Borden competes against four other high schools( Eastern, North Harrison, Henryville and Silver Creek) in a club league.
Some may think shooting things for sport isn’ t something a high-schooler should do, but Baker lives for the adrenaline: hearing the boom of the shotgun, bracing for the recoil, the flood of dopamine when the clay breaks.
“ I love shooting,” he says simply.“ I’ ll definitely keep it up.”
Baker and his teammate, 18-year-old Cooper Keithley, were seniors on Borden’ s trap-shooting squad this season. Baker grew up hunting with his family. Keithley didn’ t. Both backgrounds are welcome on the team.
Keithley said he joined the squad because he heard Baker was doing it, and he didn’ t like the other sports Borden offers.
“ With the sports Borden has, I’ m not a baseball guy, I’ m not a basketball guy but I like shooting guns,” Keithley says.“ So, it was something that I could get behind.”
He knew how to shoot a gun, but Keithley hadn’ t shot trap before. He recalls a time Baker’ s father took the two boys into the backyard with a shotgun and an empty box of shells.
“ It was a little embarrassing,” Keithley says.“ He threw it up in the air, and it probably took us...”
BORDEN’ S RYAN LEFTWICH, ANDREW BAKER AND COOPER KEITHLEY TAKE AIM AT CLAYS AT THE INDIAN CREEK SHOOTING CENTER. KEITHLEY AND WILL BAKER WERE THE SENIORS FOR BORDEN THIS YEAR.
BAKER LIVES FOR THE ADRENALINE
HEARING THE BOOM OF THE SHOTGUN, BRACING FOR THE RECOIL, THE FLOOD OF DOPAMINE WHEN THE CLAY BREAKS.
PAGE NO. 14 NEWS AND TRIBUNE SPORTS MAGAZINE JULY / AUG 2026