SPRING MILLS — The Penns Valley BB Gun Shooting Team won seventh place out of 59 teams during the 2016 Daisy International BB Gun Championship Match, held July 1 through 4 in Rogers, Ark.
Team member Grace Hockenberry won the top overall shooter aggregate, and first-place sitting position awards, and Morgan Stover took first place in the alternate standing position category.
The team was founded in 1988, organized by Spring Mills resident John Wert. The team won its first state championship in 1993, and has now won the Pennsylvania State Championship 11 times since 1993, including six of the last 10 years. Wert still serves as head coach of the team, assisted by Lynn McCool.
The participants in this program are 8- to 15-year-old boys and girls.
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