USA High School Clay Target League

rdf:langString USA High School Clay Target League

rdf:langString The USA Clay Target League of Saint Paul, Minnesota, organizes and runs high school and college clay target shooting programs along with state tournaments and a yearly National Championship It is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation and the independent provider of shooting sports as an extracurricular co-ed activity to high schools and colleges for students who have their firearms safety certification. The organization oversees school-based youth trapshooting, skeet shooting, sporting clays and 5-stand leagues in 34 states. The USA Clay Target League is the largest youth clay target shooting program in the world, with over 38,000 participants yearly. The organization's high school program - USA High School Clay Target League - runs high-school trapshooting leagues in states nationwide, the largest of which is Minnesota, where 12,000 students from nearly 450 schools compete. All teams in USACTL leagues are school-sanctioned as a prerequisite for team/league formation. The Minnesota State High School Clay Target League Championship is the largest trapshooting event in the world with over 8,000 student athletes participating in 2018. In 2019, the USA Clay Target League launched the USA College Clay Target League, a program for 2-year and 4-year postsecondary institutions. In 2021, the USA Clay Target League formed the USA Homeschool Clay Target League, a program specifically for homeschool students that were unable to participate in the League's high-school programs due to school or state restrictions. The League's motto is "Safety, Fun, Marksmanship - In that order."