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Terry Wills of Lycoming County and Coy D. Hill, Fulton County, are the individual champions of the 1999 Pennsylvania Game Commission Revolver Championships held earlier this month at the PGC^s Scotia Range in Centre County.
Wills shot a 495-29x score to lead salaried wildlife conservation officers, displacing 1998 champion David Carlini of Clearfield County. Carlini finished as runnerup this year with a score of 488-27x. Wills^ score was a record for WCOs, bettering the former standard of 491-29x shot by Carlini in 1998. Both Wills and Carlini have the distinction of claiming PGC titles as salaried officers and deputies. WCO Steven Bernardi of Snyder County placed third for the second straight year. His score was 488-24x.
Hill repeated as champion in the deputy wildlife conservation officer category with a score of 487-32x. He also won the title in 1996. Steve Frye of Clearfield County, was second in DWCO competition with a score of 479-26x, while Anthony Carbaugh, Fulton County, was third at 477-27x.
While deputy WCOs and salaried officers compete in separate individual categories, it is important to note that annual firearms training and qualification for all Game Commission law enforcement officers is conducted under identical, strict guidelines.
Officers from Fulton County continued their domination of four-man team competition. Steve Leiendecker, Carbaugh, Coy Hill and Robert Strait combined for a winning score of 1,874-99x. Fulton County officers have won this title every year since 1994. Centre County officers claimed second place as Frank B. Scott IV, William L. Sipple Jr., Mike Ondik and Joseph Wiker turned in a score of 1,803-59x. Roland Trombetto, Thomas Lewis, Tim Williams and Mark White earned third place for their Bedford County team with a score of 1,789-41x.
In two-man team competition Chris Ivicic and Steve Frye of Clearfield County took the title with a score of 954-39x. Carlini and Dennis Gill, Clearfield County, placed second at 940-37x, while Wills and Jim Neylon Jr., were third at 923-44x.
Uploaded: 8/21/1999
Uploaded: 8/21/1999