After taking down 61 of the top teams in the state, Reed City’s trap shooting team is ready to compete at the ultimate level.

The Coyotes will be taking part in the USA High School Clay Target League National Championships from July 6 to July 10. The event is in collaboration with the Michigan Trap Association and will take place at MTA home grounds in Mason, MI.

In preparation, Reed City head coach Jack Adrianse said they’re looking to improve on their 10 th place finish from a year ago.

“We fared pretty well down there last year,” Adrianse said. “We’re hoping to move up in the rankings
and come home with some really nice hardware for our community.”

The Coyotes are coming off a dominating performance with a team score of 482 in the state finals,
beating second place Portland by ten points. J.D. Adrianse and Cooper Thomas led the team hitting 97 of 100 clays, followed by Ryan Allen, Bryce Wein, and Colton Gilland each scoring a 96.

Since the school sport’s introduction in spring 2018, Reed City has built one of Michigan’s premier
programs. The Coyotes have had numerous all-conference and even all-state performers every season, including eight of the top 100 shooters in the state this season.

“It comes back to what the kids put in,” Adrianse said. “They put in a lot of time and effort into this. It’s nice to see them get rewarded for it.”

As the team looks for a premier performance at Nationals next week, the community continues to rally behind the developing program. According to Coach Adrianse, the success of Coyote Trap comes from the support of the town.

“It’s been amazing,” Adrianse said. “It’s all donor money to make this happen. With ammo being so hard to get, they’ve been the difference between having a season and not having a season.”