CT State Athletic Conference’s 2012 Rifle Tournament

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Hap Rocketto

Constitution State Athletic Conference’s 2012 Smallbore Rifle Tournament 

Connecticut’s Constitution State Athletic Conference conducted its 2012 smallbore rifle tournament at Quaker Hill Rod and Gun Club, Oakdale, Connecticut on February 24, 2012

Vinal Technical High School of Middletown took the crown with a score of 943 out of a possible 1,000.

The second and third place finish was decided by a tie breaking procedure made necessary because Wilcox of Meriden and Grasso of Groton fired identical scores of 912.  Wilcox took second on the strength of its higher standing score. Ellis of Danielson was fourth.

The Vinal team, coached by David Lyman, consisted of Sarah Struck, Leon Goodale, Joe Tomasso, Brandon Kane, and Kurt Aronson.

The Wilcox five, Tom Manchester, Brad Milslagle, Christiune Flanagan, Amanda Ferrer, and Chad Dieffenbach were coached by Scott Behling and Wally Lyman.

Coach Shawn Carpenter led Grasso’s Grant Buttermore, Taylor Clark, Santino Francischelli, David Gauthier, and Nicole Ladd.

Ellis’ Spencer Schmeelk, Keith Church, Michael Southwell, Matt Taylor, and Jacob Kumpf were guided by Dave Jensen.

The conference also recognized its 2012 All Conference athletes at the event:

All Conference Athletes-2012
Leon Goodale Vinal
Sarah Struk Vinal
Keith Church Ellis
Nicole Ladd Grasso
Chad Dieffenbach Wilcox
Grant Buttermore Grasso
Brandon Kane Vinal
Tom Manchester Wilcox
Ryan Clark Vinal
Kurt Aronson Vinal
Brandon  McNulty Grasso
League Individual Champion Leon Goodale
Tournament Individual Champion Tom Manchester

About Hap Rocketto

Hap Rocketto is a Distinguished Rifleman with service and smallbore rifle, member of The Presidents Hundred, and the National Guard’s Chief’s 50. He is a National Smallbore Record holder, a member of the 1600 Club and the Connecticut Shooters’ Hall Of Fame. He was the 2002 Intermediate Senior Three Position National Smallbore Rifle Champion, the 2012 Senior Three Position National Smallbore Rifle Champion a member of the 2007 and 2012 National Four Position Indoor Championship team, coach and captain of the US Drew Cup Team, and adjutant of the United States 2009 Roberts and 2013 Pershing Teams. Rocketto is very active in coaching juniors. He is, along with his brother Steve, a cofounder of the Corporal Digby Hand Schützenverein. A historian of the shooting sports, his work appears in Shooting Sports USA, the late Precision Shooting Magazine, The Outdoor Message, the American Rifleman, the Civilian Marksmanship Program’s website, and most recently, the apogee of his literary career, pronematch.com.
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