ULM should set sights on competitive shooting team

Sunil BishwokarmaIt’s time that Louisiana welcome the collegiate discipline of rifle shooting sports, and ULM should be the first to make a team.

Rifle shooting has been an official sport of the NCAA since the 1980s, but not many schools have taken up the sport.

According to Louisiana Sportsman, Louisiana 4-H Shooting Sports won the 4-H Shooting Sports National Championship in 2021 and 2019 after the 2020 competition was canceled due to COVID.

Most of these students competed in smallbore or air rifle and would be an asset to any team. But because the discipline is not offered here, many Louisiana high school students that are great shooters either give up the sport or transfer to out-of-state…