February 15, 2016

 

 

 

The Granbury Marine Corps JROTC precision teams competed in the JROTC Service Championships on February 12-24, 2016, in Anniston, Alabama.  One squad placed second and received a bid to the national-level contest featuring the best JROTC units from all service branches.

 

Representing Granbury High School were cadets Cody Bogle, Trinity Hathaway, Freeman Hawker, Chris Hitshew, Kayla Hitshew, Grant Kinser, Kate Lambert, Tyler Morrissette, Jakob Rankin, and Brittney Pinckard.

 

 

Bogle won gold and set a national record in the kneeling position during individual competition, which also featured Kayla Hitshew and Lambert as finalists.  The trio plus Hawker formed the second-place team, which received a bid to shoot against the best JROTC units in the nation March 17-19 back in Alabama.

 

“The cadets shot great over the two-day competition,” said Lt. Col. Scott Casey, the Senior Marine Instructor.  “All ten shooters shot a personal best on the national stage.”

 

A second team composed of Hathaway, Chris Hitshew, Morrissette, and Plecity placed sixth in the competition.  Rankin was an individual contestant in the precision class, while Kinser competed in the sporter category.

 

 

“Getting a bid to nationals at Camp Perry is the highest level you can achieve,” Casey commented.  “This is a remarkable accomplishment for the Granbury program, which competed at national level for the first time last year.”

 

• Top:  back – Col. Scott Casey, Freeman Hawker; front – Kayla Hitshew, Cody Bogle, Kate Lambert.
• Middle:  Kate Lambert, Kayla Hitshew, Grant Kinser, Tyler Morrissette, Chris Hitshew, Freeman Hawker, Cody Bogle, Jakob Rankin, Trinity Hathaway, Elizabeth Plecity
  
• Bottom:  Shooting range

  

• Granbury High School
• Crossland Ninth Grade Center
• JROTC

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