The GCS Shooting Program provides a means to teach how a Christian should compete on the range as well as function in other aspects of life. GCS team members must participate in such a way that honors their team, our school and the Lord.
GCS Shooting participants compete in shotgun, .22 rifle, archery and hunter safety skills. The team’s shotgun clay target disciplines include trap, skeet, sporting clays, 5-Stand and super sporting.
Grace Christian is committed to developing a perspective on winning and losing that is consistent with the teachings of the scripture. We expect our athletes to dedicate themselves to this goal. Our challenge is to be in contrast to a sports world that emphasizes winning at any cost. Winning should be one of our goals, but we recognize that sports presents a beneficial learning experience, regardless of the outcome.
The mission of Grace Christian Athletics is to provide an excellent sports program that will help our students develop their God-given abilities. We want our student-athletes to honor and glorify God in all that they do (I Corinthians 10:31). Athletics is something that God allows us to do, not something that defines us. We need to make God first place in our lives (Matthew 6:33).
GCS Shooting team competes in the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission Youth Hunter Education Skills Tournament and the Scholastic Clay Target Program.
The Middle School Shooting team is available to students grades 5 through 8 and competes in Junior divisions. This foundational stage of development is the most important level of learning for our Shooting program, and includes:
Middle School Shooting gives us an opportunity to introduce and teach the fundamental aspects of the sport including but not limited to: hunter safety, equipment care and marksmanship.
Middle School Shooting teams practice/or complete at least once a week on either Saturday or Sundays.
The privilege to represent GCS Varsity Shooting is reserved for our top marksmen, grades 9 – 12, who have mastered shooting fundamentals, and demonstrate a consistent display of the core Christlike characters traits of our athletic program: Diligence, Endurance, Boldness, Obedience, Faith, Humility, and Dependability.
Varsity Shooting participants compete in Senior divisions and must be prepared to compete for playing time and work to keep it. Seniority of a participant is not a factor. Our Varsity Shooting team members are judged on ability, work ethic, attitude, and knowledge of the coach’s strategies.
Competing to win is strongly emphasized, without sacrificing the display and the development of Christ-like character. GCS Varsity Shooting team members are expected to act accordingly to their roles on the team, and contribute unselfishly in accordance with their abilities. Competition time will be determined solely by the coach/coaches.
Varsity Shooting teams practice/or compete at least once a week on Saturday or Sundays.
The GCS Shooting Program tryouts run in late September. Weekly practices run from November through March, with opportunities for additional competitions and clinics year round. If you’d like more information about the GCS Shooting Program, or to register for tryouts, please contact our Director of Outdoor Sportsman Programs.
Practices are primarily held at the Lee County Wildlife Club, Deep River Sporting Clays, and Fort Bragg Clay Target Center. The team also periodically visits the Durham County Wildlife Club and other local sporting clays facilities.
Lee County Wildlife Club offers a rifle range with covered shooting positions; an archery range; and a shotgun range with 3 clay throwers.
Deep River Sporting Clays offers a practice ranges for rifle, archery and trap, plus a full competition-level sporting clay course.
Fort Bragg Clay Target Center and Durham County Wildlife Club offer regulation trap and skeet fields.
Players from each team are selected for the following annual awards:
