The weather may have been cold outside, but inside the Benton County Fairground Exhibit Building in Bentonville, Arkansas, the competition at the 2025 Arkansas State BB Gun Championship was hot. More than 90 boys and girls, 15 years of age and younger, competed for top honors and awards at the match held on Saturday, February 8.
Many people might consider a BB Gun more of a toy, but don’t tell that to these young athletes that shoot at a tiny bullseye 10-ring at distances of five meters (16 feet, 4.85 inches). Each youth fires 10 shots in four Olympic-style positions: prone, standing, sitting and kneeling. They also take a 50-question firearms safety exam. A perfect score in all events would equal 500 points, but it usually takes a score in the upper 460s to place in the match.
Athletes compete on five-person teams and as individuals. First, second and third place awards are presented in four categories: Team Award, Team/Individual division, Alternate Individual division and Champion Individual division. In addition, the top three teams advance and will represent the state Arkansas at the upcoming Daisy National BB Gun Championship in Rogers, Arkansas, in June.
The top three overall winners in each of the three Individual divisions received a “Special Edition” Engraved Daisy Avanti Model 499 BB Rifle.
2025 ARKANSAS STATE BB GUN CHAMPIONSHIP LEADERBOARD
TEAM COMPETITION
- Central Arkansas Hawkeyes “Blue Team” – 2247-51X. Colt Jones, John Gibson, Hagen Carter, Kristian Robinson, Bria Butler and Coach Andy Faulkner.
- Central Arkansas Hawkeyes “Red Team” – 2145-35X. Jeremiah Blount, Harper Zeilter, Hayes Scroggin, Carter West, Piper Wells and Coach Dustin Henson.
- Greene County Team #1 – 2138-27X. Maverick Moss, Jace King, Zoey Eubanks, Kale Head, Max Gray and Coach Daniel King
INDIVIDUAL
- Colt Jones, Central Arkansas Hawkeyes “Blue Team” – 460-15X
- Corley Locke, Madison County “Bullseye Team” – 460-11X
- Emma Ogden, Madison County “Bullseye Team” – 456-7X
ALTERNATE INDIVIDUAL
- Joseph Haywood, Greene County – 449-X
- Lynlee King, Ozark Youth Shooting Team (Bentonville) – 424-8X
- Lyla Smith, Madison County – 365-4X
CHAMPIONS INDIVIDUAL
- Evan Martin, Central Arkansas Hawkeyes – 463-9X
- Tayhlor Henson, Central Arkansas Hawkeyes – 460-13X
- Kaitlyn Edwards, Central Arkansas Hawkeyes – 446-4X
To view a complete list of competitors, teams and scores from the 2025 Arkansas State BB Gun Championship, go to orionresults.com.
The Arkansas BB Gun Championship a program of the Arkansas BB/Air Gun Program and is open to any boy or girl under the age of 15 that has an interest in learning how to safely handle a gun and become involved in competitive youth shooting sports. This program is supported by the Arkansas Rifle and Pistol Association, the Arkansas Friends of NRA and the Arkansas Gun and Cartridge Collectors Club.
For more information, please contact [email protected].
Learn more about CMP at thecmp.org.
