Sporting Clays Hot Among Arizona Youths With more than 200 youths competing, the Scholastic Clay Target Program on Saturday held its largest ever state sporting clays competition. The state championship event, held at Ben Avery Clay Target Center, attracted teams from across Arizona and qualified competitors for the SCTP national sporting clays championships slated for July 14-16 in Rush, N.Y. "Arizona has created one of the country's most successful all-around SCTP programs," said Zach Snow of the National Shooting Sports Foundation, which developed and sponsors SCTP at the national level. "In no other state are there as many SCTP youths competing in all three shotgun disciplines – sporting clays, skeet and trap shooting." Snow said the Arizona program's success can be attributed to leadership from the Arizona Game and Fish Commission, which manages and supports the program, and an impressive network of dedicated parents and volunteers. Saturday's competition was the final installment of the state Commissioner's Cup, which comprised events in trap, skeet and sporting clays. View a slideshow of photos from this weekend's event.