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High school rifle teams take aim at scholarships, Olympics

Pennsylvania schools have an estimated 54 shooting teams for boys and 44 for girls, and many of them receive funding from the National Rifle Association. Most teams hail from the great stretch of forest, farmland, and blue-collar towns between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, where gun ownership is bipartisan and hunting is ingrained.

Everett High School Rifle Team Captain, Laurel Kuhne, during practice at Everett Sportsmen’s Club in Everett, P.A. Tuesday, December, 12, 2017. Sullivan County one of Pennsylvania’s least populated counties has sent two shooters to the Olympics in the last decade.
Everett High School Rifle Team Captain, Laurel Kuhne, during practice at Everett Sportsmen’s Club in Everett, P.A. Tuesday, December, 12, 2017. Sullivan County one of Pennsylvania’s least populated counties has sent two shooters to the Olympics in the last decade.Read moreJOSE F. MORENO / Staff Photographer
    by Jason Nark
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