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Denny Corey hit a 50 to spark Kalbfus past Pine Grove, 340-337, to settle second place in the Warren County Trap League.

Brian Ecelberger, Cindy Cable and Jeff Gens fired 49s for Pine Grove.

KALBFUS (340): Denny Corey 50, Chuck Loomis 49, Rex Slocum 49, Matt McDunn 48, Tom Sleeman 48, Otto Carl 48, Denny Joy 48.

PINE GROVE (337): Brian Ecelberger 49, Cindy Cable 49, Jeff Gens 49, Russ Wingard 48, Randy Lineman 48, Kevin Sturzenbecker 47, Ray Lee 47.

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Howard Arnold of Randolph and Blake Ristau of Carroll shot 50s in the Chautauqua County Trap League.

Arnold shot his 50 in Randolph’s 338-336 loss to Busti and Ristau had a 50 in Carroll’s 338-333 setback to Celoron.

Dick Starks and Rich Espin shot 49s to lead Busti while Rich Foster and Kevin Sturzenbecker also recorded 49s in Celoron’s win.

Arnold’s score was the high super senior veteran and Randolph teammate Tracie Carlson tied with Tiffany Decker of Busti for the high lady total with 40s.

Ristau’s score was the highest junior score while Carroll teammates Jim Nowacki and Mike Mackey tied with Jim Kestler Sr. of Busti for the high veteran scores with 48s.

Brayden Coleson of Carroll shot a 40 for high sub junior total while Dave Kingsley and Gary Johnson of Celoron drilled 48s for the highest senior veterans.

BUSTI (338): Dick Starks 49, Dick Espin 49, Dominick Diethrick 48, Tiffany Decker 48, Dave Sena 48, Scott McKotch 48, Jim Kestler Sr. 48.

RANDOLPH (336): Howard Arnold 50, Tracie Carlson 48, Red Clark 48, Skip Frazier 48, Rick Manning 48, Chuck Westfall 47, Ron Gunnell 47.

CELORON (338): Rich Foster 49, Kevin Sturzenbecker 49, Kent Knopp 48, Tim Young 48, Dave Kingsley 48, Gary Johnson 48, Randy Lineman 48.

CARROLL (333): Blake Ristau 50, Jim Nowacki 48, Mike Mackey 48, Jerry Martin 47, John Foster 47, Jim Higgs 47, Denny Corey 46.

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In Chautauqua County Trap League action Aug. 18, Randolph topped Busti, 348-343, and Celoron outshot Carroll, 341-334.

Perfect 50s were shot by Skip Frazier, Cal Benson, Rick Manning, Eric Schultz, Andrew Hvizdzak, Rob Graham, Scott McKotch, Kevin Sturzenbecker and Blake Ristau.

Ristau’s 50 for Carroll earned him high junior while Benson’s 50 for Randolph earned him high veteran. Randolph’s Tracie Carlson shot a 48 for high lady and Randolph’s Hayden Congdon fired a 49 for high sub junior. Randolph’s Howard Arnold and Celoron’s Russ Wingard shot 49s to tie for high super senior veteran while Celoron’s Jerry Willett was the high senior veteran with a 48.

RANDOLPH: Skip Frazier 50, Cal Benson 50, Rick Manning 50, Eric Schultz 50, Andrew Hvizdzak 50, Howard Arnold 49, Hayden Congdon 49.

BUSTI: Rob Graham 50, Scott McKotch 50, Jim Kestler 49, Rick Espin 49, Dave Weber 49, Dick Starks 48, Dave Sena 48.

CELORON: Kevin Sturzenbecker 50, Kenton Knopp 49, George Powley 49, Russ Wingard 49, Kevin Nicklas 48, Rob Becker 48, Dalton Becker 48.

CARROLL: Blake Ristau 50, Mike Russell 48, Ray Lee 48, John Foster 47, Jerry Linden 47, Tom Sleeman 47, Mike Mackey 47.

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In action on Aug. 11, Celoron edged Busti, 338-337, and Randolph got by Carroll, 335-332.

Paul McKotch and Jim Congdon had the only perfect 50s.

McKotch’s 50 for Busti earned him high super senior veteran while Tiffany Decker’s 49 for Busti earned her high lady. Dawson Diethrick’s 29 for Busti was good for high sub junior while Dominick Diethrick of Busti and Blake Ristau of Carroll tied for high junior with 48s. Mike Mackey of Carroll was the high veteran with a 49 and Celoron’s Dave Kingsley was high senior veteran with a 48.

CELORON: Kent Knopp 49, Russ Wingard 49, Dennis Spoon 48, Dave Kingsley 48, Rich Foster 48, Jason Foster 48, Kevin Sturzenbecker 48.

BUSTI: Paul McKotch 50, Tiffany Decker 49, Dominich Diethrick 48, Rick Espin 48, Bob Schilling 48, Hod Edgreen 47, Jim Kestler Sr. 47.

RANDOLPH: Jim Congdon 50, Rick Manning 49, Skip Frazier 48, Red Clark 47, Cal Benson 47, Joe Leichtenberger 47, Tim Sickles 47.

CARROLL: Paul Prentice 49, Mike Mackey 49, Blake Ristau 48, Mike Russell 47, Jim Higgs 47, Marty Nelson 47, Hayden Edwards 45.

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In the final week of the Warren County Trap League, Brokenstraw topped Tidioute, 345-342; Pine Grove outgunned Sheffield, 344-335; Sugar Grove I got by Kalbfus, 343-341; and Corry outshot Sugar Grove II, 328-323.

Perfect 50s were shot by Zach Bush, Ed Haregsin, Dan Morris, Greg Nagurney, Dave Kingsley, Jack Hunt, Chris Kibbey and Rex Slocum. Pierce Landis had his first 25 straight.

Brokenstraw and Pine Grove ended up tied for the second-half title and will shoot off on Tuesday at Tidioute starting at 5 p.m.

Landis of Kalbfus was the high sub junior with a 48 and Sugar Grove I’s Kibbey was the high junior with his 50. Taylor Hansen of Tidioute and Ashley Walton of Corry were the high ladies with 48s while Slocum of Kalbfus was the high veteran with his 50. Kingsley’s 50 for Pine Grove was good for high senior veteran while Pine Grove’s Russ Wingard and Tidioute’s Jack Kostkas were high super senior veterans with 49s.

BROKENSTRAW: Zach Bush 50, Ed Haregsin 50, Dan Morris 50, Robbin Weaver 49, Jerry Cressley 49, Jared Hanna 49, Gail Henderson 48.

TIDIOUTE: Ken Anderson 49, Doug Sliker 49, Jack Kostkas 49, Joel Stewart 49, Tim Case 49, Derek Dickson 49, Ed Pennington 48.

PINE GROVE: Greg Nagurney 50, Dave Kingsley 50, Dennis Spoon 49, Russ Wingard 49, Tim Young 49, Kenton Knopp 49, Gary Johnson 48.

SHEFFIELD: Jack Hunt 50, Ralph Challingsworth 48, Gary McLaughlin 48, Andrew Hvizdzak 48, Joe Leichtenberger 47, Ryan McMillen 47, Ray Nordin 47.

SUGAR GROVE I: Chris Kibbey 50, Colton Black 49, Fred Franklin 49, Rick Espin 49, Jake Lindell 49, Scott Currie 49, Jim Hannon 48.

KALBFUS: Rex Slocum 50, John Pearson 49, Denny Joy 49, Tom Sleeman 49, Chuck Loomis 48, Denny Corey 48, Pierce Landis 48.

CORRY: Mike Dietz 48, Ashley Walton 48, Ken Berkhous 48, Dillon Cross 47, Don Rose 46, Greg Linden 46, Logan Muir 45.

SUGAR GROVE II: Ben Rouse 49, Tom Dallas 48, Jim Miller 47, Reed Johnson 45, Steve Beck 45, Craig Darling 45, Hunter Wolcott 44.

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In this weeks’ action in the Chautauqua County Trap League, Randolph outshot Carroll, 346-343, and Busti topped Celoron, 337-334.

Perfect 50s were scored by Randolph’s Rick Manning, Randolph’s Gary Sickles Sr., Randolph’s Joe Leichtenberger, Carroll’s Jim Nowacki and Carroll’s Ray Lee.

Carroll’s Blake Ristau scored the high junior with a 49 while Randolph’s Hayden Congdon was the high sub junior with a 48. Busti’s Tiffany Decker wast the high lady with a 49 while Nowacki and Lee’s 50s were good for high veteran. Randolph’s DJ Bifaro shot a 49 for high senior veteran honors while Sickles’ 50 was good for high super senior veteran.

RANDOLPH: Rick Manning 50, Gary Sickles Sr. 50, Joe Leichtenberger 50, Cal Benson 49, Howard Arnold 49, D J Bifaro 49, Shawn Russell 49.

CARROLL: Jim Nowacki 50, Ray Lee 50, Paul Prentice 49, Blake Ristau 49, Jim Higgs 49, Otto Carl 48, Denny Corey 48.

BUSTI: Greg Wassman 49, Tiffany Decker 49, Dave Sena 48, Rob Graham 48, Scott McKotch 48, Dominick Diethrick 48, Ben Paddock 47.

CELORON: Kevin Sturzenbecker 49, Russ Wingard 48, Kenton Knopp 48, Jeff Gens 48, Rich Digirolamo Sr. 47, JoAnn Lewis 47, Greg Nagurney 47.

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Jared Hanna, Dale Johnson, Matthew McDunn, Brian Ecelberger, Ray Lee, Kenton Knopp, Ken Anderson, Jack Kostkas, Taylor Hansen, Reed Johnson and Colton Black all had perfect 50s during this week’s action in the Warren County Trap League.

Corry’s Shawn Mitchell had his first 25 straight.

Brokenstraw beat Kalbfus, 345-340; Pine Grove topped Corry, 343-337; Tidioute beat Sugar Grove II, 344-337; and Sugar Grove I outgunned Sheffield, 339-333.

Hansen’s 50 for Tidioute was good for high lady while Corry’s Mike Dietz and Brady Bowen both had 49s to tie for high junior. Brokenstraw’s Zane Olsen had a 48 for high sub junior while the 50s by Lee and Anderson for Tidioute were good for high veteran. High senior veteran went to Tidioute’s John Kanyuck and Sugar Grove II’s Tom Beck, who both had 49s, while Kostkas’ 50 for Tidioute was good for high super senior veteran.

BROKENSTRAW: Jared Hanna 50; Dale Johnson 50; CJ Jones 49; Zach Bush 49; Russ Dempsey 49; Robbin Weaver 49; Allen Henry 49

KALBFUS: Matthew McDunn 50; Denny Joy 49; Jim Nowacki 49; John Pearson 49; Dave Carlson 48; Chuck Gern 48; Herky Smith 47

PINE GROVE: Brian Ecelberger 50; Ray Lee 50; Kenton Knopp 50; George Powley 49; Dave Kingsley 48; Rich Foster 48; Tim Young 48

CORRY: Mike Dietz 49; Brady Bowen 49; Shawn Mitchell 49; William Mitchell 48; Greg Linden 48; Derek Mitchell 47; Harold Linden 47

TIDIOUTE: Ken Anderson 50; Jack Kostkas 50; Taylor Hansen 50; Doug Sliker 49; John Kanyuck 49; Jim Egley 48; Sharon Egley 48

SUGAR GROVE II: Reed Johnson 50; Tom Beck 49; Tom Dallas 49; Hunter Wolcott 48; James Lindell 48; Steve Beck 47; Jim Miller 46

SUGAR GROVE I: Colton Black 50; Jake Lindell 49; Fred Franklin 48; Scott Eastman 48; Scott Currie 48; Dave Ecklof 48; Scott Gustafson 48

SHEFFIELD: Jack Hunt 49; Ralph Challingsworth 48; Gary McLaughlin 48; Lee Heeter 48; Paul Hvizdzak 47; Andrew Hvizdzak 47; Rick Prosen 46

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Nine shooters had perfect 25s in the Western Chautauqua County Trap League for the week of July 27.

Cole Holthouse, Paul McKotch, Will Ortman, Cliff Hammer, Owen Jones and Terry Sanden all connected for 25s as Big Tree downed Ellery, 338-250.

Mike Cluchey, Kenton Knopp and Mac MacCauseland recorded 25s when Westfield stopped Ripley, 319-312.

For Big Tree, Holthouse, Ortman and McKotch led the way against Ellery with 49s. Ortman had the top sub veteran score and McKotch the top veteran score.

Jim Hutchinson had the top veteran score with a 48, Hammer the top senior veteran score with a 47, Cole Hammer the top junior total with a 45, Rapela and Val Holthouse the leading lady scores with a 41, and Kaci Sikora had a 16 for the top sub junior lady.

Rob Graham was high for Ellery with a 47 and Ron Harmon a 46 for the top sub veteran total.

Knopp, Lineman and MacCausland shot 48s to lead Westfield past Ripley.

Rose Corbran was the high lady with a 44, Larry Carter had a 44 for the top super senior veteran with a 44, Butch Ficarra the leading veteran with a 40, Travis Hollman the top sub junior with a 39, Caleb Sunday the top junior with a 32 and Bob Wright the top senior veteran with a 30 for Westfield.

For Ripley, Sid Meeder Sr. and Mike Boll Jr. had 47s to lead the way.

Sid Meeder Sr. had the top score among the senior veterans, Jim Carris a 42 for the top senior veteran score, Sheila Yokom the top lady with a 40, Bob Murray the top veteran with a 36, Cheyenne Meeder the top sub junior lady with a 36, Mike Boll Jr. the top junior with a 36 and Wyatt Meeder Jr. the top sub junior with a 34.

BIG TREE (338): Cole Holthouse 49, Will Ortman 49, Paul McKotch 49, Jim Hutchinson 48, Mark Holthouse 48, Terry Sanden 48, Cliff Hammer 47, Cole Hammner 45, KViki Rapela 41, Val Holthouse 41, Kaci Sikora 37, Cody Hammond 35, Cleo Kendrick 16.

ELLERY (250): Rob Graham 47, Ron Harmon 46, Don Johnson 43, Lisa Boardman 24.

WESTFIELD (319): Kenton Knopp 48, Randy Lineman 48, Mac McCauseland 48, Kevin Sturzenbecker 45, Rose Corbran 44, Larry Carter 44, Don Munson 42, Butch Ficarra 40, Travis Hollman 39, Caleb Sunday 32, Bob Wright 30.

RIPLEY (312): Sid Meeder Sr. 47, Mike Boll Sr. 47, Scott Hulings 46, Donald Henry 44, Mark Henry 43, Jim Carris 2, Howard Maille 42, Sheila Yokom 40. Mike Boll Jr. 36, Cheyenne Meeder 36, Bob Murray 36, Wyatt Meeder 34.