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April 19, 2024

Central PA Native To Compete in Rio Olympics

HILLSGROVE, PA (Jennifer Wakeman/Newsradio 1070 WKOK) – A Sullivan County native will be competing in the 2016 Olympics. Sergeant First Class Josh Richmond qualified for the team after winning the double trap shotgun finals in Arkansas earlier this month. Richmond says he learned to shoot as a child in Hillsgrove, Pennsylvania, “It’s very, very rural and a lot of our family activities involved shooting. What started out as a hobby, turned into my profession, ultimately. When I was about 16-years-old I started shooting with the U.S.A Shooting Team and I realized that shooting was in the Olympics. I decided that…