Honors & Awards

                      Spring 2025 2nd In conference

                                 Conference Stats

                                                           Zayne Laskey 6th

                                                                         Zach Stark 10th

                                                                      Ben Latimore 13th

                                                                 Max Hansen Ivett 15th

                                                                   Gavin Whitcher 18th

                                                    State Stats

                                               Zayne Laskey 47th

                                                                  Maddison Smith 109th

                                                                        Zach Stark 109th

      Fall 2024 Third place Conference                                 Conference Stats

                                                                          Zayne Laskey  12th

                                                                           Colin Barnes 16th

                                                                             Zach Stark 19th

                                                                              Female Class

                                                                         Maddison Smith 1st

                                                                            Tessa Bylbie 3rd

                                                                         Delanie Wright 8th

                                                           State Stats

                                      Zayne Laskey ranked 71st in the state

                                                    Maddison Smith Ranked 100th in the state

   Spring 2024 Conference Champions

      Conference Stats.

        Daniel Stang ranked 1st 

        Maddison Smith ranked 1st in female class

       Drezden Spire ranked 11th

    Zayne Laskey ranked 13th

      Brendin  Diebel ranked 16th

       Zach Stark ranked 20th

       State Stats

     Daniel Stang ranked 16th 

      Maddison Smith ranked 5th in female class

Fall 2023 Second Place in Conference

State stats. 

Daniel Stang ranked 8th in state. 

Maddison Smith ranked 62nd in state. 

Ben Latimore ranked 108th 

Zayne Laskey ranked 112th

Drezden Spire ranked 163rd

Conference stats 

Daniel Stang ranked 1st

Maddison Smith ranked 1st

Ben Latimore ranked 7th

Zayne Laskey ranked 8th

Drezden Spire ranked 14th

Max Hansen-Ivett ranked 23rd

Jarek Howard ranked 32nd

Spring 2023 Conference Champions

NYS stats 

Daniel Stang ranked 12th 

Zayne Laskey ranked 15th 

Conference Stats 

Daniel Stang ranked 1st

Zayne Laskey ranked 2nd 

Daniel Humphrey ranked 6th 

DJ Dirienzo ranked 7th 

Sam Latimore ranked 17th 

Braydon Boler ranked 18th 

Madison Smith ranked 1st F

Fall 2022 Conference Champions 

New York State Final Rankings of 2022 Fall Trap Season

Alex Pachucinski ranked 21st

Daniel Stang ranked 54th

Daniel Humphrey ranked 59th

Sam Latimore ranked 63rd

DJ Dirienzo ranked 67th

Top 25 of 2022 Final Fall Trap Rankings by Conference

Alex Pachucinski ranked 6th

Daniel Stang ranked 11th

Dan Humphrey ranked 12th

Sam Latimore ranked 14th

DJ Dirienzo ranked 16th

Madison Smith Ranked 6th F Division

Spring 2022 Conference Chmapions 

New York State Final Rankings of 2022 Spring Trap Season

• TJ Ackley Jr. Ranked 25th in NYS

• DJ Dirienzo Ranked 75th in NYS

• Tyler Smith Ranked 92nd in NYS

Top 25 of 2022 Final Spring Trap Rankings by Conference

• TJ Ackley Ranked 4th 

• DJ Dirienzo Ranked 6th

• Tyler Smith Ranked 7th

• Daniel Stang Ranked 13th

• Sam Latimore Ranked 13th

• Zayne Laskey Ranked 15th

• Logan Lukonaitis Ranked 22nd

• Daniel Humphrey Ranked 23rd

• Braydon Boler Ranked 37th

• Aidan Pachucinski 52nd

• Brody Mescall 55th

FALL 2021 Conference Chmapions 

We have now won the 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 Fall Conference Championship!!!!!! We are extremely blessed to have won our 4th Conference Championship in a row!!!

NYS Top 50

TJ Ackley JR. Ranked 15th

Logan Lukonaitis ranked 22nd

Adam Golden ranked 30th

Tyler Smith ranked 32nd

Daniel Stang ranked 37th

Daniel Humphrey ranked 48th

Congrats to these top ranked shooters!!

Congrats to TJ Ackley for receiving an award for his conference average!!!!!

Top 25 athletes in our conference.

TJ Ackley JR. Ranked 2nd

Logan Lukonaitis ranked 7th

Adam Golden ranked 9th

Tyler Smith ranked 10th

Daniel Stang ranked 12th

Dan Humphrey ranked 16th

Sam Latimore ranked 18th

Alex Pachucinski ranked 19th

Congratulations to these top ranked athletes in our conference!!!!!

We are so proud of our athletes and are thankful for all our wonderful volunteer coaches and parents!!! Thank you!!!

Spring 2021 2nd Place in Conference 

Second place in our Conference!!! We get a second place trophy, 3 athletes finished in the top 100 in NYS! We had 8 athletes in the top 25 for our conference

A special shout out to TJ Ackley JR.

TJ won a medal for Highest Male Season Average in Conference, congrats

State Stats :

Top 100 in NYS

#17 TJ Ackley JR. 23.40 avg

#41 Cameron Wight 22.80 avg

#99 Daniel Stang 21.90 avg

Top 25 in NYS by M/F

#16 TJ Ackley JR.

Top 25 in Conference by M/F

#1 TJ Ackley JR.

#7 Cameron Wight

#16 Daniel Stang

#17 Adam Golden

#19 Sam Latimore

#22 Tyler Smith

#8 Rebekah Austin

#9 Olivia Latimore

Fall 2020 Conference Chmapions 

The Gowanda Trap Team has won the 2020 Fall Conference Championship.

• This is our 3rd Fall Season Conference Title, 3 years in a row!!!

• Top Overall 25 Trap Shooters in NYS

• Cameron Wight 3rd best Trap Shooter in NYS!!

• TJ Ackley ranked 16th best Trap Shooter in NYS

• Adam Golden ranked 22nd best trap shooter in NYS

• Cameron Wight ranked # 3 for male shooters

• Rebecca Austin Ranked #7 for female shooters

• Olivia Latimore ranked #14 for female shooters.

• Adam Golden shot a perfect 25!!! 1st time accomplishing this, congrats!!!

• CONFERENCE STATS by M/F

• Cameron Wight #1 in our conference

• TJ Ackley #4 in our conference

• Adam Golden #5 in our conference

• Daniel Stang #7 in our conference

• Sam Latimore #12 in our conference

• Tyler Smith #14 in our conference

• Rebekah Austin #2 in our conference

• Olivia Latimore #5 in our conference

• 2020 Fall Season Awards

• Cameron Wight 1st Place Conference Season Average Male 

• Rebekah Austin 2nd Place Conference Season Average Female

Spring 2020

Season Canceled do to Covid 

Fall 2019 Conference Chmapions 

• Conference 4 Champions!!! 

• Cameron Wight # 1 in Conference, #4 in NYS

• Logan Lukonaitis #5 in Conference, #27 in NYS

• Adam Golden #30 in NYS

• Hunter Laskey #8 in Conference, #40 in NYS

• TJ Ackley jr #46 in NYS

• Mason Ruff #81 in NYS

• Sam Latimore #84 in NYS

Spring 2019 

• Cameron Wight: AllStar Top 100 Shooter 2019 Spring Season, Top 100 NYS Trap Tournament, Top 25 shooter in Conference

• Connor Wight: AllStar Top 100 Shooter 2019 Spring Season, Top 100 NYS Trap Tournament, Top 25 shooter in Conference 

• Charles Pasternack: AllStar Top 100 Shooter 2019 Spring Season, Top 25 shooter in Conference  

• Madison Sternisha: Top Gun NYS Trap Tournament, JV Woman’s Class, Top 25 shooter in Conference

• Hunter Laskey: AllStar Top 100 NYS Trap Tournament 

• Adam Golden: Top 100 NYS Trap Tournament

• Alexa Urbaniak: Top 25 shooter in Conference

• Anna North: Top 25 shooter in Conference

Fall 2018 Conference Champions 

• Conference Champions!!! 

• Cameron Wight Top 100 Shooter State 2018 Fall Season. State Rank  4th

  • “Top Gun” Highest Male average in Conference 4

  • Highest overall average in Conference 4

• Connor Wight Top 100 Shooter State 2018 Fall Season. State Rank  14th

• Madison Sternisha Top 100 Shooter State 2018 Fall Season. State Rank  34th

  • 2nd Highest average for female shooters in Conference 4

• Hunter Laskey Top 100 Shooter State 2018 Fall Season. State Rank  40th

• TJ Ackley Top 100 Shooter State 2018 Fall Season. State Rank  42nd

• Max Comstock Top 100 Shooter State 2018 Fall Season. State Rank  59th

• Charles Pasternack Top 100 Shooter State 2018 Fall Season. State Rank  67th

  • Fun Squad Weekly winner

• Logan Lukonaitis Top 100 Shooter State 2018 Fall Season. State Rank  94th 

Spring 2018

• Connor Wight Allstar Top 100 shooter 2018 Spring Season. State Rank 47th

Media

1. http://www.observertoday.com/sports/local-sports/2019/01/gowanda-trap-team-is-right-on-target/

2. http://www.observertoday.com/sports/local-sports/2018/10/gowanda-trap-teams-connor-wight-named-as-top-50-shooter-in-ny-state/

3. http://wyrk.com/gowanda-hs-trap-team-stays-on-top/

4. https://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/proposal-would-ban-marksmanship-teams-in-new-yorks-public-schools/1147285220

5. https://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/trap-shooting-giving-students-new-opportunities-to-try-team-sports/1141102435

6. http://www.observertoday.com/sports/local-sports/2018/02/ready-aim-fire/

7. http://www.observertoday.com/sports/local-sports/2018/06/gowanda-trap-team-impact-felt-throughout-athletic-community/

8. http://www.observertoday.com/sports/local-sports/2018/05/gowanda-trap-team-competes/

9. http://www.observertoday.com/sports/local-sports/2018/04/target-excellence/