All About The 2025 USA High School Clay Target League National Championship

Student-athletes from 460 high schools nationwide will compete July 9-13 in Mason, Mich., for clay target glory.

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posted on July 1, 2025
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Pictured above: Student-athletes cat the 2024 USA High School Clay Target League National Championship. In July 2025, even more top high school shooters from across the nation will return to Mason, Mich., to compete in the country’s largest clay target event, representing more than 460 high schools.
Photo courtesy USA High School Clay Target League

The 2025 USA High School Clay Target League (USAHSCTL) National Championship is set to bring together the nation’s top high school clay target shooters from 460 schools across the United States. This event, showcasing America’s largest high school clay shooting competition, will take place July 9-13 at the Michigan Trapshooting Association in Mason, Michigan.

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The 2025 USA High School Clay Target League National Championship will be held July 9-13 at the Michigan Trapshooting Association in Mason, Mich., with top honors awarded to the nation’s best young competition shotgun shooters.

 

Approximately 3,000 student-athletes will compete in a rigorous schedule at the match, starting with practice days on July 9 and 10, followed by qualifying rounds for teams and individuals on July 11 and 12. The championship culminates on July 13 with the final rounds crowning the top five teams and the top 10 men and women shooters in the country.

Founded in 2001, the USA Clay Target League is the largest and safest clay shooting program for secondary schools nationwide, boasting more than 53,000 participants in the 2024-2025 school year alone. The League offers a fully school-approved, co-ed and adaptive program compliant with Title IX regulations, ensuring inclusivity for all student-athletes. Firearm safety is a paramount priority, with no reported injuries since its inception.

This year’s USA High School Clay Target League National Championship is proudly sponsored by notable organizations including the U.S. Army, Friends of NRA, the Lansing Sports Commission, Ducks Unlimited, the Bass Pro Shops/Cabela’s Outdoor Fund, Scheels, Walker’s, Do-All Outdoors, Mark Zauhar, Sportsman’s Guide, Guns.com, Strike Visuals and Winchester.

For more detailed event info, check out USA High School Clay Target League website.

2025 USA High School Clay Target League National Championship
Participating Schools by State

Arkansas
  • Shiloh Christian School
Arizona
  • Combs High School
California
  • Bakersfield Christian High School
  • Bishop Union High School
  • Calvary Chapel Christian School Downey
  • Orland High School
  • University Preparatory School
  • Whittier Christian High School
Colorado
  • Addenbrooke Classical Academy
  • Brighton High School
  • Buena Vista High School
  • Forge Christian High School
  • Sterling High School
Florida
  • Keswick Christian School
Iowa
  • Garner-Hayfield-Ventura High School
  • Lake Mills Community School
  • Northwood-Kensett Jr/Sr High School
  • St. Ansgar High School
Idaho
  • Kootenai Jr-Sr High School
  • Rocky Mountain High School
Illinois
  • Abingdon-Avon/Spoon River Valley High School
  • Altamont High School
  • Beecher City High School
  • Brimfield High School
  • Brown County High School
  • Bureau Valley High School
  • Calhoun High School
  • Canton High School
  • Carrollton High School
  • Central High School
  • Cumberland Community High School
  • Dieterich High School
  • Effingham High School
  • Franklin-Waverly High School
  • Galva Jr/Sr High School
  • Geneseo High School
  • Greenfield High School
  • Illinois Valley Central High School
  • Marshall High School
  • Metamora High School
  • Midland High School
  • Milledgeville High School
  • Morrison Community High School
  • Mount Pulaski High School
  • Parkview Christian Academy
  • Patoka Sr High School
  • Payson-Seymour High School
  • Prophetstown High School
  • Quincy Notre Dame High School
  • Quincy Senior High School
  • Reed-Custer High School
  • Rushville-Industry High School
  • Saint Elmo High School
  • Sauk Valley Christian Academy
  • Scales Mound High School
  • South Central High School
  • Staunton High School
  • Stewardson-Strasburg High School
  • Sullivan High School
  • Teutopolis High School
  • Triopia High School
  • Unity High School
  • Washington Community High School
  • West Central High School
  • West Prairie Jr/Sr High School
  • Wethersfield High School
Indiana
  • Adams Central High School
  • Boonville High School
  • Central Noble Jr/Sr High School
  • Eastbrook High School
  • Hanover Central High School
  • Huntington North High School
  • Mater Dei High School
  • North Central Jr/Sr High School
  • North Miami High School
  • NorthWood High School
  • Oak Hill High School
  • White River Valley High School
  • William Henry Harrison High School
Maryland
  • Georgetown Preparatory School
  • Queen Annes County High School
  • St. Johns College High School
Michigan
  • Addison High School
  • Airport High School
  • Anchor Bay High School
  • Armada High School
  • Bad Axe High School
  • Bellevue High School
  • Big Rapids High School
  • Blissfield Community Schools
  • Camden-Frontier High School
  • Caro Community High School
  • Chippewa Hills High School
  • Clare High School
  • Columbia Central High School
  • Constantine High School
  • Dexter High School
  • Dundee High School
  • Durand Area High School
  • Fenton High School
  • Frankenmuth High School
  • Gobles High School
  • Grosse Ile High School
  • Hemlock High School
  • Hillsdale High School
  • Imlay City High School
  • Ionia High School
  • Jonesville High School
  • L Anse Creuse High School
  • Lake Shore High School
  • Laker High School
  • Marine City High School
  • Marlette High School
  • Memphis High School
  • Milan High School
  • Napoleon High School
  • New Haven High School
  • Nouvel-Freeland High School
  • Olivet High School
  • Paw Paw High School
  • Pellston Middle/High School
  • Pittsford Area High School
  • Port Huron Northern High School
  • Portland High School
  • Quincy High School
  • Reading High School
  • Reed City High School
  • Richmond High School
  • Saline High School
  • Sandusky High School
  • Shepherd High School
  • Unionville-Sebewaing Area High School
  • Unity Christian High School
  • Valley Lutheran High School
  • Vestaburg Community Schools
  • Vicksburg High School
  • Waldron High School
  • Williamston High School
Minnesota
  • Alexandria High School
  • Annandale High School
  • Anoka High School
  • Apple Valley High School
  • Austin High School
  • Battle Lake High School
  • Bemidji High School
  • Bethlehem Academy of Faribault
  • Blackduck High School
  • Brainerd High School
  • Brandon-Evansville High School
  • Buffalo High School
  • Cambridge-Isanti High School
  • Chatfield High School
  • Clearbrook-Gonvick High School
  • Comfrey High School
  • Coon Rapids High School
  • Denfeld High School
  • Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton High School
  • Duluth East High School
  • Eagan High School
  • East Central High School
  • East Ridge High School
  • Elk River High School
  • Esko High School
  • Fergus Falls High School
  • Foley High School
  • Frazee-Vergas High School
  • Groves Academy
  • Hastings High School
  • Hayfield High School
  • Henning High School
  • Hermantown High School
  • Hibbing High School
  • Hill-Murray School
  • Holdingford High School
  • Holy Family Catholic High School
  • Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton High School
  • Jordan High School
  • Kingsland High School
  • Kittson County Central
  • Lac qui Parle Valley High School
  • LaCrescent High School
  • Lake Of The Woods High School
  • Lakeview High School
  • Lakeville South High School
  • Legacy Christian Academy
  • LeRoy-Ostrander High School
  • Lester Prairie High School
  • Mabel-Canton High School
  • Maple Lake High School
  • Maple River High School
  • Martin County West-Trimont High School
  • McGregor-Aitkin-Cromwell High School
  • Menahga High School
  • Moorhead High School
  • Morris Area High School
  • New Prague High School
  • New Ulm High School
  • Northeast Range High School
  • Northern Freeze Trap Team
  • Northfield High School
  • Norwood-Young America High School
  • Orono High School
  • Ortonville High School
  • Osseo High School
  • Park Christian School
  • Park High School
  • Park Rapids High School
  • Pelican Rapids High School
  • Pillager High School
  • Princeton High School
  • Providence Academy
  • Richfield High School-Academy of Holy Angels
  • Robbinsdale Armstrong High School
  • Rockford High School
  • Roseau High School
  • Rosemount High School
  • Royalton High School
  • Saint Thomas Academy
  • Sibley East High School
  • Southwest Minn. Christian High School
  • Spring Grove High School
  • Spring Lake Park High School
  • St. Croix Lutheran High School
  • St. Michael-Albertville High School
  • St. Peter High School
  • Stewartville High School
  • Stillwater High School
  • Thief River Falls High School
  • Tri-City United High School
  • Two Harbors High School
  • Walker/Hackensack/Akeley High School
  • West Lutheran High School
  • White Bear Lake Area High School
  • Winona High School
Missouri
  • Belton High School
  • California High School
  • Knob Noster High School
  • Pleasant Hill High School
Montana
  • Belt High School
  • East Helena High School
North Dakota
  • Berthold High School
  • Central McLean High School
  • Dakota Prairie High School
  • Davies High School
  • Fargo North High School
  • Hazen High School
  • Horace High School
  • Kidder County High School
  • Langdon Area Edmore Munich High Schools
  • Legacy High School
  • Lisbon High School
  • Oak Grove Lutheran High School
  • South Prairie High School
  • Valley City High School
  • West Fargo High School
  • Williston High School
Nebraska
  • Kimball Public School
  • Southern Valley High School
New York
  • Alexandria Central High School
  • Beaver River Central High School
  • Berlin High School
  • Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School
  • Caledonia-Mumford High School
  • Canisteo-Greenwood High School
  • Carthage High School
  • Cattaraugus-Little Valley Central School
  • Copenhagen Central School
  • Corning-Painted Post High School
  • Coxsackie-Athens High School
  • East Aurora High School
  • Eden High School
  • Fillmore Central School
  • Fredonia High School
  • General Brown High School
  • Gilbertsville-Mount Upton Central School
  • Gouverneur High School
  • Gowanda High School
  • Harrisville High School
  • Holland High School
  • Homer Central High School
  • Indian River High School
  • Johnsburg Central School
  • Lansing High School
  • Laurens Central School
  • Long Lake Central School
  • Lowville Academy and Central School
  • Marcus Whitman High School
  • McGraw High School
  • Monticello High School
  • Moravia High School
  • Morristown Central High School
  • Paul V. Moore High School
  • Pulaski Middle-High School
  • Red Jacket High School
  • Richfield Springs Central School
  • Sidney Jr/Sr High School
  • South Jefferson Senior High School
  • South Lewis Central High School
  • Taconic Hills Jr/Sr High School
  • Unatego High School
  • Voorheesville High School
  • Walton-Delaware Academy
  • Watkins Glen High School
Ohio
  • Beaver Local High School
  • Buckeye Trail High School
  • Buckeye Valley High School
  • Colonel Crawford High School
  • East Clinton High School
  • Fairbanks High School
  • Grand Valley High School
  • Harrison Central High School
  • Monroe Central High School
  • North Ridgeville High School
  • North Union High School
  • Olentangy Liberty High School
  • Springfield High School
  • Tri Valley High School
  • Trimble High School
  • Tuscarawas Valley High School
  • Western Reserve High School
Oregon
  • Banks High School
  • C.S. Lewis Academy
  • Crane Union High School
  • Crook County High School
  • Molalla High School
  • Oregon City High School
  • Sherwood High School
  • Silverton High School
  • Wallowa High School
  • West Albany High School
  • Yamhill-Carlton High School
Pennsylvania
  • Belle Vernon Area High School
  • Bentworth High School
  • Blackhawk High School
  • Cambridge Springs High School
  • Central Mountain High School
  • Central Valley High School
  • Conneaut Area Senior High School
  • Cranberry Area Jr/Sr High School
  • Fort LeBoeuf High School
  • Geibel Catholic Jr/Sr High School
  • Greater Latrobe Senior High School
  • Hempfield Area High School
  • La Salle College High School
  • Maplewood High School
  • North East High School
  • Penn Cambria High School
  • Saegertown High School
  • Southern Fulton High School
  • Southmoreland High School
  • Uniontown Area High School
  • Yough School District
South Carolina
  • Clover High School
South Dakota
  • Britton-Hecla High School
  • Elk Point High School
  • Groton Area High School
  • Milbank High School
  • Platte-Geddes High School
Texas
  • Kelton High School
  • Mansfield ISD
Utah
  • South Summit High School
Virginia
  • Aylett Country Day School-St. Margarets
  • Christchurch School
  • Light of The World Academy
Washington
  • Odessa High School
  • Wilbur-Creston High School
Wisconsin
  • Aquinas High School
  • Ashland-Washburn High School
  • Baraboo High School
  • Barneveld School District
  • Bonduel High School
  • Central/Logan High Schools
  • Clear Lake High School
  • Cochrane-Fountain City High School
  • Crivitz High School
  • Denmark High School
  • Dodgeville High School
  • Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah High School
  • Ellsworth High School
  • Fall River High School
  • Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau High School
  • Gillett High School
  • Grantsburg High School
  • Hillsboro High School
  • Holmen High School
  • Kickapoo High School
  • La Farge High School
  • Lincoln-Nekoosa-Port Edwards-Adams/Friendship High
  • Loyal High School
  • Luther High School
  • Luxemburg-Casco High School
  • Melrose-Mindoro High School
  • Mineral Point Unified High School
  • Mishicot High School
  • Neillsville High School
  • New Glarus High School
  • New Holstein High School
  • Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton School District
  • Oconto High School
  • Pecatonica High School
  • Portage High School
  • Preble High School
  • Reedsburg Area High School
  • Reedsville Jr/Sr High School
  • River Valley High School
  • Royall High School
  • Shullsburg High School
  • Southern Door High School
  • Southwestern High School
  • St. Croix Central High School
  • Thorp High School
  • Tomah High School
  • Turtle Lake High School
  • Wausaukee High School
  • Webster High School
  • West Salem High School
  • Weston High School
  • Wisconsin Heights Middle/High School

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