GUNS AND AMMO: One of America's fastest growing high school sports has 'no benchwarmers'
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Shooting sports are gaining popularity among high schoolers across the United States, despite conflicting attitudes toward guns. Here's what competitors attribute the surge to.
"It was amazing that I was able to hit the target because I couldn't see anything," Johnson said after the round. "But once you got past the cold, it was pretty easy to concentrate. Once it was your turn, you just had to stop shaking to shoot." There's no benchwarmers here … Everybody shoots, everybody competes, everybody has the same chances. A Newport High School student shoots a clay target in Eastern Washington. (Courtesy David Bradbury) Students from the Newport High School trap team practice shooting in Eastern Washington. (Courtesy David Bradbury) Hannah Ray Lambert is an associate producer/writer with Fox News Digital Originals.
Johnson was one of 55 high school students competing at a Future Farmers of America district trap shooting championship in late October in Skagit County, Washington.