Richland Creek Top Guns is a youth shotgun team in Lexington, South Carolina, shooting skeet, trap and sporting clays across SCTP, SCYSF and SCDNR. Safety first, discipline always, and a whole lot of broken clay.
We shoot out of a home range in Lexington and compete in SCTP, SCYSF and SCDNR. Shooters range from 4th grade through 12th, from first-time rookies to squads heading to Southeast Regionals.
Club membership is $40 a month and covers regular team practice. Squadding, travel, fundraising and range days all run on families showing up, and nobody shoots without eye and ear protection.
Meet the coaches
Two houses — a high house and a low house — throw clays on fixed, crossing paths. Squads work through eight stations set in a half circle, shooting singles and doubles at each. The flight path never changes, so skeet rewards consistent hold points, gun mount and timing.
A single machine out front throws targets away from the shooter at varying left-and-right angles. Five shooters rotate through five stations, 25 targets to a round. It's a going-away game: quick reads, a smooth swing and follow-through on a rising bird.
Often called golf with a shotgun. Shooters walk a course of stations through woods and fields, each with a different presentation — crossers, quartering birds, rabbits bouncing along the ground, teal climbing straight up. Every station has to be read before the first shot.
A tougher, faster sporting clays course with more targets, longer distances and more true pairs thrown at once. It's where our stronger shooters test themselves and where squads earn their way to Southeast Regionals.
Our shooters reached the podium twenty-one times last season across SCTP, SCYSF and SCDNR — skeet, trap, sporting clays and super sporting, as individuals and as squads, from rookies through senior varsity.
9th–12th grade only
Must qualify 10/17
Sponsorships cover entries, targets, ammunition, insurance and travel to regionals. Four levels from $500, plus in-kind support — and every dollar goes straight to the shooters.
Head Coach
Leads the season plan, squadding and range instruction across skeet, trap and sporting clays. Full credentials coming soon.
Assistant Coach
Runs practice stations and works one-on-one with newer shooters on stance, gun mount and target reading. Full credentials coming soon.
Team Administrator
Handles registration across all three leagues, memberships, hunter education verification, squadding paperwork, invoices and travel.
