Eden Samson has been on the Wasilla Warrior Clay Target Team since her freshman year. She has competed in the Junior Olympic Nationals In Colorado Springs the last two years, winning a bronze medal in her division this last summer. She will be attending Martin Methodist in Pulaski, Tennessee in the fall on a shooting… Read more »
Cade Clay of Haines won a silver medal in a men’s trap shooting event at the Upper Midwest Regional Championships in Grand Island, Nebraska. He finished second out of 35 shooters after breaking 94 of 100 targets. Clay, of Haines High fame, was seventh in this tournament a year ago. He is a member of… Read more »
Eagle River’s Corey Cogdell-Unrein came up clutch again with the pressure on, scoring the second-highest point total in the find round to help Team USA win a gold medal in Moscow, Russia. The 30-year-old shotgun shooter has a reputation for hitting the mark when it matters most over her 10-year career, and things were no… Read more »
Alaska trap shooters Desi Edmunds and Matt Toth each won team gold medals at the 2017 World FITASC shoot in Budapest, Hungary. Edmunds, who grew up in Anchorage and now lives in Houston, was part of the three-woman American team that beat a group from Great Britain and Northern Ireland by a score of 491-480… Read more »
When it comes to shooting a trap under pressure, there’s nobody better than Eagle River’s Corey Cogdell-Unrein. The 30-year-old shotgun shooter won in walkoff fashion after she hit the 50th and final target to claim third place at the USA Shooting National Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It was at least the fourth time she’s… Read more »
Eagle River trap shooter Corey Cogdell worked a little overtime to earn another ISSF World Cup medal and stay on the track to appear in her third Olympics next summer. The 28-year-old won bronze over the weekend after beating Italy’s Jessica Rossi 5-4 in a shoot-off. Both shooters had hit 12 of 15 targets in… Read more »
