Special thanks to Jim Duncan for sharing the following write up and summary of the Nebraska One Box Rock Crushers shooting team’s accomplishments at the recent national championship in Texas.
Nebraska One Box Rock Crushers recently competed in the 2025 USAYESS
National Championship in Kerrville, Texas and San Antonio, Texas.
The competition opened in Kerrville, Texas on June 24th with the Olympic Style
events. Kaela Hinze took 2nd place honors FOR Senior Ladies in International Skeet
and the Rock Crushers took the Gold and Silver in the Senior Men’s Division with Blaine
Frizzell finishing with Gold and Zach Hinze taking Silver. In Olympic Style Bunker Trap,
Peyton Williams won a shoot-off to take the Gold in Intermediate Men and in the JV
Division, Teagan Woodward took the Silver. Eli Smith tied for 3rd but lost the shoot-off to
finish out of the medals.
On June 25th, the events moved to the National Shooting Center in San Antonio,
Texas for the American events. The Rock Crushers first competition was American
Skeet Doubles. Eli Smith took the Gold in JV Men, Zach Smith took Gold and Blaine
Frizzell tied for 3 rd but lost the shoot-off in the Senior Men Division. In Senior Ladies,
Kaela Hinze took 3 rd but lost the shoot-off to finish in 4th.
In American Skeet Singles, Cooper Loughran took the Bronze in JV Men after
winning a shoot-off with teammate Eli Smith. Zach Hinze shot an impressive 99 out of
100 in the Senior’s Men Division to end up in a 3-way shoot-off which he won to take
the Gold. In the Squad Division the Rock Crushers JV Squad took the Gold with Eli
Smith, Cooper Loughran, Teagon Woodward, Gunner Baltz and Caleb Berggren; the
Senior Squad of Zach Hinze, Blaine Frizzell, Kaela Hinze, Hudson Werkmeister and
Garret Johnk receiving Bronze.
In Sporting Clays, Eli Smith tied for 3rd but lost the shoot-off and the JV Squad of
Smith, Loughran, Woodward, Baltz and Berggren took the Gold.
On Saturday, the Rock Crushers moved on to Trap Doubles with Teagan
Woodward taking the Bronze in the JV Men and the Senior Squad of Zach Hinze, Blaine
Frizzell, Hudson Werkmeister, Garrett Johnk and Kellen Nelson taking Silver. In Trap
Doubles, the JV Squad repeated with the Gold.
In American Trap Singles, Blaine Frizzell shot a perfect score of 100 straight to
end up in a 3-way shoot-off which he won to take the Gold in the Senior Men’s Division.
The JV Squad of Smith, Loughran, Woodward, Baltz and Berggren took another Gold in
the event.
In Sporting Clays, Eli Smith tied for 3rd and lost the shoot-off in JV Men and the
JV Squad of Smith, Loughran, Woodward, Baltz and Berggren took another Gold.
In the High All Around Competition which combines the individual scores for
American Trap, American Skeet and Sporting Clays, Blaine Frizzell tied for 1st but lost in the shoot-off to take Silver. Frizell also tied for 1st place in the Buckle Race for Varsity
Men and also lost the shoot-off to take the Silver.
In the Overall Team Competition, the team finished in 5th place out of 34 teams
that were represented.
2025 concluded Dave Stunkel’s 22nd year of coaching the Rock Crushers Team.
Coach Stunkel stated that although the team was not quite as deep this year, there
were several Intermediate and JV level shooters that made significant improvement in
their scores this year which should carry on to next year and Coach Stunkel is optimistic
that the Rock Crushers will be well positioned to make another run at a National
Championship in 2026. The National Shoot marked the end of the High School
shooting careers for Zach Hinze and Kellen Nelson. Hinze will continue his shooting
career with the Hillsdale College Shooting Team in Spring Arbor, Michigan.
The Rock Crushers wish to thank the One Box Pheasant Hunt Organization and
all of their other generous supporters for their continued support and success.
