Four St. Thomas Academy, Mendota Heights students and rifle team members will head to nationals in March after winning the state title Jan. 7 in Forest Lake.
Seth Olson, Riley Miller, John Sotamba and Jack Kotok shot a 2,029 score at the state tournament held by the Civilian Marksmanship Program. Second place went to a squad called X-Men with 1,975 points.
STA advances with its first rifle team compete at the national championship March 29-31 in Camp Perry, Ohio. The Cadets’ second rifle squad took sixth at state.
