On the surface, 16-year-old Lucas Loftin is your normal everyday teenager.

But hand the Kitchener, Ont., teen a rifle, and he transforms into one of Canada's most promising young sharpshooters.

Loftin is in Innisfil, Ont., this week to compete for his third consecutive Canadian Junior Shooting Championship. Supporting him during his rapid rise in the sport is his grandfather and coach, Glynn Loftin. Glynn is a former member of the national team and won the same junior title 50 years ago.

"My grandfather got me into it about five years ago," Lucas recalled during a recent interview at the Twin City Rifle Club in New Hamburg. "He'd pick me up from school and take me to the range and slowly I just fell in love with it."

That passion has led Lucas to many victories. At just 13-years-old Lu

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