Match Kim Coffey earned the title of Mass State Junior 3P Champion. Congratulations Kim!
Brian Jylkka was Junior 3P Match Winner.
Jessica Levine Match 2nd place, Kim Coffey Match 3rd place.
Bobby Mangaudis High Junior
Megan Polonsky High Intermediate Junior
Kyle Letendre High Sub Junior.
The Hudson NH Gold Juniors won both Junior Team matches.
Congratulations to all these Junior award winners and it GREAT to see so many juniors on the firing line.