2026 OTSA OFFICERS & BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 Sooner Steel: Oklahoma Cashes In at the 2026 Grand  Oklahoma ATA Delegate Report — Kevin Nanke 

Hard to believe another shooting year has already come and gone. Look back at 2026 and you'll see a whole  lot of Oklahoma license plates in a whole lot of parking lots — state shoots, satellite grands, and of course  The Grand itself. Our shooters didn't just show up. They came home loaded down with hardware.  Here are a few of the highlights.  

The Oklahoma Dusters Take the AIM Grand 

 Our young guns set the tone early at the 2026 AIM Grand Championship.  Handicap Championship. Clancy Pryor (Pre-Sub) put up a 90 for fourth place, with Jack Steward (Pre-Sub)  right behind at 89 for eighth. Not a bad way to start a week.  Event 2 — AIM Doubles. This is where the podium started looking distinctly red dirt. Jacob Diller smoked a  99 for Jr Gold Champion. Joseph Edwards (Pre-Sub) was Class D runner-up with an 81, Berklee Snow broke  90 for Sub Jr Class D runner-up, Rylon Arnold posted a 98 for Jr Class A runner-up, and Korbin Smith took Jr  Gold Class B runner-up with a 96.  AIM Singles Championship. Michael Gates ran a 199 for Jr runner-up — one target from the whole thing.  Parker Lohberger was Sub-Jr Class AAA runner-up, Korbin Smith claimed Jr Class B Champion with a 197,  and Connor Perkins was Jr Gold Class C runner-up at 194. Addison Darling capped it off with a 197 for High  Jr Gold Lady Champion.  AIM HAA. Alexis Pletcher was Jr Class C runner-up, Korbin Smith added Jr Gold Class B, and Reece  Hightower took Jr Gold Class C runner-up.  If you're wondering about the future of Oklahoma trapshooting — stop wondering. It's fine.  

Forty-One Strong at the Grand American 

 Forty-one Oklahomans made the trip to the 2026 Grand American, and the results made the drive worth  every mile.  Yardage earned the hard way  Corley Steward broke 94 in Event #2, the Trap and Field Handicap, punched a half yard, and stepped onto  the 27-yard line for the first time. That’s a moment a shooter remembers for the rest of their life.  Randy Hill broke his first 100 straight in the MEC Outdoors Singles. Welcome to the club, Randy.  Cash Moore's week  Some weeks a shooter just gets hot. Cash Moore won the Trap & Field Handicap outright with a 97 and  took a 2-yard punch for his trouble — then came back that same day to win Class D in the Little Egypt Golf  Cart Doubles. He wasn’t finished. Cash broke 99 to win the Mid State Precious Metal Handicap and earned  another 2.5 yards, then put 459 of 500 doubles in the air for Class D champion in the Excel Bottling  Company Super 500 Doubles. Four and a half yards and a stack of trophies in one week.  The Lohberger brothers go backward (in the best way)  Landon Lohberger was Jr Gold runner-up in the Rio Handicap with a 98 and moved back to the 25-yard line.  He followed it with a 96 in the Balser Handicap for another yard, then closed out Grand week with a 95 to  win the 25–26.5 yardage group.  Parker Lohberger answered with a 99 in the Joe Sissano Handicap — Sub Jr Champion and a 2.5-yard  advancement.  Ron Bliss, target machine  Ron Bliss had the kind of run on singles targets you tell stories about. Four 100 straights across preliminary  and Grand weeks, with Vet wins in the Fiocchi Singles, the MEC Outdoors Singles, and 200 straight in the  Winchester Class Singles. Then he ran another 100 in the Champion of Champions to take the Vet  Championship. On doubles, Ron broke 474 of 500 in the Excel Bottling Company Super 500 for third Vet and  was Vet runner-up with a 495 in the Winchester Super 500.  Clay Laughlin's marathon  Clay Laughlin ran 200 straight in the Winchester Class Singles for Class AAA Champion, then went to the  line in the ATA World Clay Target Championship and finished third after many, many extra rounds of shoot off. He also picked up a 98 in the Graf & Sons Doubles for Class AA runner-up, a 100 in the Wenig Doubles  for Class AA runner-up, and a 98 in the All American Woodworking Doubles for Class AA Champion.  More Oklahoma on the boards  • Alexis Pletcher — 100 in the MEC Outdoors Singles for Lady 1 honors, a 92 in the All American  Woodworking Doubles for Class C Champion, and 450 of 500 in the Excel Bottling Company Super 500  Doubles for third in Class C.  • Jayden Darling — Lady 1 runner-up in the Krieghoff Handicap with a 92.  • Matt McElhannon — 193 for Class D runner-up in the ATA World Clay Target Championship.  • Shay Skaggs — 97 for Class B runner-up in the Wenig Doubles.  • Pat Stacey — 99 for Sub Vet third in the Wenig Doubles.  • Warren Schurter — Class D runner-up in the ATA World Doubles Championship.  • Richard Hull — 95 for third in the 21.0–22.5 yardage group.  • Bradford Fox — 1365 in the White Flyers HOA 1500 for Class C Champion.  • Tad Nicholson — Class AA third in the Precision Fit Stocks Doubles.  • Dason Harmon — Class C third with a 196 in the Winchester Class Singles, and his biggest  accomplishment of the week, Class C in the ATA World HAA Championship.  Congratulations to every Oklahoman who shot the 2026 Grand American. You represented the state and  your home clubs the right way.  

Milestones  

Congratulations to John and Tad Nicholson on reaching 25,000 registered singles, and to Billy Pierce on  75,000 singles. Those numbers don’t happen by accident — that’s years of early mornings, long drives, and  shells burned. 

Send Me Your News 

This column only works if I hear from you. Send me news about new shooters, club improvements,  tournament results, and milestone achievements. I’d especially like to recognize shooters recording their  first 50 or 100 straight, along with anyone reaching 25,000, 50,000, or 100,000 registered targets.  Please also send shoot results — Singles, Handicap, and Doubles winners — so Oklahoma’s  accomplishments get shared and celebrated the way they deserve.  

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Kevin Nanke  ATA Delegate — Oklahoma