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Welcome to Hazleton Area High School CLAY TARGET Shooting Team Web Site
Home of the Pennsylvania State Champions (2005, 2006, 2007).
Welcome to a new shooting sports opportunity that provides the beginning to a lifetime of enjoyment in the clay target sports.
The Scholastic Clay Target Program provides school-age participants in grades 12 and under with the opportunity to showcase their competitive shooting skills and earn state and national recognition. The program is designed to instill in participants safe firearms handling, commitment, responsibility, leadership and teamwork.
The Scholastic Clay Target Program is a cooperative effort between the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the firearms industry's largest and most diverse trade association with 2,200 members, and the governing bodies for trapshooting, skeet shooting and sporting clays shooting - the Amateur Trapshooting Association (ATA), the National Skeet Shooting Association (NSSA) and the National Sporting Clays Association (NSCA), respectively.
The National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc. developed and administers the Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP). The SCTP is a YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM focused on providing young people with a positive experience in sports. The SCTP is designed to instill in young people a set of personal values or character traits that teaches fair play, compassionate understanding, individual responsibility, sportsmanship, self-discipline and personal commitment - qualities that will serve them well throughout their lives and will be instrumental in helping each SCTP participant to reach his/her full potential.
Competition is clearly a part of the SCTP, but it is not the program’s underlying principle. The “win-at-all-costs” philosophy has no place in the SCTP. Striving to win while playing by the rules does. It is the DUTY of everyone involved in the SCTP – coaches, parents, and participants – to set good examples for SCTP team members to emulate by upholding high moral and ethical standards of personal conduct.
SCTP activities are designed to incorporate two indispensable elements – SAFETY AND FUN. SAFETY is incorporated into every facet of every SCTP activity. The learning environment at team practices and at competitive shoots is designed to include the element of FUN for all participants. SCTP participants learn the safe and responsible handling and use of firearms. They discover the joy of contributing to a shared team goal and the commitment that goes along with it. During this self discovery process team members develop proficiency in a sport that can be shared and enjoyed with family and friends for a lifetime.
Youth from the elementary grades through high school are eligible to participate in the safe, educational and enjoyable SCTP clay target sports of Trap, Skeet, Sporting Clays and Olympic Trap and Skeet. The National Governing Body for each of these clay target sports has partnered with the National Shooting Sports Foundation to provide opportunities for SCTP teams to compete at the local, state, regional and national levels.
Program Goals:
. SAFE and Responsible Handling and Use of Firearms
. Character and Citizenship Development through Teamwork
. Introduction to a Lifetime Sport that Families can Enjoy Together
Program Sponsorship:
The National Shooting Sports Foundation along with its partners the Amateur Trapshooting Association, the National Skeet Shooting Association, the National Sporting Clays Association and USA Shooting.
Basic Competitive Unit:
The SQUAD. The minimum squad size is five (5) for Trap, three (3) for American Skeet & Sporting Clays and three (3) for Bunker Trap & Int'l Skeet. Teams must have at least one full squad to become an officially recognized SCTP team. There is no upper limit to the number of members on a team or to the number of squads a team may field.
Competitive Divisions:
. Rookie Division - 5th graders and below
. Intermediate Division - 6th, 7th and 8th graders
. Jr. Varsity Division - 9th-12th graders*
. Varsity Division - 9th-12th graders*
[*Division assignment is based on a combination of one's time in the SCTP and squad placement in SCTP National Championship events.]
Competitive Levels: Competition is conducted at state and national levels for American disciplines. Competition will be conducted at regional and national levels for International (Olympic) disciplines.
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