Category: Hall of Fame

Wisconsin State Titles

12 Gauge (3 times) – 1973, 1976, 1978

20 Gauge (1 times) – 1975

410 Bore (4 times) – 1971, 1973, 1977, 1980

HOA (3 times) – 1973, 1974, 1975

Major Accomplishments

400×400 – July 5^th, 1981 Firecracker Open, North Shore Winchester Gun Club

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Warren Joerndt’s skeet shooting career started in 1967 with five hundred 12 Ga. Registered targets.  In 1982, he shot the first 400×400 in this state’s history, with four different guns.  He was a WSSA board member for twelve years and on the All-State Team thirteen times.  Warren Joerndt won Eleven State Titles (3-HOA, 3-12Ga., 1-20Ga., and 4-.410 Bore) along with numerous runner-up titles.  He still enjoys shooting and resides in Wisconsin.

UPDATE (3/30/15): Warren Joerdnt passed away on May 25, 2013 after a battle with ALS.

NSSA All American Teams

Woman’s Team – 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967 (Co-Capt.)

NSSA High Average Leader

Woman 12 Ga. 1^st – 1964 (.9800)

Woman 20 Ga. 1^st – 1963 (.9750), 1966 (.9768)

Woman 28 Ga. 2^nd – 1966 (.9630)

Woman .410 Bore 3^rd – 1966 (.8861)

Woman HOA 2^nd – 1966 (.9606)

Wisconsin State Titles

20 Gauge Open (1 times) – 1963

12 Gauge Lady (6 times) – 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967

20 Gauge Lady (5 times) – 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966

28 Gauge Lady (1 times) – 1965

.410 Bore Lady (2 times) – 1965, 1966

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Clarine Menzel’s registered skeet career started in the late 1950’s – early 1960’s.  The 1960 WSSA State Shoot Program lists Mr. and Mrs. Menzel as the WSSA State Shoot Welcoming Committee.  Mrs. Menzel was named to FIVE NSSA All American Teams.  In 1963, 1964, and 1966, she was among the NSSA’s high average leaders for women.  In 1963, she became the first and only woman to win an OPEN Wisconsin State Title (20 Ga.). During her shooting career, Mrs. Menzel won over fifteen lady state titles and numerous class wins.  In 1965, she was the first woman to shoot a 100 in the 12 Ga. during a Wisconsin State Shoot.  Clarine Menzel will be inducted into the NSSA’s Hall of Fame in October, 1995. Clarine presently resides in Arizona.

NSSA All American Teams

Open First Team – 1965

Open Second Team – 1964, 1966, 1968

NSSA High Average Leader

HOA 3rd – 1964 (.9760)

.410 Bore 2^nd – 1964 (.9484)

Wisconsin State Titles

20 Gauge (2 times) – 1959, 1964

28 Gauge (3 times) – 1962, 1964, 1968

410 Bore (1 times) – 1964

HOA (1 times) – 1968

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John Matchette’s skeet career started in the late 1950’s.  Mr. Matchette was a WSSA Director and served on the classification committee at numerous state shoots.  Mr. Matchette was named to FOUR NSSA All American Teams.  He is one of two Wisconsin Shooters to have been named to the NSSA All American Open 1^st Team.  In 1964, he was among the NSSA’s high average leaders in HOA and the .410 bore.  Also in 1964, he won three state titles (20 Ga., 28 Ga., and .410 Bore) and was runner-up in HOA by one target.  In 1960, Mr. Matchette and Ed Scherer won the Two Man Team All Bore event at the Wisconsin State Shoot.  In 1957, Mr. Matchette along with Durant, Durant, Ernst, and Schlegel, won the Five Man Team Event at the Wisconsin State Shoot. John Matchette won Seven State Titles and was runner-up nine times in the various gauges and HOA. John Presently Resides in Florida.

NSSA Hall of Fame – Inducted 1974

World Titles

1951 – Dallas, TX – 20 Ga. Champion

1958 – Waterford, MI – 20 Ga Champion

1960 – Lynnhaven, VA – Champ of Champions

NSSA All American Teams

Open First Team – 1952, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1983

Open Second Team – 1951, 1956, 1964, 1970, 1985

Open Honorable Mention – 1984, 1986

Sub-Senior First Team – 1978

Sub Senior Second Team – 1981, 1982

Senior First Team – 1983 (Capt.), 1984 (Capt.), 1985 (Capt.), 1986 (Capt.), 1988

NSSA High Average Leader

HOA – 1956 (.9680)

12 Gauge 1956 (.9900), 1957 (.9975), 1964 (.9971)

20 Gauge – 1954 (.9815)

Wisconsin State Titles

12 Gauge (11 times) – 1948, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1981

12 Gauge Sub-Senior (1 times) – 1979

12 Gauge Senior (1 times) – 1983

20 Gauge (3 times) – 1957, 1961, 1977

28 Gauge (3 times) – 1955, 1957, 1960

410 Bore (10 times) – 1948, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1981

HOA (13 times) – 1947, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1969

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Ed Scherer has been shooting skeet for over 54 years.  In 1943 he enlisted in the U.S. Air Corps and became a P-47 fighter pilot in the Pacific theater.  When Ed was not fighting the Japanese, he would enjoy shooting skeet with a Remington 31 pump shotgun supplied by the Corps.

After World War Two, Ed stayed in Okinawa with the opportunity to shoot skeet with supplied guns and ammunition.  This enabled Ed to hone his skeet shooting skills to a razor sharp level.

In 1947, he shot at his first major skeet shoot, the Alamo Open, and broke 249 X 250 with a borrowed gun. Since then Ed has been named to 13 All-American Open First Teams, won three World skeet titles, won over forty Wisconsin State skeet titles and was inducted into the NSSA Skeet Shooting Hall of Fame, in 1974.

His skill and communication abilities have enabled Ed to be a shooting instructor, produce several instruction videos and books and to become Field Editor for Skeet Shooting Review and Wing Shooting Editor for Sporting Clay Magazine.

UPDATE (3/30/15): Ed Scherer went missing while on a hunting trip in Ontario, Canada on November 1, 1995.  He was 73 at the time of his disappearance.  

NSSA All American Teams

Open Team Honorable Mention – 1947

Wisconsin State Titles

12 Gauge (7 times) – 1940, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1962

12 Gauge Senior (3 times) – 1971, 1975, 1980

20 Gauge (10 times) – 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1958

28 Gauge (4 times) – 1947, 1952, 1953, 1954

410 Bore (9 times) – 1935, 1937, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956

HOA (10 times) – 1937, 1938, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1958

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Vic Reinders first shot skeet on July 2^nd 1933 at Wingra Skeet Club in Madison, Wisconsin. He shot three rounds, each time shooting a nineteen.  Vic was using a FULL choke!  He continued to shoot skeet and in 1935 won his first Wisconsin skeet title in the .410.

Vic continued to win Wisconsin skeet titles and has over forty state titles to his credit.

Vic became very proficient at skeet shooting and in 1943 was anointed skeet range officer at Brooks Field, San Antonio where he trained aerial gunners during World War Two.  At Brooks Field, Vic had a long run of 337 straight in 1943.

In 1947, Vic was named to the All-American Open Skeet Team – Honorable Mention.

Vic has won Wisconsin won Wisconsin skeet titles spanning over SIX decades.

Vic’s illustrious trapshooting career led to his induction into the ATA National Trapshooting Hall of Fame, The Wisconsin Trapshooting Hall of Fame, and the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame.

Vic Reinders was one of the founders of the Waukesha Gun Club in 1936. 

Through 1993, Vic has shot 422,125 skeet targets.

Vic’s NSSA card number is #306!

UPDATE (3/30/15): Vic Reinders passed away on June 22nd 1997.