Sig Sauer Hosts Scholastic Steel Challenge Collegiate Fall Championship

BURLINGTON, Wash. – The Steel Challenge Shooting Association (SCSA) announced that the organization’s Scholastic Steel Challenge Collegiate Fall Championship will be hosted by firearms maker Sig Sauer at its training facility, the Sig Sauer Academy in Epping, N.H., on November 12.

Among those schools expected to compete are the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, University of Vermont, Harvard University and Yale University, as well as a local high school team, Wayland High School from Massachusetts.

“Following on the success of our Spring championship, there is a great deal of interest in an SSC Collegiate Fall Championship and thanks to our match host, Sig Sauer, the New England college teams will once again meet on the Steel Challenge range to determine who among them is the fastest of the fast,” said Scott Moore, director of the Scholastic Steel Challenge.

The Scholastic Steel Challenge is a national team-oriented youth shooting program developed by the Steel Challenge Shooting Association and funded in part by a grant from the National Shooting Sports Foundation. The program is open to young men and women ages 12 to 20 and offers them the opportunity to compete as a four person team for a national title in the action pistol discipline of speed shooting.

Earlier this year the program was expanded to offer college teams the opportunity to participate in the competition format.

From the beginning, industry support for the Scholastic Steel Challenge has been strong with the program picking up sponsorship from Action Target, Atlanta Arms & Ammo, Brownells, Glock, GT Target Stands, MGM Targets, the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the Outdoor Wire Digital Network, Precision Delta, Safariland, Smith & Wesson, Winchester Ammunition and the Youth Shooting Sports Alliance.

For more information on the Scholastic Steel Challenge and the Steel Challenge Shooting Association, visit SteelChallenge.com, follow @ScholasticSteel or @SteelChallenge on Twitter find the Steel Challenge on Facebook or visit the Steel Challenge blog.