Debrie is junior high champion at Cornhusker Trap Shoot
Barrett Debrie of the Smile City 4-H club in Gibbon, Nebraska, broke 99 of 100 targets on Thursday, April 30, to win the junior high competition of the 56th Cornhusker Trap Shoot in Doniphan.
Debrie’s score shooting targets at 16 yards at the Nebraska Trapshooting Association home grounds was four better than he shot last year, when he finished runner-up.
A Fairbury squad of Wylee Hinman, Eli Sinn, Kedan Gasper, Owen Schmidt and Easton Lucking won the overall team title with a 457 of a possible 500.
Wilber 5 Clovers won the 4-H team competition with Bentley Myers, Thad Niles, Gavin Pospisil, Alex Hinkle, and Jacob Kokout.
Aurora Crooked Creek won the ladies’ team title with Emily Ronnau, Eden Ochsner, Quinn Stark, Emery Scott, and Asher Regier.
Tailyn Slama of Wilber 5 Clovers 4-H shot a 96 to win the ladies’ individual title. Her squad that included Taylor Niles, Brynlee Burns, Vera Schwisow, and Katherine Krivohlavek won the ladies’ 4-H team title.
On Friday, May 1, senior high students shot 75 rounds of 16-yard targets. They will shoot 75 handicap targets Saturday, May 2, and the combined scores of the two days will determine the overall champion, the Cornhusker Cup winner.
The 2026 junior high results are:
Top 20 Individuals – 1. Barrett Debrie, Gibbon Smile City 4-H, 99 of 100; 2. Jax Bergen, Heartland, 98; 3. Wylee Hinman, Fairbury, 97; 4. Evan Petersen, Norris, 96; 5. Brady Bornemeier, Elmwood-Murdock 4-H, 96; 6. Wyatt Stone, Conestoga, 96; 7. Nolan Ferguson, North Bend Central, 95; 8. Case Menke, Aurora, 95; 9. Asher Scott, Grand Island Cedar Hollow, 95; 10. Tytan Frederick, Madison County 4-H, 95; 11. Benjamin Spreeman, Wahoo Bishop Neumann, 95; 12. Gavin Hickle, Elkhorn Middle School, 95; 13. Corbin Hall, Lincoln Scott Middle School, 95; 14. Gabriel Bruna, Bruna Family Academy Homeschool, 95; 15. Vincent Hansen, Minden Jones Middle School, 94; 16. William Jensen, Blair Otte Middle School, 94; 17. Braxton Harre, Exeter-Milligan, 94; 18. Owen Schmidt, Fairbury, 94; 19. Turner Dunn, Richardson County, 94; 20. Bentley Myers, Wilber 5 Clovers 4-H, 94
Top Six Ladies – 1. Tailyn Slama, Wilber 5 Clovers 4-H, 96 of 100; 2. Katherine Krivohlavek, Wilber 5 Clovers 4-H, 93; 3. Kensley Wagner, Logan View, 90 of 100; 4. Delaney Rodgers, Ashland 4-H, 87; 5. Riley Chromey, DC Shooting Stars, 87; 6. Wyndser Lupkes, Minden Jones Middle School, 86
Top Three 4-H Teams – 1. Wilber 5 Clovers 4-H One (Bentley Myers, Thad Niles, Gavin Pospisil, Alex Hinkle, Jacob Kokout), 446 of 500; 2. Ashland 4-H Jr. 2, 432; 3. Blue River 4-H Blue, 431
Top Ladies Teams – 1. Aurora Crooked Creek LD (Emily Ronnau, Eden Ochsner, Quinn Stark, Emery Scott, Asher Regier), 323 of 500; 2. Norris, 312
Top Ladies 4-H Teams – 1. Wilber 5 Clovers 4-H (Tailyn Slama, Taylor Niles, Brynlee Burns, Vera Schwisow, Katherine Krivohlavek), 419; 2. Ashland 4-H, 358
Top Six Junior High Teams – 1. Fairbury (Wylee Hinman, Eli Sinn, Kedan Gasper, Owen Schmidt, Easton Lucking), 457 of 500; 2. Lincoln Scott Middle School Green, 447; 3. Logan View Blue, 446; 4. Elkhorn Middle School Blue, 445; 5. Blair Otte Middle School Gold, 440; 6. Grand Island Cedar Hollow One, 435