Here are the preliminary results of the
ZONE 3 SKEET CHAMPIONSHIPS
from Canton OH for 2006...
(results are for Zone titles only)

FRIDAY'S EVENT

Doubles (63 entries)



Champion Fred Tschantz OH 100

RunnerUp Larry Woo MI 100
AAA1 Bruce Christian IN 100
AAA2 Kurt Grates MI 100
AAA3 Dave Starrett OH 99
AA1 Glenn Ulbrich MI 99
AA2 Larry Bolino OH 99
AA3 "Li'l" Charlie Parks OH 98
A1 Jeff Moore IN 99
A2 Al Means WV 98
A3 Ryan Cafarelli MI 96
B1 Connie Place MI 95
B2 Karen Ruddle WV 95
B3 Mike Kick IN 95
C1 Michael Williams OH 90
C2 King Heiple OH 80
D1 Wally Preslan OH 81
D2 Don Gambatese OH 70

The weather is great (mid 70'2), very little wind, and blue skies with occassional puffs of clouds. Everyone is having the time of their lives and the shoot offs are hot and heavy. Shooters from the five zone states plus a few from neighboring states PLUS several from another country, all came to Sportsmen's Shooting Center for their shot at prize money and bragging rights over each other. But then, it's the ZONE and it should be expected!

For Todd Bender fans.. Todd shot 100 and took the money (but not the title) for AAA3.


SATURDAY'S EVENTS

12 Gauge (73 entries)



Champion "Super-Larry" Woo MI 100

RunnerUp Dick Cameron OH 100
AAA1 Sue Huszai OH 100
AAA2 Kurt Grates MI 100
AAA3 Bruce Christian IN 100
AA1 Jimmy Rogers OH 100
AA2 Gary Lowe IN 100
AA3 Ryan Cafarelli MI 100
A1 Charlie Parks OH 100
A2 Trish Magyar MI 99
A3 Timothy Bennet WV 98
B1 Jeff Steinbach MI 99
B2 Connie Place MI 98
B3 Bud Klingaman OH 98
C1 James Bowers WV 96
C2 Michael Williams OH 95
C3 Kody Niese IN 91
D1 Chris Olson OH 96
D2 Dustin Zawaski OH 94
D3 Wally Preslan OH 84

The weather is holding and beyond perfection. The 12 gauge event went almost 4 boxes before the 13 hundreds dropped down to just "Super-Larry" Woo who took the Zone Champion title. Chuck Isaac took the Open title.


20 Gauge (70 entries)



Champion "Super-Larry" Woo MI 100

RunnerUp Dick Cameron OH 100
AAA1 Dave Starrett OH 100
AAA2 Kurt Grates MI 100
AAA3 Bruce Christian IN 100
AA1 Jeff Steinbach MI 100
AA2 Bryan Rogers OH 99
AA3 Scott Fisher OH 99
A1 Connie Place MI 99
A2 Trish Magyar MI 99
A3 Larry Bolino OH 98
B1 Jim Sykes MI 98
B2 James Bowers WV 97
B3 Nyle Morgan OH 97
C1 Michael Williams OH 99
C2 Roy Ruddle WV 94
C3 King Heiple OH 93

There were eleven hundreds.

SUNDAY'S EVENTS

28 Gauge (72 entries)



Champion Rick Smelko OH 100

RunnerUp Larry Woo MI 100
AAA1 Dick Cameron OH 100
AAA2 Fred Tschantz OH 100
AAA3 (either Gast, Magyar, Moore, Christian, Parks, or Reese) 99
AA1 Gary Lowe IN 100
AA2 Jeff Moore IN 100
AA3 (either Means, Williams, Pratt, Fisher, or Rogers) 98
A1 Timothy Bennett WV 100
A2 Jeff Steinbach MI 98
A3 Larry Bolino OH 98
B1 John Starkey OH 99
B2 Karen Ruddle WV 99
B3 John Grehan OH 98
C1 Kody Niese IN 95
C2 King Heiple OH 87
C3 Craig Duckworth WV 86
D1 Porter Crum OH 89
D2 Don Gambatese OH 78

One thing that was noticeable about this shoot was that everyone seemed to bring a puppy or two. Jim Murphy had his new dog "Primer", Trish Magyar's "Bailey" was there, and the Parks family had a litter of Chocolate Labs that everyone was tempted to adopt. Several other dogs rounded out the animal farm with the obvious lack of any cats!

.410 Bore (72 entries)



Champion Dave Starrett OH 99

RunnerUp (either Magyar, Grates, Woo, or Edwards) 98
AAA1 (above)
AAA2 (above)
AAA3 (above)
AA1 Dick Cameron OH 99
AA2 Gary Lowe IN 99
AA3 Glenn Ulbrich MI 98
A1 Dan Moore WV 97
A2 Larry Bolino OH 97
A3 Jim Sykes MI 96
B1 Mike Gosik MI 98
B2 Kody Niese IN 94
B3 John Starkey OH 94
C1 King Heiple OH 91
C2 Roy Ruddle WV 90
C3 Loraine Malloy MI 88
D1 Harry Parker OH 88
D2 Karen Ruddle WV 84
D3 Don Gambatese OH 63

You'll notice that there are some problems in the top end of the list of winners. Because my data is only for the money events, I don't have all the results that have to do with just the Zone titles. Since this was an open shoot, a bunch of shooters from all over (national and international) came to Canton to enjoy the fun that happens at our shoots. But like I said, these are the "preliminary" results and please check with NSSA's web site later for details.

There is one detail that may be interesting... Todd Bender was the only one to run them in the .410 (but couldn't win a title since he's from Georgia) even though he was saddled with a squad partner who had a little trouble with high one. Just ask Mr. Grates about it... or maybe "Super-Larry".

HOA (63 entries)



Champion Dick Cameron OH 399

RunnerUp Larry Woo MI 398
AAA1 Al Magyar MI 397
AAA2 Kurt Grates MI 396
AAA3 Bruce Christian IN 395
AA1 Gary Lowe IN 396
AA2 Rick Smelko OH 393
AA3 Glenn Ulbrich MI 392
A1 Jeff Steinbach MI 390
A2 Scott Fisher OH 390
A3 Larry Bolino OH 390
B1 Jim Sykes MI 386
B2 Tim Bennett WV 385
B3 Dave Keem MI 381
C1 Loraine Malloy MI 376
C2 Kody Niese IN 372
C3 James Bowers WV 371

HAA (54 entries)



Champion Larry Woo MI 498

RunnerUp Kurt Grates MI 496
AAA1 Bruce Christian IN 495
AAA2 Fred Tschantz OH 494
AAA3 Dick Cameron OH 494
AA1 Jeff Moore IN 492
AA2 Glenn Ulbrich MI 491
AA3 "li'l" Charlie Parks OH 490
A1 Larry Bolino OH 489
A2 Dan Moore WV 486
A3 Scott Fisher OH 485
B1 Jim Sykes MI 471
B2 Loraine Malloy MI 470
B3 John Starkey OH 469
C1 Karen Ruddle WV 462
C2 James Bowers WV 456
C3 Roy Ruddle WV 453